The National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) has lost its private sponsors, as reported by El País and confirmed by La Vanguardia after consulting all parties. The departures announced today of the BBVA Foundation and the Cris Against Cancer Foundation add to that of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), which occurred on March 9 and was already known. The exit of the private institutions is motivated by the reputational damage that has affected the oncology research center, after the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office opened proceedings last December regarding an alleged scheme that may have diverted up to 25 million euros from budgets over 18 years through the alleged rigging of contracts, and also due to the recent resignation of the manager, José Manuel Bernabé, accused of harassment.

The number of Catalan schools and institutes that have decided not to schedule trips or school camps for the 2026/27 academic year as a pressure measure to achieve educational improvements continues to increase. The platform that counts the centers that have joined the claim is about to reach 800: There are already 771, to be exact. All this continues to add uncertainty about what will happen with this activity in the next academic year.