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
Europe Spain A new supercomputer, nicknamed 'Albaicin', was recently switched on at the University of Granada; it takes it 24 hours to perform tasks that used to take 25 years and will be available to the more than 125 research groups and 500 scientists in Andalusia
Europe Spain Among European countries, Spain has the most plants and animals at risk of extinction; data from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species show that one in seven species (14,51%) in the country is classified as endangered
Europe Spain Actors, TV channels and 30.000 social media users have joined the search for a man's lost scarf in Albacete, after the widowed man put up posters around the city looking for the orange scarf given to him by his wife
Europe Spain Spanish police received €1 million from Europol to continue their fight against international crime until 2025