All roads lead to Carles Puigdemont. Every time there is a traffic jam in the legislature, the Junts leader is almost always the key to finishing the negotiations. It happened in the last one, that of the fiscal pact, when a video conference had to be improvised at night in which María Jesús Montero, Santos Cerdán and even the former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero were present, and on the other side Miriam Nogueras, Jordi…
Puigdemont’s party demands border control, something that the Executive refuses to give up Read The Government offers Junts that Mossos control ports and airports together with police and civil guards
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Thursday to “fight until the very last minute” amid an impeachment vote and martial law probe. Police raided his office over December’s turmoil, including deploying troops to parliament. Yoon, banned from foreign travel, faces an “insurrection” investigation into his inner circle. South Korea Yoon defends martial law decision, vows to fight until ‘very last minute’
New York will raise its minimum wage in an effort to maintain competitive wages for workers across the state beginning January 1, 2025. The increase is part of a multi-year plan aimed at gradually raising the minimum income to meet the needs of the diverse workforce, taking into account the cost of living and inflation. Minimum wage in 2025 The minimum wage in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County will increase from $16.00…
The embezzlement trial threatening Marine Le Pen with a ban from running for public office is not deterring her far-right Rassemblement National (RN) from relying on what got them into trouble in the first place: European Parliament funds intended for parliamentary assistants. The party’s president, Jordan Bardella, who is also a member of the European Parliament, attempted to have his chief of staff recruited as a local parliamentary assistant. In November, the Parliament rejected…
“Count on me for anything. Do you have a relative on the waiting list at the hospital? Come to me! Any procedure that is not progressing? The same! And if I don’t open the door for you, kick it down!” With this uninhibited declaration of principles, José Luis Baltar Pumar presented himself to his neighbors when in 1990 he became president of the Ourense Provincial Council. The offer worked for him. He held the position…
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The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution with 158 votes demanding an immediate, unconditional ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and the release of hostages. This marks an escalation from last year’s humanitarian truce demand in Gaza. UN General Assembly demands immediate and unconditional Gaza ceasefire
What impact will the fall of Bashar al-Assad have on ongoing proceedings in France against former Syrian regime officials? According to the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT), which is also responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, “24 proceedings concerning crimes attributed to the [Syrian] regime or its affiliated forces, such as militias, like the National Defense Forces,” were listed in France as of December 1. Not all these procedures were launched following…
Béatrice Zavarro was sworn in in 1996 and still wears the same dress, doing what she can to mend her worn-in collar or patched fabric after 28 years of service. She is nearing the end of a trial of a lifetime: that of the dozens of men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was unconscious. Zavarro is defending Dominique Pelicot, the husband who drugged his wife and invited the strangers into their bedroom to…
The fines continue to arrive for concerts at the Santiago Bernabéu. This time it was Manuel Carrasco’s turn. During his interview at The Revolt issued this Wednesday night, the singer has shown three fines from the Madrid City Council “for exceeding the noise levels permitted at the Santiago Bernabéu.” David Broncano, the presenter, has read them to the audience. The first is 144,000 euros, the second is 126,000 and the third is 129,000. Together they…
Felipe VI reminds Sánchez and Meloni that the relationship “flourishes with governments” The first day of the King and Queen’s State visit to Italy was a work in progress for weeks. The Royal Family and the Italian Government wanted to emphasise the importance of this visit by the Head of State and his wife to a country that is not simply one more on the list of trips of the first Spanish institution. This was…
Liverpool kept up their unbeaten run with a 1-0 victory over Girona on Tuesday. Real Madrid beat Atalanta 3-2 away despite Kylian Mbappe’s injury. Both Paris Saint Germain and Aston Villa won their matches.
Judge Santiago Pedraz entering the headquarters of the National Court, last February.Juan Carlos Hidalgo (EFE)Santiago Pedraz, the judge of the National Court investigating one of the sons of the president of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema for kidnapping and torture of four opponents, has refused to extend to Interpol the evidence obtained during the three years of judicial investigation, evidence that this organization claims to process the international arrest warrants (OID) issued by its court…
“Turull has described the pact of a motion of censure with the PP as ‘fantasy’ and that is a reasonable statement, but there are indirect ways” Read The siege of Sánchez
Syrians who had been forced to flee to refugee camps or neighbouring countries started to make their way back to their home country.
In November, the Valencia Provincial Council elected Marcial Díaz as manager of the Provincial Firefighters Consortium. It has not been even a year since the Valencia Court ratified a conviction against him and three others convicted of profiting from aid to the countryside between 2009 and 2013 by falsifying invoices to justify the destination of said subsidies. The appointment comes at a time of reconstruction of the areas affected by dana. Díaz and three other…
The Royal Family, which denies disagreements with the Executive, assumes the decision that the Kings will not travel to Paris after learning of the unrest in Foreign Affairs. Spain’s institutional absence on Saturday at the reopening of Notre Dame puts the spotlight back on the relationship between the Government and the Royal Family. The non-attendance of the King and Queen and the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, invited to the event, has moved the tectonic…
International diplomats reacted cautiously Monday to the prospect of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group taking control in Syria after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. HTS has its roots in the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda and is proscribed as a “terrorist” organisation by Western governments. Aaron Y. Zelin, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, says that HTS’ governance in Idlib was not a “liberal democracy by any stretch of…
France’s largest internet operator Orange was, on Tuesday, December 10, slapped with a €50 million ($53 million) fine for sending unsolicited adverts resembling emails to customers. Orange is the successor to France’s monopoly telephone operator and remains the leading telecommunications firm, with a popular email service. “Internet access and email service provider Orange used its email service to introduce advertisements” that resembled emails in customers’ message feeds, said Louis Dutheillet de Lamothe, deputy head of…
An Argentine court, on Tuesday, December 10, dismissed rape charges against two French international rugby players accused of assaulting a woman after a match in the country in July. A judge in Mendoza dismissed the case on the advice of the prosecution, which called for the charges to be dropped over inconsistencies in the woman’s version of events.
The clash between the Community and the Madrid City Council (PP) with the Government of Spain (PSOE and Sumar) will experience a rare truce this Wednesday: the regional executive will give the green light to sign with the Ministry of Universities the María Goyri Program, which will finance 1,091 teaching positions thanks to an investment shared by the State (169.8 million, 60%) and Madrid (112.3).
The general director of the NGO demands that school cafeterias be free “to fight against childhood inequality” At the beginning of this school year, the NGO Educo staged a protest in front of several schools with empty fridges to demand that all children have free access to the school canteen. Its general director, Pilar Orenes, demands that the next General State Budget include a budget of 468 million euros to reinforce scholarships as a previous…
French President Emmanuel Macron aims to name a new prime minister for France “within 48 hours,” sources close to him Tuesday, December 10, told Agence France-Presse.
A French prosecutor demanded the filmmaker Christophe Ruggia be put under house arrest for two years over sexually assaulting an actor when she was a child on Tuesday, December 10. Actress Adèle Haaenel, his accuser, stormed out of the landmark trial after he denied the abuse. Haenel, 35, has accused Ruggia, 59, of assaulting her in the early 2000s when she was between 12 and 14 and he was in his late 30s, allegations he…
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