The King is 'Flip' again in his return to Lakefield College where he studied COU

The King is ‘Flip’ again in his return to Lakefield College where he studied COU

The first time Felipe de Borbón entered the grounds of Lakefield College School (LCS), located in the Canadian town of the same name in the province of Ontario, 160 kilometers north of Toronto, he was a 16-year-old teenager, whom his parents, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía, had sent with the purpose of distancing him from a protective environment and so that he could interact with other young people. This Thursday, the then young prince, whom his classmates called Flip, returned to the classrooms where he studied the equivalent of COU, and although he carried with him his status as King of Spain, he did so as an alumnus, acknowledging that that first experience away from home marked his early youth.

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Slogans, emotion and Andalusian pride: the campaign decided in a few words

Slogans, emotion and Andalusian pride: the campaign decided in a few words

“With the strength of Andalusia” (PP), “Defend the public” (PSOE), “Common sense” (Vox), “The Andalusian left” (Por Andalucía) and “Vote what you feel” (Adelante Andalucía). These are the phrases Andalusians encounter on every corner. Brief, direct, designed to stick. Five attempts to get into the mind (and mood) of an electorate being asked to get involved this 17M.

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The EU is already talking about defense without NATO

The EU is already talking about defense without NATO

It’s a scenario no one wants to talk about with too much impetus, but one that seems increasingly real: the possibility that the EU may have to defend itself without the US security umbrella. EU heads of state and government will discuss this week at the Cyprus summit the implications of Article 42.7 of the EU treaty, the clause that obliges member states to provide assistance if another country in the bloc is attacked on its territory. To all intents and purposes, the European equivalent of NATO’s Article 5.

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Airlines recommend buying tickets "as soon as possible" due to the crisis

Airlines recommend buying tickets “as soon as possible” due to the crisis

Airlines recommend that travelers preparing their summer holidays buy their tickets “as soon as possible” given the uncertainty surrounding the war in Iran and the problems of scarcity and rising kerosene prices. It is a common request that now gains weight in the face of a sharp rise in costs that will have to be absorbed “via company margins or via prices,” assures the association that represents them in Spain.

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Vox assumes that Moreno will take on the national priority and does not currently demand to enter his government

Vox assumes that Moreno will take on the national priority and does not currently demand to enter his government

The secretary general of Vox, Ignacio Garriga, has no doubt that the president of the Junta de Andalucía and candidate for re-election, Juanma Moreno Bonilla, will sit down to negotiate with his party to achieve the investiture and that sooner or later he will assume and accept the principle of national priority that Santiago Abascal’s party has already imposed in Extremadura and Aragón and is imposing in Castilla y León and the Valencian Community.

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Disinformation from Russia is impacting the Spanish army's "operational capacity"

Disinformation from Russia is impacting the Spanish army’s “operational capacity”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned in its latest annual report that last year disinformation campaigns have established themselves as “a prominent vector” of instability for Spain. The body that advises the President of the Government on National Security matters has identified Russia as the main actor from which campaigns aimed at influencing political processes, eroding trust in institutions, shaping public opinion, and weakening international cooperation originated.

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