The Valencian government resolves aid for DANA victims: 80,000 euros per deceased

The Valencian government resolves aid for DANA victims: 80,000 euros per deceased

La Generalitat Valenciana will begin to pay “in the coming weeks” the agreed compensations, of 80,000 euros per deceased – which is distributed among the beneficiaries who prove their right -, for the victims of the dana. This was explained this Friday in a press conference from Alicante, where the Consell has met, by the third vice president and Minister of Environment, Infrastructure, Territory and Recovery, Vicente Martínez Mus, who explained that the Valencian government has now completed the management of these aids with the granting of a total of 469 subsidies for a total amount of 17.28 million euros. Of the 231 recognized victims, only the families of 216 deceased victims have applied for it. In the rest of the cases, no application has been submitted by possible beneficiaries, explains the Consell.

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Brussels calls out Spain for “limited progress” in the fight against corruption

Brussels calls out Spain for “limited progress” in the fight against corruption

In the midst of political turmoil in Madrid due to the recent conviction of the brother of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, or the case related to his wife, Begoña Gómez, the European Commission draws attention to Spain for the “limited progress” in fighting high-level corruption cases and calls for a national register of lobbyists. It does so in its annual report on the Rule of Law, where, although it recognizes certain advances in processing major cases, it highlights “limited progress” in strengthening the rules on conflicts of interest and officeholders in executive functions, and warns that measures against corruption or the regulation of “lobbies” have not yet yielded the expected results in Spain.

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The Police dismantle a network of 60 people who forged documents for foreigners

The Police dismantle a network of 60 people who forged documents for foreigners

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.

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