The judge investigating the allocation of protected housing in Alicante has summoned 15 people to testify as defendants and seven as witnesses. Among those investigated are the former Councilor for Urban Planning of the city, Rocío Gómez, the head of the Contracting Service of the City Council, María Pérez-Hickman, the municipal architect, Francisco Nieto, the sole administrator of the promoting cooperative, Francisco Ordiñana, and the head of the Protected Housing section of the Department of Housing, Employment, Youth and Equality, Roberto Palencia. The five must testify on May 20.

For the Valencian sociologist Rafael Xambó, the media coverage and judicial investigation of the murder of the independentist militant Guillem Agulló were entirely tendentious. 33 years after the crime, the also specialist in media, publishes The Murder of Guillem (Rebel Edicions, 2026), with a prologue by the writer Núria Cadenes and an epilogue by the former CUP leader David Fernández. An extensive work in which he analyzes why only Pedro Cuevas was convicted and the other four far-right militants who accompanied him were acquitted. The book will be presented on April 23 at the Ateneu del Pallars in Tremp, on the 24th at the Ateneu La Baula in Lleida, on the 28th at the Casal Popular Tio Cuc in Alicante, on the 29th at the Casal Jaume I in Elche, and on May 5th at the Ona bookstore in Barcelona.

The councilor for Major Projects of the Valencia City Council, José Marí Olano, allegedly favored the placement of several workers in municipal companies. This is suggested by some audio recordings advanced by Eldiario.es which record conversations between Olano and employees of the public company Consorcio Valencia 2007. In the recordings, it can be heard how the politician allegedly facilitated information about future job openings that would have served the employees to be rehired once the company they worked for ceased to exist. The recordings belong to the case opened by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office for alleged crimes of prevarication and influence peddling, in which the mayor of Valencia and high-ranking PP official, María José Catalá, and the president of the Port Authority, Mar Chao, among other public officials, are being investigated.

Consecutive strike calls, follow-ups of more than 30%, teacher closures in institutes, massive demonstrations and even some resignations. But, also, several agreements and pre-agreements. This is the scenario that the education sector in Spain has experienced in the last year. In fact, since the beginning of the school year, up to twelve autonomous communities have registered some teacher strike call, with more or less adherence. The last one was this very week in Madrid, where early childhood education teachers have called an indefinite strike that has already lasted four days.

That in practice the new baccalaureate curriculum is not so decisive and that the veto on Catalan and island authors is partially neutralized. This is what Valencian universities are counting on: they hope that their ability to design the entrance exams (PAU), added to a broad interpretation of some articles of the new educational decree, will allow them to avoid the sidelining of Balearic and Principality writers promoted by the Valencian Ministry of Education. This is how members of the Catalan philology departments explained it to el ARA after the recent meeting with the Director General of Educational Planning of the Generalitat, Ignacio Martínez Arrúe.

Almost 40% of the staff –38.5% pending the final figure, which will be made public tomorrow–, according to the Generalitat, and up to 80%, according to workers' representatives. The educational strike called this Tuesday in the Valencian Country by the unions STEPV, Comisiones Obreras, UGT, and CSIF has achieved significant participation from teachers who have also filled the streets of the main cities to denounce the "critical situation" in public schools that are "overcrowded and lacking human and material resources". A discontent that, if negotiations between unions and the administration do not prevent it, could lead to an indefinite strike at the end of May.

Create a candidacy that "overflows" Compromís and includes Esquerra Unida, Podem and Sumar. This was the condition set by Mónica Oltra to return to the political front line and that her partners from Més —the coalition's sovereignist formation— have accepted, as the former vice-president of the Generalitat Valenciana's closest collaborators explained to ARA. Once the hurdle was overcome, the movements were unleashed and on Saturday Oltra announced that she accepted the offer to be the candidate for the Valencia City Council. A decision that confirmed her determination not to wait for her judicial situation to be resolved. "The times will no longer be marked by a court," the same sources had already told ARA last Septemberannounced last September by the same sources.

Obtaining a service commission is a very common procedure in public administration that allows a public worker to change the organization in which they perform their duties. The controversy arises when there is doubt as to whether the employee has benefited from any preferential treatment to obtain it. This is the debate that has monopolized Valencian politics this week following the transfer of Vanesa Soler, the partner of the head of the Consell, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, who has moved from the Finestrat City Council to the Valencia Provincial Council. The change has allowed her to establish her residence in the city of Valencia where her sentimental partner also lives.

