The City Council of Zaragoza, in plenary session, has approved the budget by 2025 with an endowment of 978 million euros with the votes in favor of PP and Vox and the rejection of PSOE and ZEC. The budget, following the items that had already been presented previously, grows 2.97% and increases the investment by 15%, reaching record levels that were not exceeded since the years of the 2008 Expo. During the plenary session, the…
Egyptian authorities said the tomb of an 18th-dynasty ancient Egyptian king has been unveiled in the tourist-friendly southern city of Luxor. They hail it as the first royal tomb discovery in over a century. Though Egypt celebrates royal tomb discoveries frequently, this stands out for being that of a former king rather than a member of the royal family. The tomb of King Thutmose II was considered the last missing tomb of the 18th Dynasty…
Permanent controls at the Schengen borders. The denial of entry to people seeking asylum at the German border if they have already traveled through another EU country. Detention of those who have been told they have to leave the country. These are just some of the measures that Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democrats’ (CDU) candidate for chancellor, wants to see implemented. He currently leads the polls and has the best chance of forming the next…
The Minister of Economy and Finance of the Generalitat, Alicia Romero, presented on Wednesday the Cluster of Serveis Financers, which aims to boost innovation and sustainability in the financial field. He has done this Wednesday in an event held in the Barcelona Stock Exchange, in which he explained that the initiative intends to “raise projects and resources” in contribution to private actors to boost the Catalan economy. The project, framed in the Government’s investment macroplan…
It is not the first time that Russia has tried to influence an election through disinformation. It happened last year, both ahead of the EU elections and the US election. According to the German Bundestag, Russia had even already tried to influence voters’ opinions in the German federal elections of 2021. The situation has not changed much four years later. Experts have observed large-scale Russian disinformation campaigns ahead of the upcoming German election on February 23. The…
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro knew and agreed to a plan to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as part of an attempted coup, Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet said Tuesday. Gonet formally charged Bolsonaro and 33 accomplices with attempting a coup to stay in office after losing the 2022 election. Bolsonaro Charged in 2022 Coup Plot What are the allegations against Bolsonaro? “The members of the criminal organization structured at the presidential…
Washington-based US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday declined to immediately block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, from directing the laying-off of workers and accessing sensitive information. However, Chutkan did say the case — filed by more than a dozen US states — raised legitimate questions about Musk’s seemingly unchecked authority. What did the judge say? In her decision, Chutkan wrote that the states “legitimately call into question what appears to be the unchecked authority…
The experts of the General Council of Economists celebrate that the year 2024 has closed with economic growth of 3.2% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Despite this, they ask for caution at the signs launched by 2025 on the possible relaxation, although it will lift 2.4%. It has been in the presentation of this Tuesday of the report of the financial observatory and economic keys corresponding to the third four -month period of 2024.…
Did you know that ethnic Koreans in Ukraine feel at home despite the racism, they see themselves as Ukrainians of Korean descent and are a forgotten element Ukrainian society, living in the red zone and fully part of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Ethnic Koreans in Ukraine “Why did we Koreans come to Ukraine? To work in the countryside! The conditions here are good for growing vegetables,” said Olena Pak, a resident of the rural Shevchenkove settlement…
According to the interior minister Austria stabbing Islamist attack the perpetrator of a knife attack in the Austrian city of Villach was radicalized online and had links to the so-called “Islamic State” group, Austria’s interior minister said. Austria stabbing Islamist attack The Syrian suspect, who randomly started attacking passersby with a knife on Saturday, was an “Islamist attacker,” Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said on Sunday. The attack left a teenager killed and caused five other…
US-Ukraine relations at Munich Security Conference leaves Ukraine in the lurch. A few days ago, US Vice President JD Vance shocked those gathered in Munich by calling into question whether the US and Europe still even shared the same values. So when the Ukrainian diplomat? made a statement saying “We have much more confidence, we are not alone, Peace Through Strength: A Plan for Ukraine,” explained Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha to the astonishment of…
The olive collection campaign is already 99 percent in Extremadura, and the data at the end of January reflects that 76,400 tons of oil have been collected in Extremadura, with an “excellent quality.” This has been highlighted by the president of Aigg Extremadura Asaja, Juan Metidieri, at a press conference this Monday in Spain, in which he has made an assessment of the olive collection campaign in the region and the production of oil, which…
