Europe Spain What is currently hitting the country has been recorded as the worst heat wave in 20 years, with all but two of the country's 17 autonomous communities on alert for extremely high temperatures
Europe Spain An ambitious bill to reduce food waste has been approved by the government with heavy fines for offenders; every year more than 1.000 tonnes of food is wasted, especially in supermarkets
Europe Spain As PM spoke to Congress about the use of Pegasus spy software by the Spanish intelligence services to watch political figures, Amnesty International called on the authorities to urgently review regulations to limit secret surveillance of communications
Europe Spain The country is finalising the details of a bill that would guarantee the right to request an abortion in the country's free public health system and remove the requirement to obtain parental consent for those aged 16 and over
Europe Spain CitizenLab reported that 63 politicians and civil society members linked to Catalan independence movement were spied via the Pegasus software; Catalan president announced a suspension of all cooperation with Spanish government until Madrid clarifies
Europe Spain The country is aiming to be a global leader in the semiconductor and microchip industry, as plans were announced this week for an €11 billion investment in the sector
Europe Spain Government promised a solution to the Western Sahara conflict accepted by both Morocco and the Polisario Front, the Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement, after it accused Spain of abandoning its neutrality and siding with Morocco's plans
Europe Spain The special concert "United for Peace: Ukraine in the Heart" will take place today and will be broadcast by the Spanish public broadcaster RTVE; the proceeds will be donated to humanitarian efforts through UNHCR, the Red Cross and CEAR
Europe Spain More than half of women in Spain say they have been the target of sexist statements about being bad drivers
Europe Spain The Catholic Church in Spain said it had uncovered 506 cases of child sexual abuse through a complaints procedure launched in 2020, underlining its desire for "truth" as the nation opened its first official investigation
Europe Spain Minister of Equal Opportunities has asked all demonstrations planned across the country for today, March 8th, to be a call for peace to give an even higher, well-rounded significance to women’s day
Europe Spain Researchers at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) and biotech company Peptomyc have developed a therapeutic protein, Omomyc, that is believed to halt metastatic breast cancer
Europe Spain Since Lake Lindoso was created three decades ago, this winter is the first time the flooded village of Aceredo has been revealed in its entirety; this winter's rainfall in the country is only a third of the average of recent years