The delegate of the Spanish government in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, stated this Monday that it would have been counterproductive for the State to have declared a national emergency and taken over the management of the emergency on the day of the storm in the Valencian Community against the will of the Generalitat. She said this this Monday in the investigation commission of the Congress of Deputies on the catastrophe.

"I want to lead a left-wing front in Catalonia, with ERC as the driving force." Gabriel Rufián has retracted the words he uttered a few weeks ago in Madrid, in which he showed himself willing to lead the left-wing front he proposes at the state level: "If my presence can help, I am willing. Of course," he declared, although he made it clear that it must be the progressive parties as a whole that agree on the visible face of the project." From Valencia, this Friday he defended leading this front, but only in Catalonia. In this way, the ERC spokesperson in Congress has taken a further step in the defense of the great progressive alliance in an event with the former regional vice-president and Compromís candidate for the Valencia City Council, Mónica Oltra. In fact, the republican leader has added a new ally to his proposal to the point that Oltra revealed that the pact with Sumar, Podem, Esquerra Unida and Compromís is already a reality in the city of Valencia and "almost" in the Valencian Country.

For more than 10 years, neither the Superior Court of Justice nor any Provincial Court of the Valencian Community has published a ruling in Valencian. This has been denounced by the Ecologist Association Agró, which laments that, along with Navarre, the Valencian Community is the autonomy where its co-official language is least used in the courts.

Sevilla footballer Rafa Mir has been sentenced by the Provincial Court of Valencia to 8 and a half years in prison for sexual assault and another offense of injury, as reported this Monday by the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community. The striker was arrested and released on bail after the complaint by a 21-year-old girl at the time of the events, who stated that the player and a friend of his, also footballer Pablo Jara, had sexually assaulted two women at the former's home in the town of Bétera on the night of August 31, 2024. As a consequence of the attack, both victims required hospital assistance. The events occurred when the player was on loan to Valencia. This season, the attacker has played on loan at Elche, where he has played 27 matches and scored eight goals, and has been a key player for the team's survival.

The pleasure longed for by many people to swim on a beach without the fear of being stung by a jellyfish is not yet a reality, but it is getting closer and closer. The latest step in this direction has been taken by the research group on Management and Restoration of Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems (GRE) at the University of Alicante, which has developed a device that prevents these invertebrates from reaching the coast by generating electromagnetic fields.

The former president of the Valencian Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, sent his advisors a message early on the morning of the storm that it was necessary to "flood the media with data" to give the impression of "being alert" and having "control" of the situation, a circumstance that would show that the former head of the Council was aware of the danger of the day. Despite this, he maintained a lunch of almost four hours with the journalist Maribel Vilaplana and did not go to the Cecopi until 8:28 PM, three and a half hours after the start of the emergency committee. This is recorded in the messages exchanged in the WhatsApp group of the Valencian government, which Mazón initiated at 8:15 AM and in which the last to send a message is the head of Infrastructures, Vicente Martínez Mus, who does so at 11:53 PM, regarding the road situation.

It was born to end the linguistic conflict despite the skepticism of many university and secessionist sectors; it has coexisted with constant criticism from the People's Party, and now survives the virulent attacks of Vox thanks to the shield granted by the Statute of Autonomy, but with the fear of being financially suffocated (both conservative parties have announced that in 2026 they will again cut its budget by 25%). The creation of the Valencian Academy of the Language (AVL), which turns 25 this year, is one of the few cases in which Valencian society has been able to weave consensus in recent years. It is also, however, an example of the many challenges it faces, such as achieving the survival of the institution and, above all, avoiding the disappearance of the language.

The football club of the Valencian municipality of Bonrepòs i Mirambell (Horta Nord) has opened an investigation to clarify whether an erotic show was organized with the participation of a woman who stripped during the celebration of one of its youth teams (16, 17 and 18 years old) which, moreover, took place in a municipal facility. The entity has already taken precautionary measures against the person responsible for the institution who would have promoted or allowed the performance.

The judge of the case has rejected summoning former Valencian president Carlos Mazón as a witness after the Provincial Court of Valencia ruled in favor of the former head of the Consell and accepted his involvement in the case. The court, in a decision supported by the Prosecutor's Office, considered that the now conservative deputy has the right to this protection because the investigation may provide information that could lead to his future indictment. Unlike a witness, who is obliged to tell the truth, if he were summoned in the future as a defendant, he could, for example, lie and not answer all parties, without consequences for himself.

The indefinite strike of teachers in the Valencian Community is heading into its fourth week with growing tension and almost blocked negotiations. Also with a standoff with the Spanish government delegation, which has initiated the procedure to open disciplinary proceedings against the National Police officer who this Sunday assaulted a teacher who was demonstrating at the gates of the Ministry of Education to ask the regional government to accept the teachers' demands. In the video shared on social media, the woman, a 68-year-old retired teacher, is seen walking down the street amidst the protests. Then, an officer, whose head is covered with a helmet, runs towards her, pushes her violently from behind, and knocks her to the ground.

