The electricity bill shoots up in August to 97 euros, the most expensive in four years, according to Facua

The electricity bill shoots up in August to 97 euros, the most expensive in four years, according to Facua

The electricity bill for August will be the most expensive in the last four years for consumers whose bill is referenced to the regulated electricity tariff, known as PVPC. According to the analysis carried out by FACUA-Consumers in Action, the electricity bill for the average user with this tariff has reached 96.65 euros in the month ending today, representing an increase of 19.8% compared to the 80.71 euros paid exactly one year ago. And you have to go back to October 2022 to find a higher bill, when it reached 103.34 euros.

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Education dismisses the secretary general and opens three disciplinary proceedings for the PISA fiasco

Education dismisses the secretary general and opens three disciplinary proceedings for the PISA fiasco

La Generalitat has decided to open proceedings against three people – two officials and a senior executive – responsible for organizing and supervising the latest edition of the PISA test, held in the first months of 2025, and due to its poor execution Catalonia has been excluded from the international comparison. The councilor Esther Niubó has also just announced the dismissal of the Secretary General of Education, Teresa Sambola, “to open a new stage.”

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Sánchez denounces Ayuso's "impunity" for "buying herself a penthouse," but "she has been caught"

Sánchez denounces Ayuso’s “impunity” for “buying herself a penthouse,” but “she has been caught”

Pedro Sánchez has not missed the opportunity to return some of the attacks that the Madrid president Isabel Díaz Ayuso has launched at him during this summer and has found in the controversy over the luxury penthouse of the president of the Community of Madrid the most favorable flank to return to political combat. The difficulties of the regional Government to close a controversy that continues to accumulate questions have allowed him to go on the counterattack, accusing Ayuso of having wanted to buy a “big penthouse with the money of the Madrilenians” and that “she has been caught.”

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Italy extends Schengen controls with Spain for another 15 days

Italy extends Schengen controls with Spain for another 15 days

Italy has decided to extend border controls for another 15 days on passengers arriving by plane and ship from Spain. The temporary suspension of Schengen between the two countries, introduced last August 1 due to the Ceuta migration crisis, was set to expire this Monday, August 31, but Giorgia Meloni’s government has ultimately chosen to maintain the measure until September 15. The initial intention of the Executive was to extend the controls for another month, but a two-week extension was finally chosen for technical reasons.

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The PP accuses Sánchez of a "surrender" to Morocco over the Ceuta crisis

The PP accuses Sánchez of a “surrender” to Morocco over the Ceuta crisis

The PP has been quick to react to Pedro Sánchez’s words, who has once again exempted Morocco from the Ceuta crisis. The deputy secretary Juan Bravo has accused the Prime Minister of “surrender” to the neighboring country after Sánchez not only absolved Morocco of responsibility but also praised Rabat’s actions despite more than 70,000 immigrants entering through the border.

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A school principal saved 900 children after evacuating the center minutes before the flood in Nepal

A school principal saved 900 children after evacuating the center minutes before the flood in Nepal

The principal of the Nepali school Tribhuvan Trishuli, in the Nuwakot district, one of the areas most affected by the devastating flood that has caused nearly a thousand deaths in the country, became a hero after evacuating the center minutes before a huge flood hit the town. This is Rajendra Dawadi, who told the BBC how his quick intervention allowed about 900 students to be taken to higher areas to avoid being swept away.

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Shots fired into the air and tension at the doors of the Loma Colmenar reception center in Ceuta

Shots fired into the air and tension at the doors of the Loma Colmenar reception center in Ceuta

Moments of high tension at the gates of the Loma Colmenar Enclosure, one of the new reception centers that the Government has set up to accommodate the immigrants who remain on the streets of Ceuta. After more than a week during which a long line, with hundreds of people, waited their turn to occupy a bed, the parking lot doors were opened this Monday to accommodate more immigrants, causing a huge commotion in the area.

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“El 76% of those rescued in the mountains are people who overestimate their abilities”

“El 76% of those rescued in the mountains are people who overestimate their abilities”

The Aragonese Pyrenees, the area of the mountain range that concentrates the most peaks over 3,000 meters in altitude, is a faithful thermometer of what happens in the mountains. Captain José Manuel Mora of the Civil Guard, head of the Greim (Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group) in Aragon and Navarre, indicates that between January 1, 2026, and last Wednesday, his area of operation recorded 661 people rescued, of whom 506, 76.5%, required this help “due to an overestimation of their abilities, whether due to lack of technical, physical, or mental capacity.” Mora details that daily they encounter cases of “so-called city hikers who take routes from internet applications, want to do the same, and are not qualified for it.”

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