Nicola Maggiotto, a 21-year-old young man from Asolo, an Italian municipality in the Veneto region, is in an induced coma in a hospital in Barcelona after suffering an attack last Wednesday night, while on vacation with a group of eight other people his age.
The French government bureaucracy has experienced two years of great stress since the controversial dissolution of the National Assembly in June 2024. However, this should not justify the fact that there have been two suicides and two attempts – in a period of seven months – among the officials working for the current Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu. Hence, the Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation, supported by another internal one at the Matignon Palace.
In difficult times like the current ones, the Economic and Social Council (CES) sends an optimistic message about the situation of the Spanish economy, which it diagnoses as a structural improvement, but warning that this improvement does not sufficiently reach the well-being of the citizens. On the way, there is a broken bridge. “That bridge that existed in the second half of the last century between growth and well-being has broken in many pillars,” said its president, Antón Costas, at the presentation of the Report on the Socioeconomic and Labor Situation of Spain 2025.
Abstention was expected to be one of the great fears in these elections, but the day is disproving that fear with data in hand. The people of Andalusia are going to vote and are doing so to a greater extent than in 2022. This is confirmed by the third (and final) turnout update, provided by the Minister of the Presidency, Antonio Sanz, from the Data Center. By 6:00 p.m., 51.65% of the census had already voted, more than seven points above the 44.51% recorded at the same time four years ago.
In Vilamòs, a small village in the heart of the Vall d’Aran, a municipal flock of sheep and goats grazes the land without worrying about taxes, medical appointments, or shopping lists. They do what they have always done, although now they are in the news. They have become the protagonists of a project that seeks something as simple as keeping the vegetation growing in their forests under control.
Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has scheduled a preliminary hearing for tomorrow after the defense briefs were submitted by Begoña Gómez, wife of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, and his advisor, Cristina Álvarez.
Esther González, who was a world champion with Spain in 2023, has surprised women’s football by signing with Al Qadsiah FC of the Saudi league until 2027. A video with her new jersey with the number nine on the back and a message for the fans welcomes the 33-year-old from Granada, who recently terminated her contract with American club Gotham after playing two seasons since leaving Real Madrid.
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for teenagers today, a version of its artificial intelligence chatbot that contains stronger safety measures, “including features that encourage healthy use and additional controls for parents.” It is a version of the popular AI that has been “designed to help teenagers learn, think critically, deepen their understanding, and use AI with confidence,” the company explained on its blog. The system will not work in the European Union for the time being.
Uncertainty has settled in the Strait of Hormuz after a series of bombings by Iran against ships flying the flags of the United States, the UAE, and South Korea, as well as against an oil complex in the United Arab Emirates throughout Monday, casting doubt on Donald Trump’s initiative to “guide” the ships trapped in the maritime route. The ceasefire between Washington and Tehran is faltering as peace negotiations, mediated by Pakistan, continue to yield no results two months after the start of the war.
Florentino Pérez has already made a move in the election campaign. On the same day that the board approved his candidacy for the Real Madrid presidential elections, a gigantic banner appeared on a street in the capital in the purest Joan Laporta style.
