The Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, will meet with the Minister of Labour, Yolanda Díaz, this Tuesday to find a united position on defence spending before upcoming discussions with other parties on Thursday. This meeting comes amidst concerns from Díaz and her party, Sumar, regarding increasing military expenditure in Spain. Yolanda Díaz has firmly stated that merely raising the military budget will not resolve current issues. Instead, she urges for a comprehensive discussion about Spain's defence policy in the twenty-first century, […]

A fire at an industrial warehouse storing pool cleaning products in Vilanova i la Geltru, near Barcelona, has led to a significant emergency response. Authorities warned more than one hundred sixty thousand residents to stay indoors for nearly seven hours due to a toxic chlorine cloud released by the blaze. The fire began at dawn and prompted immediate action from civil protection services, who advised residents to keep windows closed. At around noon, Catalonia's interior minister Nuria Parlon announced the […]

The association of electricity companies, Aelec, has published findings regarding the significant blackout that occurred on the twenty-eighth of April. According to Aelec, the principal cause was a severe failure in tension control, exacerbated by Red Eléctrica’s lack of adequate programming and failure to deploy available resources effectively. Marta Castro, Aelec's regulation director, stated that noticeable fluctuations in tension were already present prior to the blackout. The findings come after a government report attributed the incident to multifactorial issues related […]

The Superior Court of Justice of Madrid has accepted the precautionary measures requested by Ryanair and Norwegian Air, suspending the fines imposed by the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs, and the Agenda Two Thousand and Thirty. The court required both airlines to provide bank guarantees, with Ryanair needing to secure one hundred ten million euros and Norwegian Air one point eight million euros. These fines, originally issued on the twenty-first of November twenty twenty-four, amount to over one hundred […]

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the People's Party (PP), has urged for an assessment of support from parliamentary groups towards the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) following the incarceration of Santos Cerdán, the party's former secretary. Feijóo declared the situation surrounding Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as 'unsustainable' and indicated that PSOE's current partners pose an obstacle to addressing issues of public concern. The PP intends to sound out support from other parties, while stating firmly that it will not […]

A man has died following a police intervention in Linares, Jaén, last night. The incident unfolded when the man began firing a shotgun at pedestrians in the La Paz neighbourhood. One individual sustained injuries from the gunfire and was subsequently transported to San Agustín Hospital for treatment. The National Police received an alert from the local police at ten past ten regarding the armed suspect. In response, officers quickly arrived on the scene, activating emergency protocols for high-risk situations to […]