Asylum applications by people coming from countries that are candidates to join the EU – Albania, Bosnia, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey – would also be fast-tracked.
The club’s official TV channel prepared a video with highlights of Alonso’s career, both as a player and as a coach, saying that “now he has in front of him the greatest challenge any coach can face, which is to sit on the bench of Real Madrid.”The 43-year-old Alonso is returning to a familiar environment.
“Alonso is one of the biggest legends of Real Madrid and world football. He defended our shirt in 236 official games between 2009 and 2014. He won six titles during this time: the 10th European Cup in Lisbon, one European Super Cup, one league title, two Spanish Cups and one Spanish Super Cup,” the club said.“Now he’s returning to Real Madrid as one of the best coaches in the world after making history with Bayer Leverkusen,” the club said.As coach, Alonso led Leverkusen to an unprecedented German league and cup double last year in his first full season after
when it was in the Bundesliga’s relegation zone the season before.His team remains the only one to complete a whole
. Leverkusen’s only defeat in 2023-24 was to Atalanta in the Europa League final, and it bounced back three days later by winning the 2024 German Cup.
Leverkusen’s 35-game unbeaten run in the Bundesliga ended in August 2024 with a 3-2 loss at home to Leipzig, against whom Alonso’s team uncharacteristically squandered a two-goal lead.Greenland is vital to the world, though much of the world may not realize it.
its strategic location in the Arctic; its valuable rare earth minerals trapped under the ice needed for telecommunications; its billions of barrels of oil; its potential for shipping and trade routes as that ice keeps retreating because of climate change.Not even one of Trump’s most fervent fans in Greenland — who proudly wears a MAGA hat, and a T-shirt emblazoned with Trump pumping his fist and the words: “American Badass” — wants to be American.
The sun sets in Ilulissat, Greenland, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)The sun sets in Ilulissat, Greenland, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)