The Princesa de Girona awards go to young people and are enjoyed in the process by those over 40, numerous in the Liceu, because they know better than anyone that talent requires perseverance and a country, youth with drive. “You are never fully formed,” warned singer Luz Casal,…
Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has requested Begoña Gómez, wife of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, to justify within five days that she used the passport only for the trip that the court itself had authorized, that is, to fly to the United Kingdom for her daughter’s graduation.
The Community of Madrid raises to 12.367 billion euros the consolidated debt of the central Government with the region for public services, benefits, and unmet legal commitments, an amount that represents 40% of the total regional budget for 2026.
Brussels has no evidence of an alleged Russian involvement in a disinformation campaign that would have caused the migration crisis in Ceuta, as claimed by Pedro Sánchez’s government, but it does believe that it is trying to “take advantage” of the complicated situation in which the autonomous city finds itself after the massive crossing it experienced at the end of July.
Catalonia was the top tourist destination in Spain in the month of April. The autonomous community received 1.88 million visitors, 7.7% more than in the same month of the previous year. It represents 20.8% of the total visitors to the country in the fourth month of the year.
The Government of Pedro Sánchez passed the summer examination of the Congress’s Permanent Deputation this Wednesday without a numerical blemish. The official record will reflect a clean plenary session, with zero lost votes for the investiture bloc and the withdrawal by the PP of the request to force the president’s appearance, after Moncloa previously announced that Sánchez would appear on his own initiative. But the political storm has run through underground waters. Just weeks before a decisive political year begins, with the negotiation of the general budgets on the horizon and the call for elections increasingly close, the investiture partners have taken advantage of the parliamentary return to remind the Executive that what they granted at the beginning of the legislature is not a blank check.
The new Sant Jordi Club already has a face and shape, that of an immense multipurpose box 65 meters wide and 27 high – twice the current size – with an aesthetic similar to the Palau Sant Jordi and an outdoor space redesigned to facilitate access and invite people to approach the Montjuïc mountain. These are the main coordinates of the winning project of the competition for the renovation of the old facility, which will be carried out by the architecture firms Jorge Vidal and the Parisian Bruther with a budget of 70 million euros funded by BSM, manager of the Anella Olímpica, and 2029 as the planned inauguration date.
The housing market has entered a new cycle after more than a year of accelerated growth. The first sign was the cooling of sales in practically all of Spain, with 3.4% fewer transactions between January and May. Now, the slowdown in transactions is followed by a slowdown in mortgage signings.
La Policía Nacional has carried out this Saturday morning the first random checks on flights coming from Italy at the airports of Barcelona and Madrid. However, the situation at El Prat was absolutely normal on this second Saturday of August, since of the various flights arriving from the transalpine country in the morning, only one coming from Rome and another from Milan that landed at noon had an additional check by the agents of the National Police Corps (CNP).
The United States and Iran have resumed hostilities, the price of Brent crude has risen again to $95 per barrel, and six months later, the interrupted diplomacy does not allow for a glimpse of an early end to the war. However, for the first time since the conflict began, Washington is effectively able to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world’s crude oil passed before February 28.