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Spain’s far-right gains ground in regional elections, in a blow to ruling socialists

Dec 3, 2018

Spain’s Vox party won seats in the Andalusia regional parliament in Sunday’s election, marking the first time the far-right has gained ground in Spain in decades, according to Politico. The Socialist (PSOE) ...

Former Catalan president forgoes efforts to reclaim his office

West Side Story

Mar 1, 2018

Policy, Science, World

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has said he will not attempt to reclaim his office in the wake of his failed bid for Catalan independence last year, instead throwing his support behind imprisoned MP ...

Catalan vote descends into violence and chaos, but yields landslide for independence

West Side Story

Oct 3, 2017

Policy, Science, World

Violence erupted between Spanish national police and Catalan separatists attempting to vote on Sunday, causing the balloting to descend into confrontation and chaos. According to Catalan authorities, however, t...

Spain’s aggressive moves to block Catalan independence referendum will likely backfire

West Side Story

Sep 24, 2017

Opinion, Policy, Science, World

In a reignition of centuries old tensions, the Catalan plan to hold an independence referendum on October 1st has provoked an aggressive response from the Spanish national government in Madrid. On Friday, the c...

Aquatic plant fossil found in Spain suggests first flower might have bloomed in water not on land

Bryan M Zarpentine

Aug 18, 2015

Innovation

Extremely well preserved fossils of a prehistoric aquatic plant, Montecchia vidalii, which the scientists believe grew in a Spanish lake more than 125 million years ago, might have been the first flower this wo...

Google news shutting down in Spain on December 16

Siddhant Ghatge

Dec 11, 2014

Innovation

Google will shut down its News section in Spain following a new copyright legislation that lets publishers charge Internet companies for their content that’s aggregated by other websites. Even small snippets of...

Artist's concept of the planet 55 Cancri e

Ground based telescope in Spain helps spot Super Earth 55 Cancri e only 40 light years away from us

Amanda

Dec 2, 2014

Innovation

A ground based telescope on the island of La Palma, Spain has spotted a Super-Earth almost twice the size of our own planet. This exoplanet called 55 Cancri e is situated 41 light years away from us. The exopla...

UN elects 5 new members on Security Council for 2 years

Siddhant Ghatge

Oct 17, 2014

World

The UN has elected its newest members, on the top UN body, which has all powers to impose, sanction and authorize. New Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela have won seats on the United Nations Securit...

Spain protests the killing of dog owned by Ebola-infected nurse

Charles Omedo

Oct 9, 2014

Health

The authorities in Spain have ordered the euthanizing of a dog named Excalibur, and the order has been carried out amidst nationwide and international outburst over the move. The 12-year old rescue dog belonged...

New ice cream changes color when you lick it! (VIDEO)

Platonium

Jul 31, 2014

Innovation

A new kind of ice cream has been developed by chef and physicist Manuel Linares that actually changes color when you lick it. The ice cream, called Xamaleón, is a multi-fruit flavored wonder. When a person l...

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