The former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has released a video this Tuesday in which he wanted to respond to the notification he received this very morning from the National Court, summoning him as an investigated party – what was formerly called “accused” – for the next June 2, for alleged corruption crimes in the case of the bailout of the airline Plus Ultra.
The barrel of oil reached 110 dollars this Friday, while diesel prices in the United States hit another record by rising above six dollars as an effect of the Iran war unleashed by President Donald Trump, impacting the wallets of Americans.
The sectoral meeting this Thursday between the Conselleria d’Educació i FP of the Generalitat and the unions with representation, the seventh to address the labor improvements demanded by teachers, ended without agreement around 9 p.m., after more than 5 hours of meeting. After the meeting, the union representatives locked themselves in the department arguing that they would not move until the sector minister, Esther Niubó, negotiated with them. The minister came, but urged them to continue negotiating this Friday, a proposal that did not end up convincing the unions, who remain locked in.
The Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard points out in a recent report, to which La Vanguardia has had access, that “the ultimate goal” of the alleged plot led by Santos Cerdán and Leire Díez to “destabilize or obstruct” judicial proceedings opened against the PSOE was “to protect the interests at stake” of the socialist party and, directly or indirectly, of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
The magician Juan Tamariz has passed away at the age of 83, as confirmed by his daughter Ana in a message on social media. Tamariz, born on October 18, 1942, found success in the 1970s, when he was recognized in France, which led to greater success in Spain. His card tricks and illusions, his eccentric stage presence, his top hat, and his way of celebrating the audience’s surprise with the solemn notes of an imaginary violin (“naraniaronaniaro…”) resonated in a society that raised him as an icon.
Two men, aged 51 and 42, have been arrested as suspected perpetrators of the fire that started on July 22 in the town of Almorox, Toledo, and later spread to the Madrid municipality of Villa del Prado.
The European Parliament is back at it, pushing to extend the “only yes means yes” rule across the entire EU. This means requiring member states to define rape based on the absence of explicit consent, rather than the use of force, following the Istanbul Convention. The plenary of the European Parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of a report to include consent in the directive on gender-based violence in EU law, something it already tried to do during the previous legislature, but which was left pending due to the refusal of some member states, led by France and Germany, who argued the EU’s lack of competence to regulate such a matter at a European level.
When the trial for the Kitchen operation started almost two months ago, there was doubt in the National Court about whether the leadership of the Ministry of the Interior during Mariano Rajoy’s government – with Jorge Fernández Díaz and Francisco Martínez in it – would end up stabbing each other to avoid being tagged with the “X” of the parapolice plot, financed with reserved funds, to steal compromising information for the Popular Party whose treasurer was Luis Bárcenas. With the extremely high-voltage confrontation they both protagonized during the investigation as a precedent, it did not seem far-fetched that they would go into hand-to-hand combat with a every man for himself attitude. But yesterday, that idea vanished: there was a non-aggression pact.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, praised this Monday the “efficient and effective” management of the latest migration crisis in Ceuta by the authorities of Spain and Morocco, while insisting on giving a “common European response,” united and supportive.
The Civil Guard arrested one person this Friday and is investigating another as the perpetrators of the Burgohondo forest fire (Ávila). The fire has already burned more than 9,000 hectares, and its origin is a serious imprudence due to the use of heavy machinery in this area where its use was totally prohibited.