Gerry Hadden
Gerry Hadden reports for PRI'sThe World. His assignments have sent him to the northernmost village in Norway to the southern tip of Italy, and just about everywhere else in between.
This ‘earthquake lab’ is designing buildings to withstand natural disasters
At Spain’s Institute of Science and Concrete Technology, engineers are trying to find ways to keep buildings and bridges from falling down. The lab is getting attention after the deadly earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria in February.
A Cuban filmmaker returns home to see his family during the island nation’s worst economic crisis in decades
Migrant farmworkers in Spain living in makeshift encampments have little hope for formal work
Spanish Carnival floats told to drop sexist songs
Some of the world’s biggest clothing makers want to sell you their clothes — twice
A spike in ringworm cases in Spain leads to a surprising culprit: the barbershop
A ringworm outbreak among Spanish teens has been traced back to barbershops and a fashionable haircut: the fade. Spanish dermatologists blame dirty electric razors.
Big tobacco is forced to pay for cigarette butt pollution in Spain, but smokers may soon be on the hook
They’re tiny, they’re toxic, they’re everywhere. Cigarette butts are a huge source of pollution in Spain and lawmakers have said, enough. They're ordering cigarette makers to pay for the cleanup, but smokers worry they’ll end up footing the bill.
Spanish town wins award for beauty but says 'no thanks'
It may sound counterintuitive, but the town has its reasons.
A bakers’ rebellion looms in France to defend baguettes
Due to soaring electricity costs, bakers in France can’t afford to turn on their ovens to bake bread. They’re demanding help from the government and threatening the unthinkable — to turn off their ovens.
Migrants from northern Africa make dangerous trek through Spain’s Canary Islands
The Canaries begin just 60 miles off the coast of Western Sahara, in the Atlantic Ocean. That relatively short distance makes them attractive to those fleeing hardship at home. But the crossing is treacherous.
Barcelona’s children find safety in numbers as they bike to school in herds
Across Spain's Barcelona province children are getting to school in organized convoys of bikes, dubbed "bicibus," or bicycle-bus. As with traditional bus lines, each bicibus route has stops where other cycling students can join along the way. Parents, teachers and other volunteer adults ride, too, to ensure the kids’ safety.
As World Cup wraps, Morocco team inspires Arab unity around the world
Morocco’s Atlas Lions have a lot to celebrate at this year's World Cup in Qatar. They became both the first Arab and the first African team to reach the semifinals, inspiring Arab unity around the world.
China has a police network that stretches across some 30 countries, NGO says
The Madrid-based nongovernmental organization Safeguard Defenders says that China has an extended police network in dozens of countries around the world, with the goal of coercing criminal suspects to return home to China. Beijing doesn't deny they exist, but says they are legitimate and used for legal purposes.
A school reopens in this small Spanish village after 47 years
Back in the ‘70s, Argelita's village school in northeast Spain closed down because there just were not enough children. But now, after 47 years, children finally have a place to learn in town.
In Spain, beekeepers continue to battle killer hornets
Europeans have been battling the Velutina hornet for about 15 years. Spanish beekeepers have sent out a mayday for help, but so far they’ve been left to defend their hives on their own.