After more than four years of determined defense against Russia, the Ukrainian army needs reform. The country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced that it will begin in June and will include a phased demobilization and a significant increase in the salaries of those fighting on the front lines.
For 35 years, Valérie Gautier, president of the association Veterans back to Normandy, has welcomed American survivors of the 1944 landing every June 6. This year there will be only five, aged between 99 and 102 years. It is a beautiful example of transatlantic friendship that survives the Trump upheaval, but it is not easy. “I find it hard to talk to them about this topic because most idolize their president,” Valérie explains to La Vanguardia from Normandy. “The context is not very favorable. But I hope the good relationship with their families will continue.”
US media asked on Friday: “Are we at war?”.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo has lashed out this May 1st against Pedro Sánchez’s Government, since, in his opinion, economic policy and corruption are discouraging work. “In Spain, it must be worthwhile to work and make an effort again,” states the manifesto published by the PP. Later, through social media, Feijóo himself has reproached the high taxes that workers are having to pay. “Working must serve to live, not just to pay,” he has pointed out.
Pedro Sánchez will not participate this Friday in the multiple demonstrations that, on the occasion of May Day, are held throughout Spain and in which a good part of the members of the Government and the PSOE will be deployed. But the head of the Executive has wanted to participate in this Labor Day with a video in which he claims that in Spain “there is more employment and rights than ever,” despite those who he has criticized for announcing the apocalypse for years, referring to the Popular Party and the far-right Vox.
Comisiones Obreras and UGT claim that they decided to hold the May 1st demonstration in Málaga long before Juanma Moreno dissolved the Andalusian parliament and called for elections on May 17. The fact is that today, the first day of the Andalusian electoral campaign, coincided with the march through the center of the Málaga capital with the union leaders at the front and a little further back the left-wing candidates in these elections, among them, María Jesús Montero and the Government spokesperson, Elma Saiz, the Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, and Antonio Maíllo, candidate of Por Andalucía. ç
Jordi Oliveras, director of the Puig de les Basses prison (Figueres, Girona), has resigned from his position and the Department of Justice has announced that in the coming days it will appoint the person who will take over his role. Sources from the Ministry have said that the head of this penitentiary center offered his resignation to the Secretary of Penal Measures and Reintegration a few days ago, and now his resignation has been made effective.
The National Police have carried out the expulsion from Spain, in application of the Immigration Law, of 21 foreign citizens with numerous police and judicial records for various serious crimes against property and persons.
The streams of Maresme face a critical future. The Master Plan for Actions for the Integrated Management of the Streams, funded with European Next Generation funds, was approved in February 2026 by the county council and outlines a critical scenario, both due to the number of people exposed to flood risk – about 104,000 residents – and the losses, which could exceed 3.4 billion in cases of extreme events.
That the FC Barcelona defense has gained in tranquility with the signing of Joan Garcia (24) as goalkeeper is a reality. That this summer the club will have to decide who takes over as second goalkeeper, too. The Polish Wojciech Szczesny (36), who signed a renewal for one year plus another optional, has pretty much accepted that he will not continue next season. Who will take the role of second goalkeeper? That is one of the questions being asked at the training ground.