February 2025
March 2025
NatWest Cuts Mortgage Rates Amidst Price War
NatWest is lowering mortgage rates by up to 0.36 percentage points, following similar cuts by other lenders, creating a competitive price war and potentially driving rates below 4% for the first time since November.
NatWest Cuts Mortgage Rates Amidst Price War
NatWest is lowering mortgage rates by up to 0.36 percentage points, following similar cuts by other lenders, creating a competitive price war and potentially driving rates below 4% for the first time since November.
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40% Bias Score
Andalusian Government Criticizes Spain's SMI Increase Due to IRPF Tax Impact
The Andalusian regional government criticizes the Spanish central government's increase to the SMI (Salario Mínimo Interprofesional), arguing that due to IRPF (Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas) taxation, almost half of the €700 annual raise will be lost to taxes, disproportionately af...
Andalusian Government Criticizes Spain's SMI Increase Due to IRPF Tax Impact
The Andalusian regional government criticizes the Spanish central government's increase to the SMI (Salario Mínimo Interprofesional), arguing that due to IRPF (Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas) taxation, almost half of the €700 annual raise will be lost to taxes, disproportionately af...
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64% Bias Score
Andalusian Construction Firms Face €20 Million Payment Delay from Regional Government
The Junta de Andalucía owes €20 million to 20 small construction companies for price updates on 1,000 educational projects, jeopardizing their survival and delaying future infrastructure projects due to the government's failure to apply a promised 20% price revision to offset inflation.
Andalusian Construction Firms Face €20 Million Payment Delay from Regional Government
The Junta de Andalucía owes €20 million to 20 small construction companies for price updates on 1,000 educational projects, jeopardizing their survival and delaying future infrastructure projects due to the government's failure to apply a promised 20% price revision to offset inflation.
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44% Bias Score
Andalusian Special Needs Education Funding Controversy
Andalusian parents are protesting insufficient resources for students with special needs, despite the government reporting increased staffing (13,600 professionals) and funding (€589 million) since 2018; a parliamentary working group is now addressing the issue.
Andalusian Special Needs Education Funding Controversy
Andalusian parents are protesting insufficient resources for students with special needs, despite the government reporting increased staffing (13,600 professionals) and funding (€589 million) since 2018; a parliamentary working group is now addressing the issue.
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52% Bias Score
Public Dispute Erupts in Spanish Government Over Taxing Minimum Wage Earners
The Spanish government faced a public disagreement during a press conference this week, after the Treasury decided to tax minimum wage earners for the first time. Sumar criticized this, causing a tense exchange between ministers, and announced plans to introduce a bill to reverse the decision; this ...
Public Dispute Erupts in Spanish Government Over Taxing Minimum Wage Earners
The Spanish government faced a public disagreement during a press conference this week, after the Treasury decided to tax minimum wage earners for the first time. Sumar criticized this, causing a tense exchange between ministers, and announced plans to introduce a bill to reverse the decision; this ...
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60% Bias Score
DEM Party Condemns Arrests of Local Officials as 'Provocation'
Following this morning's police raids in Istanbul targeting local officials and the sentencing of Van's co-mayor Abdullah Zeydan, the DEM Party condemned the actions as a provocation against the public's will and local democracy.
DEM Party Condemns Arrests of Local Officials as 'Provocation'
Following this morning's police raids in Istanbul targeting local officials and the sentencing of Van's co-mayor Abdullah Zeydan, the DEM Party condemned the actions as a provocation against the public's will and local democracy.
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56% Bias Score
Community Steps In As Deportations Leave Pets Behind
Following increased immigration raids under the Trump administration, many pets were abandoned by their owners faced with deportation. In one instance, a Brooklyn resident adopted a bulldog whose owners were deported, revealing a community-based response to the issue amidst limited institutional sup...
Community Steps In As Deportations Leave Pets Behind
Following increased immigration raids under the Trump administration, many pets were abandoned by their owners faced with deportation. In one instance, a Brooklyn resident adopted a bulldog whose owners were deported, revealing a community-based response to the issue amidst limited institutional sup...
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36% Bias Score
Supreme Court Ruling Allows Lower Redundancy Payments Despite 2021 Labor Reform
The Spanish Supreme Court allowed a subcontractor to use lower company-level salaries for redundancy payments, based on pre-existing legislation on the hierarchy of collective bargaining agreements, despite the 2021 labor reform prioritizing sector-level agreements.
Supreme Court Ruling Allows Lower Redundancy Payments Despite 2021 Labor Reform
The Spanish Supreme Court allowed a subcontractor to use lower company-level salaries for redundancy payments, based on pre-existing legislation on the hierarchy of collective bargaining agreements, despite the 2021 labor reform prioritizing sector-level agreements.
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12% Bias Score
PP to Maintain Relentless Opposition Against Sánchez Government
PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has instructed his parliamentarians to maintain a relentless opposition against Pedro Sánchez's government, focusing on the Attorney General, the reform of the popular accusation, and fiscal policy, urging greater use of social media to counteract perceived media limit...
PP to Maintain Relentless Opposition Against Sánchez Government
PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has instructed his parliamentarians to maintain a relentless opposition against Pedro Sánchez's government, focusing on the Attorney General, the reform of the popular accusation, and fiscal policy, urging greater use of social media to counteract perceived media limit...
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64% Bias Score
CHP Presidential Primary Sparks Internal Division
Turkey's CHP party will hold a primary to choose its presidential candidate; Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu supports it, calling it a 'democratic revolution,' but Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş opposes it, believing it's premature and that economic issues should take priority.
CHP Presidential Primary Sparks Internal Division
Turkey's CHP party will hold a primary to choose its presidential candidate; Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu supports it, calling it a 'democratic revolution,' but Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş opposes it, believing it's premature and that economic issues should take priority.
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48% Bias Score
Spanish Senate Rejects Government's Judicial Law Correction
The Spanish Senate, controlled by the PP, voted 148-90 to revoke a government correction to the Judicial Efficiency Law, which the PSOE defended as necessary to address an error affecting 2,000 justice officials; the PP views the correction as an overreach of executive power, while Junts criticizes ...
Spanish Senate Rejects Government's Judicial Law Correction
The Spanish Senate, controlled by the PP, voted 148-90 to revoke a government correction to the Judicial Efficiency Law, which the PSOE defended as necessary to address an error affecting 2,000 justice officials; the PP views the correction as an overreach of executive power, while Junts criticizes ...
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56% Bias Score
Trump Administration Drops Corruption Charges Against NYC Mayor Adams
The Trump administration dropped corruption charges against New York City's Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, who had previously met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, citing the need for Adams's focus on combating illegal immigration and crime in New York City, despite allegations of accepting bribes from Turkey...
Trump Administration Drops Corruption Charges Against NYC Mayor Adams
The Trump administration dropped corruption charges against New York City's Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, who had previously met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, citing the need for Adams's focus on combating illegal immigration and crime in New York City, despite allegations of accepting bribes from Turkey...
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56% Bias Score