February 2025
March 2025
Spanish Prosecutor General Refuses to Remove Prosecutor Amid Conflict-of-Interest Concerns
Spanish Prosecutor General Álvaro García Ortiz refused to remove Prosecutor Teresa Peramato from a case despite conflict-of-interest concerns raised by fellow prosecutor José Miguel de la Rosa, who argued Peramato's prior professional relationship with the plaintiff compromised her impartiality; thi...
Spanish Prosecutor General Refuses to Remove Prosecutor Amid Conflict-of-Interest Concerns
Spanish Prosecutor General Álvaro García Ortiz refused to remove Prosecutor Teresa Peramato from a case despite conflict-of-interest concerns raised by fellow prosecutor José Miguel de la Rosa, who argued Peramato's prior professional relationship with the plaintiff compromised her impartiality; thi...
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44% Bias Score
Spanish SMI Hike Threatens Public Sector Contractors
Spain's 4.4% SMI increase for 2025 forces public sector contractors to absorb rising labor costs without price adjustments due to a 2015 law, threatening the viability of cleaning and home care companies and potentially causing service disruptions.
Spanish SMI Hike Threatens Public Sector Contractors
Spain's 4.4% SMI increase for 2025 forces public sector contractors to absorb rising labor costs without price adjustments due to a 2015 law, threatening the viability of cleaning and home care companies and potentially causing service disruptions.
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52% Bias Score
Spanish Court Blocks Guardia Civil's Rural Station Reorganization Plan
A Spanish court blocked the Guardia Civil's plan to reorganize rural stations to address staff shortages, requiring station chiefs to also patrol, due to concerns about compromised safety and work-life balance, impacting security in rural areas.
Spanish Court Blocks Guardia Civil's Rural Station Reorganization Plan
A Spanish court blocked the Guardia Civil's plan to reorganize rural stations to address staff shortages, requiring station chiefs to also patrol, due to concerns about compromised safety and work-life balance, impacting security in rural areas.
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48% Bias Score
Catalan Language Policy in Healthcare Sparks Complaints
Over 200 healthcare workers in Catalonia face yearly complaints for not using Catalan with patients, despite 50.2% of doctors primarily using Spanish, creating a linguistic tension amplified by increasing numbers of Spanish-speaking doctors from Latin America.
Catalan Language Policy in Healthcare Sparks Complaints
Over 200 healthcare workers in Catalonia face yearly complaints for not using Catalan with patients, despite 50.2% of doctors primarily using Spanish, creating a linguistic tension amplified by increasing numbers of Spanish-speaking doctors from Latin America.
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56% Bias Score
Cyclone Zelia Causes Devastating Floods in WA; Doctor Charged with Manslaughter
Ex-tropical cyclone Zelia, a Category 4 system, hit the east Pilbara coast on Friday, causing record-breaking floods in the De Grey river catchment and prompting the WA government to prepare emergency relief. A Perth doctor has been charged with manslaughter following a fatal car crash.
Cyclone Zelia Causes Devastating Floods in WA; Doctor Charged with Manslaughter
Ex-tropical cyclone Zelia, a Category 4 system, hit the east Pilbara coast on Friday, causing record-breaking floods in the De Grey river catchment and prompting the WA government to prepare emergency relief. A Perth doctor has been charged with manslaughter following a fatal car crash.
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24% Bias Score
Black Women Founders Share Strategies for Overcoming Systemic Barriers
Six Black women entrepreneurs share their strategies for success, emphasizing self-trust, community support, and product-focused innovation to overcome systemic biases in business.
Black Women Founders Share Strategies for Overcoming Systemic Barriers
Six Black women entrepreneurs share their strategies for success, emphasizing self-trust, community support, and product-focused innovation to overcome systemic biases in business.
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12% Bias Score
Spanish Elite Wealth Surges 16.4% in 2024
In 2024, Spain's 200 wealthiest families saw their combined wealth increase by 16.4% to €373.055 billion, fueled by stock market gains, thriving tourism, and investment fund activity, exceeding the previous year's 16.1% growth and marking a 53% rise since 2020.
Spanish Elite Wealth Surges 16.4% in 2024
In 2024, Spain's 200 wealthiest families saw their combined wealth increase by 16.4% to €373.055 billion, fueled by stock market gains, thriving tourism, and investment fund activity, exceeding the previous year's 16.1% growth and marking a 53% rise since 2020.
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56% Bias Score
Puig Family's IPO Success Highlights Path for Catalan Family Businesses
The Puig family's successful IPO in 2024 propelled them to the sixth wealthiest in Spain, exceeding €9 billion, showcasing a path for other Catalan family businesses facing generational transitions, in contrast to Europastry's failed IPO attempt.
Puig Family's IPO Success Highlights Path for Catalan Family Businesses
The Puig family's successful IPO in 2024 propelled them to the sixth wealthiest in Spain, exceeding €9 billion, showcasing a path for other Catalan family businesses facing generational transitions, in contrast to Europastry's failed IPO attempt.
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48% Bias Score
Podemos Elects Belarra and Montero Amidst Internal Power Struggle
Podemos's upcoming fifth congress will elect Ione Belarra as secretary general and Irene Montero as its electoral face, a decision influenced by founder Pablo Iglesias, despite internal conflicts and potential electoral implications.
Podemos Elects Belarra and Montero Amidst Internal Power Struggle
Podemos's upcoming fifth congress will elect Ione Belarra as secretary general and Irene Montero as its electoral face, a decision influenced by founder Pablo Iglesias, despite internal conflicts and potential electoral implications.
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84% Bias Score
Spain Delays Regional Funding, Risks EU Scrutiny
The Spanish government, under Deputy Prime Minister María Jesús Montero, is delaying the disbursement of the Extra FLA fund and withholding 2025 funding information from regional authorities to manage public funds, secure EU approval for its fiscal plan, and potentially avoid scrutiny for exceeding ...
Spain Delays Regional Funding, Risks EU Scrutiny
The Spanish government, under Deputy Prime Minister María Jesús Montero, is delaying the disbursement of the Extra FLA fund and withholding 2025 funding information from regional authorities to manage public funds, secure EU approval for its fiscal plan, and potentially avoid scrutiny for exceeding ...
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56% Bias Score
Fewer Australian Small Businesses Employing Staff Amidst Public Sector Growth
Despite a 300,000 increase in the total number of small businesses in Australia over the past year, 31,900 fewer small businesses employed staff in 2024 compared to when the Labor government took office, a trend the opposition attributes to the government's substantial increase of 36,000 public serv...
Fewer Australian Small Businesses Employing Staff Amidst Public Sector Growth
Despite a 300,000 increase in the total number of small businesses in Australia over the past year, 31,900 fewer small businesses employed staff in 2024 compared to when the Labor government took office, a trend the opposition attributes to the government's substantial increase of 36,000 public serv...
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56% Bias Score
Toxic Rat Poison Threatens Australia's Endangered Western Quolls
A study found toxic rat poison in 26 of 52 tested Australian marsupial carnivores, including threatened Western Quolls, revealing lethal doses in some. The delayed national regulation of these poisons contrasts with global norms, despite known threats to wildlife.
Toxic Rat Poison Threatens Australia's Endangered Western Quolls
A study found toxic rat poison in 26 of 52 tested Australian marsupial carnivores, including threatened Western Quolls, revealing lethal doses in some. The delayed national regulation of these poisons contrasts with global norms, despite known threats to wildlife.
Progress
52% Bias Score