Author: Rafael

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Economic Community, Enrique Barrasa Sánchez, Director of the European Academy of Yuste Foundation and Director-General for External Action, emphasized that the Royal Monastery of Yuste, the headquarters of the Foundation, is “one of the emblematic sites of the European Union” and should therefore be “a source of pride for all the people of Extremadura”.

In the final of the sixth regional contest between secondary schools on the prevention of drug abuse in the leisure and free time of the young people of Extremadura, held in the House of Culture in Navalmoral de la Mata, the members of the jury decided to award first place to the fourth-year pupils of the Instituto Extremadura Secondary school in Montijo, while second place went to the Instituto Turgalium in Trujillo.

Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), born in Brussels, revolutionized not only our understanding of the human body but also served as the personal physician of Emperor Charles V, the most powerful man in the sixteenth century.