Pope Leo XIV was approaching his first year of pontificate, which he will complete next May, going largely unnoticed in the international sphere as a global reference for all Catholics. The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza and Donald Trump’s broadsides did not generate
Rocío Cortés, former mayor of Requena, a town flooded by the October 29 flood in which there were no victims, has stated in court that “in Requena there were no deaths or injuries because the population was warned.”
Gabriel García Márquez said that in life “one must be unfaithful, but never disloyal.” And precisely around that supposed disloyalty revolve the reasons that hover over the episode that, a year ago now, turned Brigitte Macron and Emmanuel Macron into involuntary protagonists of one of the most talked-about scenes in international politics, following a controversial slap that the French first lady gave to the president, and also husband, during an official trip to Vietnam.
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.
The Auto 2030 plan, to boost the motor industry in Spain in the electrification wave, was presented this Thursday in Catalonia, still with one of the key points, purchase subsidies of up to 4,500 euros, pending deployment. “The system will be operational before summer” and the subsidies can be requested, detailed Jordi García Brustenga, Secretary of State for Industry, at an event in Barcelona. Despite the delay, the subsidies will be retroactive from January.
Less than four years ago, at the end of 2022, Florentino Pérez moved heaven and earth and managed to get Pedro Sánchez’s government to repeal the obligation for the executives of football clubs that were not public limited companies to guarantee 15% of the annual budget, a…
The journalist from La Vanguardia specialized in science and health, Josep Corbella, shares with readers the status of the evolution of hantavirus cases detected on the MV Hondius cruise ship. As he emphasizes, this is a virus “that has great difficulty transmitting between people,” so “we can be calm, because there is no risk that hantavirus will spread uncontrollably around the world.”
Juanma Moreno aims to govern alone, without having Vox as a partner within the Andalusian government in the next legislature.
David Sánchez’s statement this morning at the Badajoz Court has surprised due to its brevity and its complete lack of references to his hiring as coordinator of conservatories at the Badajoz Provincial Council in 2017. David Sánchez only answered his lawyer’s questions, which were limited to two issues: his change of position in 2022 when he became director of the Office of Performing Arts, and the hiring in 2023, also by the Badajoz Provincial Council, of his friend Luis Carrero as coordinator of cross-border centers and activities.
President Donald Trump added another medal on Monday by announcing that negotiations between the United States and Iran had resumed, after Tehran announced that they were walking away from the table due to Israel’s attacks in Lebanon. However, in an initial reaction to the Islamic republic, Trump downplayed his claim, saying he had not been informed about it beforehand. “I think it’s fine if they have finished talking,” he replied with apparent indifference.