Rosa Peral's penitentiary itinerary: six prison transfers and three criminal cases

Rosa Peral’s penitentiary itinerary: six prison transfers and three criminal cases

Rosa Peral has been transferred from prison for the sixth time as nine years pass since the crime of the Guardia Urbana in which she killed her boyfriend, Pedro Rodríguez, along with her lover, Albert López. During this time, Peral has been involved in multiple conflicts that have resulted in sanctions, disciplinary proceedings, and the opening of up to three new criminal cases. The penitentiary itinerary of the former urban guard is as follows: Wad-Ras, Brians 1, Mas d’Enric, Wad-Ras, Brians 1, Mas d’Enric and, now, again, Brians 1.

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Hospitals reorganize due to specialists' strike over overtime hours

Hospitals reorganize due to specialists’ strike over overtime hours

Catalan hospitals are planning organizational measures to counteract a potential decrease in activity due to the Ni un minut més campaign, through which numerous specialists have refused to perform care activities beyond their regular working hours, in demand of labor improvements. Metges de Catalunya (MC) attributes a significant increase in the surgical waiting list in Catalonia to this campaign, launched on June 1, while the Department of Health downplays this impression, arguing that the study period is too short to draw conclusions.

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The unanswered questions left by the trial against the Pujol family

The unanswered questions left by the trial against the Pujol family

At 13:49 yesterday, May 14, the trial against the Pujol family and nine businessmen who allegedly paid them commissions in exchange for public works was submitted for judgment. 38 oral hearing sessions, in which more than 200 witnesses and experts have appeared. The trial closes 3,685 days after the visit of Victoria Álvarez, Jordi Pujol Ferrusola’s ex-lover, to the Canillas police complex, accompanied by the “patriotic police,” in which she explains that she saw with her own eyes how Pujol Ferrusola carried bags of cash to Andorra. It is December 13, 2012. The police investigation that started then, which was halted until El Mundo published seventeen months later information about the Pujol accounts in Banca Privada d’Andorra (BPA) allegedly obtained by the Spanish police, ended with the entire family charged, as well as ten businessmen; since the hearing began last November, one of them, Carles Vilarrubí, has died, and former president Pujol was exonerated for health reasons. The rest await sentencing, possibly at the end of July, according to legal sources. All the accused plead not guilty. About 200 hours of oral hearing have not cleared up many of the case’s doubts.

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The King grants the Golden Fleece to Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, former president of Portugal

The King grants the Golden Fleece to Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, former president of Portugal

The King has awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece, the highest decoration granted by the Crown, to Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, former president of Portugal, as a sign of his personal and institutional appreciation. It is the first distinction by Felipe VI to a foreign personality since his proclamation, following the award of the Golden Fleece to the Princess of Asturias, Queen Sofía, former Prime Minister Felipe González, and the fathers of the Constitution Miquel Roca i Junyent and Miguel Herrero y Rodríguez de Miñón.

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