María Guardiola delivered her speech this Tuesday to be invested as president of Extremadura and has emphatically defended her agreement with Vox despite acknowledging that it has generated “noise” and has avoided citing the concept of “national priority”: “What has been signed is what will be carried out.”
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s trip to Islamabad (Pakistan) for his second round of dialogue with Iran has been suspended, though not canceled, as the two-week ceasefire between the two warring countries is about to expire. President Donald Trump lied on Monday when announcing that Vance was already flying and would arrive in the early hours. The White House later said that the expectation was for him to depart this morning, but he remains in Washington and, according to U.S. media reports, will stay in the capital until Trump sees honest negotiating will from Tehran.
The European Union resists breaking with Israel and has again ruled out suspending the Association Agreement. Not even partially. The issue, which had been formally requested by the Spanish Government, was the focus of Tuesday’s meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg, but the Council refused to make any decision on the matter due to the persistent division among the Twenty-Seven on an issue that remains too delicate for some capitals.
Nestlé announced this Tuesday an ERE in Spain that will affect up to 301 workers in its offices, sales teams, distribution centers and six factories, as reported in a statement. It represents 7% of the workforce.
The Government is moving forward with the education agreement reached with CC.OO. and UGT as it committed, despite the conflict remaining alive in the education sector. The Executive Council approved this Tuesday the increase of the specific salary supplement for all teachers, as reported by the department’s minister, Esther Niubó, via the social network X. And it is expected to be included in teachers’ pay slips in May.
Jéssica Rodríguez, former partner of José Luis Ábalos, accompanied the then minister on 13 official trips “national and international” out of the 293 registered by the head of Transport, according to what was declared this morning by Ana María Aranda, former secretary of Ábalos in the trial being held before the Supreme Court against the former socialist minister, his former advisor Koldo García and the commissioner Víctor de Aldama.
The National Court tribunal trying the Pujol family has summoned the former president of the Generalitat in person for next Monday at 9:30 in the morning, who is to open the round of statements by the accused in this case.
The Ministry of Health has published, through the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS), a technical report concluding “categorically” that there is no scientific evidence to support the efficacy of homeopathy in any pathology, since the efficacy of these products does not exceed that of a placebo in any of the diseases analyzed.
More than four hundred years ago, in 1602, the Italian missionary Matteo Ricci, together with the Chinese cartographer Li Zhizao, created the “Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth” or Kunyu Wanguo Quantu. On that map, the Ming Dynasty empire was located at the center of all known land. That map was on the verge of opening China’s doors to Christianity.
Without demonstrations in the streets, avoiding direct criticism of the leader and without questioning the policies of the Kremlin or the military intervention in Ukraine. Russians have let Vladimir Putin know that they are not at all happy with the blocking of the internet and social media, making a video recorded for the Russian president by a popular blogger and TV presenter, Victoria Bonya, who currently lives outside Russia, tremendously viral.