Twenty years ago, Aragón Digital was already reporting the stories shaping current affairs in Aragon. On September 25, 2006, Tarazona’s Seminary of the Immaculate regained its status as a Major Seminary after more than three decades and began the 2006/07 academic year with fifteen students.
Ten years ago, Aragón Digital reported on the stories shaping current affairs in Aragon. On September 25, 2016, Zaragoza inaugurated a monument to the Thirteen Roses, the young women executed by the Franco regime in Madrid in 1939.
Zaragoza City Council's IT problems created an unusual scene in municipal activity on Thursday. Some of the debates and votes scheduled for the Finance Committee at 12:00 p.m. had to be postponed until next Tuesday because officials could not access the files needed to continue the meeting.
It will open in the 2027-2028 academic year, allowing aspiring musicians in Zaragoza to earn a professional, officially recognized qualification without leaving the city. The new Municipal Professional Music Conservatory will offer six additional years of musical training at the former Palafox Barracks, where elementary-level instruction is already provided. Zaragoza Mayor Natalia Chueca visited the facility on Thursday, coinciding with the start of the academic year, and described the introduction of professional-level instruction as a "hugely important change."
Zaragoza will face major public transport changes this Saturday, September 26, due to the Binter NightRun, which includes the Milla Verde, 5K and 10K races. Traffic restrictions will force around ten bus lines to alter their routes, especially near Puente de Piedra and around the city center and left bank.
Zaragoza will host the first Mayors and Public Administrations Fair on November 18 and 19, a national event at Feria de Zaragoza bringing together mayors, public officials, technicians, experts and professionals to share experiences and address the main challenges of municipal management.
Zaragoza City Council has taken another step in the dispute over two planned gas stations in Valdespartera. Urban Planning Councillor Víctor Serrano has ordered proceedings to review the licenses granted and announced that both will be provisionally suspended while the process is resolved. The measure advances the commitment expressed a week ago to residents, when the possibility of revoking the authorizations was opened for consideration.
Zaragoza has reached the final stage of the European Green Capital award for the first time, a recognition of cities’ environmental commitment granted by the European Commission. The Aragonese capital has passed the technical assessment and will compete on October 8 in Guimarães, Portugal, for the 2028 title alongside Aalborg, Denmark; Bielsko-Biala, Poland; Košice, Slovakia; and Porto, Portugal. The bid has reached this decisive stage after nearly two decades of progress in air quality, water, biodiversity, the circular economy and the fight against climate change.
Culinarium has put up a sale sign at its store at 10 León XIII Street in Zaragoza. The kitchenware specialist is offering discounts ahead of its planned relocation, as shown in its window.
Twenty years ago, Aragón Digital was already reporting the stories shaping current affairs in Aragon. On September 24, 2006, the bookselling sector warned that free textbooks had led to the closure of five bookshops in Zaragoza province over the previous year.
Some establishments survive by following trends, while others endure because they have never needed to. Los Helechos is one of the latter: a vegetarian restaurant on Corona de Aragón Street, a short walk from the San Francisco campus, which has spent three decades serving the kind of food made at home on any Sunday. No lengthy menus or chef-designed dishes: just a tray, self-service and hearty, home-style cooking.
Good culinary traditions should never be lost. While Zaragoza embraces street food, fusion cuisine and fine dining, some restaurants continue to champion the flavors of the past.
The DPZ Chair on Depopulation and Creativity of the Zaragoza Provincial Council and the University of Zaragoza presented the prizes on Wednesday for the eighth edition of the “How Beautiful Life Is...in My Village” story and video competition. The awards were presented at an event held in the former plenary hall of the Zaragoza Provincial Council, attended by more than 150 people, including winners, relatives and provincial deputies.
It is no surprise that Aragon, shaped by centuries of historical events, boasts such a rich monumental heritage. Yet the passage of time has also brought difficulties and deterioration to several monuments across the region, threatening their survival in recent years. One of them spent more than 15 years on Hispania Nostra’s Red List of Heritage because of the risk of disappearance it faced. Now, the fortification has been brought back to life following conservation work that has moved it onto the Green List.
Rent payments, food and school expenses for young children have once again placed emergency aid at the center of Zaragoza’s political debate. Zaragoza en Común denounced on Wednesday that the City Council had allocated €6,002,233 by June 30 to cover basic needs, compared with €7,706,422 during the same period in 2023. Zaragoza City Council, for its part, argues that some families’ difficulties in accessing this aid are linked to “the Spanish Government’s inability to approve the General State Budgets since 2023.”
Municipal aid for businesses affected by construction works in Zaragoza will be expanded to reflect the actual impact of the projects. Zaragoza City Council will inspect the streets included in the call for applications to determine whether the works have extended beyond the initially planned limits and, where applicable, will allow businesses affected by the disruption to be added even if they were not shown on the maps. Inclusion may also be granted retroactively, ensuring that establishments do not lose the aid to which they are entitled.
Zaragoza’s GranCasa shopping center is preparing for the arrival of a new all-you-can-eat restaurant. Ocean Wok will occupy the space previously associated with Muerde La Pasta on the top floor of the shopping center, offering Asian cuisine under an “eat without limits” concept.
The 129 grapevines planted in Zaragoza’s Macanaz Park are once again at the center of political debate. Vox councilor David Flores has questioned their condition and called on the city government to provide details on the results achieved a year and a half after their planting, a project initially funded with €42,000. In response, Culture Councillor Sara Fernández has defended the initiative, stressing that the Garnacha Garden was not created as a wine-producing operation but as a renaturalization project and a tourism, landscape and educational resource.
The mobile roof of La Misericordia Bullring will not be usable during the upcoming Pilar Festival after being removed due to its condition. Maricarmen Lázaro, spokesperson for the Popular Party group in the Zaragoza Provincial Council, has demanded explanations from the institution's president, Juan Antonio Sánchez Quero.
The future of the former Alumalsa site in the San José neighborhood has sparked a new political confrontation between the PSOE and Zaragoza City Council. Socialists have accused Mayor Natalia Chueca of breaking her promise to use the land for public and affordable housing, as well as parking and green spaces, while Zaragoza City Council maintains that the site retains the same residential zoning established by previous left-wing administrations and argues that its sale will generate funds to promote public housing elsewhere in the city.
