The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, avoided applauding this Thursday, as the rest of the Government bench did, in Congress when Pedro Sánchez announced that his Executive would publish the reports from the Police and Spanish intelligence about the prior warnings of the massive entry of migrants into Ceuta.
A deafening boo united Argentine and Spanish fans for a few seconds last night. It happened at the moment when the presidents of the United States and FIFA, Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino, came down from the VIP box to present the trophy to Spain. The broadcast had avoided showing the president throughout the match, but it couldn’t dodge that bullet. The president and Infantino handed the World Cup to Rodri, the best player of the tournament. Unlike last summer at the Club World Cup, Trump stepped aside and did not steal the spotlight from the Spanish players, a country he has repeatedly disrespected over the past year.
One of Barcelona’s most versatile actors, who for more than three decades has brought skill and expertise to the stages of theaters and the sets of film and television, has passed away. Francesc Garrido, sober and magnetic, died early Monday morning at the age of 56 due to a heart attack. His unexpected passing is mourned by the acting world both locally and nationally. His legacy continues on the big screen with titles such as Mar adentro, Te doy mis ojos, Alatriste, Smoking Room, El habitante incierto, El tiempo entre costuras… and the most recent El anfitrión, alongside Willem Dafoe, whom he accompanied on the red carpet of the Barcelona Film Festival held on Verdi Street.
Alfonso Gómez, until now responsible for Telefónica Hispanoamérica’s businesses, will be the new CEO of Movistar+ replacing Daniel Domenjó, who was one of Marc Murtra’s first hires at the company.
Shock in Mexico after a new massacre by the cartels. This past Saturday, authorities in the state of Zacatecas discovered ten bodies violently murdered, some of them tied up and hung from a bridge in several municipalities.
A worker, approximately 30 years old, died this Wednesday and two others were injured after being crushed by metal train maintenance machinery at the Renfe Comprehensive Maintenance Base located in the Madrid district of Villaverde.
Puig continues with negotiations with the American group Estée Lauder for a possible merger, but admits that there is no guarantee that the operation will go ahead. “As long as there is no agreement, it cannot be guaranteed that there will be an operation or its terms,” reiterated the Catalan fragrance multinational in its communication to the CNMV of the results up to March.
A Serbian blue helmet from the UN peacekeeping mission deployed in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, has died and two other soldiers of Spanish nationality have been slightly injured due to a mortar shell attack on Wednesday night against a peacekeeping troops position near the Spanish mission base, in the Lebanese town of Marjayún, in the south of the country.
Vox has toned down its public disagreements with the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE) ahead of the upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV to Spain. The party wants to reduce the rhetorical clash with the bishops, focused on the migration debate and national priority, a divergence that has been ongoing for a long time. In this regard, the attendance of the organization’s secretary general, Ignacio Garriga, at a conference by the president of the prelates, Luis Argüello, this May in Madrid should be understood.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has no doubt that the parents detained by the Mossos d’Esquadra abused their baby and has requested that both remain in provisional detention. This was made clear during the hearing held before the third section of the Barcelona Court of Appeal to review the appeal filed by the parents against their imprisonment. The prosecutors of the Specialized Service for the Protection of Vulnerable Persons, Félix Martín and Elisabet Jiménez, detailed before the court the evidence gathered during the investigation that points directly to the parents. “The indications are unequivocal,” they stated in a closed session.