Zarzuela was previously aware of Sánchez's announcement about the King's trip to Ceuta

Zarzuela was previously aware of Sánchez’s announcement about the King’s trip to Ceuta

La Casa del Rey knew that Pedro Sánchez would announce this Thursday in the Congress of Deputies that Felipe VI will travel to Ceuta “in the coming weeks.” According to sources consulted by La Vanguardia, the Zarzuela had been previously informed of the Prime Minister’s intention to make the visit public, after several days of conflicting versions between the Executive and the Casa del Rey about a trip that has become one of the political issues at the start of this term.

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Illa meets in Kiev with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky

Illa meets in Kiev with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky

The President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, met this Thursday afternoon in Kiev with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the Presidential Office of the Ukrainian head of state. The meeting served for the Catalan leader to convey Catalonia’s solidarity with the Ukrainian people and to invite the country’s president to visit Barcelona and Catalonia.

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Treasury plans to approve the reform of regional financing despite Madrid's boycott

Treasury plans to approve the reform of regional financing despite Madrid’s boycott

The second time is expected to be the charm. The Ministry of Finance is set to approve this Friday the reform of the regional financing model after 17 years of debates and fruitless discussions. More than three decades during which public services have been strained and therefore need additional resources. To alleviate this deficit, the proposal that the central Government will put to a vote includes an additional 21 billion for the system. However, the Executive has only managed so far to gain the support of Catalonia and the Canary Islands, co-governed by the PP. The rest of the autonomous communities, all those with PP presidents and two socialists, Castilla-La Mancha and Asturias, have indicated that they will reject it. The Community of Madrid will not be at tomorrow’s meeting of the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council, having announced today that it will not attend and has called on other governments of the same political color to boycott it.

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The president of the CGPJ warns Marlaska to have the “utmost respect” for Judge Tardón

The president of the CGPJ warns Marlaska to have the “utmost respect” for Judge Tardón

The President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), Isabel Perelló, has not delayed in responding to the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, regarding his complaints against the judge of the National Court María Tardón for her investigations into the migration crisis in Ceuta. She has asked that the “utmost respect” be given to the decisions made by the investigating judge, who has requested several judicial reports before deciding whether to initiate a formal investigation.

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Malkovich raises the bar in Venice with a satire about the CIA that could earn him an Oscar

Malkovich raises the bar in Venice with a satire about the CIA that could earn him an Oscar

At a highly politicized Venice Film Festival that this year has experienced a notable boycott by Hollywood studios unwilling to be exposed to uncomfortable questions, the news this Thursday is the presence of an intelligent and poetic film that could well win the Oscar and that, with John Malkovich’s performance, sets the bar very high at the Lido. It is Wild Horse Nine, a satire that goes beyond what would be a simple denunciation of the CIA’s modus operandi in its decades-long effort to destabilize governments in Latin America to, through an agent at the exit doors (Malkovich), lead the audience to a scenario of existential beauty.

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