The former CEO of Globalia, owner of Air Europa, Francisco Javier Hidalgo, not only defended the legality of the airline’s rescue during the pandemic but also harshly criticized the conditions under which the Government finally agreed to the loan, which he described as the worst in the history of the entire world.
Former Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz has witnessed from the front row of the dock at the Audiencia Nacional how the main evidence against him for his alleged involvement in Operation Kitchen has finally vanished. The smoking gun that dragged him here are some messages supposedly sent to him by his former number two, Francisco Martínez, in which he told him that the operation to steal information from the former treasurer of the Popular Party, Luis Bárcenas, had been carried out “successfully,” with “all” of it being dumped. This Tuesday, a second notary —just like the first one did— has ratified that it is impossible to certify that the phone number Martínez had attributed on his mobile to the contact saved as Fernández Díaz actually belonged to the former Interior Minister.
Cuba wants to end what it calls an “energy siege” and the United States wants the adoption of far-reaching reforms. Havana maintains that there is no ultimatum, but U.S. officials assure that Washington gave a two-week deadline to release relevant political prisoners as a sign of goodwill. The two countries, separated by less than one hundred kilometers of sea and ideological enemies, speak different languages and seem far from any agreement, but they are dialoguing.
Food manufacturers and supermarkets are starting to assume they won’t be able to keep containing prices much longer. After weeks of cushioning the impact of rising energy costs, companies warn that the effort has limits and that, if current tensions persist, the transfer to the shopping basket will be inevitable.
María Guardiola delivered her speech this Tuesday to be invested as president of Extremadura and has emphatically defended her agreement with Vox despite acknowledging that it has generated “noise” and has avoided citing the concept of “national priority”: “What has been signed is what will be carried out.”
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s trip to Islamabad (Pakistan) for his second round of dialogue with Iran has been suspended, though not canceled, as the two-week ceasefire between the two warring countries is about to expire. President Donald Trump lied on Monday when announcing that Vance was already flying and would arrive in the early hours. The White House later said that the expectation was for him to depart this morning, but he remains in Washington and, according to U.S. media reports, will stay in the capital until Trump sees honest negotiating will from Tehran.
The European Union resists breaking with Israel and has again ruled out suspending the Association Agreement. Not even partially. The issue, which had been formally requested by the Spanish Government, was the focus of Tuesday’s meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg, but the Council refused to make any decision on the matter due to the persistent division among the Twenty-Seven on an issue that remains too delicate for some capitals.
Nestlé announced this Tuesday an ERE in Spain that will affect up to 301 workers in its offices, sales teams, distribution centers and six factories, as reported in a statement. It represents 7% of the workforce.
The Government is moving forward with the education agreement reached with CC.OO. and UGT as it committed, despite the conflict remaining alive in the education sector. The Executive Council approved this Tuesday the increase of the specific salary supplement for all teachers, as reported by the department’s minister, Esther Niubó, via the social network X. And it is expected to be included in teachers’ pay slips in May.
Jéssica Rodríguez, former partner of José Luis Ábalos, accompanied the then minister on 13 official trips “national and international” out of the 293 registered by the head of Transport, according to what was declared this morning by Ana María Aranda, former secretary of Ábalos in the trial being held before the Supreme Court against the former socialist minister, his former advisor Koldo García and the commissioner Víctor de Aldama.