China's Geely takes a third of Ford's Valencia plant that will manufacture five cars

China’s Geely takes a third of Ford’s Valencia plant that will manufacture five cars

“One team, two brands and five vehicles”. Ford of Europe President, Jim Baumbick, confirmed this Thursday the “strategic alliance” of the Blue Oval firm with Chinese giant Geely to jointly produce from the Valencian plant in Almussafes. In the presence of the President of the Government Pedro Sánchez, Baumbicj and Geely’s Executive Vice President, Victor Yang, announced the creation, starting in 2027, of a joint venture to optimize the factory’s capabilities and be able to produce five vehicles from it starting in 2028. According to data provided by Ford, Almussafes has an annual capacity to produce half a million vehicles.

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The defense of Jonathan Andic rejects that another Mossos unit analyzes the evidence of the case

The defense of Jonathan Andic rejects that another Mossos unit analyzes the evidence of the case

Jonathan Andic’s defense has filed an appeal against the decision of the judge in Martorell to accept the prosecutor’s request to incorporate the central unit for missing persons of the Mossos d’Esquadra into the investigation of Isak Andic’s death, for which his son is accused. Lawyer Cristóbal Martell signed a document on June 18 warning that the technical operational analysis of the evidentiary elements, which the prosecution wants to assign to the aforementioned unit, is not appropriate in this procedure and that the assessments they want to assign correspond exclusively to the judicial authority. He also asserts that what the prosecutor actually intends is to commission an intelligence expert report, which also has no place in this case.

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Sánchez will decide the end-of-term schedule after the August break

Sánchez will decide the end-of-term schedule after the August break

“In August, with the cool weather, we will reflect on the calendar,” they ironically claim at Moncloa about the key dates Pedro Sánchez is considering for the final stretch of the legislature, in which the only thing he cannot foresee in advance are the judicial landmines that may still explode amid the avalanche of cases of alleged corruption affecting the Government and the PSOE.

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Church, unions, entrepreneurs, and the technology sector defend acting now and united against AI

Church, unions, entrepreneurs, and the technology sector defend acting now and united against AI

Representatives of the Church, trade unions, employers, and the technology sector have defended this Monday the need to take action with unity in the face of the challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI), within the framework of the public presentation in Spain of Magnifica humanitas, the encyclical with which Leo XIV addresses the impact of new technologies on human dignity and the future of work.

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Trapero resigns as Director General of Police after two years in office

Trapero resigns as Director General of Police after two years in office

Josep Lluís Trapero resigned this Tuesday as general director of the Police of Catalonia after two years in office. The major of the Mossos d’Esquadra steps aside in his role as the political head of the police after two complex years, marked by the fight against repeat offenders, the introduction of video surveillance cameras, the crackdown on knives in the streets, and some controversies such as those arising from Mossos infiltrated in teachers’ assemblies and the initiative to introduce police officers in schools. Trapero was Salvador Illa’s star signing and his name was already announced during the PSC electoral campaign.

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