An unprecedented final will decide the world champion today. Argentina and Spain face off, two nations passionate about football that speak the same language and have maintained for decades a system of interconnected vessels unparalleled in the international scene. The mastery Di…
Criteria Caixa has constituted the new management company through which it will invest in third-party funds, as contemplated in the holding’s new strategic plan for the coming years. The objective is to build a portfolio of diversified long-term funds. These investments include the new vehicle that the European Union is going to launch to invest in technology companies called Scaleup Europe. In addition, Criteria already has about 750 million committed to investments.
The United States will withdraw 5,000 troops from its NATO ally, Germany — one seventh of those present in the country —, the Pentagon announced on Friday, following a public confrontation over the war in Iran between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Iran and the U.S. recognized this Saturday “encouraging progress” in their indirect negotiation to end the war. An extension of the sixty-day truce and a preliminary agreement would be within reach, according to the Pakistani mediators, who see a second meeting in Islamabad between the contenders possible within a week.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) considers that the Amnesty law aims to reduce institutional and political tensions and promote a scenario of “reconciliation.” That was one of the central messages conveyed yesterday in the reading of a ruling that supports the law, dispels much of the doubt about its fit within European Union law, and clears one of the main legal obstacles for the return of former president Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín, and Lluís Puig.
“Books are so powerful because they enrage tyrants! Tyrants and demagogues hate all arts, because the arts are more powerful than they will ever be.” Scottish author Ali Smith is the Sant Jordi guest speaker and talks about her early love for books, how she was shaped by that love, her mother’s concern that she would become a “bookworm” (although when her mother died, she discovered a book at the back of the wardrobe, hidden among her shoes), that “when we open a book, we open ourselves” and that over the years (she is 63) she has come to the conclusion that, like everyone else, she is made of 75% water and suspects that she is at least another 75% books.”
European justice has been clear, without half measures. The amnesty approved in Spain in 2024 to close all judicial cases related to the procés had one goal: to promote “reconciliation” and reduce “institutional and political tensions.”
The visit of Isabel Díaz Ayuso to Mexico continues to chain episodes of tension and verbal clashes with President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has accused her of displaying “ignorance” and a lack of historical knowledge about the figure of Hernán Cortés in what is already the third clash between them in just three days.
FIFA will open a disciplinary investigation to analyze the incidents that occurred after the 2026 World Cup final and has appointed an instructor to investigate the events that took place after the World Cup final in which Spain won 1-0 against Argentina in New Jersey.
The investigation into the rescue of Plus Ultra continues to accumulate evidence and politically pressure José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, but the judicial uncertainties remain numerous. This was argued by Manel Pérez, deputy director, who distinguished between the ethical and criminal aspects of a case that, in his opinion, raises questions about the activities carried out by the former president after leaving La Moncloa. “Zapatero has a serious problem of credibility and behavior, and of the economic relationships he has woven since leaving the presidency of the Government,” he stated. However, he recalled that the judicial order known so far “still does not clearly reveal what the role of the former president was.”