Author: Frank Deux

The Government chooses a route of regional relief that favors a prosperous and more financed community than that of Ayuso, according to Fedea, the College of Economists of Madrid and the Generalitat itself. Read Since the financial crisis, Catalonia has gone into debt 175% more than Madrid, despite having received more resources from the system

In tonight’s edition, the BBC vows to continue reporting on the Sahel region, after Niger announced it’s taking the British broadcaster off the airwaves for three months. Also, Rwanda bids to bring Formula One back to Africa for the first time since 1993. And we’ll take a look closer at the place of traditional medicine in Senegal. Niger junta suspends the BBC accusing it of spreading 'false news'

A court in France on Friday, December 13, jailed three rugby players formerly with French side Grenoble for 12 to 14 years over the 2017 gang rape of a student. It sentenced Irishman Denis Coulson, 30, and Frenchman Loick Jammes, 30, to 14 years behind bars, and New Zealander Rory Grice, 34, to 12 years in jail. It handed four years in jail, including two suspended, to ex-Ireland international 31-year-old Chris Farrel over failure to…

Signage is seen outside the Moody’s Corporation headquarters in Manhattan, New York on November 12, 2021. ANDREW KELLY / REUTERS Ratings agency Moody’s downgraded France’s credit rating Saturday, December 13, to Aa3 with a stable outlook, following months of political crisis and the appointment of centrist Francois Bayrou as prime minister. Moody’s cited France’s “political fragmentation” in its decision, which comes after parliament ousted Michel Barnier’s government in a historic no-confidence vote following a standoff…

Bolaños asks the PP to “put the interests of the citizens first” in the Conference of PresidentsThe Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, Félix Bolaños, has described as “good news at the beginning” that the Conference of Presidents will be held in Santander and has expressed his hope that the Popular Party (PP) “will put the interests of citizens” at the meeting, opening up to agreements on immigration and housing.“I hope…

The President of the Government proposes a system that limits the fiscal autonomy of the autonomous communities and challenges Madrid Read Sánchez makes the new financing subject to ending the ‘Ayuso model’

The parliamentary week began under the shadow of Carles Puigdemont, with his demand that Pedro Sánchez submit to a vote of confidence, and ended this Thursday with up and down moment for the Government. The legislature, the second decree of aid for those affected by the dana was validated, with the only vote against Vox. The Government saves Congress The investiture bloc worked to defeat the attempt of this last group and the PP to…

The Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) warns the Government not to try to mask the energy tax in an omnibus decree because they will overthrow it. There leader warns that he will not support anything that entails approving the tax hike, even if this means dropping measures such as the increase in pensions. The PNV warns the Government not to try to mask the energy tax in an omnibus decree because it will overthrow it

During a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Erdogan to protect Syrian civilians after Turkish-backed rebels toppled the Bashar al-Assad regime. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. Live: Blinken tells Erdogan 'all parties' must ensure protection of Syrian civilians

José Luis Ábalos worked hard this Thursday in the Supreme Court to disassociate himself from the possible irregularities committed by his former advisor in the Ministry of Transportation, Koldo García, and the businessman Víctor de Aldama. The former socialist leader, currently a deputy for the Mixed Group, denied before the judge that he had collected cash or any type of compensation from companies supposedly favored by public contracts, accusations that Aldama has borne as proof…

The leak of the reproach to Felipe VI for not going to Notre Dame when he had already begun his state visit to Giorgia Meloni’s Italy, a way of telling him that here no one jumps over the wall. Read The Kings in Italy and the ‘vendetta’ of Paiporta

In a traditional custom for lame-duck presidents, Joe Biden announced he would grant a record-breaking 1,500 commutations and 39 pardons on Thursday, weeks after he controversially pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, after promising not to grant him clemency.

