The former director of Globalia’s legal department, Ramiro Campos Gallego, denied this Thursday that the wife of the Prime Minister, Begoña Gómez, had “nothing” to do with the loan to Air Europa, while also defending this operation, proclaiming that it had “very significant” conditions and that everything has already been repaid with interest.
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, held a videoconference yesterday with four of his ministers regarding the situation in Ceuta from his summer break at the La Mareta estate in Lanzarote, and from La Moncloa a video and a photograph of the moment were sent to the media. The fact is that the still image of the episode distributed by the EFE agency has raised some controversy because the head of the Executive’s legs are not visible below the desk in his office while he speaks addressing the ministers who appear on a screen.
It was 09:00 hours when the polling stations in Andalusia opened their doors ready to receive the thousands of voters who are called to participate today in the regional elections. The day started with some minor incidents, several anecdotes at the start of the day, and an initial turnout report that points to a slight decrease compared to the 2022 elections.
The European Commission opens the door to allowing municipalities to impose restrictions on second homes and tourist rentals in the areas most threatened by the housing crisis sweeping the continent. The regulation does not prohibit second homes in any case, but according to a draft of the proposal accessed by this newspaper, it would provide legal coverage to municipalities and governments so that they can limit the purchase of housing for non-regular use in areas of greatest housing tension, provided they present evidence with data justifying the measure and demonstrate that there are no less restrictive alternatives to solve the problem.
The National Police have dismantled an organization dedicated to the forgery of documentation related to international protection applications that allowed foreign citizens to fraudulently access the Spanish labor market. The investigation, carried out from the town of Orihuela in Alicante, has so far resulted in 60 people being arrested as alleged perpetrators of document forgery crimes, although the operation remains open and further arrests are not ruled out.
On May 27, two days before Jonathan Andic’s defense showed on RAC1 a document with the record of calls and messages that Isak Andic’s eldest son made during his lightning trip to Ecuador, the judge of Martorell investigating him for the father’s homicide ordered Vodafone to provide the call traffic of that terminal, as reported this Wednesday by El País and confirmed by this newspaper. The order from Judge Raquel Nieto responded to a request from the Mossos d’Esquadra, prior to the arrest of the son of the founder of Mango. The son of the founder of Mango arrived in Quito on March 24, 2025, and returned two days later, on the 26th, on a lightning work trip.
What do global artists today like Kendrick Lamar, Rosalía, C. Tangana, and Bad Bunny have in common? They connect with their identity and claim a cultural heritage, whether it be Las Grecas, George Clinton, Camarón, or the Puerto Rican Héctor Lavoe. To the point that this identity ends up being embraced by anyone from any generation, social stratum, and geographic location. This explains why among the fans of Bad Bunny who will gather at the Estadi Olímpic de Barcelona this Friday and Saturday, in his first appearance in Spain on the Debí tirar más fotos tour, you can find both fifteen-year-old Catalan girls from affluent backgrounds as well as young Latin American immigrants or professionals from Barcelona’s avant-garde cultural sector.
The Trump administration has taken a further step in its decision to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Europe and has canceled the deployment of 4,000 soldiers to Poland as part of a more ambitious plan to cut its military presence on the continent.
The package of measures adopted to address the Iran war continues to have an effect on containing prices. In the third month of the conflict, in May, inflation remained at the same level as in April, 3.2%, according to the preliminary data provided by the INE this morning. This containment is due to three factors: the aid package approved by the Government, still in effect; the fact that food prices have not risen, having moderated when they increased in May of last year; and the weight of renewables, which has allowed the containment of electricity prices.
Zhuravlyov was arrested this Wednesday for his involvement in the attack on the Nord Stream gas pipeline in 2022, in which a team of Ukrainian divers allegedly placed explosives on one of the underwater pipelines crossing the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany, supplying gas to Western Europe. The explosions occurred just a few months after Russia launched its large-scale invasion of Ukraine.