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The left-wing opposition says that Ayuso’s dinner with a Quirón executive proves the company’s “infiltration” in its Government | Madrid News

More Madrid and PSOE have criticized the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, for the dinner with a Quirón executive in January 2022, six months before the Community of Madrid released hundreds of millions of euros in payments to that group. The two spokespersons for these groups reacted this Monday in the usual press conference after the Board of Spokespersons to the EL PAÍS news about the meeting, further evidence of the close connection between Ayuso and Quirón. Neither the Madrid president nor her squires have commented on the issue today.More informationManuela Bergerot, the leader of Más Madrid, has recalled that…

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Which Countries Depend the Most on Persian Gulf Oil and Gas

As the war in the Middle East halts most of the oil and gas trade from the region, countries thousands of miles away are feeling the pain of their energy supplies suddenly vanishing. Some are feeling the loss more acutely than others.Asian countries are the biggest buyers of Persian Gulf energy Pakistan Share of energy importsfrom Gulf Countries Share of energy imports from Gulf Countries 81% Total energyimports in 2024 Total energy imports in 2024 $17 bil.Japan Share of energy imports from Gulf Countries 57% Total energy imports in 2024 $139 bil.Thailand Share of energy imports from Gulf Countries 56%…

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Abascal cares about honor, not street lighting | Spain

Who said that there is no room for humor in political literature? The book of conversations of the late Fernando Sánchez Dragó with Santiago Abascal and with whom he calls his guru, Kiko Méndez-Monasterio (Santiago Abascal, Spain VertebratePlaneta, 2019), contains some memorable passages. The writer’s dithyrambs towards the leader of Vox explode into heroic similes: “But if you are like Viriato, like El Cid, like Guzmán the Good…!”; The three gentlemen burst into laughter and jokes about the women while Dragó’s secretary fails to light a fire in the fireplace of the house where the talk takes place; Abascal emerges…

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The four young people who had been trapped in an old hospital in Esparreguera (Barcelona) were rescued | News from Catalonia

Four young people were trapped this Saturday in an old hospital in the town of Esparreguera, in the Baix Llobregat region (Barcelona), after the structure of the building collapsed. The Generalitat Firefighters have managed to first remove two of the young people, one of them seriously injured and another in less serious condition. After almost three hours they managed to rescue the other two, who emerged unharmed. As reported by the Generalitat Firefighters in their account on The Firefighters have begun to work on the rescue efforts, with 13 crews, and have also activated drones from the aerial media unit.…

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The men of Holy Week in Sagunto reject that women process with them: “Tradition is tradition” | News from the Valencian Community

“Tradition is tradition”; “You can’t break a tradition” or “Let them set up their own brotherhood.” These are the main arguments put forward by several brothers to justify their rejection of women being able to procession with them during Holy Week in Sagunto, whose origin dates back to 530 years ago. The vote held this Sunday afternoon in the hermitage of the Sang del Nostre Senyor Jesucrist, and in which only men participated, was clear: 267 votes against and 114 in favor of modifying an article of the statutes to change the word “men” to “people” in order for the…

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Relatives of the victims and authorities commemorate the 11th anniversary of the Germanwings tragedy | News from Catalonia

Next Tuesday will mark eleven years since the tragedy of Germanwings flight 9525, which left 150 dead after crashing into the Alps. This Sunday a tribute ceremony was held outside the El Prat Airport in which, in addition to the family members, the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, and the president of the Catalan Chamber, Josep Rull, participated. The main victims’ association has criticized the absence of Lufthansa, the company’s parent company.The act of remembrance consisted of a one minute of silence outside the airport that serves the Catalan capital. The president of the association of those affected by…

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The King’s House considers a good relationship with Mexico a “state operation” | Spain

King Felipe VI’s message that in the colonization of America “there was a lot of abuse” and “ethical controversies” by the Spanish conquerors was not at all improvised: it had and has the support of the Government and the PP, “which was brought up to date”, as confirmed by all the parties involved. In the Royal House they classify the “recovery of the institutional relationship” lost with Mexico as a “State operation.” Felipe VI wants Mexico to attend the XXX Ibero-American Summit in Madrid in November and has made direct efforts with the leaders of Chile, Argentina and other countries…

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