The way people travel on roads and in cities, including Zaragoza, Huesca and Teruel, will change from October 1, 2026. Electric scooters, bicycles, motorcycles and cars will have to comply with new obligations, covering everything from the clothing some users must wear to how drivers overtake cyclists or respond to traffic jams.
On October 3 and 4, Aragón’s Natural Areas Network will mark Bird Day with a special program of free activities in ten protected natural areas across the region. Organized by the Government of Aragón’s Department of Environment and Tourism, the program offers a dozen experiences for all audiences, including interpretive walks, birdwatching sessions, species identification workshops and scientific bird-ringing activities.
Aragón a Mano, the high-end Aragonese craftsmanship brand promoted by the Government of Aragón, appointed its 10 new interior design ambassadors on Wednesday at an event held at Restaurante Carcas and chaired by Economy, Competitiveness and Employment Minister Eva Valle. The new names join the 10 fashion ambassadors presented by the brand in December 2025, expanding its ambassador network into a second strategic sector: interior design.
The Government of Aragon will activate the Special Civil Protection Plan for Adverse Meteorological Phenomena (Procifemar) at 10 a.m. this Thursday, placing it on alert amid forecasts of rain and storms across much of the region. The weather could be accompanied by hail and strong wind gusts.
Aspace Zaragoza received a visit this morning from Alejandro Nolasco, vice president and councillor for Deregulation, Social Welfare and Family of the Government of Aragon, and David Sainz, director general for Family, Childhood and Birth Rates. They were welcomed by the foundation’s president, Rafael Oliver, and managing director, Pablo Escanero, along with members of the organisation’s professional team.
The Government of Aragon, through the Department of Education, Science and Universities, reaffirmed its commitment to the continuous improvement of the education system this Wednesday during the opening of the 19th Teaching Innovation and Educational Research Conference of the University of Zaragoza. The event is being held on Wednesday and Thursday at the University's Paraninfo under the theme “A critical perspective on the academic and social impact of university teaching innovation.” The opening ceremony featured remarks from Luis Morellón, vice-rector for Academic Policy at the University of Zaragoza; Jacobo Cano, director of the Centre for Innovation, Training and Research in Educational Sciences (CIFICE); and José Luis Ferrando, director general of Educational Policy, Organisation, Equity and Training for the Government of Aragon. The conference brings together 350 university lecturers from all fields of knowledge and 100 teachers from pre-university education in Aragon, accompanied by university students and students in vocational training programmes. During the opening ceremony, Ferrando highlighted the Government of Aragon's “decisive support” and the “very positive” period of relations between the two institutions.
Atades has launched a new call for entries to recognize projects that directly improve the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, borderline intellectual functioning and autism. The 18th edition of the Atades Awards is now accepting applications and will offer up to 5,000 euros in one category, while also honoring communication initiatives that help raise awareness of and normalize intellectual disability.
San Jorge University held the fifth edition of the Aurora Bernárdez Literary Translation Research Seminar this afternoon, focusing on written memory, the preservation of cultural legacies and the resources needed for research and translation. Held at the Grupo San Valero Building, the seminar formed part of the activities organized by the degrees in Translation and Intercultural Communication and Translation and Applied Language Technologies to mark International Translation Day. The event brought together professionals from libraries, documentary heritage management and the translation sector to examine, from different perspectives and across generations, how cultural memory is preserved and the role documentation plays in translation. The event also provided an opportunity to reflect on how translation helps make this heritage accessible to society. AURORA BERNÁRDEZ’S LEGACY Following presentations by Lourdes Diego, vice chancellor for Student Affairs and University Outreach, and Irene Achón, director of USJ’s degree in Translation and Applied Language Technologies, journalist and editor Mariángeles Fernández delivered the opening lecture, dedicated to Aurora Bernárdez, a translator, editor and leading specialist in the work of Julio Cortázar. Fernández reviewed some of Bernárdez’s translations throughout her career and highlighted her role as a first-rate professional, as well as the need to deepen research into her legacy. “UNIQUE BEAUTY” The program continued with the roundtable “Safeguarding memory: libraries, archives and legacies,” followed by the roundtable “Yesterday, today and tomorrow: researching for translation.” AURORA BERNÁRDEZ’S PERSONAL LIBRARY San Jorge University holds part of the personal library of writer and translator Aurora Bernárdez. Through this new edition, the university promotes research and outreach on literary translation and creates a space for dialogue among professionals, researchers and students.
