Enrique Riquelme (Cox, Alicante, 1989) took up the challenge from Florentino Pérez and entered the arena of Real Madrid to run in the elections on the upcoming June 7. His speech is forceful against what he considers a project to privatize the club by the current president.
A group of striking teachers blocked access to Casa Batlló this morning as part of protests to improve their working conditions. The action is part of a protest march associated with the strike that will take place this Tuesday along Passeig de Gràcia, called by the minority unions CGT, Intersindical, and COS.
Although the European Commissioner for Transport and Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, denies that there is any sign of an imminent shortage of jet fuel today, the EU is already preparing to face this emergency and ensure that commercial flights can operate if supply problems arise. Brussels will present its plan tomorrow to mitigate the energy crisis derived from the Iran war, which will include, according to the Greek Commissioner, the creation of an observatory to closely monitor the situation of reserves, the refining capacity of petroleum products, and also the search for alternative supplies in other parts of the world —such as the US— if necessary.
For the first time since the war in Iran began, which has now lasted two months and remains in an unstable ceasefire, the Pentagon on Wednesday gave an official estimated figure of the cost of the conflict to taxpayers to date: 25 billion dollars. The Pentagon comptroller, Jay Hurst, explained at a Congressional hearing that most of this money corresponds to the tens of thousands of bombs and missiles used, although the military has also invested money in carrying out operations and replenishing equipment.
Despite the efforts of the Argentine coach, Lionel Scaloni, to separate the football match from politics, some of the Albiceleste players celebrated the victory against England by displaying a banner that read: The Malvinas are Argentine, a sovereignty claim and a symbolic burden that marked the qualifier.
The extraordinary regularization of immigrants will help alleviate the problem of vacancies in the hospitality sector this summer. This is one of the conclusions presented by Asempleo, the employers’ association representing temporary employment companies, in the presentation of its hiring forecasts for the coming months.
The president, Salvador Illa, and the leader of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, meet at the Palau de la Generalitat
The most forgotten war in the world fits into an alleyway of a historic souk in Dubai. Far from the vertical ostentation of skyscrapers in other neighborhoods of the Emirati city, the passages covered with wooden pergolas of the Deira Gold Souk, in northern Dubai, house another type of more discreet display: more than 300 shops buying and selling jewelry and gold. The Dubai souk is a bustling hive of luxury and vibrant peace.
The site was called the Garden of the Fugitives. You can already imagine why. In the year 79 AD, when Vesuvius had already been erupting for hours, fourteen people tried to cross this ancient vineyard, looking for an exit through the Nocera Gate. The pyroclastic flow caught them and none escaped alive.
Unlike what happened with the migratory wave experienced by Poland in 2021, the influx of 72,000 people into Ceuta, instead of fostering unity and solidarity within the EU, has revealed European divisions and miseries.
