Former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero today reaffirmed his innocence regarding the Plus Ultra case in an interview on RTVE’s Mañaneros. Zapatero maintained that he did not intervene in the rescue of Plus Ultra, distanced himself from the confession of his friend Julio Martínez, and justified the possession of the jewels seized in his office as a “personal courtesy” gift. These are some of the most notable phrases from his intervention.
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero admitted this Thursday, in his first public interview on TVE since he was charged with alleged corruption offenses on May 19, the enormous concern that these accusations have caused in the socialist ranks. “I suffer a lot thinking that the PSOE could suffer because of the situation I am in, I suffer a lot,” he acknowledged. But to all socialists who maintain confidence in his innocence, starting with Pedro Sánchez, he conveyed: “I am not going to ask for an act of faith.”
Former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has publicly come out to defend his innocence, his work as a consultant after leaving his political career, and to deny that he exerted any influence in favor of companies, specifically Plus Ultra. The former socialist leader has come forward 48 hours after his friend Julio Martínez Martínez chose to cooperate with justice and point to him as the ideologue and manager of the activities of the company investigated by the National Court, Análisis Relevante.
The Civil Section of the Court of First Instance of Madrid has provisionally suspended the eviction of Paquita López Ruiz, an 82-year-old woman, initially scheduled for this Wednesday, from her home located on Santa Ana street, in the La Latina neighborhood of Madrid, pending public administrations offering her a housing alternative.
The image of a Vox parliamentary group wildly applauding every phrase of its spokesperson in the Corts Valencianes, facing a much less enthusiastic Popular Party bench after the approval of the 2026 budgets, yesterday revealed the big winner of the negotiation. President Juanfran Pérez Llorca will have his budgets and guarantees himself a fairly calm end to the legislature, but in return, he has had to concede and include in the year’s most important bill the national priority that Vox demanded. Concessions were made on all issues demanded by the far-right, except on language, to achieve stability and a candidacy for the Presidency of the Generalitat in 2027.
The Local Police of Elx has closed down a second vehicle parking lot located in the hamlet of Torrellano Alto, in the vicinity of Alicante-Elche- Miguel Hernández airport, which was operating without an opening license, had more than 5,000 square meters and a capacity for more than 3,500 vehicles.
Miquel Clos assures that he continues to water part of the trees because the automatic irrigation system does not work. He is also promoting a petition for the return of the 1,733 euros fine imposed by the Mataró City Council, as reported by La Vanguardia, based on the civility ordinance. He rejects any crowdfunding campaign, as some readers have proposed to him, who also send him hundreds of messages of support.
Josep Vallverdú (1923-2026) did not consider himself a specialist in children’s and young adult literature (LIJ), for which he was so recognized, but preferred to speak of “adventure novels.” And although in many cases this was true, what was an adventure was his life, which ended on Tuesday and which is not easy to approach with much perspective given the relevance his figure gained in recent years.
“Never, never, but never love a man so much,” Amy Winehouse declared at one of the concerts of her last tour (2011) before singing Love is a losing game. From her broken heart sprang the best love and heartbreak lyrics in a jazz key since Billie Holiday or Frank Sinatra, but also an addiction to drugs and alcohol that ultimately silenced her voice on July 23, 2011. Today marks 15 years since the great British diva died of respiratory failure caused by an alcoholic coma. She was 27 years old.
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