Ensuring that everyone can access and understand information and use it to fully exercise their rights is the aim of the Aragon Women's Institute (IAM) with its new easy-read guide. The guide was presented on Wednesday alongside Plena Inclusión Aragón and explains the institute's services and resources. The guide was unveiled during an event attended by IAM Director Inmaculada de Francisco, Plena Inclusión Aragón Technical Secretary-General Mercedes Guinda, and Vanesa Monteagudo, vice president of Los que no se rinden, the first association in Spain created by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Families at CEIP La Laguna in Sariñena, Huesca, have been demanding the opening of a third fourth-grade class since the start of the school year. The grade currently has 49 students. They argued that the students had been divided into three classes in third grade, meaning that increasing class sizes could affect the attention provided to students. The Government of Aragón, for its part, said that an “additional allocation” was granted last school year, allowing the school to effectively split the class, although the Department’s management system (GIR) “officially showed two groups at all times.” When planning the current fourth-grade school year, “the initial planning began with the two classes registered in the GIR,” it stressed. However, the government said that although 49 students would not normally warrant opening a new class, the Department’s organisational criteria establish that “it is also not appropriate to close a unit that had already been operating in practice.” Accordingly, to resolve the discrepancy and align the administrative situation with the school’s reality, it has ordered the formal opening of a third fourth-grade class and the allocation of an additional teacher. With this decision, the Department intends to regularise the class that was officially “hidden.” After reviewing all the data with the Huesca Education Inspectorate, it certified that the class in question “did not appear in the official records.” The decision, therefore, is to “legalise the situation, meaning that these students, who had been attending school in three classes, will have that right respected, which we understand to have been acquired.” This resolves the discrepancy between the practice carried out at the school and the administrative reality during the 2026/27 school year and until this group reaches sixth grade.
The location of the future Royo Villanova University Hospital is moving forward in its selection process. Aragon’s Health Department has held a second working session with social, neighborhood, healthcare and institutional representatives to assess the four alternatives still under consideration: the General Military Academy, San Gregorio, Ronda de Boltaña and Carretera de Cogullada.
The key Aragonese anniversary remembered today, September 30, is the proclamation of the Republic in Barbastro in 1869. This historic event marked a milestone in the struggle for democracy and political change in Spain. Barbastro's proclamation of the Republic was an act of courage and determination by its residents, who united to defend their rights and freedoms.
The conference will analyze the health of people with disabilities and examine the remaining challenges to guarantee inclusive healthcare on equal terms. This is the aim of the new event that Fundación Dfa will hold next Tuesday, October 6, as part of the “Dfa, 50 Years Towards Inclusion” series. The panel will bring together different perspectives from the healthcare and social sectors to discuss issues including accessibility, the humanization of care, healthcare and social services coordination, continuity of care and people’s participation in decisions related to their own health. The event will feature Cristina Sarasa, director general of Care and Humanization at the Department of Health of the Government of Aragon; Javier Arredondo, president of the Aragon Patients’ Forum (FAP); Alfredo Pérez, ASISA’s provincial delegate in Zaragoza; and Pilar Moreno, director of Social Centers at Fundación Dfa. Journalist Ana Esteban will moderate the debate. DFA’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY The event is part of Fundación Dfa’s 50th-anniversary commemorative program, which this year is bringing together professionals, institutions, organizations and experts to analyze progress made and the main future challenges in different areas related to disability. The series is supported by Ibercaja in Zaragoza and Fundación Ibercaja in Huesca and Teruel. The program began by focusing on housing accessibility and, after addressing issues such as women and disability, independent living, mobility and employment, this new event turns to healthcare to identify the changes that are still needed. On December 1, the series will conclude by bringing together representatives of all political parties to share its conclusions and call for policy commitments.
Ambar has taken beer into unusual territory: probiotics and the microbiome. The Zaragoza-based brewer has kept viable probiotics for at least nine months in a 0.0-alcohol, zero-sugar beer, a technology recently patented by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM).
