December 2024
January 2025
Kit Digital Extends Grants for Spanish SMEs in 2025
Spain's Kit Digital program, funded by NextGenerationEU, extends its grant program in 2025, offering up to €29,000 to SMEs with 100-249 employees and €25,000 to those with 50-99 employees, to improve their digital presence with the help of digital agents.
Kit Digital Extends Grants for Spanish SMEs in 2025
Spain's Kit Digital program, funded by NextGenerationEU, extends its grant program in 2025, offering up to €29,000 to SMEs with 100-249 employees and €25,000 to those with 50-99 employees, to improve their digital presence with the help of digital agents.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Ankara Creates New Farm to Address Atatürk Forest Farm Controversy
Ankara's new agricultural campus and recreation area, potentially to be renamed "ATAM Farm," aims to rectify past development of the Atatürk Forest Farm, which is criticized as ignoring Atatürk's legacy and legal challenges.
Ankara Creates New Farm to Address Atatürk Forest Farm Controversy
Ankara's new agricultural campus and recreation area, potentially to be renamed "ATAM Farm," aims to rectify past development of the Atatürk Forest Farm, which is criticized as ignoring Atatürk's legacy and legal challenges.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Begoña Gómez Denies All Charges in Spanish Court Appearance
Begoña Gómez, wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, appeared before a Madrid judge on Wednesday to deny four charges related to influence peddling, corruption, misappropriation, and professional intrusion, following a querella from the ultra-Catholic group Hazte Oír. She rejected all accusat...
Begoña Gómez Denies All Charges in Spanish Court Appearance
Begoña Gómez, wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, appeared before a Madrid judge on Wednesday to deny four charges related to influence peddling, corruption, misappropriation, and professional intrusion, following a querella from the ultra-Catholic group Hazte Oír. She rejected all accusat...
Progress
48% Bias Score
Turkish Retirees Protest 2025 Budget, Denounce Economic Inequality
In İzmir, Turkey, the United Retirees Union and the Retirees Assemblies Union protested the 2025 budget, calling it a "social murder" that will further impoverish retirees and criticizing the government's economic policies as favoring a wealthy minority while neglecting the needs of the majority. Öm...
Turkish Retirees Protest 2025 Budget, Denounce Economic Inequality
In İzmir, Turkey, the United Retirees Union and the Retirees Assemblies Union protested the 2025 budget, calling it a "social murder" that will further impoverish retirees and criticizing the government's economic policies as favoring a wealthy minority while neglecting the needs of the majority. Öm...
Progress
56% Bias Score
Armenia Fails to Implement GRECO Anti-Corruption Recommendations
Armenia's parliament has not established a permanent ethics committee to investigate MPs' misconduct, despite GRECO recommendations and promises, citing a constitutional limit that experts argue is surmountable; this inaction demonstrates a lack of political will.
Armenia Fails to Implement GRECO Anti-Corruption Recommendations
Armenia's parliament has not established a permanent ethics committee to investigate MPs' misconduct, despite GRECO recommendations and promises, citing a constitutional limit that experts argue is surmountable; this inaction demonstrates a lack of political will.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Greece Supports Western Balkan EU Accession, Highlights Serbia and Albania
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at an EU-Western Balkans summit, reiterated Greece's support for the EU accession of Western Balkan countries, particularly Serbia and Albania, stressing the need for reforms and highlighting progress on minority rights in Albania as a step towards accession...
Greece Supports Western Balkan EU Accession, Highlights Serbia and Albania
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at an EU-Western Balkans summit, reiterated Greece's support for the EU accession of Western Balkan countries, particularly Serbia and Albania, stressing the need for reforms and highlighting progress on minority rights in Albania as a step towards accession...
Progress
24% Bias Score
Former Extremadura Councilor Appointed to Head Spanish Nuclear Waste Agency
The Spanish public company Enresa, responsible for managing radioactive waste, appointed Olga García, former Socialist councilor of Extremadura, as its new president with an annual salary of €175,191.23, replacing José Luis Navarro who is retiring. This appointment follows a similar transition in Ex...
Former Extremadura Councilor Appointed to Head Spanish Nuclear Waste Agency
The Spanish public company Enresa, responsible for managing radioactive waste, appointed Olga García, former Socialist councilor of Extremadura, as its new president with an annual salary of €175,191.23, replacing José Luis Navarro who is retiring. This appointment follows a similar transition in Ex...
Progress
52% Bias Score
Spanish Court to Try Vox Spokesperson for Hate Crime
A Valencia court will try Vox spokesperson Juanma Badenas for a possible hate crime after a Socialist complaint about his comments falsely linking a murder to a migrant; the trial is set for January 16th.
Spanish Court to Try Vox Spokesperson for Hate Crime
A Valencia court will try Vox spokesperson Juanma Badenas for a possible hate crime after a Socialist complaint about his comments falsely linking a murder to a migrant; the trial is set for January 16th.
Progress
28% Bias Score
Disagreement within Spanish Government over 37.5-Hour Workweek Implementation Timeline
Spain's government is divided over the implementation timeline of a new law reducing the maximum legal workday to 37.5 hours by December 31, 2025, with the Economy Minister proposing a gradual approach until 2026 to ensure business adaptability and secure parliamentary support, while the Labor Minis...
Disagreement within Spanish Government over 37.5-Hour Workweek Implementation Timeline
Spain's government is divided over the implementation timeline of a new law reducing the maximum legal workday to 37.5 hours by December 31, 2025, with the Economy Minister proposing a gradual approach until 2026 to ensure business adaptability and secure parliamentary support, while the Labor Minis...
Progress
40% Bias Score
Armenia's Communication Proposal to Azerbaijan Remains Unanswered
Armenia officially proposed opening regional communications to Azerbaijan on October 24, 2023, following the Kazan meeting, but Azerbaijan hasn't responded, raising concerns about sovereignty and jurisdiction over transport routes and delaying the implementation of the November 9th statement.
Armenia's Communication Proposal to Azerbaijan Remains Unanswered
Armenia officially proposed opening regional communications to Azerbaijan on October 24, 2023, following the Kazan meeting, but Azerbaijan hasn't responded, raising concerns about sovereignty and jurisdiction over transport routes and delaying the implementation of the November 9th statement.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Greek Energy Suppliers Demand Action on \"3 Billion Euro\" Debt Crisis
Greece's energy suppliers association (ESPEN) demands urgent action on \"3 billion euro\" of overdue electricity bills, blaming slow meter deactivation and representation termination processes and calling for code changes to improve debt recovery.
Greek Energy Suppliers Demand Action on \"3 Billion Euro\" Debt Crisis
Greece's energy suppliers association (ESPEN) demands urgent action on \"3 billion euro\" of overdue electricity bills, blaming slow meter deactivation and representation termination processes and calling for code changes to improve debt recovery.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Greece Allocates €200 Million to Subsidize Municipal Water Companies' Electricity Bills
The Greek government will provide a €200 million subsidy from the Energy Transition Fund to cover overdue electricity bills for municipal water and sewage companies, with a higher percentage for those merging or expanding service areas by specific deadlines.
Greece Allocates €200 Million to Subsidize Municipal Water Companies' Electricity Bills
The Greek government will provide a €200 million subsidy from the Energy Transition Fund to cover overdue electricity bills for municipal water and sewage companies, with a higher percentage for those merging or expanding service areas by specific deadlines.
Progress
36% Bias Score