{
  "id": 16316310,
  "title": "Inside Spain: How the Basque Country avoided the 'Empty Spain' problem",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/inside-spain-how-the-basque-country-avoided-the-empty-spain-problem-16316310",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T09:58:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local Spain",
    "slug": "the-local-spain",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.es/20261024/inside-spain-how-the-basque-country-avoided-the-empty-spain-problem"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As Spanish city dwellers struggle with affordability and politicians call for people to move to 'Empty Spain' as a solution, we look at how the Basque Country managed to avoid the problem of poor population distribution decades ago.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Olive Press",
        "title": "OPINION: Spain cannot afford to bite the hand that builds it – foreigners like you and I are the future of this country, writes Charlie Mullins",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/opinion-spain-cannot-afford-to-bite-the-hand-that-builds-it",
        "published": "2026-10-24T09:50:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}