Although the heat seems reluctant to leave, autumn arrived in Aragon this week in the form of rainfall. Aemet has already warned of unsettled weather, which is expected to continue at least until well into next week, according to the State Meteorological Agency's forecast. Wednesday will bring a brief respite, but from Thursday onward, the rain will intensify ahead of the weekend.
Four industrial sacks. That is how much rubbish the more than 50 mothers, fathers and students from Zaragoza’s CPI Parque Venecia removed on Tuesday afternoon during a cleaning drive to “ensure the sanitary conditions of the school’s facilities”. Families say there has been no cleaning service in the new secondary school building since the start of the school year, almost a month ago, forcing users of the school to take on the task themselves. During the clean-up, families cleaned a total of 20 classrooms and 12 bathrooms, using cleaning supplies purchased and paid for entirely by the school’s own Parents’ Association (AMPA). The urgency was so great that the AMPA even had to cancel the School Council meeting scheduled for that afternoon, allowing its members to join the school cleaning effort. For the association, the problem stems from “the budget shortfall allocated by the DGA for the cleaning service”. They claim that the Government of Aragon “has transferred only €10,000 of the €15,000 needed to cover the service until the end of the year”. Thus, to ensure the school was properly cleaned, families say the school itself has had to cover the €5,000 shortfall. “This seriously harms educational quality,” the AMPA says, arguing that the money “will have to be taken from essential budget lines intended to purchase school supplies, laboratory equipment and musical instruments”. They also stress that there is “deep uncertainty” within the educational community about the short-term future. “From December onwards, the funds will run out completely, and it is not known what measures will be adopted to keep the school clean,” they add.
More than 30 educational centers in Aragon have already suspended extracurricular activities due to the lack of regulations providing legal certainty for their organization. The situation has become one of the main concerns among Aragonese teachers, and unions are calling for a solution that would allow these activities to resume with guarantees for schools, staff and students.
Five years ago, Aragón Digital was already reporting the news shaping current affairs. On September 30, 2021, diesel prices in Spain reached their highest level since October 2014, while gasoline prices remained stable at their highest since July of that year.
The school flu vaccination campaign has registered 4,208 participants in its third edition, compared with 2,973 last season, representing an increase of 41.5%. The registration period, opened through a specific SaludInforma form, ended last Monday, September 28. The regional government said families had responded with “a great reception” to an initiative that has also grown in the number of participating schools, with 159 schools across the region joining this year compared with 127 in the previous campaign. The school vaccination programme will run from October 5 to 19 and is exclusively aimed at pupils in the second cycle of Early Childhood Education, namely children aged 3, 4 and 5. Nursing professionals from health centres will travel to schools to administer the vaccine during school hours, generally over one or two days agreed between each school and its reference health centre. Children will only be vaccinated at the school where they are enrolled, using an intranasal vaccine. Immunisation in schools was launched in Aragon three seasons ago, with 789 participants in its first edition. This year’s figure is more than five times the initial participation. FROM OCTOBER 19 AT HEALTH CENTRES From October 19, childhood flu vaccination, which reached 43.4% coverage last season, will begin at health centres and accredited private vaccination centres for all children aged between 6 months and 11 years. This expansion is the main new feature of the 2026/27 campaign, as childhood vaccination previously extended only up to age 7. Families of children aged 3 to 5 who have not registered for the school campaign, have been unable to get vaccinated at their school or whose school is not taking part in the initiative will be able to vaccinate them free of charge at their health centre, requesting an appointment through SaludInforma when self-booking opens for this age group. Vaccinating children protects them against flu and its possible complications while also helping to reduce transmission of the virus in their surroundings, particularly to more vulnerable people such as older adults and those with chronic illnesses. Children aged 24 months to 11 years receive a live attenuated intranasal vaccine, while those aged 6 to 23 months receive a cell-culture vaccine. The flu vaccination campaign began on September 28 for residents of care homes, health and social care workers, pregnant women and people with high dependency needs or very high risk. On October 19, in addition to children, people over 80 and those at high risk will be included, while the remaining groups, including people over 60 and others with risk factors, will join on November 3.
Aragón TV, Aragón Radio and Aragón Play are preparing an action-packed Sunday of Aragonese football and basketball, culminating in the Primera Federación derby between Real Zaragoza and CD Teruel at 8:50 p.m.
