The spokesperson of Esquerra Republicana (ERC) in Congress, Gabriel Rufián, has stated that he is “willing” to lead the space to the left of the Socialist Party and run as the lead candidate in the next general elections scheduled for July 2027.
The Council of Ministers has approved a royal decree that reforms access to flexible retirement with three significant changes that will be applied within three months. This type of retirement allows for combining the pension with a certain degree of work activity, and it is one of the incentives used by the Ministry of Inclusion and Social Security to extend the working life of employees. Incentives that are now increased.
Pope Leo XIV begins a tour of Spain today that will last until next Friday and will take him first to Madrid, then to Barcelona, and finally to the Canary Islands, where he will learn firsthand about the migratory reality in the archipelago.
The National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) has formalized three contracts with the Portuguese technology company Primetag SA, specialized in data analysis and influencer marketing, for “the preparation of a work of analysis and consultation of the audiovisual content that certain influencers publish on their profiles on video sharing platforms, in order to detect possible unidentified commercial communications,” according to the communication published this Friday in the Official State Gazette
The Supreme Court has just lifted the precautionary measures imposed on businessman Víctor de Aldama, so he will be able to start traveling abroad to continue with his business. This was agreed by the Chamber that sentenced him to four and a half years in prison for corrupting the then Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos and his advisor Koldo García.
The United States is going to withdraw 5,000 soldiers from Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, in what appears to be a retaliation by the United States against its close NATO ally, as there are increasing differences between President Donald Trump and Europe over the war in Iran.
A 10-year-old girl has been injured after being hit in the arm by a stray bullet in a shooting in Badalona. The events occurred this afternoon around 7:15 PM when the minor was caught in a gunfire exchange in the Sant Roc neighborhood, according to the Mossos d’Esquadra. According to initial hypotheses, the bullet ricocheted and struck the girl’s arm. The girl was taken to the Esperit Sant hospital with minor injuries in a private vehicle of her family members.
The Local Police of Elx has closed down a second vehicle parking lot located in the hamlet of Torrellano Alto, in the vicinity of Alicante-Elche- Miguel Hernández airport, which was operating without an opening license, had more than 5,000 square meters and a capacity for more than 3,500 vehicles.
Eating is the most important action of each day, and feeding society in a healthy way is a huge responsibility. Even more so when local vegetable production in Catalonia has fallen by 74% in the last 25 years, while exports have tripled: the territory now functions more as a redistribution platform than as a garden.
The Dutch have historically played a much more significant role than one would expect given the size of their country in the technological transfers that have shaped the modern world. In the 17th century, their financial and agricultural innovations spread to Great Britain, driving the Industrial Revolution and the expansion of the British Empire. In the 18th century, the Russian tsar Peter the Great studied Dutch shipbuilding techniques to create the fleet that would turn Russia into a maritime power. And in the 1970s, the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan stole blueprints from a Dutch laboratory to launch his country’s nuclear weapons program and later contribute to the development of similar initiatives in North Korea, Iran, and Libya.