Diana Morant, ministra de Ciencia e Innovación, ha presentado una propuesta formal de cuatrocientos millones de euros para el Telescopio de Treinta Metros, que podría instalarse en La Palma. Esta iniciativa surge tras la reunión del Consejo Rector del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, con motivo del cuadragésimo aniversario de la institución. Morant considera esta propuesta como una de las inversiones más ambiciosas de la historia científica reciente de España. El Telescopio de Treinta Metros, que cuenta con un espejo […]

The Cabildo of Tenerife has activated a Level One emergency due to a wildfire that began on Monday afternoon in El Tanque, affecting the municipalities of El Tanque and Santiago del Teide. Approximately fifty homes and a rural hotel were evacuated as a precaution following the fire's progression, which has burned between sixty and seventy hectares of vegetation. Fortunately, the situation has since been stabilised, though evacuations were necessary due to smoke propagation. Animals have also been relocated to a […]

The humid weather and recent rainfall have provided Spanish authorities with some much-needed relief in their battle against wildfires that have devastated large areas of the country. So far this year, data from the European Forest Fire Information System indicates that over three hundred and ninety-one thousand hectares have already been burned. Although forty fires remain active, the rain, especially in León, has boosted firefighters' ability to manage the situation effectively. Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, president of the Castile and León […]

Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, has officially requested a postponement of her court appearance, which is scheduled for the eleventh of September. Her lawyer, Antonio Camacho, cited a conflicting court commitment on the same day in Arona, Tenerife, which was made prior to the recent citation. This request was filed to Judge Juan Carlos Peinado, who is overseeing the case regarding Gómez's alleged misappropriation in the hiring of her advisor, Cristina Álvarez. On the eighteenth […]

The Central Operational Unit of the Guardia Civil has announced that it found no relevant information in the materials received from Ireland and the United States regarding emails and WhatsApp messages of State Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz. This follows a report where the judge, Ángel Luis Hurtado, decided to lift the secrecy on the investigation due to the lack of findings regarding the evidence. The analysis conducted revealed that no significant messages were found. It was noted that during […]

The responsible judge for the Court of First Instance and Instruction number three in Catarroja has rejected the request to summon journalist Maribel Vilaplana as a witness in the ongoing investigation into the flood management on twenty ninth October. The judge stated that calling Vilaplana would be 'not feasible,' as it would substantially shift the investigation towards the actions of the President of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón. The President is not a party in the current proceedings and holds a […]

According to recent data, the Social Security has distributed ten million three hundred twenty-one thousand eight hundred sixty pensions in May, totalling thirteen billion five hundred thirty-two million euros. The number of pensioners remains above nine million three hundred thousand, with four million seven hundred thousand being men and four million six hundred thousand women. The average pension stands at one thousand three hundred eleven euros, marking a four point five percent increase year-on-year. The report indicates that two thirds […]

The Ministry of Health is set to reform the Tobacco Law by expanding smoke-free public areas in an effort to protect public health and normalise non-smoking environments. Proposed changes include banning smoking in hospitality terraces, university campuses, educational institutions, sports facilities, transport shelters, workplace vehicles, and outdoor leisure areas. Minister Mónica García voiced strong support for this initiative, highlighting tobacco as a major public health threat, responsible for thirty percent of cancers. The reform will align regulations on electronic cigarettes […]

The National Police, supported by Europol, has successfully dismantled a complex criminal network that was involved in both human and drug trafficking between Morocco and Spain. Based primarily in Ceuta and Algeciras, the group organised dangerous maritime crossings, transporting Moroccan migrants along with significant amounts of hashish and clonazepam, a drug commonly mixed with others to create karkubi, or 'poor man’s drug'. Authorities estimate that at least two hundred individuals managed to enter Spain illegally through this network, with costs […]