Carlos Garaikoetxea, the first lehendakari after Francoism (1980-1985) and a key figure in the recovery of Basque self-government, has died at the age of 87 due to a heart attack, according to the Basque public television portal Orain.
The authorities of Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates, have reported a fire in the Fujairah Oil Industrial Zone following what they described as a drone attack from Iran. According to the Fujairah press office, civil defense teams were immediately deployed to contain the fire.
The National Police arrested a 26-year-old man this Monday in Valencia as the alleged perpetrator of a homicide, after allegedly fatally stabbing another man. Police sources explained that the events occurred around 2:00 p.m. when officers responded, after receiving a call, to a commercial establishment located in the Russafa district, where a man had suffered an attack with a bladed weapon, causing his death.
The Metropolitan Museum of New York dresses its grand staircase this Monday night to celebrate a new edition of the Met Gala. A party with a purpose, that of highlighting fashion and its intrinsic link with art, which this edition begins wrapped in controversy due to the intrusion of Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez as hosts of the gala.
“Absolute zero.” “None.” “Neither by action nor by omission.” Félix Sanz Roldán, who was director of the National Intelligence Center (CNI) between 2009 and 2019, has categorically denied that Spanish spies participated in any activity related to the so-called Kitchen operation, to steal information from the former treasurer of the Popular Party Luis Bárcenas. “The CNI always acts with absolute respect for the law. “No government of any color – of the four I had the honor to serve – asked me to do anything illegal,” Sanz Roldán assured in his testimony as a witness in the trial about the parapolice operation at the National Court.
The Department of Agriculture has asked the Tour de France organization to make a change in the route in the final section of the second stage of this cycling competition to avoid passing through Collserola, an area affected by swine fever. The Generalitat argues that “this is not the first time a route has been changed due to a health crisis.”
Each passing year, the infrastructures in Catalonia are in a worse state than the previous year because the investment from all public administrations is insufficient to compensate for the depreciation of roads or tracks over time. This is one of the conclusions of the report “The investment deficit in infrastructures in Catalonia 2009-2025” published today by the employers’ association Foment del Treball.
If on the day of his inauguration as mayor Jaume Collboni had been told that his first three years in office would be politically smooth, he would not have believed it. Especially because his election was so tense with suspense until the last minute. Despite having
The secular file of the substantial pending investments of the State in Catalonia remains at the center of the political/business debate. The latest episode, Junts’ vote in Congress against the creation of an equal investment consortium between the State and the
Loyalty and silence. Two powerful words that help in those moments in life as in politics when you have to open your eyes and others when you have to close them. On December 17, 2020, when I had heart surgery, I experienced one of the latter. While everyone