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...
Drought
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...
Spanish farmers protest ‘ecological plans’ to curb water supply for irrigation
Thousands of farmers protested in Madrid on Wednesday over the PSOE-Podemos coalition government’s plan to provide ecological protection for the Tagus river, reducing the amount of...
Drought restrictions in Catalonia for agricultural, industrial & recreational use
Drought measures are to be imposed in the Barcelona area and in the north east of Catalonia from Friday 25 November, after months of scarce...
Drought-stricken countries, led by Spain & Senegal, to share expertise
At the initiative of Spain and Senegal, leaders from over 25 countries and 20 organisations launched the International Drought Resilience Alliance on Monday, to accelerate action...
Unseasonal warm weather continues, as drought forces shutdown of power plant
Spain has been experiencing unusually warm autumn weather, with the national weather agency AEMET predicting that the country has just seen the hottest October at least...
Drought in Spain and across Europe could be the ‘worst in 500 years’
With no significant rainfall for almost two months in Western, Central and Southern Europe, the dry period is expected to continue in what experts say...