The confrontation between great powers is the "greatest threat to global stability". This was denounced this Friday by the president of CaixaBank, Tomàs Muniesa, during the company's general shareholders' meeting held in Valencia. The executive has held the foreign policy of the United States primarily responsible for this situation, which he has accused of "generating uncertainty". According to Muniesa, geopolitics has become the main threat to the global economy in the short term, while climate change is the main threat in the medium term.

The Valencian Courts will host this Friday an event organized by the Foundation for the Defense of the Spanish Nation (Denaes) and the parliamentary group of Vox —the party that presides over the autonomous chamber— which, under the title Valencian literature and Spanish tradition: from official Catalanism to silenced memory, seeks to denounce the supposed "instrumentalization of Valencian literature" carried out "by bipartisanship and nationalism". The conference will place the figures and work of the poet Vicent Andrés Estellés and the essayist Joan Fuster at the center of its target, whom they consider "central pillars of a literary and identity model" that would promote the implementation of a "process of cultural assimilation" and "symbolic colonization linked to Catalan nationalism".

The moment has arrived. The judge in Catarroja presiding over the criminal case concerning the devastating floods in the Valencian Community has summoned former regional president Carlos Mazón as a witness. The summons, which has not yet been dated, includes a request for him to voluntarily provide any messages and calls from October 29, 2024, related to the handling of the tragedy.

The third attempt hasn't been successful either. The assembly of the Brotherhood of the Most Pure Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Sagunto has once again rejected changing its statutes to allow women to participate. This decision has deeply upset all those citizens who have been working for years to shed the traditional machismo surrounding the celebration. The Ministry of Industry and Tourism also disapproved and is considering revoking the festival's designation as a Festival of National Tourist Interest. The Ministry of Equality is also considering appealing the statutes for "violating the right to equality and non-discrimination." Regardless of what the authorities do, the Inclusive Holy Week collective, made up of both women and men, has ruled out creating an alternative brotherhood, arguing that the Brotherhood of the Most Pure Blood "is the one in Sagunto." Furthermore, they have announced they will take legal action. Their spokesperson, Blanca Ribelles, details this in the newspaper ARA.

The High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJPV) has rejected imputing former Valencian president Carlos Mazón at this time and has asked the Dana judge, Nuria Ruiz Tobarra, to continue investigating.

The High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJPV) has rejected indicting former Valencian president Carlos Mazón for his handling of the devastating floods. The decision, announced this Monday, aligns with the Public Prosecutor's position, which argued a few days ago that there is no "sufficiently solid evidence or indications" against the former head of the Valencian government. However, it contradicts the opinion of the investigating magistrate, Nuria Ruiz Tobarra, who had requested an investigation into the politician from Alicante for manslaughter, negligent injury, and failure to provide assistance, citing what she described as "negligent inaction." The measure was unanimously agreed upon by the five judges of the civil and criminal chamber. They based their decision on the fact that, during the floods, the PP leader did not hold the position of guarantor of a duty nor did he have specific obligations as required to be investigated for manslaughter by omission. "The President of the Generalitat did not commit an infraction (...) in matters of emergencies because he has no specific duty in this area," the resolution emphasizes. In this regard, it adds that the investigating judge was only able to demonstrate suspicions and not facts with a "solid and objective basis" of conduct that "constitutes a crime."

The Prosecutor's Office of the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community has requested the dismissal of the complaint against the judge investigating the management of the DANA, Nuria Ruiz Tobarra, for the alleged participation in the case of her husband, also a magistrate, Jorge Martínez Ribera. This was reported this Monday by the public prosecutor's office through a statement, in which it explains the reasons why it rejects the lawsuit filed a few weeks ago by the ultra agitator Rubén Gisbert with the aim of removing the magistrate.

On one hand, there's a small effigy, barely over a meter tall, of the current president of the Generalitat, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, who, when he looks in a mirror, sees the image of his predecessor, Carlos Mazón, and not his own. On the other, there's a gigantic figure of an enchanting odalisque, a captivating magician, or a sardonic pirate presiding over a monumental falla, but whose connection to current events is as tenuous as fog. These two possibilities—a work critical and engaged with its time, and a construction that merely aspires to impress with its aesthetic appeal—represent the two sides of a festival with almost 300 years of history, a festival that has been an instrument of popular expression and social protest, but which those in power have sought to tame.

