Málaga Named Spain’s Happiest City: Sonneil Homes ranked Málaga as the happiest city in Spain (91.36/100) due to its climate (310 sunny days) and lifestyle. Benalmádena followed closely behind with a strong score of 88.60.
St. Patrick’s Day: Benalmádena recently saw large celebrations and a parade for St. Patrick’s Day.
🇪🇸 National News (Spain)
Migrant Amnesty Debate: The Spanish government is preparing a massive migrant amnesty to regularize undocumented immigrants. It is facing opposition over concerns about public service strains.
Missing US Student Found: The body of James “Jimmy” Gracey, a 20-year-old American student who went missing in Barcelona, was tragically recovered off the coast.
Eid Al Fitr: The Islamic Commission of Spain confirmed today marks the beginning of Eid Al Fitr.
🌍 EU & World News
Strait of Hormuz Tensions: European leaders (including Italy, France, and Germany) condemned Iranian attacks on commercial vessels and energy infrastructure in the Gulf, though EU nations favor a diplomatic resolution over a military mission to break the blockade.
Economic Impact: The ECB warned that the conflict in the Middle East is likely to drive up energy prices and accelerate inflation in Europe. Interest rates remain unchanged.
Ukraine Aid Delayed: The European Council has postponed a decision on a €90 billion loan package for Ukraine until April due to resistance from Hungary and Slovakia.
F-35 Emergency Landing: Iran claimed to have struck a US F-35 fighter jet. US CENTCOM confirmed an F-35 made an emergency landing at a regional base, with the pilot safe.
đź’» AI, Tech & Indie Hacking
OpenAI Acquires Astral: In major developer news, OpenAI has acquired Astral (the startup behind popular open-source Python tools uv and Ruff) to integrate their tooling into AI coding agents like Codex.
Agentic AI Trend: The focus in the indie hacking community has firmly shifted from SaaS dashboards to autonomous AI agents. Tools like AutoGPT, Dify, and n8n are leading the charge.
Plummeting AI Costs: Frontier model costs have dropped 10x compared to 2025, lowering the barrier for indie developers to build advanced workflows with models like Gemini 3.1 Pro and Claude 4.6 Sonnet for minimal annual overhead.