The heavy storms that have started to pour this morning in Catalonia are already causing traffic problems, with road closures and especially railway service disruptions: Rodalies has announced the closure of sections of seven of these lines due to the impact of the storms.
“I won the elections here.” It had been just over three minutes since the start of his press conference in Ceuta last Sunday, and the far-right leader Santiago Abascal had already claimed twice the strength of Vox in this autonomous city, where it managed to be the leading force in the November 2019 general elections, something it has only achieved so far also in its other stronghold, Murcia. Ceuta was, moreover, in the last three calls to the Congress, those of July 2023 and April and November 2019, the constituency where Vox obtained its highest percentage of votes in all of Spain.
The exodus of thousands of Moroccan citizens to Ceuta at the risk of drowning in the sea has exposed the contradictions of the country’s economy. The rapid development of recent years contrasts with high levels of inequality and a generation that continues to seek better living conditions abroad.
The Directorate General for Civil Protection, under the Ministry of Interior, carried out this Monday at 11:00 AM the first drill of the mass alert system for mobile phones (ES-Alert) for a nuclear emergency in the closest influence area to Vandellòs II. It had never before been put into practice alongside the Catalan nuclear power plants. Without yet having the information from telecommunications operators and surveys of residents, there are doubts about the arrival of alerts in some dark areas, without coverage or with deficiencies, within the first ten-kilometer radius of the plant.
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The teachers’ strike called for this Thursday in Vallès and Maresme is affecting traffic on the main roads of both counties. According to Trànsit, the C-32 is closed in Mataró towards Barcelona. The same road is also closed in Cabrera de Mar towards Palafolls due to a demonstration.
The German far-right is euphoric. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party boasts a new face that could bring it its first regional presidency, after years of growth at the polls since its founding in 2013 without this translating into access to power due to the cordon sanitaire applied by other parties. Ulrich Siegmund, candidate in the elections of the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, to be held on September 6, could garner up to 43% of the vote, according to the latest poll by the Pollytix institute.
Spain has a certain tendency towards atypical borders. The municipality of Llívia or the border by turns — six months French, six Spanish — of the Island of the Pheasants, between Irún and Hendaye are two good examples. In this line, Spanish geography has the curious honor of hosting the shortest border in the world. It is barely 85 meters of sand that separate Spain and Morocco on African land due to the Spanish possession of the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera.
The Kings, Princess Leonor, and Infanta Sofía will receive the champions this afternoon at the Zarzuela. Barely twenty hours after sharing their joy on the same turf of the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, the royal family will formally congratulate them before the Spanish team, after passing through Moncloa, tours the streets of Madrid.
Vueling will resume flights between Barcelona and Madrid starting October 5, as announced by the airline this Thursday. The route will be maintained at least until the end of March 2027. This is justified by the increase in demand, especially among customers traveling for professional reasons. Company sources explain that the market and customer response will be analyzed to consider whether the route will be extended beyond March.