Last Friday, a passenger on a Ryanair flight between Thessaloniki (Greece) and Memmingen (Germany) was sucked out of the airplane window after it came loose during the flight. The passenger, a 61-year-old Serbian man, was saved by the seatbelt and the efforts of other passengers to prevent him from being thrown into the void. The plane was flying at 6,000 meters altitude.
Two days ago we wondered in this section if everything surrounding the judicial investigation into José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was enough for Pedro Sánchez to call elections. The answer was given yesterday by the president from Rome: “It is not enough”….
The shock of energy prices due to the Iranian conflict is beginning to claim its first victims. A report from Caixabank Research warns that the manufacturing industry risks weakening its growth, even sinking into stagnation. The intensity of energy consumption as well as dependence on foreign trade cause this sector to be the most sensitive to the international situation.
The Minister of Education, Culture and Universities, Carmen Ortí, has asked the educational unions to return to the negotiating table and has called them to a new meeting this Thursday at 9 a.m., with the aim of moving towards an agreement for the entire Valencian educational system.
Rhapsody is a ‘stitched song’: epic poems assembled in ancient Greece, popular airs and intertwined melodies, free music that united seemingly unrelated themes in Romanticism. The Hungarian musician Franz Liszt composed some famous rhapsodies. A Hungarian patriot of German origin -in Central Europe, identities formed a very complex mosaic- Liszt wanted to pay homage to Hungarian popular music with about twenty rhapsodies. Hungarian has been the music this week.
“With humility and joy.” This is how the King welcomed the Pope at the beginning of the words he delivered at the Royal Palace, in which there was no lack of reference to Spain’s Catholic roots, to the social work of the Church which, he said, contrasts with “the pain caused by cases of abuse, which neither are nor can be representative of the immense ecclesial community.”
If a mountaineering enthusiast or professional aims to climb a 7,000-meter peak, there are options to choose from. The same goes for an 8,000-meter peak. If they want to climb a 9,000-meter peak, they can fool themselves with Everest. But if they want to climb a 10,000-meter peak, simply put, they cannot: no mountain on Earth measures 10,000 meters in height.
The delay in obtaining major construction permits in Alicante has been a constant in recent times, which developers and professionals in the construction sector denounce wherever they find interlocutors. This happened at a recent technical conference organized by the Colleges of Architects and Technical Architects together with representatives from the Urban Planning Department. The aim was to bring together those who draft the technical documents with those who supervise and approve them, in order to streamline procedures and administrative processes.
The Minister of Defense is the new protagonist of Foros de Vanguardia, in a session held this Tuesday at the MGS Auditorium. Margarita Robles will talk about defense and peace in a world full of uncertainties.
The “Spain case” continues to make headlines worldwide. A few weeks ago, the firm stance of the Spanish Government against the start of the Iran war became a reference point. It seemed like the brave culmination of a calculated strategy to distance itself from the postulates and demands of the President of the United States, Donald Trump. The head of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, was on the rise, seeming to dare to say what other European politicians remain silent about.