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This Week | Housing protest camp enters second week

Bon dia. Here’s your weekly roundup of news. The housing encampment in Plaza del Ayuntamiento has passed its first week, and campers say they are staying. Housing is also the top concern for Spanish voters ahead of the 29 November…

By Atika Shubert

• October 12, 2026

Protesters carrying loudspeakers and banners rally in front of a camp for housing rights in front of Valencia's Plaza del Ayuntamiento.

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Every 9 October, the city celebrates 1238, the year Jaume I rode in. The Senyera, the city’s historic flag, is lowered from the town hall balcony, kept upright because by tradition it bows to no one, and most of what you’ll hear begins with the…

By Mireille Morejon

• October 10, 2026

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