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Spain’s unique Mar Menor, 10 years after infamous pollution episode: From the ‘green soup’ to ‘a tiny Mediterranean’

Miguel Ángel Ruiz|San Pedro del Pinatar|May 25, 2026 - 13:54 CEST

Europe’s biggest saltwater lagoon made world headlines following contamination that led to a massive die-off of fish. Remarkable progress has been made since then on restoration, but the natural space remains in an unstable balance

Pope Francis

Francis, the pontiff who embraced scientific evidence on climate change and put the environment at the center

Manuel Planelles|Madrid|Apr 23, 2025 - 12:41 CEST

His first encyclical, in 2015, helped launch the Paris Agreement. In 2023, he updated it to scold countries for not weaning themselves off fossil fuels

TRADE WAR

EU preparing first fines against tech giants Apple and Meta

Manuel V. Gómez|Luxembourg|Apr 08, 2025 - 11:23 CEST

Competition Commissioner Teresa Ribera is getting ready to impose sanctions on the tech giants for non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act. But European authorities are not expected to impose the highest possible sanction

Biodiversity

Spain begins the process to declare its first marine national park on the island of El Hierro

Manuel Planelles|Madrid|Jul 30, 2024 - 17:04 CEST

The government approves a proposal to protect the Mar de las Calmas, an area of extraordinary biodiversity and beautiful underwater landscapes of volcanic origin