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Madrid's €1.5 Million Puerta del Sol Redesign Sparks Heatwave Controversy
Madrid's €1.5 million redesign of Puerta del Sol, featuring 32 unpopular steel shade structures, is causing controversy amid a 37°C heatwave, highlighting issues of urban planning and community consultation.
Madrid's €1.5 Million Puerta del Sol Redesign Sparks Heatwave Controversy
Madrid's €1.5 million redesign of Puerta del Sol, featuring 32 unpopular steel shade structures, is causing controversy amid a 37°C heatwave, highlighting issues of urban planning and community consultation.
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60% Bias Score
Madrid Ranks Higher Than Barcelona in Global Quality of Life Study
A Deutsche Bank study ranks Madrid 16th and Barcelona 43rd in global quality of life, considering housing, salaries, and leisure; despite higher costs, neither city is among the world's most expensive.
Madrid Ranks Higher Than Barcelona in Global Quality of Life Study
A Deutsche Bank study ranks Madrid 16th and Barcelona 43rd in global quality of life, considering housing, salaries, and leisure; despite higher costs, neither city is among the world's most expensive.
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32% Bias Score
Madrid's Housing Boom Halted by Environmental Lawsuits
In Madrid, Spain, over 9,650 planned homes face legal challenges due to insufficient environmental impact assessments, with ecologists and residents successfully halting projects in Pozuelo de Alarcón and Alcobendas, and targeting others in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Alcorcón, and Cercedilla, while...
Madrid's Housing Boom Halted by Environmental Lawsuits
In Madrid, Spain, over 9,650 planned homes face legal challenges due to insufficient environmental impact assessments, with ecologists and residents successfully halting projects in Pozuelo de Alarcón and Alcobendas, and targeting others in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Alcorcón, and Cercedilla, while...
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56% Bias Score
Madrid's Republican Flag: A Battle of Historical Memory
In Madrid, a republican flag repeatedly painted on the Parque de las Cruces auditorium bleachers was removed following a Vox motion, but an anonymous collective promptly repainted it, sparking a debate about historical memory and political representation.
Madrid's Republican Flag: A Battle of Historical Memory
In Madrid, a republican flag repeatedly painted on the Parque de las Cruces auditorium bleachers was removed following a Vox motion, but an anonymous collective promptly repainted it, sparking a debate about historical memory and political representation.
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56% Bias Score
Madrid Event Honors Journalists Who Defied Franco
A June 9th event at Madrid's Larra 14, a building with a rich journalistic history, honored 20 journalists who resisted Franco's dictatorship through various methods, highlighting the struggle for press freedom and its eventual restoration after the transition to democracy.
Madrid Event Honors Journalists Who Defied Franco
A June 9th event at Madrid's Larra 14, a building with a rich journalistic history, honored 20 journalists who resisted Franco's dictatorship through various methods, highlighting the struggle for press freedom and its eventual restoration after the transition to democracy.
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36% Bias Score
Off-Duty Officer Arrested for Homicide After Fatal Neck Restraint
In Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, an off-duty municipal police officer, 58, used a neck restraint on a 35-year-old man who allegedly tried to steal his phone, resulting in the man's death; the officer is now under arrest for homicide.
Off-Duty Officer Arrested for Homicide After Fatal Neck Restraint
In Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, an off-duty municipal police officer, 58, used a neck restraint on a 35-year-old man who allegedly tried to steal his phone, resulting in the man's death; the officer is now under arrest for homicide.
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52% Bias Score
Madrid Firefighters Protest Unilateral Contract Changes with Symbolic Burns
Madrid firefighters protested regional government-imposed changes to their work contract by setting small fires at 22 stations on Monday, citing 17 significant alterations impacting salaries and benefits; the union, representing nearly 70% of the workforce, threatens further action if negotiations f...
Madrid Firefighters Protest Unilateral Contract Changes with Symbolic Burns
Madrid firefighters protested regional government-imposed changes to their work contract by setting small fires at 22 stations on Monday, citing 17 significant alterations impacting salaries and benefits; the union, representing nearly 70% of the workforce, threatens further action if negotiations f...
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44% Bias Score
Madrid Roadworks Cause Summer Traffic Disruptions
Major roadworks in Madrid on the M-50, M-40, A-4, A-42, and M-607 from June to August 2024 will cause significant traffic delays due to lane closures and diversions, prompting the DGT and MITMOS to advise drivers to seek alternative routes and adjust their travel times.
Madrid Roadworks Cause Summer Traffic Disruptions
Major roadworks in Madrid on the M-50, M-40, A-4, A-42, and M-607 from June to August 2024 will cause significant traffic delays due to lane closures and diversions, prompting the DGT and MITMOS to advise drivers to seek alternative routes and adjust their travel times.
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44% Bias Score
Madrid's Canal de Isabel II Plan: €2 Billion Investment, Rising Tariffs, and Unresolved Issues
The Madrid regional government's new Canal de Isabel II plan (2025-2030), costing over €2 billion and raising tariffs by 3% annually, aims to modernize water services but faces criticism for failing to address previous shortcomings and neglecting social equity and environmental sustainability.
Madrid's Canal de Isabel II Plan: €2 Billion Investment, Rising Tariffs, and Unresolved Issues
The Madrid regional government's new Canal de Isabel II plan (2025-2030), costing over €2 billion and raising tariffs by 3% annually, aims to modernize water services but faces criticism for failing to address previous shortcomings and neglecting social equity and environmental sustainability.
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56% Bias Score
Dellafuente Concludes Decade-Long Career with Sold-Out Metropolitano Concerts
Spanish urban music artist Dellafuente concluded a decade-long career with two sold-out concerts at Madrid's Metropolitano Stadium on July 28th and 29th, attracting approximately 130,000 fans, showcasing his musical journey from the niche trap scene to mainstream success and announcing a future care...
Dellafuente Concludes Decade-Long Career with Sold-Out Metropolitano Concerts
Spanish urban music artist Dellafuente concluded a decade-long career with two sold-out concerts at Madrid's Metropolitano Stadium on July 28th and 29th, attracting approximately 130,000 fans, showcasing his musical journey from the niche trap scene to mainstream success and announcing a future care...
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40% Bias Score
Madrid's University Rectors Join President Ayuso in Miami Amidst Funding Dispute
Madrid's President Ayuso will appear united with public university rectors in Miami, despite ongoing tensions over severely underfunded universities and a contentious education law, seeking to attract international students while facing criticism for insufficient funding and limited rector involveme...
Madrid's University Rectors Join President Ayuso in Miami Amidst Funding Dispute
Madrid's President Ayuso will appear united with public university rectors in Miami, despite ongoing tensions over severely underfunded universities and a contentious education law, seeking to attract international students while facing criticism for insufficient funding and limited rector involveme...
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64% Bias Score
Madrid's Sureste Plan: Affordable Housing Promise Unfulfilled
The Madrid Sureste Plan, launched in 1997, aimed to create 120,000 affordable homes but due to delays and the 2008 financial crisis, only one area, El Cañaveral, is largely completed, with housing prices tripling since 2015, making them unaffordable for the intended low-to-middle-class families.
Madrid's Sureste Plan: Affordable Housing Promise Unfulfilled
The Madrid Sureste Plan, launched in 1997, aimed to create 120,000 affordable homes but due to delays and the 2008 financial crisis, only one area, El Cañaveral, is largely completed, with housing prices tripling since 2015, making them unaffordable for the intended low-to-middle-class families.
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52% Bias Score
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