Vox closes government pact with the PP in Aragon with more powers than in Extremadura

Vox closes government pact with the PP in Aragon with more powers than in Extremadura

There will be an investiture of Jorge Azcón. As La Vanguardia has been able to confirm, PP and Vox have reached an agreement for the investiture of the popular candidate, who won the elections on February 8 and obtained 26 of the 67 deputies distributed in the Cortes de Aragón. In this sense, he needs the 14 Vox deputies to reach an absolute majority.

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Barcelona tries to put the kings of illegal pensions in jail

Barcelona tries to put the kings of illegal pensions in jail

The Barcelona City Council is developing a new strategy to stop the group dedicated to the most active illegal tourist accommodation in the city. The idea is to obtain prison sentences against those responsible. They are the Peruvian Swedes, the kings of clandestine boarding houses. This scheme basically rents large apartments to divide them into rooms and sublet them through platforms in a systematic way until the owners manage to evict them. For some time now, their supposed leaders have not been so calm.

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The British press reacts to the unexpected return of the Sussexes: “They must understand that respect is not bought”

The British press reacts to the unexpected return of the Sussexes: “They must understand that respect is not bought”

It is the news of the year in the United Kingdom: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle return to the country after six years in California. A return that has surprised both Britons and Americans, but also the London media, who cannot believe the decision of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after harshly criticizing the Royal Family and repeatedly saying they did not want to live on British soil.

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Airlines recommend buying tickets "as soon as possible" due to the crisis

Airlines recommend buying tickets “as soon as possible” due to the crisis

Airlines recommend that travelers preparing their summer holidays buy their tickets “as soon as possible” given the uncertainty surrounding the war in Iran and the problems of scarcity and rising kerosene prices. It is a common request that now gains weight in the face of a sharp rise in costs that will have to be absorbed “via company margins or via prices,” assures the association that represents them in Spain.

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Services and consumption drive the Catalan economy against the weakness of the industry

Services and consumption drive the Catalan economy against the weakness of the industry

“The services have continued to be the great engine of the Catalan economy.” That is one of the conclusions of the Annual Report on the Catalan Economy 2025 presented this Thursday at the Palau de la Generalitat. With a “gradual recovery of the agricultural sector,” the Catalan economy shows that new face in which the industry has not quite regained the brilliance of previous years. “The weakest increase has been recorded in the industrial sector,” the report states.

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The 2027 solar eclipse drives prices up: up to 12,500 euros for one night in Tarifa

The 2027 solar eclipse drives prices up: up to 12,500 euros for one night in Tarifa

There is still a year left to witness what will be the “eclipse of the century.” On August 2, 2027, the phenomenon will be visible from practically all of Spain, but only in the south of Andalusia, Ceuta, and Melilla will the Moon completely cover the Sun, plunging the day into night. Still recovering from the eclipse of last August 12, reservations for houses, apartments, and rooms have already skyrocketed in provinces such as Cádiz, Málaga, Granada, and Almería. And, with them, the prices.

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Housing: the Catalunya laboratory

Housing: the Catalunya laboratory

In the last decade, Catalonia has become one of the main laboratories for housing regulation in Spain. The puzzle of the housing emergency has left behind a trail of measures promoted by the administrations to protect the most vulnerable households, expand the stock of social housing, or contain rents amid the unstoppable rise in prices, while new rules have been introduced to define who is a major holder or to limit the use of seasonal contracts. The latest of these laws promoted by the Generalitat, against the “speculative purchase” of properties, did not pass the examination of the Consell de Garanties Estatutàries this summer. The Catalan government has committed to modifying the regulation, which has been strongly criticized by employers’ associations and real estate sector entities, as they consider it will worsen the supply crisis. While property owners warn that overregulation has generated even more legal uncertainty, the movement for the right to decent housing alerts to the loopholes in these regulations.

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