Wednesday’s phone call between US President Donald Trump and the Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated a radical shift in Washington’s stance. Prior to Trump-Putin Ukraine talks, there had been no direct communication between the US and Moscow since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Now, Trump has said that he hopes to meet President Putin in Saudi Arabia for “US-Russia peace talks” to end the war. However, he did not say anything…
The president of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, expressed his desire that Ukraine “be a member country of the European Union in 2030”, as a solution to avoid future invasions of Russia in the country that presides over Volidimir Zelenski, to whom he expressed his support to achieve a “fair and lasting peace.” Sanchez made these statements this afternoon during his participation in Congress that the Socialist Party of La…
Exporters in Mexico take up to eight hours to cross the US. They are facing delays of up to eight hours to cross the border with the United States, after the activation on Friday of security protocols and documentation inspection in the Mexican city of Tijuana, before the measures of the US president, Donald Trump. Exporters in Mexico take up to eight hours to cross the US These protocols were carried out exclusively in the…
The US president, Donald Trump, consumes his tariff threats and puts his commercial partners in suspense. If at the beginning of the week he announced that he would apply rates of up to 25% to the imports of steel and aluminum, yesterday he undertook a second onslaught: he will impose reciprocal tariffs to its commercial partners. The news has not sat very well in the European Union. The community block has warned this Friday that…
There’s an important deadline for the people who live in the municipality of Madrid. Vulnerable people will not pay the garbage rate in Madrid. The deadline to apply for those reduction is Feb 28. It is available for large families, vulnerable people receiving the low incomes or government support (IMV) and owners of empty or unused housing owners can request this reduction, which will be 100% in the case of the most disadvantaged. Madrid’s municipal…
Up to 1,400 killed in Bangladesh protests crackdown. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Wednesday that officials from Bangladesh’s former government systematically committed serious human rights violations as they tried to suppress anti-government protesters that ultimately toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government last year. Bangladesh protesters struggle to recover from injuries Presenting results from a fact-finding mission, Turk also told reporters in Geneva that crimes against humanity may have been carried out.…
A grenade thrown into bar in olympic village injures more than 10 people who were seriously wounded, after a grenade was thrown into a bar during happy hour in the city of Grenoble, France. Grenade thrown into bar in olympic village The incident occurred shortly after 8:00 p.m. (1900 GMT) at the bar in the Olympic Village neighbourhood, built when the city hosted the 1968 Winter Olympics. “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the…
As the African Union (AU) is preparing to elect its next commission chairperson in February. Three key contenders are now in the spotlight to fill Africa’s top diplomatic seat so who can fix Africa’s problems? There’s a few key issues that any leader must contend with; unity between AU member states and managing the relationship with super powers, whilst ensuring the capitalist structure does not rape every resource from Africa’s continent. whilst finding a path…
It has been a busy week so far for the US administration with political warfare taking place everywhere. Trump and Musk in the White House spells trouble for the world, as they look to dominate the global agenda with America first! This week began with the concern that the Israelis are threatening to restart the genocide, and Trump’s affinity for beachfront property in Gaza. A diplomatic row between the world and the US Although the crisis and genocide…
There is no aspect that matters more to a retired future than that of the amount of your pension. It is not for less: when he becomes a pensioner that benefit will replace his salary and will become, except in exceptions, in his main source of income until the date of his death. One aspect to keep in mind is that not all workers can collect the retirement tax pension. The General Social Security Law…
Less administrative obstacles for SMEs in Spain as the Governing Council of the Board of Extremadura has given the green light to the processing of the draft of the Open Market Law of Extremadura, which seeks to ensure free movement and establishment of economic operators within the Autonomous Community. Less administrative obstacles for SMEs He stressed that with this law, it will “be facilitated” that companies that operate in other territories can do it in…
Two private jets collided on Scottsdale Airport’s runway in the southwestern US state of Arizona on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring others, officials said. “A Learjet 35A veered off the runway after landing and crashed into a Gulfstream 200 business jet on the ramp at Scottsdale Municipal Airport in Arizona around 2:45 p.m. local time Monday, Feb. 10 (2145 UTC),” according to the US Federal Aviation Administration. At least four people were…
On the opening day of an AI summit in Paris co-hosted by India, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday a European AI strategy would be unveiled the following day at the event. He declared that France was in the race for artificial intelligence development and called on attendees to choose Europe — broadly seen as lagging far behind the US and China in the sector — for their business needs. Speaking in English, he said “we…
