The mastermind behind the largest real estate scam in Mallorca has been arrested in Barcelona after nine months on the run. Carlos García Roldán, sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role as the main person responsible in the largest scam investigated in Mallorca, was arrested by Civil Guard agents at his mother’s home, where he is believed to have taken refuge during this time.
Donald J. Trump accumulates headlines: war in Iran, tariffs for everyone, intervention in Venezuela, threats to Cuba, competition with China, the claim on the Panama Canal and Greenland… And on top of all that, he adds critical positions on Ukraine, Gaza, and more. Does his mandate represent a before and after? Is the change new or does it come from before the tycoon? At the same time: is it possible to redirect tensions despite reconsiderations both in the U.S. and in other countries that seem to be guided (again) by geopolitics, the law of the strongest, and spheres of influence?
The European Central Bank followed the script this Thursday and raised interest rates by a quarter of a point, to 2.50% on the general rate. It is the second increase of the year, reaching highs not seen since March 2025, and the main question in the markets is whether there will be another hike before the end of the year. Affected by the Iran conflict, “inflation will remain well above the target (2%) for a prolonged period,” the entity warned in the decision statement. Higher prices, for longer.
The claim has been circulating these days on websites and social media: the richest students would achieve worse academic results than the poorest, according to the latest PISA Report. The official data, however, tell a different story.
The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, wanted this Thursday to put to rest the controversy over whether the National Intelligence Center (CNI) adequately warned about the risk of a massive influx of migrants to Ceuta and has acknowledged that what happened on July 30 in the autonomous city is “a phenomenon of an unforeseeable magnitude that has not occurred anywhere else.”
The documents declassified by the Government this past Wednesday show notices from the National Intelligence Center (CNI) hours before the massive entry of migrants into Ceuta began through calls to cross the Tarajal breakwater. However, the warnings, issued via Whatsapp to the Government Delegation in the autonomous city and the Civil Guard, did not reflect the magnitude of what happened afterwards: an entry of more than 80,000 people in just 48 hours.
The president of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), Isabel Perelló, entered the debate this Thursday on the Ceuta crisis following the massive entry of nearly 80,000 people at the end of July, which is going to be investigated by the National Court judge María Tardón. “The reality suffered by the people of Ceuta demands a response that preserves the integrity of our borders.”
Around 1.6 million women who have taken a desogestrel-based contraceptive pill (the brands Antigone, Cerazette, Elfasette, and Optimizette) will receive a personalized email to inform them, as a precaution, of the “very slight increase in risk” of developing meningioma, a tumor in the meninges, generally benign.
The Attorney General of the State, Teresa Peramato, has raised her voice today before King Felipe VI to denounce the “systematic disqualification” suffered by the Prosecutor’s Office and its prosecutors for doing their job. Her speech comes at a tense moment between the judiciary and certain political leaders due to the disqualifications of certain members of the judiciary.
Twenty-seven deans of scientific faculties and directors of polytechnic schools from the universities of Barcelona, Autònoma de Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, Politècnica de Catalunya, and Rovira i Virgili have issued a statement this Thursday calling for a sustained educational commitment over time and independent of political cycles.
