Europe Struggles to Find Leopard 2 Tanks for Ukraine
The struggle to deliver on promises to provide Leopard 2 tanks for use against Russian forces has exposed just how unprepared European militaries are.
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Climate-resistant grapes? Spanish winemakers revive ancient varieties
Forgotten grape varieties offer adaptation hope for an industry particularly sensitive to changeThe ads – tucked in the corners of local newspapers and directed at winemakers – began turning up across Catalonia in the 1980s. “If you know where to find …
Spanish activists end attempt to revive abandoned village after 10 years
Project to revive 1,000-year-old village of Fraguas ended as activists face fines of up to €110,000An abandoned village in Spain has been condemned to its third and final death after the rural activists who occupied it 10 years ago gave up the struggle…
Spanish growers blame weather, rising costs and Brexit for UK salad shortages
Some producer bodies point finger at climate change, but others put it down to bureaucracy and logisticsFluctuating temperatures, increased production costs and the knock-on effects of Brexit are all contributing to the vegetable shortages that have le…
Remains of anti-Franco activist who died in 1973 recovered in Catalonia
Forensics identify remains of Cipriano Martos, an antifascist forced to drink sulphuric acid during a police interrogationForensic experts in Catalonia have recovered and identified the remains of a young anti-Franco activist, communist and trade union…
Art fraudster jailed for trying to sell 15 forgeries at Madrid auction house
Fake works linked to Guillermo CT include forgeries of Munch, Lichtenstein, Chillida and GuerreroA Spanish court has sentenced an art collector and fraudster to four years in prison for trying to sell 15 fake works, including a forged Edvard Munch prin…
Milanion NTGS develops world’s lightest mobile mortar system
Milanion NTGS has developed the world’s lightest and most versatile mobile mortar system which debuted at IDEX 2023. As noted by the company, the new lightweight artillery system, called the Alakran ‘S’, is integrated with the multi-terrain…
Spanish transport secretary resigns after new trains too big for tunnels
Head of state rail company, Renfe, also quits as anger rises over fact trains built in £227.5m contract are too wideSpain’s secretary of state for transport and the head of the state rail company have resigned amid continuing public and political anger…
Thousands to protest in Madrid over ‘barbaric’ plan to fell over 1,000 trees
Coalition of neighbourhood groups and NGO seek to halt park works that are part of metro system extensionThousands of people are due to gather in Madrid on Saturday to protest against “barbaric” plans to cut down more than 1,000 trees in two popular pa…
Spanish holiday home naturists wrong to insist on nudity, court rules
Judges say policy for communal areas had a distressing effect on those who did not wish to practise themSpain’s supreme court has ruled that a group of naturist property owners at a holiday home development was wrong to insist communal areas could only…