Volkswagen is still immersed in a crisis that requires the deployment of profound measures. The CEO of the VW Group, Oliver Blume, insisted this Tuesday in Wolfsburg, in his first address to the workers since the layoff plans became known, that the German giant is experiencing a moment of weakness, reiterating his message from recent weeks in which he has even spoken of a “critical” situation.
“We won’t let him down.” The FC Barcelona directors followed with logical interest Julián Álvarez’s first match with Atlético de Madrid at the Metropolitano after his now famous statements during the World Cup (“I want to fulfill my dream”) and their conclusions recognize the position of the Argentine footballer. The center forward fulfilled his obligations with his current team (he has a contract signed with Atlético until 2030), but he openly showed his discomfort. His body language on the bench, when he came on to play in the second half, as well as when the match ended (walking alone towards the tunnel while his teammates were at the other end of the stadium greeting the fans) needed no translation. Nor did the insults directed at him by the Atlético fans, which included a wide repertoire: there were choral ones (“tell him to leave once and for all”), individual ones (“plenty to go around”) and geopolitical ones (“damn Catalonia and damn Barça”) that will have to be seen if they are punished by the Anti-Violence Commission.
A coach of a women’s volleyball team from Palma, 23 years old, has been arrested in Mallorca by the National Police as the alleged perpetrator of a sexual assault against a student under 16 years old. The young woman became pregnant as a result of the assault.
The Council of Ministers today, the first after the summer holidays, has approved a Royal Decree-law for the creation of a “public and mandatory” register of lobbies to ensure greater transparency and accountability.
Why not send an ES-Alert during the heavy rains in Tarragona last weekend? That is the question behind the latest controversy surrounding the Generalitat Government upon their return from vacation. Those downpours caused 11 injuries – one critical and another serious -, flooded streets and building basements, as well as closed roads, interrupted Rodalies service, and evacuated campsites. According to Salvador Illa’s Executive, the alert to mobile phones was not sent because the emergency level was below the threshold required to use these mass warnings.
Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, has contacted the 17-year-old minor who last Sunday was hit with batons by a group of police officers after being removed from a line formed to enter and watch the match between Elche and Barcelona at the Martínez Valero stadium.
The German far-right is euphoric. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party boasts a new face that could bring it its first regional presidency, after years of growth at the polls since its founding in 2013 without this translating into access to power due to the cordon sanitaire applied by other parties. Ulrich Siegmund, candidate in the elections of the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, to be held on September 6, could garner up to 43% of the vote, according to the latest poll by the Pollytix institute.
The investigators of the alleged attempted attack in early August at the German Leipzig airport found, ten days after discovering a first drone equipped with an explosive charge, another unmanned aerial vehicle near the airfield, as well as explosives, German media report this Tuesday.
The firefighters are working to extinguish a new fire in the north of Collserola, declared this Tuesday afternoon near the Canyelles neighborhood, in the Nou Barris district of Barcelona. The fire is located above the Alta de Roquetes road heading towards Sant Cugat. A large column of smoke is visible from different points in the city.
The Moroccan Minister of Islamic Affairs, Ahmed Toufiq, has once again raised Morocco’s claim over Ceuta and Melilla, doing so on the occasion of a religious festival presided over by King Mohammed VI, which was also attended by Crown Prince Moulay Hassan and Prime Minister Aziz Ajanuch. This is not the first time a minister from the Alaouite country has called to “liberate” these two Spanish autonomous cities: the Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, had already done so.