Juan Jesús Vivas
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- yesterday
Jordi Hurtado, Iker Jiménez and Sandra Golpe among 2026 Antena de Oro winners in Spain
The FARTVE jury named the winners of the 53rd Antenas de Oro on Tuesday, 27 October 2026, with Horizonte and Jordi Hurtado's 'Saber y ganar' among the television prizes. The awards gala follows on Saturday, 14 November, in Aranjuez.
- 3d ago
Spain's Interior Ministry tells judge it had no warning of Ceuta mass entry
Spain's Interior Ministry tells judge María Tardón that no warning of the scale of the late July Ceuta crossing reached it, while Moroccan witnesses describe officials at the border.
- 4d ago
Vivas says Ceuta still lacks normality three months after mass migrant entry
Three months after a mass entry of migrants, Ceuta's president Juan Jesús Vivas says the city has not recovered normality and that no administrative returns have taken place.
- Oct 6
Spanish Judge María Tardón Orders Ceuta Call Logs in Investigation of July 2026 Border Crisis
National Court Judge María Tardón has ordered Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas to provide phone records from 27 to 30 July 2026 to verify whether central government officials ignored warnings before 80,000 migrants entered the enclave.
- Oct 6
Spain clears Ceuta beach camps as 11,000 migrants return to Morocco
Police operations at Benitez and El Trampolin beaches have prompted thousands of departures, while authorities report around 100 clandestine apartments and unverified remaining migrant tallies across the enclave.
- Oct 5
Valencia awards highest regional and municipal honors to Ceuta following July border crisis
Ahead of the 9 d'Octubre regional holiday, Valencia granted its Medal of Honor and announced the Generalitat's Alta Distinció to Ceuta following a late-July border emergency.
- Oct 3
Valencia to award Medal of Honor to Ceuta and recognize cultural institutions on 5 October
Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas will travel to Valencia on 5 October to receive the city's Medal of Honor during the Nou d'Octubre ceremony, where he will address the plenary session on behalf of all recipients.
- Oct 2
Andalusia and Ceuta reject migrant transfers and demand returns to Morocco
Regional leaders Juanma Moreno and Juan Jesús Vivas agreed in Seville to withhold migrant relocations, calling for the central government to repatriate all July border crossers.
- Oct 1
Spain schedules first royal visit by King Felipe VI to Ceuta and Melilla for 13 and 14 October
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will travel to Spain's North African enclaves on 13 and 14 October 2026, marking their first official trip to the autonomous cities since the 2014 royal succession.
- Oct 1
Moncloa releases phone records to rebut Ceuta president over July border crisis alerts
The Spanish government published communication records on 1 October 2026 to counter assertions by Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas that central authorities ignored ten phone calls before the 30-31 July border crossing.
- Sep 29
Spain refers Amnesty report on military abuse in Ceuta to prosecutors after 80,000 border arrivals
The Defence Ministry ordered an internal inquiry and passed human rights dossiers to the judiciary following accounts of beatings and mistreatment by soldiers deployed in the North African exclave.
- Sep 27
Ceuta president testifies on July border crisis as Spain prepares emergency asylum measures
Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas told Spain's High Court that Madrid ignored warnings before 70,000 migrants crossed from Morocco in July, as the government moves to rehouse thousands and speed up deportations.
- Sep 22
Pérez Llorca meets Tellado in Madrid as PP delays 2027 Valencian ticket nomination
Valencian President Juanfran Pérez Llorca met PP Secretary General Miguel Tellado in Madrid without securing his official nomination for the 2027 regional elections.
- Sep 6
Spain takes control of Ceuta port to erect migrant tent camp over local objections
Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente signed an order to assume control of the port of Ceuta and authorize a provisional tent camp for migrants, overriding opposition from the exclave's regional government.
- Aug 8
Spain and Italy impose tit-for-tat border controls over Ceuta migration crisis
Spain imposed border checks on travelers from Italy after Rome refused to lift its own controls tied to the Ceuta migration crisis, escalating a dispute that strains the Schengen area.
- Jul 30
Spain deploys army to Ceuta after thousands of migrants cross from Morocco, one dead
At least one person died as thousands of migrants, mostly young men, swam and climbed fences into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday, prompting Madrid to deploy 60 soldiers and the regional leader to declare an 'absolute humanitarian emergency'.
