With the permission of Trump, Khamenei and the Strait of Hormuz, negotiations for a possible merger between the American giant Estée Lauder and the Catalan multinational Puig are moving forward. Beyond geopolitical tensions, the operation “makes sense
The pressure from the Trump Administration is forcing more and more Spanish companies to drastically reduce their activity in Cuba. The latest to give in has been the hotel chain Meliá, which will stop managing 15 of its establishments on the island, the company announced this Wednesday. The decision comes just one day after Iberostar announced its exit from 12 establishments and adds to the moves taken in recent months by Minor Hotels and Royalton Hotels & Resorts.
The first time Felipe de Borbón entered the grounds of Lakefield College School (LCS), located in the Canadian town of the same name in the province of Ontario, 160 kilometers north of Toronto, he was a 16-year-old teenager, whom his parents, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía, had sent with the purpose of distancing him from a protective environment and so that he could interact with other young people. This Thursday, the then young prince, whom his classmates called Flip, returned to the classrooms where he studied the equivalent of COU, and although he carried with him his status as King of Spain, he did so as an alumnus, acknowledging that that first experience away from home marked his early youth.
With 24 hours left until the ceasefire agreed by Iran and the United States ends, the conflict is a real Dragon Khan because expectations are constantly changing. As of writing this article, there is more hope today than there was yesterday that the truce can
Union disunity worsens this Tuesday in Valencia with tensions over the salary agreement that the Ministry of Education, Culture and Universities reached yesterday with the CSIF and ANPE unions. STEPV, CCOO-PV, and UGT-PV, who did not sign the agreement yesterday, wanted to know if the review according to the CPI agreed for the last salary increase established in the agreement – 50 euros in 2028, after the 75 euros increase in July 2027 and the other 75 euros in January 2027 – and the regional Secretary of Education, Daniel McEvoy, clarified it right at the start of this afternoon’s new negotiating table meeting, making it clear that the 2028 CPI review will be made “on the total of the 200 euros and not on the last 50, thus attending to the request of the trade union organizations.” Now the non-signatories can choose between joining or denouncing the agreement.
La Audiencia Nacional resumes the Kitchen trial, which this week will have only one session, this Monday, in which the former deputy operational director of the Police, Eugenio Pino, and the former commissioner José Manuel Villarejo are scheduled to testify about an alleged parapolice operation between 2013 and 2015 to spy on the former PP treasurer Luis Bárcenas.
Catalonia functions as the great laboratory in housing policy in Spain and, as such, is subject to greater scrutiny regarding its consequences. It happened again this Monday with the publication of the Rental Housing Price Index prepared by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The data shows a figure that has surprised the sector: rental prices accelerated in 2024, the year in which the rent cap was introduced under the state Housing law.
The majestic image of the Sagrada Família featured on our cover today is a tribute to Antoni Gaudí, on the centenary of his death, and to the city of Barcelona itself for having this fabulous architectural jewel. There are only a few days left until June 10, when,
Two people died and at least another twenty were injured, two of them seriously, in a multiple hit-and-run this Monday in the German city of Leipzig, in the east of the country, according to police. Around 4:45 p.m., a gray Volkswagen SUV sped into a central pedestrian area around Augustusplatz and drove 500 meters running over people. The driver was arrested at the scene.
José María Cruz Novillo, known as Pepe Cruz Novillo, has passed away at the age of 89, according to the specialized portal Gràffica. Born in Cuenca in 1936, he was the designer responsible for the identity of companies such as Correos or Repsol, the National Police, or the PSOE, among others.