The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided, as planned, to keep the cost of money with the deposit interest rate at 2%, for the sixth consecutive time since June 2025. The entity does not consider that the current economic disturbances, with a resurgence of inflation due to the energy crisis following the Iran war, justify at this time implementing a more restrictive monetary policy.
Fede Valverde reacted past ten o’clock on Thursday night after his fight with Tchouaméni.
The Ministry of Health accepted last night the request of the World Health Organization (WHO) and will finally host the cruise ship Hondius, where a hantavirus outbreak has affected seven people, three of whom have died. The ship will dock in the Canary Islands after the evacuation of the three people still on board who show symptoms. Among them is the crew doctor, who is in serious condition and will be evacuated on a hospital plane in the coming hours.
The European Parliament is back at it, pushing to extend the “only yes means yes” rule across the entire EU. This means requiring member states to define rape based on the absence of explicit consent, rather than the use of force, following the Istanbul Convention. The plenary of the European Parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of a report to include consent in the directive on gender-based violence in EU law, something it already tried to do during the previous legislature, but which was left pending due to the refusal of some member states, led by France and Germany, who argued the EU’s lack of competence to regulate such a matter at a European level.
Ten years is how long the validity of the passport, the ID card, the population census, the property registry, some fashions and cultural trends last in many countries. After a decade, the most romantic celebrate aluminum weddings, movies, albums, and video games that have been popular are relaunched, and the planet Mercury crosses in front of the Sun as seen from Earth. It is also how long it has taken the British Labour Party to reconsider returning to the European Union.
While some PSOE ministers have begun to spread out across Andalusian cities in events supporting their candidate and former Government colleague, María Jesús Montero, she continues her crusade in defense of public services, becoming the main and almost sole argument of her electoral campaign. Montero talks about the deterioration of healthcare wherever she goes.
One of the most popular meeting points in downtown Barcelona, the Apple Store on Passeig de Gràcia, reopened its doors this Tuesday after a six-month interior renovation. The changes included replacing the floor, removing the trees in the central area of the store, and the large video screen at the back, opposite the entrance.
The Government has confirmed that the leader of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, will accompany Pope Leo XIV in his meeting with migrants, workers and volunteers at the Arguineguín port pier (Gran Canaria), in an event scheduled for next Thursday, June 11, starting at 11:40 AM.
The advertising and public relations company Whathefav, owned by Laura and Alba Rodríguez Espinosa, the daughters of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, received more than one million euros in the payment scheme linked to the former Prime Minister following the bailout of the airline Plus Ultra, according to the court order in the case.
As expected, Mariano Rajoy has denied the main accusations made by former PP treasurer Luis Bárcenas about his knowledge of an illegal slush fund within the party or about a supposed operation orchestrated by the Popular Party, the Government, or the Police to steal data that could criminally affect him. In fact, for the former president of the government, there was no illegal operation.