Graduate in Philosophy and Letters (Catalan Philology section) from the University of Alicante, Verònica Cantó Doménech (Cocentaina, 1964) has been the president of the Valencian Language Academy (AVL) since 2022. We speak with her at a delicate moment for the institution and for Valencian due to the policy that the Popular Party and Vox have begun to implement since their arrival at the Generalitat just over six months ago.

The Assembly of Correcting Teachers of the PAU Exams of the Valencian Country, comprising 250 teachers, has announced that it is considering not appearing for the constitution of the tribunals for the university access exams, resigning en bloc on the day they are formed – June 2nd – or adopting "more forceful" actions regarding the qualifications. The announcement coincided with a new meeting between the Generalitat and the unions to try to put an end to an indefinite strike that has entered its third week and on Tuesday had a 16% follow-up. Despite the duration of the protest, the meeting only served to advance in the reduction of bureaucracy.

That Mónica Oltra's return to the front line of Compromís would not be a smooth path was evident to anyone who knew the coalition's trajectory. Especially due to the continuous discrepancies between Iniciativa del Poble Valencià –the former vice-president's party– and the nationalists of Més. Even more so, after the progressive leader's traumatic resignation worsened the relationship between the two partners. The unknown, therefore, was to determine the intensity of the dispute. Almost two months after Oltra announced that she accepted being the electoral figurehead in the city of Valencia, we now know the answer. The start of Compromís' pre-campaign for the 2027 elections, which takes place this weekend, has given it to us, and the fact that the former Equality minister has not yet been officially designated as a candidate, a circumstance that has outraged her circle, who do not hesitate to ask if her partners truly want her fighting for the mayorship.

As if nothing interesting were happening in the Valencian Country and the fulfillment of the principle of proximity communication medium established by the foundational law of public radio and television had been suspended, this Friday viewers of À Punt will be able to verify that the channel will dedicate part of its programming to broadcasting a bullfight from the Madrid Feria de San Isidro. As striking as it may seem, it will not be the first occasion; in fact, the broadcast of the bullfighting show from the capital of the State began on May 9 and will be repeated this Sunday. What will be, however, is another example of the evolution of a channel that, with the arrival of PP and Vox to the Generalitat, is increasingly opting for content in Spanish, the mix of opinion and information, crime stories, and the dissemination of shows linked to the most conservative Spanish worldview. A trend that gives no reason to believe it will change, but rather the opposite, with the appointment this week of Román Ceballos as the new president of the board of directors of a channel that for many has long resembled the old Canal 9.

No agreement. The second meeting between the Ministry of Education and Valencian unions will end with positions still far apart and will not serve to end an indefinite strike that already totals six days and continues to enjoy broad support, as demonstrated by the fact that this Monday, according to Generalitat data, 39.7% of teachers have joined it.

Three days before a key meeting between the Valencian government and unions to end the indefinite strike in education that began on Monday, this Friday teachers once again made a show of force with a massive demonstration that paralyzed the center of Valencia and was joined by students, who also went on strike. According to the Spanish government's delegation, the march brought together more than 35,000 people.

The standoff between the Valencian Ministry of Education and teachers continues on the second day of the strike, in which the teaching staff has once again prominently supported the protest. According to the Generalitat, participation was 35%. According to teachers' representatives, the percentage has risen to 75%.

"We will resist to the maximum." The slogan among Valencian teachers seems clear after the success of the first day of the indefinite strike that began this Monday. According to the Generalitat, 50.12% of teachers have supported the strike, a figure that unions raise to 90%. All this in a context with high minimum services imposed by the education department, which in the case of second-year baccalaureate teachers has been 100%. According to the Valencian government, which has obtained the approval of the Superior Court of Justice, it is necessary to ensure that students are evaluated with a view to the selectivity exam that will take place in June.

The Spanish financial system faces the economic uncertainty generated by the attacks on Iran by the United States from a position of "strength, resilience, and profitability" and "prepared even for the worst-case scenarios." This Thursday, the CEO of CaixaBank, Gonzalo Gortázar, wanted to convey confidence in the state economy during the entity's results presentation for the first quarter of 2026. A period during which the company has once again achieved record figures. This time, a net profit of 1,572 million euros, that is, 7% more than in the same period of the previous year.

Buried more than two meters deep in the well of a house in the Bacarot district of Alicante. This is how the National Police discovered the body of Valencian businessman Jesús Tavira, 63, who had been missing since March 18. He is a well-known businessman in the scrap and vehicle trading sector, who was also the key witness in the famous trial for the 2016 shooting murder of María del Carmen Martínez, the widow of Vicente Sala, former president of the Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo (CAM), acquired by Banco Sabadell.