Europe Spain The activity of the volcano on the Canary island of La Palma has come to a complete halt, almost three months after its first eruption, according to sources at the National Geographic Institute, who consider it "unlikely" it will resume its activity
Europe Spain Thanks to new legislation - opposed only by the far-right Vox party - pets and wild species will no longer be considered "objects" in the Spanish civil code, but will be treated as "sentient beings"
Europe Spain Interest in European retirement communities is developing in more areas of the country, with Costa Blanca's Forum Mare Nostrum retirement residential community, with a majority of foreigner residents, sold to an international fund for €35 million
Europe Spain The government confirmed that it will restore state-funded fertility treatment to single, bisexual and lesbian women, extending it to transgender people who can conceive as well
Europe Spain PM Sanchez has announced a new law to abolish prostitution, as the country ranks third in the world in the percentage of men who pay for sex; the women involved, most of whom are victims of trafficking, will be protected from such a radical change
Europe Spain A Burger King in Madrid is going entirely meatless for a month, after teaming up with the Vegetarian Butrcher to offer plant-based food only in order to raise awareness about vegetarian options for people's diets
Europe Spain Two generations of botanists have completed a titanic task, describing the 6.120 plants of Spain and Portugal; after 39 years and 255 authors, it has been discovered that 22% of the species on the Iberian Peninsula do not grow anywhere else in the world
Europe Spain Around half a million Spanish citizens who are turning 18 next year will receive €400 to spend on cultural events, not including bullfights
Europe Spain Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma island, Canary archipelago, started activity 50 years from last major eruption of 1971; lava is flowing towards villages, evacuated, and has set fire to cultivated areas and bush
Europe Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, in a recent visit to Barcelona, has resumed dialogue with Catalonia's separatist leadership over the resolution of the political crisis triggered by the region's failed independence bid in 2017
Europe Spain Remote working is bringing life back to rural villages, as small communities are trying to attract residents with initiatives focused on improving internet connectivity and low-cost renewable energy
Europe Spain 250 kilos of dead fish have been washed up on the shores of Mar Menor, Murcia, as consequence of water temperature abruptly rising from 28 to 31 celsius in two days and of anoxia caused by fertilizers leaking into the lagoon boosting abnormal algae growth
Europe Spain Ceuta, Spanish city in the northern coast of Africa, is under international attention for an operation of repatriation of minors to neighboring Morocco, suspended by local judge to clear whether it abides the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child