Spain announces exceptional drought measures worth over €2 billion
The Spanish government announced €2.2 billion worth of drought response measures on Thursday, including funding for urban water re-use and further aid for struggling farmers.
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One dead and 39 injured after farm worker bus accident in Andalusia
A bus carrying Moroccan seasonal workers overturned early on Monday morning in Andalusia, killing one person and injuring 39 others, three of them seriously, the
Spain requests emergency funds from EU as drought hits farmers
Spain is requesting emergency funds from the European Union to support farmers and ranchers amid extreme drought conditions in its agricultural heartlands, Agriculture Minister Luis
Spanish government vows to block farming near threatened wetlands
The Spanish government has vowed to block a regional plan to legalise farming near one of Europe’s largest and fauna-rich wetlands, where water supplies have
200 evacuated as fire engulfs migrant camp in Almería, Andalusia
Some 200 people were evacuated on Monday from a camp housing hundreds of migrant workers in the Almería province of Andalusia, after a fire engulfed
Spanish police arrest 43 for exploiting migrant workers in agricultural sector
The Spanish National Police said on Thursday that they have broken up a criminal group that exploited undocumented migrant workers in the agricultural sector, mainly
Over 1,200 sheep and goats take over central Madrid in ‘Transhumance Festival’
Around 1,200 sheep and 200 goats took over the centre of Madrid with their bleating and bells on Sunday morning, as part of a festival that recreates
Adopt an olive tree, save a Spanish village
‘They’re over 500 years old,’ says Sira Plana proudly as she points to Oliete‘s olive groves, many of which are thriving now thanks to an
Suspect Polish beef destroyed as scare spreads
Several EU countries have seized and destroyed suspect beef from a Polish slaughterhouse where allegedly sick cows were butchered, as French authorities said some of
EU fights US import duties on Spanish olives
The European Union on Monday said it would launch proceedings at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against US import duties on Spanish olives. ‘Tomorrow, we
