Spain
9 Apr
Nigeria’s U-15 boys, nicknamed Future Eagles, will fly into Spain today to feature in a UEFA U-16 Development Tournament.
8 Apr
Spain is to axe its so-called "golden visa" scheme under which foreign investors get residency for a 500,000-euro-investment in property, to curb the speculation blighting many Spanish cities, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday.
7 Apr
Spain on Sunday condemned the raid carried out by Ecuadoran security forces at Mexico's embassy in Quito to arrest graft-accused former vice president Jorge Glas and called for "respect for international law".
19 Mar
P Six people were killed, two of them police officers, when an articulated lorry accidentally ploughed into a police checkpoint in southern Spain early on Tuesday, the regional government said. Three other Guardia Civil police officers were also hurt in the incident, which took place around 4:30 am (0330 GMT) on a highway south of…
4 Mar
A fire that broke out in a building near Alicante in Spain's southeast has killed three people, including a child, authorities said on Monday.
29 Feb
Inflation in Germany, France and Spain eased further in February, data showed Thursday, a development likely to be welcomed by the European Central Bank as it weighs when to begin cutting interest rates.
23 Feb
At least four people have died in a vast fire that ripped through a 14-storey apartment block in Valencia in eastern Spain, but officials warned Friday that the death toll could rise sharply.
30 Jan
Spanish economic growth was slightly stronger than expected in 2023 as gross domestic product picked up pace at the end of last year, official data showed Tuesday.
25 Jan
A Spanish judge on Thursday proposed that disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales be tried over the kiss he forced on Women's World Cup star Jenni Hermoso.
9 Jan
At least 6,618 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2023, when record numbers headed for the Canary Islands, a migrants rights group said on Tuesday. This "shameful" figure is almost three times the number recorded in the previous year -- 2,390 -- and the highest since charity Caminando Fronteras,…
9 Jan
A Spanish court said Tuesday it had closed a probe into three people close to Equatorial Guinea's veteran president, including one of his sons, on suspicion of kidnapping and torturing opponents. Campaign groups have long accused President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo's government of arbitrary detentions and torture during his four decades in power in Spain's…
13 Dec
Spanish lawmakers on Tuesday began debating a controversial bill to grant an amnesty to Catalan separatists that was pledged by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in order to remain in power. The amnesty offer came six years after a failed independence bid by Catalan separatists, with Sanchez insisting it would help "turn the page" on Spain's…
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