Mercadona seems to have no limits, achieving a record profit of €1.729 billion in 2025, a 24.9% increase over the previous year's €1.384 billion, which itself represented a 37% rise in earnings. This was explained on Tuesday by the company's president, Juan Roig, during the presentation of results held at the company's headquarters in Paterna, near Valencia. Roig boasted of the record-breaking accounts and, at the same time, criticized Madrid's tax dumping. He stated that he would like "the same taxes to be paid throughout Spain" and described it as unfair "that a cashier in Valencia pays more than one in Madrid." Once again, profit growth far exceeded sales growth, which rose by 8%, from €38.835 billion to €41.9 billion. This gap between revenue and profit performance already appeared in 2024, when sales increased by 9%. Among the reasons for this difference—profits rose by 24.9% while revenue grew by 8%—are, among others, a 16% increase in store orders, a 4% increase in worker productivity, and a 4% increase in energy efficiency. In fact, the result has even exceeded the company's forecast, which twelve months ago predicted sales growth of 3.5%, reaching €40.194 billion. The increase in market share was much more limited, at 0.6%, reaching 28.5%. This is one-tenth of a percentage point less than in 2024, when it rose by 0.7%. For all these reasons, Roig has described 2025 as a "historic" year.

The scandal surrounding the allocation of subsidized housing in Alicante continues to grow. Adding to the controversy over a real estate development that has benefited up to five members of the People's Party (PP), several city council employees, and officials from the Valencian regional government (Generalitat), is the fact that more than a dozen families with multiple members who have been granted apartments reside in the building. Among them are even three siblings and two cousins ​​between the ages of 18 and 24, a particularly striking detail given that the initial steps for the project date back to 2018, which would have required them to register at 14 or 15 years old. The latest information comes from a report prepared by the Alicante Local Police at the request of the court investigating the case. The document reveals that up to 46 of the 140 apartments in the building known as Les Naus have no registered residents, and that many others have one registered resident but "more people" living there. The report also notes that 12 non-allocated individuals reside in six apartments. Furthermore, it points out that 26 mailboxes appear neglected, with a significant amount of uncollected advertising, suggesting that the apartments are vacant. All of this data indicates potential violations because the regulations for allocating apartments require the inclusion of documentation for all cohabitants, stipulate that the allocated apartment must be used as the primary residence, and state that the annual income of the family unit must not exceed €54,600, according to the new limit set by the PP (previously €48,000).

Up to 205 Catalan departments in secondary schools across the Valencian Community have already signed a manifesto against the proposed changes to the high school curriculum decree, which aim to make the study of Catalan and Balearic Island writers optional. The teachers oppose the Education Ministry's intention to amend the sections of the current curriculum that refer to the unity of the Catalan language and establish the need to study its dialects and literary movements. Specifically, the Popular Party government, in agreement with Vox, intends to remove references to linguistic unity from the document and limit the subject matter to "the dialectal varieties of Valencian" and "the main Valencian authors." This is a key element, given that this document forms the basis from which universities must develop entrance exams for higher education and determine the works that students must know to pass them, a circumstance that, in practice, dictates what is studied in high school.

The three judges of the Civil and Criminal Chamber of the High Court of Justice (TSJ) of the Valencian Community who will decide whether to investigate former regional president Carlos Mazón—who retains parliamentary immunity as a member of the Valencian Parliament—have been identified. They are Manuel Baeza, president of the chamber and of the Valencian TSJ; Judge María Pía Calderón, who will be the rapporteur; and Judge José Francisco Ceres. On the table is the request from Judge Nuria Ruiz Tobarra of Catarroja, who argues that the politician from Alicante should be charged with manslaughter, negligent injury, and failure to render aid. Before deliberating, however, they must receive the arguments from the Public Prosecutor's Office, the defense, and the plaintiffs, who have until Monday to submit their submissions. Sources close to the case have told El Ara that the three judges are "very conservative" and have emphasized that Baeza and Ceres belong to the right-wing Professional Association of Magistrates. Others, on the contrary, have pointed out that, beyond their ideology, they are "very technically prepared" judges to assume such a crucial role. We now take a brief look at their careers. The most senior is Manuel Baeza, who assumed the position of president of the Valencian High Court in 2025. However, he had already been serving as interim president for some time following the retirement of his predecessor, Pilar de la Oliva. Beside him is José Francisco Ceres Montes, best known for leading a significant portion of the investigation into the Valencian branch of the Gürtel corruption case and, in 2009, for his controversial decision to dismiss the case against Francisco Camps for bribery in the well-known "suits case." This decision was overturned by the Supreme Court, which issued a strong rebuke to Ceres's actions. Conversely, two years later, he reopened the investigation and brought dozens of former Valencian PP officials implicated in the corruption scheme to trial. Ceres and Calderón also served as rapporteurs for several dismissals of complaints against former Socialist president Ximo Puig and Health Minister Ana Barceló regarding the measures adopted during the coronavirus pandemic.