After almost a week away from their homes, the favorable evolution of the Orés fire, stabilized yesterday after burning about 15,000 hectares in the Cinco Villas region of Zaragoza, has led them to start returning to their homes gradually this Monday.
The incidence of African swine fever that has been affecting the Collserola park for months puts the route of the second stage of the Tour de France at risk. In fact, sources from the Generalitat of Catalonia explained to this newspaper that they have asked the Tour de France organization for a route change so that the race does not pass through the area currently under restrictions. The Generalitat proposes this change “out of responsibility and rigor in managing the outbreak affecting Catalonia since November.” At the same time, the final report from the technicians of the Government’s Department of Agriculture is awaited.
Fede Valverde reacted past ten o’clock on Thursday night after his fight with Tchouaméni.
Rescue operation. After being exonerated on Monday due to age and health reasons, the children close ranks with Jordi Pujol i Soley. Five of them emphasized this morning in the trial ongoing at the National Court against the family that they “never” had an account in Andorra nor had any participation or benefited in any way from the ‘legacy’ of their grandfather, Florenci Pujol i Brugat.
The broker Víctor de Aldama, who at one time reached a deal with the Prosecutor’s Office to get out of prison for another case, has appeared before the Supreme Court judging him for the mask case, willing to explain how he paid the former Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos and his then advisor Koldo García, also in the dock. He has elaborated on all the corruption within the Ministry and beyond. That red line, according to the businessman, was crossed at Ábalos’s request because – he declared – “he needed money for the party’s financing” and the president knew all about it.
The former Prime Minister Felipe González has said it, for the first time, loud and clear. In his opinion, there should be general elections this year, given the weakness of the current Government of Pedro Sánchez. Although González does not base this opinion exclusively on the latest events surrounding his successor José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, he maintains that he cannot imagine him in the role depicted by the UDEF about him, at the head of a criminal organization involved in influence peddling, but he assures that the judge handling the case is being “extremely protective of rights.” He said this in the interview he held at the forum of the Valencian Business Association, AVE, chaired by Vicente Boluda.
The candidate of Por Andalucía for the Presidency of the Junta, Antonio Maíllo, presented this Saturday in Algeciras (Cádiz) the coalition’s fiscal proposal, “a key tool to strengthen public services that would allow raising more than 1,000 million euros without affecting the working majority.”
A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Austria as the alleged perpetrator of extortion against the German baby food manufacturer HiPP, which has kept Central Europe on edge for several weeks, several local media reported this Saturday.
Catalunya extends the age limit from 35 to 40 years to access the public loan program of up to 50,000 euros to finance the purchase of a home among young people. This was announced by the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, at an event in Barcelona this Friday. The change, effective since June 1, shows the difficulty young people have in accessing the real estate market, which forces them to postpone the purchase of their first home more and more. “We want to reach people who have a life project ahead, who have not had time to generate savings,” Illa stated.
El Govern has expanded this Friday the scope of its loan program for young people aimed at financing the down payment for the purchase of a home. Support to break one of the critical points in access to real estate, which grants financing of up to 50,000 euros without interest, a long grace period, and now extends to new types of property.