The Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard has appeared at the headquarters of the General Directorate of the same armed institute to collect documentation about a reserved information – as internal investigations in the force are known – that was opened to police commanders investigating the PSOE on suspicion that they might have leaked information.
About to mark four years since her separation from Gerard Piqué, Shakira has surprised with conciliatory statements towards the former footballer. The Colombian singer, who is going through one of the most successful moments of her career, has wanted to publicly acknowledge the importance that the former Barça player had in her personal and family life.
On May 22, 1976, a team of professionals from the pediatrics and hematology services at the Sant Pau hospital carried out the first bone marrow transplant in Spain. Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of this milestone, and the Barcelona hospital has scheduled various commemorative events.
With the war in Ukraine bogged down and growing internal problems, Vladimir Putin is suffering serious setbacks on the international stage, from the U.S. harassment of his allies – Iran, Venezuela, Cuba – to his military retreat in Africa.
Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, rich in symbolism and poor in concrete results, has concluded. On his second and final day, this Friday, the US president entered the gardens of Zhongnanhai, residence of the communist leadership, accompanied by Chinese President Xi Jinping. After a ceremonial tea, both headed to the working lunch with their respective delegations. After this, Trump made his way to the airport, where he was seen off at the foot of the stairs by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
At 13:49 yesterday, May 14, the trial against the Pujol family and nine businessmen who allegedly paid them commissions in exchange for public works was submitted for judgment. 38 oral hearing sessions, in which more than 200 witnesses and experts have appeared. The trial closes 3,685 days after the visit of Victoria Álvarez, Jordi Pujol Ferrusola’s ex-lover, to the Canillas police complex, accompanied by the “patriotic police,” in which she explains that she saw with her own eyes how Pujol Ferrusola carried bags of cash to Andorra. It is December 13, 2012. The police investigation that started then, which was halted until El Mundo published seventeen months later information about the Pujol accounts in Banca Privada d’Andorra (BPA) allegedly obtained by the Spanish police, ended with the entire family charged, as well as ten businessmen; since the hearing began last November, one of them, Carles Vilarrubí, has died, and former president Pujol was exonerated for health reasons. The rest await sentencing, possibly at the end of July, according to legal sources. All the accused plead not guilty. About 200 hours of oral hearing have not cleared up many of the case’s doubts.
The match between the Spaniard Rafael Jódar and the Italian Luciano Darderi, belonging to the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters 1,000, was momentarily interrupted due to a technical problem with the system used by the referees to record the score and the hawk-eye.
The president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, reappeared this Wednesday night after his controversial press conference and did so to explain a little more about the electoral process that he is going to call. “Tomorrow (Thursday) the electoral board will begin the election procedures,” announced the president on La Sexta.
Donald Trump offered on Monday his most pessimistic message regarding the truce with Iran since it came into effect on April 7. In a statement from the Oval Office of the White House, he stated that the ceasefire is “incredibly fragile” and is “in hospice care,” after rejecting Tehran’s latest counteroffer on Sunday, which he called “unacceptable.” This morning he gave few details about that document, beyond a series of adjectives that also do not lead to optimism: “stupid,” “trash,” and “dishonest.”
In the largest outbreak of Andes hantavirus ever recorded, 23 of the 34 affected people (68%) did not infect anyone. Not a single one of the 82 healthcare professionals who treated the 34 patients became infected, despite most not using protective equipment. Eleven of the 34 patients died.