The board of directors of Indra has appointed Josep Maria Recasens as the new CEO of the company this Tuesday, replacing José Vicente de los Mozos, who leaves the position after three years and after working with as many presidents. The appointment comes at the proposal of the Appointments Committee, which spent last week selecting its candidate for the position.
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.”
José María Aznar has also wanted to comment on the indictment of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged corruption crimes in the Plus Ultra case. The former Prime Minister has stated that in the “unsustainable” situation that Spain is going through, his phrase that “those who can, should do” “makes more sense than ever.”
Union disunity worsens this Tuesday in Valencia with tensions over the salary agreement that the Ministry of Education, Culture and Universities reached yesterday with the CSIF and ANPE unions. STEPV, CCOO-PV, and UGT-PV, who did not sign the agreement yesterday, wanted to know if the review according to the CPI agreed for the last salary increase established in the agreement – 50 euros in 2028, after the 75 euros increase in July 2027 and the other 75 euros in January 2027 – and the regional Secretary of Education, Daniel McEvoy, clarified it right at the start of this afternoon’s new negotiating table meeting, making it clear that the 2028 CPI review will be made “on the total of the 200 euros and not on the last 50, thus attending to the request of the trade union organizations.” Now the non-signatories can choose between joining or denouncing the agreement.
Israeli troops advance northward in Lebanon, beyond the ‘yellow line,’ the imaginary border designated by Tel Aviv that until now marked the front against the Hizbulah militia.
The indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged influence peddling in the Plus Ultra case brings to the table a debate that has not been resolved in Spain: what can former presidents do to make a living when they leave Moncloa? The reality today is that they can basically do the same as any other citizen, but with a much larger network of contacts and a greater capacity for influence. The statute of former presidents is regulated by a minimal royal decree, which does not impose any obligations, incompatibilities, or restrict their private activities, beyond the legal limits that apply to any citizen. And that nebulous area in which they remain is certainly an advantage, but also a risk.
The investigating judge in the dana case has ordered the president of the Diputació de València, Vicente Mompó, to be summoned again as a witness to be questioned regarding the statement made on Monday by the mayor of Torrent, Amparo Folgado, who told Judge Ruiz Tobarra that around 6 p.m. on October 29, 2024, she called Mompó, who was present at the Cecopi although not obliged to be there due to his position, to warn him that water was flowing down the l’Horteta ravine with an “extraordinary” flow level.
The Madrid Municipal Police have arrested playwright and theater director Ramón Fernández Paso as the alleged perpetrator of a sexual assault on a minor at the intersection of Alcalá Street and Paseo del Prado in Madrid, according to police sources.
The Andic family has shown strong support this Tuesday for the decision of the eldest son of the family, Jonathan Andic, to temporarily leave the vice presidency of the textile empire Mango to focus on defending himself against the homicide charge against him. The case investigates the death of the group’s founder, Isak Andic, in a fall during a walk with his son in Montserrat in December 2024.
“The Government is going to keep fighting,” guaranteed the minister and leader of the Madrid socialists, Óscar López, this Tuesday from the Moncloa. The Executive has thus shown itself determined to withstand all the pressure, both external and internal, triggered by the judicial investigation opened against former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. In this way, it is willing to resist and not throw in the towel to keep the legislature afloat, despite the intensified political offensive by the PP and the far-right Vox, despite warnings from parliamentary allies such as the PNV or CC and, also, despite the demands of Felipe González or the president of Castilla-La Mancha, the socialist Emiliano García-Page, for Pedro Sánchez to call general elections this very year, and to give up his intention to complete the legislature in July 2027, as he intends.