Along with an institution dedicated to the French language, which opened its doors in Villers-Cotterêts, Picardy, in 2023, it was to be the other major museum project of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. But the Terrorism Memorial Museum, due to open in March 2027 in the Paris suburb of Suresnes, will not see the light of day. The news was made official in a December 10 press release from the museum’s planning committee: “This decision was taken…

The complaint to the Civil Guard by the Bishopric of Tui-Vigo Upon confirming the disappearance of jewelry and other valuable objects, as well as various documents from the Diocesan Historical Archive and the Chapter Archive of the Cathedral of Santa María – which have not yet been quantified – he recalled the bizarre case of the theft in 2011 of the Codex Calixtino, one of the cathedral treasures of Santiago that was recovered a year…

The colonel retires after beating the Minister of the Interior in court. Read Passes to the Pérez de los Cobos reserve, the ‘wall’ that confronted Marlaska and was crossed in the illegal referendum in Catalonia

French President Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister on Friday morning, his office said on Thursday, December 12, as pressure mounted to fill the post a week after MPs toppled the government. “The statement naming the prime minister will be published tomorrow morning,” the Elysée presidential palace said on Thursday after Macron returned early from a trip to Poland. Greens leader Marine Tondelier urged Macron on Thursday to “get out of his comfort…

French luxury brand Chanel on Thursday named former Bottega Veneta creative boss Matthieu Blazy as its new artistic director, one of the biggest jobs in fashion tasked with finally turning the page on the Karl Lagerfeld era. Chanel confirmed the appointment shortly after Bottega Veneta announced that the 40-year-old Blazy was leaving the Italian firm to be replaced by British designer Louise Trotter. The Franco-Belgian Blazy had worked for Maison Margiela, Celine and Calvin Klein…

The Supreme Court prevents popular accusations from entering Ábalos’ interrogation, except for the PPThe decision of the Supreme Court magistrate, Leopoldo Puente, to unify the seven popular accusations presented in the case opened by the Koldo case and appointing the PP as representative of all of them has generated strong discomfort among the others (Vox, Manos Liminas union, Liberum Association, Hazteoir.org Association, Association of Democratic Lawyers for Europe and the political party Iustitia Europa), given…

During the Conference of Presidents held today at the La Magdalena Palace in Santander, financing, immigration and health will also be discussed. Read Without agreements in sight for Sánchez with the autonomies: the 11 of the PP propose a "amendment to the entire" for the Catalan quota and housing

Feminist megaphone Bretonne by birth, Parisian by adoption, Lauriane Nicol founded the online media outlet Lesbien Raisonnable in 2017. First in the form of a newsletter and an internet site, which she enhanced in 2018 with an Instagram account where she now counts 32,000 subscribers. The 34-year-old sees these tools as both a cultural medium and a relay for feminist struggles. “I can’t help being an activist, it’s in my DNA. Lesbians have always been…

  “This hearing must remind us of the forbidden, who was the adult, who was the child, it must set the world straight.” It was with these words that prosecutor Camille Poch requested, on Tuesday, December 10, a five-year prison sentence, two of which would be under house arrest, for Christophe Ruggia. The filmmaker is on trial for sexually assaulting Adèle Haenel when she was between the ages of 12 and 14. At the end…

In recent weeks, more or less discreetly, Alberto Núñez Feijóo has intensified his presence in Catalonia with a focus on connecting with Catalan businessmen. The leader of the PP has visited the economic forums of the Cercle de Economía and the Foment del Treball, where he met with its director, Josep Sánchez Llibre, in a meeting ―last Monday― that the PP did not publicize, after going to the laboratories Catalans Isdin and attending, a few…

Updated Wednesday, December 11, 2024 – 22:53The former Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos faces his statement before the Supreme Court denying practically all of the accusations against him, attacking the credibility of the businessman Victor de Aldama and intoning his particular my fault: “I trusted someone I shouldn’t have and I didn’t protect myself enough.” “Now, when I talk to other officials, the advice I give is: protect yourselves, don’t be trusting, because then…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken took off on an emergency trip to Jordan on Wednesday after the overthrow of neighboring Syria’s dictatorship, in a new, last-minute attempt to shape a Middle East legacy after a turbulent year. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. Live: Blinken on Syria crisis tour with eye on Biden legacy

“Paquita,” by Pierre Lacotte, at the Opéra Bastille, December 2, 2024. MARIA-HELENA BUCKLEY/ONP Christmas celebrations at the Opéra National de Paris promised to be flamboyant. Paquitaa hectic classical ballet, revived in 2001 by Pierre Lacotte, was set to rock the Opéra Bastille, from December 5 to January 4. Playthe best-seller choreographed in 2017 by Sweden’s Alexander Ekman, was sold out from December 7 to January 4, at the Palais Garnier. No sooner had Paquita premiered…