IU denounces a U.S. interest in causing a political crisis in the Government with its collaboration in the investigation of Zapatero

IU denounces a U.S. interest in causing a political crisis in the Government with its collaboration in the investigation of Zapatero

The spokesperson for Izquierda Unida, Enrique Santiago, stated this Thursday that he “has no doubt” that the United States “could have a political interest” in causing “a political crisis in the Government of Spain” and also “to punish those who may have worked to evade the illegal sanctions unilaterally imposed by the United States on Venezuela” for their collaboration in the investigation against the former president of the government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for, among other crimes, influence peddling in the case of the bailout of the airline Plus Ultra.

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The Generalitat announces the creation of 540 positions to fill vacancies for auditors and secretaries

The Generalitat announces the creation of 540 positions to fill vacancies for auditors and secretaries

The Minister of the Presidency of the Generalitat, Albert Dalmau, announced today in the Parliament, during the voting on amendments to the Catalan Public Employment Bill, the creation “for the first time” in Catalonia of 540 positions for national civil servants authorized to fill vacancies for secretaries and auditors in Catalonia. Dalmau assured that the process to implement these positions will be approved next week within the Catalan government.

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Margaret Atwood: “Every poem is an act of hope on the part of the poet”

Margaret Atwood: “Every poem is an act of hope on the part of the poet”

Every poem is an act of hope on the part of the poet, and so proclaimed Margaret Atwood, much more than the author of The Handmaid’s Tale. The 86-year-old Canadian writer received this Wednesday, from the hands of the King, the Joan Margarit poetry prize, in an event held at Victoria College of the University of Toronto, through whose campus a king and a poet were seen walking.

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The metropolitan area of Barcelona records another shooting with no injuries, this time in Viladecans

The metropolitan area of Barcelona records another shooting with no injuries, this time in Viladecans

Los Mossos d’Esquadra have opened an investigation to clarify the facts of a new shooting without injuries in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. This time, the firearm incident occurred this Wednesday at around 9:30 p.m. on Siglo XXI Avenue in Viladecans. According to sources from the Generalitat of Catalonia Police, there are no reported injuries. Other sources aware of the events claim that everything happened after an argument on the terrace of a bar.

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The lack of technical staff in Urban Planning delays hundreds of construction permits in Alicante by months

The lack of technical staff in Urban Planning delays hundreds of construction permits in Alicante by months

The delay in obtaining major construction permits in Alicante has been a constant in recent times, which developers and professionals in the construction sector denounce wherever they find interlocutors. This happened at a recent technical conference organized by the Colleges of Architects and Technical Architects together with representatives from the Urban Planning Department. The aim was to bring together those who draft the technical documents with those who supervise and approve them, in order to streamline procedures and administrative processes.

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The Valencian left tries to revive the tourist tax with nuances but clashes with PP and Vox

The Valencian left tries to revive the tourist tax with nuances but clashes with PP and Vox

Neither the words of businessman Juan Roig asking to monetize the arrival of tourists nor the possibility of opening the debate on the tourist tax hinted at by the mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá, after the Fallas, have affected the positioning of PP and Vox in the Valencian Courts. Both parties will reject this Thursday the proposals from PSPV and Compromís to recover this tax on tourist overnight stays that was approved by the Botànic but never implemented. A moratorium was established and, after the regional elections, the new parliamentary majority repealed it.

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