Europe Spain The municipality of Seville plans to cut off the running water supply to some 5000 flats in the city that are illegally rented out as tourist accommodation; residents and the opposition consider the plan insufficient in view of the huge influx of visitors
Europe Spain Catalan citizens' support for a hypothetical future independence of Catalonia from the rest of Spain has dropped to 40%, an all-time low, while 53% oppose independence, according to the poll conducted by the regional government of Catalonia
Europe Spain The Spanish Ministry of Health will fund a new immunotherapy treatment for several types of cancer, which will replace the current intravenous infusion with an injection, reducing treatments from one hour to just seven minutes
Europe Spain The Spanish national team won its fourth European title, a record never achieved by any other team in history, relying on a multicultural and very young team
Europe Spain The country has more high-income taxpayers than ever before: in 2022, the number of people with a declared annual income of more than €601.000 increased by 25% compared to the previous year, reaching 15.186 individuals
Europe Spain 23 years after Spain undertook the rescue of the Iberian lynx, in a terminal state with only 94 individuals remaining in two separate populations, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature changed its status from endangered to vulnerable
Europe Spain NGO Border Forensics has published a counter-investigation report where it claims that the deaths of 37 migrants in June 2022 along the border between Morocco and Spanish enclave of Melilla were caused by the actions of police officers from both countries
Europe Spain The city of Valencia is placing thousands of solar panels on its cemeteries as part of an ambitious plan to turn them into green energy centres; 7.000 panels have already been placed on crypts and other structures in the "Requiem in Power" project
Europe Spain Welsm's catfish, an invasive species native to central European rivers, is already present in most of the main basins of the Iberian Peninsula and poses a danger to native fauna, threatening river ecosystems
Europe Spain In the 2023-2024 season, about 400.000 tonnes of lemons will not be sold and will go to waste - about 27% of the expected production; the losses from this massive wastage, caused by a number of reasons, are estimated at €120 million
Europe Spain An unprecedented attack on landlords and managers of short-term rentals has been launched by the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez Almeida, who announced a freeze on licences for this type of housing and increased penalties for unlicensed renters
Europe Spain Europe's largest battery recycling factory for electric cars will open by the end of the year on Costa Blanca near Alicante
Europe Spain Government announced its decision to modernize and purchase more NASAMS air defense systems from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace in a deal worth about €410 million