Europe News Iberian Peninsula seeks to become renewables supplier For Spain and Portugal, the EU plan to reduce its dependency on Russian fossil fuels may be a historical opportunity. 07/06/2022
Uncovering Europe Ukrainian refugees bring new life to Spain's rural villages Small abandoned villages in Spain’s depopulated regions have become home to mothers and children fleeing the war in Ukraine. 25/05/2022
Europe News EU allows Spain and Portugal to cap electricity prices temporarily The political agreement should result in electricity bills being temporarily halved for about 40% of Spanish and Portuguese consumers with regulated rates. 26/04/2022
Europe Decoded Watch: Spain & Netherlands strike surprising alliance on fiscal reform The two countries want the EU fiscal rules to become more simple, transparent and realistic. 05/04/2022
Europe News EU leaders rebuff Spain's pleas for reforms to curb electricity prices The European Council only gave Spain and Portugal permission to introduce a price cap on electricity. 25/03/2022
Europe Decoded Europe looks for alternate gas solutions but could it be left in cold? The continent is largely reliant on imports of gas to meet its energy needs. 15/02/2022
Uncovering Europe Do proposed reforms of Spain's controversial 'gag law' go far enough? The "gag law" has been described as the greatest blow to civil and political liberties since Spain's return to democracy. But do proposed reforms go far enough? 11/02/2022
Uncovering Europe Is Spain's far-right Vox Party about to govern for the first time? According to recent polls, the party could win ten seats in regional elections next month and get into power by joining a governing coalition. 24/01/2022
Uncovering Europe Spain's Catholic Church refuses investigation into sex abuse claims “There are only a few cases," said Luis Argüello, spokesman for Spain's Catholic Church. 22/11/2021
Europe News EU countries dismiss Spain's calls for energy market intervention Spain has been pushing for a change in the current rules to decouple the prices of electricity and natural gas. 26/10/2021
Europe News 9 EU countries say no to market reform to tackle energy crunch Led by Germany, the nine countries argue the current energy crisis is temporary and the existing rules are the most competitive and efficient. 25/10/2021
Smart Regions The city giving digital currency in exchange for saving energy In this episode, Smart Regions looks at a transformational European project saving huge amounts of energy. It's led to several buildings in a district of the Catalan city of Viladecans being renovated. Residents play an active role in managing energy. They also have their own digital currency. 25/10/2021
Europe News Brussels warns Spain over judicial appointments standoff EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders says the current impasse between the Spanish government and opposition over judicial appointments must be resolved soon. 20/09/2021
Uncovering Europe How struggling Spain became one of Europe's vaccination champions Clue: no carrots (health pass) nor sticks (mandatory vaccination) needed. 03/09/2021
Uncovering Europe Europe's garden is ridden with poverty, plastic and contradiction Spain's southern region of Andalusia attracts two very different kinds of foreigners: those that flock to its beautiful beaches every year and the growing army of migrants that harvest fruit and vegetables in what has been coined as Europe's back garden. 12/08/2021
world news Spanish woman, 79, arrested for leading drug-trafficking ring The elderly drug lord was arrested in Portugal on Tuesday over suspicions of smuggling cocaine from Latin America to Europe. 04/08/2021
The Cube Spanish TikTok influencer sued over unprotected sex claims Spanish authorities say they have "sued" TikTok influencer Naim Darrechi over claims he deceived women before having unprotected sex. 14/07/2021
Spain Curfews return in Spain as infections soar in young people Catalonia and Valencia are limiting social gatherings to 10 people and restoring late-night restrictions on all activities, while Asturias banned indoor bar and restaurants operations. 13/07/2021
Spain Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announces government reshuffle Pedro Sanchez said the new government's "main objective will be the economic and social recovery of the country." 10/07/2021
world news Europe in grip of first heatwave of season, but what are the records? According to weather service severe-weather.eu, the current episode of heat across Western Europe should expand east towards central Europe around the middle of the week. 14/06/2021
Spain Is Morocco using migration as a bargaining chip against the EU? A heavy influx of 8,000 migrants in Spain last week came following the hospitalisation of Ghali in the country, a move that angered Morocco. 25/05/2021
Spain Spain to allow some fans into football games for season finale Spain will allow spectators back to matches from next weekend under strict conditions. 12/05/2021
Spain Taste of freedom as Spaniards celebrate end of state of emergency While hundreds celebrated with improvised street parties, others feared the national state of emergency would be replaced by a patchwork of conflicting regional approaches. 09/05/2021
Unreported Europe Are the Canary Islands becoming a migrant limbo? Ousmane is one of the thousands of migrants stuck in the Canary Islands desperately trying to get to mainland Europe. Many want to leave and many more keep arriving. Local populations are struggling to manage the financial costs creating social tensions in the Spanish archipelago. 30/04/2021
Spain Spain expects increase in COVID vaccine shipment Spain’s health officials say that vaccination efforts are picking up pace after a record week in both the arrival of doses and the number of shots administered. 28/04/2021
world news 17 people found dead on migrant boat off Spain's Canary Islands Spanish rescuers found seventeen people dead and managed to save three on a migrant boat off the island of El Hierro. 26/04/2021
