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The Latest Breaking News from Extremadura

Lynx rewilding project under threat as EU funding ends

IN FOCUS: A scheme to re-introduce endangered lynx to Spain has proved hugelty successful, but the future is uncertain as funding ceases at the end of this year. Graham Keeley reports from Extremadura, in western Spain

The Independent UK

Spain’s socialists shed voters in regional election as far right makes gains

Vox doubles its seats in Extremadura as Socialist Workers’ party, mired in corruption scandals, loses 10 of its 28 seats

The Guardian - UK

Extremadura votes in early elections with PP seeking absolute majority

Around 860,000 Extremadurans go to the polls today in an unprecedented election in the region. María Guardiola brought forward the elections after failing to pass the budget. The polls point to the PP as the winner, but without a majority to govern alone.

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Spain’s ruling party faces crunch regional poll amid corruption and harassment claims

Results of Sunday’s snap election in Extremadura are seen as key test of Pedro Sánchez and his PSOE party

The Guardian - UK

Spain battles major fires even as heatwave eases with lower temperatures

The country’s weather agency expects temperatures to fall and humidity to rise, but adverse conditions remain in south.

Al Jazeera

Spain wildfires: decades of rural decline made the blazes worse, but robust local economies can prevent further destruction – here’s how

Every summer, forest fires sweep across Spain, dominating headlines and leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. This year’s have been especially harsh, with devastating fires thus far in Tarifa, Zamora, the Madrid area, Galicia and Extremadura, while the UNESCO-listed natural park of Las Médulas, in León, has been…

The Conversation

Saved from extinction, the Iberian lynx now faces an uncertain future in Spain

The Iberian lynx was saved by a breeding programme and a ‘hearts and minds’ campaign in rural Spain. But the feline again faces rising opposition.

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Ellen van Dijk seals overall Vuelta a Extremadura 2025

18-year-old Imogen Wolff wins final stage in first pro victory

Cycling News

Vuelta a Extremadura Femenina: Greta Marturano gets better of Sigrid Haugset from two-rider break to win stage 1b

Carys Lloyd takes field sprint for third

Cycling News

Chef José Pizarro’s artful new ode to Spanish dining in London is called Lolo

Lolo, located in London’s fashionable Bermondsey Street, offers a taste of Extremadura in an art-filled setting

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How Spain’s conservatives joined forces with far-right Vox

Some in Extremadura region see local outcome as latest example of People’s party putting pragmatism over principles

The Guardian - UK

Spain’s People’s party and Vox agree to jointly govern Extremadura

Deal in south-western region further raises prospect of national coalition between conservatives and far right

The Guardian - UK

Rural Spain could end up hosting infrastructure hubs for AI – here's what the environmental cost could be

While ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) have been dominating headlines recently, little attention has been given to the physical infrastructure such as data centres and microchip factories needed to support this technological revolution. Debates surrounding AI are rarely concerned with how tech companies extract resources to fuel…

The Conversation

Villages evacuated as ‘very large’ wildfire ravages south-west Spain

Hundreds of firefighters struggle to contain blaze across at least 7,500 hectares in northern Extremadura

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Villagers evacuated as wildfire ravages woodlands in western Spain

Emergency crews evacuated around 600 villagers in western Spain overnight as a wildfire blamed on arsonists ravaged up to 8,000 hectares (19,800 acres) near the border with Portugal, officials said.

The Guardian - UK

Five of the best sustainable holidays across Europe

From a spa-and-cycling trail across Slovenia to the coolest energy-saving hotels in Berlin, these getaways tick all the eco boxes

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Beast-like 'Carantoñas' return to Spanish town

It's hours before dawn in Acehuche, a small town in Spain's western Extremadura region, and a group of youngsters is ending a parade by setting off fireworks and beating drums.

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