Families at Zaragoza’s CPI Valdespartera III have denounced the lack of “proper” cleaning in the school’s prefab classrooms more than two weeks after the start of the school year. They say “dust, dirt and filth” have built up in spaces where students spend several hours each day, next to construction work on the future Secondary Education building.
Working at a hotel reception desk, serving glasses of wine or even taking part in rescuing people during a natural disaster are among the tasks that robots at Spain’s Humanoid Robotics Training Center (CERH) will be able to perform. The pioneering European facility opened in Zaragoza on Monday under Grupo UB. The company has begun training around 20 robots and signed an agreement making Tekio Robotics, a Grupo UB company, Agibot’s master distributor for Spain, Portugal and Africa.
Aragon remains among Spain’s autonomous regions with the lowest incidence of retail theft. According to Interior Ministry data cited in a report on security in small businesses, the region accounts for 2.6% of cases, a figure higher only than those recorded in Extremadura (1.8%) and La Rioja (0.7%) among the territories analyzed. Castile and Leon, at 2.9%, completes the group of regions with the smallest share of the total.
The Aragon Agency for Quality and University Foresight (Acpua) has successfully passed a new European review, allowing it to retain recognition as a university quality agency for the next five years. An external evaluation by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) has renewed its registration in the European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR) until June 30, 2031.
Zaragoza’s Lozano Blesa University Hospital has used the summer months to renovate six operating rooms and its Surgical ICU, improving functionality and comfort.
This Monday, September 28, Aragón TV will devote an entire evening to Aragonese audiovisual productions, featuring film, dance and short films linked to the region. The schedule begins at 10:50 p.m. with "Uno para todos," David Ilundain's film, largely shot in Caspe, and continues with "Ullate, la danza de la vida," Elena Cid's documentary about Zaragoza-born dancer and choreographer Víctor Ullate.
The presence of foreign students continues to grow in Aragón’s classrooms. In the 2025-2026 academic year, they account for 17.6% of students, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports for that school year. In other words, more than one in six students in the region is foreign.
It seems that autumn is finally here. After several days of unusually high temperatures for this time of year, thermometers will get a break starting this week, partly due to the arrival of rain in the region. The situation will begin this Monday and continue through Saturday. Rainfall will be particularly heavy in several areas of Aragon, where Aemet has already issued a yellow alert for Monday and Tuesday.
Loving a child deeply does not prevent them from exhausting you at times. Cognitive-behavioral psychologist Pilar Cebrián addresses this contradiction openly in her new book, “Dear Son, I Can’t Stand You,” inspired by her own experience as the mother of two teenagers. In this interview with ARAGÓN DIGITAL, the creator of the Cebrián method explains how to improve family communication, set limits without becoming authoritarian and support children through adolescence without allowing the relationship to break down along the way.
With an atypical autumn already underway in Aragon, one of the small rituals that returns to our homes every year is approaching: changing the clocks. Mobile phones, computers and other devices make the adjustment automatically, but there is always a wall clock, alarm clock or appliance to remind us that the time has come. And although it happens twice a year, the same question always arises: when is the time change?
Some 21.1% of Aragonese teenagers who consume pornography show problematic use patterns, according to the Digital Childhood, Adolescence and Well-Being report, presented this Tuesday, September 22, in Zaragoza. Among all students surveyed, the figure stands at 8.6%.
Aragon’s flu vaccination campaign has a schedule for this autumn. Immunization will begin on September 28 and expand in stages through November, focusing on older people, children and those at greater risk of complications.
Dr. Carmen García Mur has placed the breast radiology department at Zaragoza’s Miguel Servet University Hospital among those recognized nationwide. The head of the hospital’s Breast Radiology Section has been named among El Confidencial’s Best Doctors in Spain 2026, recognizing her professional career and contribution to diagnostic imaging and care for patients with breast cancer.
The Calanda peach takes center stage in a new gastronomic showdown on Aragón TV. The program "Saboreando ando" will pit two restaurants from Teruel province against each other: "Baudilio" in Valderrobres and "Hotel Épsilon" in Alcañiz. They will compete with two different dishes made using products covered by this Protected Designation of Origin. The new episode will air this Sunday at 10 p.m.
Aragon's education system will have a new space to analyze its main challenges and anticipate future needs. The University of Zaragoza has approved the creation of the Institute for Foresight and Research in Education and Citizenship (IPIEC), based at the Huesca Campus, to study the educational challenges facing the region.
The Aragon Parliament on Friday elected journalist Raquel Fuertes Rodrigo to continue as director general of the Aragonese Radio and Television Corporation (CARTV). Her appointment was approved by an absolute majority, allowing Fuertes to remain at the head of Aragon’s public media.
Aragon is advancing the comprehensive management of chronic kidney disease with a new strategy promoting prevention, detection and early diagnosis, as well as coordination among professionals caring for people with chronic kidney disease at its different stages. The initiative was presented on Friday during the Chronic Kidney Disease 360º: Connecting Prevention, Digital Innovation and Care Coordination event, held at the Aragon Biomedical Research Center (CIBA).
Renfe’s Professional Technical School for Driving and Operations (ETPCO) in Zaragoza has once again filled its classrooms with future train drivers. The students in its fourth cohort face a full academic year and 1,150 hours of training, around 250 of them devoted to practical driving on tracks and aboard Renfe Group trains, as well as sessions using state-of-the-art simulators.
Mutua MAZ is expanding its healthcare capacity in Zaragoza with the opening of a new center at 32-34 Calle San Miguel, next to the Entity’s headquarters, with more than 500 m² dedicated to healthcare for protected workers and mutualist companies.
Zaragoza’s General Military Academy held one of its most traditional ceremonies on Thursday. Academy Director Prudencio Horche Moreno presided over the presentation of sabers to newly enrolled cadets training to join the officer ranks of the Spanish Army and Civil Guard.
