Climate change has not been imposed by government decree. There are many deniers who consider that appeals to global warming of the planet are just arguments from left-wing progressivism. Those who want to organize life for their subjects and do nothing but…
The new flexible retirement rules, which allow pensioners to return to work as self-employed and combine this activity with part of the pension, have been in effect since this Friday. The royal decree, published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) in May, extends this modality to self-employment. Until now, retirees could only apply it if they returned to work as employees.
The slogan “no to war” can take on different variations, such as “no to hunger.” The first stop on Pedro Sánchez’s trip to Rome was a conference of the FAO, the United Nations agency for food, headquartered in the Italian capital, titled “Food Security and Nutrition Under Pressure: Consequences of the Conflict in the Middle East.”
Jordi Martí has presided over the Junts municipal group in Barcelona since Xavier Trias left the City Council in July 2024. Even then, discussions began about the candidate for the 2027 municipal elections. The former CiU mayor backed his protégé within the neoconvergent ranks, who so far is the only one to have publicly expressed his desire to lead the list, along with other names linked to the party, such as Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas or Jaume Giró. The party leadership, however, leans in favor of Josep Rius, also a councilor in the Catalan capital, as well as a deputy and vice president of Junts. From Waterloo, they perhaps thought they could convince Martí to give up. Let’s see.
Without demonstrations in the streets, avoiding direct criticism of the leader and without questioning the policies of the Kremlin or the military intervention in Ukraine. Russians have let Vladimir Putin know that they are not at all happy with the blocking of the internet and social media, making a video recorded for the Russian president by a popular blogger and TV presenter, Victoria Bonya, who currently lives outside Russia, tremendously viral.
The workers of the Consorci de Biblioteques de Barcelona have started an indefinite strike this Tuesday to protest the lack of progress in the negotiation process with the City Council regarding their working conditions, and 37 of the 40 centers in the city have not opened; only the libraries of Collserola-Josep Miracle, Canyelles-M. Àngels Rivas, and Joan Miró have remained operational.
The National Police have arrested the alleged person responsible for the fire declared this Saturday in the La Vaguada shopping center, in the Madrid district of Fuencarral-El Pardo (El Pilar neighborhood), an incident that forced the evacuation of the premises due to the intense smoke generated.
Josefina Maestre, an RNE journalist, was a first-row witness to the origin of the forest fire caused on the San Martin de Valdeiglesias road (Madrid), where a burning vehicle caused the fire that spread from the hillside to the mountain to become one of the worst disasters.
In case this article provokes heated opinions, let’s start by lightening the mood with a joke I borrowed from my colleague Jaume V. Aroca (this way I shake off the responsibility). It goes like this: A Spanish Minister of Public Works visits his German counterpart and he…
The Ministry of Health has published, through the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS), a technical report concluding “categorically” that there is no scientific evidence to support the efficacy of homeopathy in any pathology, since the efficacy of these products does not exceed that of a placebo in any of the diseases analyzed.