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Society
The PISA 2025 report has once again raised the alarm over educational performance in Spain. Spanish pupils have fallen back in reading and mathematics, remain below the OECD average in all three core competencies and include few high achievers, although the system retains better equity indicators than many of the countries analysed.
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Society
The National Court has jurisdiction throughout Spain, but its powers are limited by law. It deals with certain terrorism, organised drug-trafficking, major fraud and internationally connected crimes, as well as administrative matters and labour disputes extending beyond a single autonomous region.
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Society
Some 61.9% of back-to-school campaign orders were placed in July and August 2025, compared with 58.4% in 2022. Stikets expects the final week of August to see the highest volume of purchases in 2026.
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Society
People with disabilities enjoyed an introductory sailing trip organised by Fundación Navega as part of the “Travesía Sin Límites” programme, with the collaboration of Puerto Sotogrande and sponsorship from the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras.
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Society
Inés Hernand and her team accompany a family surrounded by memories and three musicians sharing a flat filled with instruments, cables and amplifiers this Thursday.
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Society
RTVE Noticias launches a special videopodcast covering the research, technology and ecological impact of the total solar eclipse taking place in Spain on 12 August.
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Rumbo a las estrellas (Después del eclipse), produced by Meteórica Cine and Abano Producións, follows the work of Galician engineer Begoña Vila on NASA’s next major scientific mission and combines the project’s technological dimension with her personal story.
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Society
More than 506.5 million passengers used public transport in June, according to provisional INE data. Urban transport grew by 3.1%, while interurban transport recorded a decline of 0.6%.
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Society
The fourth edition of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility programme has recorded 2,514,021 journeys and 1,941,632 registered young people from 1 July to 10 August, with discounts of up to 90% available until 30 September.
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Society
The documentary reconstructs the international plan to evacuate 125 people after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan and examines the persecution of women who practised cycling.
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Society
The Government is preparing a civil protection and security operation to manage between 1.8 and 2.9 million journeys to the more than 350 observation points for the solar eclipse in the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Society
The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has launched a website and mobile app with information about the visibility, timings, terrain and weather conditions for the total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026.
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