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Europe

More than 180 migrants arrive in Spain's Canary Islands

The latest arrivals in 2025 add to growing concerns about the uptick in irregular migration to the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago close to the African coast that has increasingly been used as a stepping stone to continental Europe.

04/01/2025

Economy

Spain's inflation surpasses forecasts in December as fuel costs surge

Spain's inflation climbed to 2.8% in December, surpassing the 2.6% forecast, propelled by rising fuel prices and increased leisure costs. Core inflation reached 2.6%, signalling persistent pressures, particularly in services.

30/12/2024

Culture news

By royal appointment: New English entries in 2024 Spanish dictionary

Spoiler, granularity and wasabi are among the new foreign terms chosen by Spanish academics to join the new words in the Diccionario de la Lengua Española.

29/12/2024

Spain

Spain busts international crime ring for alleged car import tax scam

An international crime network defrauding over €17 million in VAT on luxury cars has been dismantled, resulting in 30 arrests across Spain and Germany.

27/12/2024

Europe

Over 60 migrants died in boat sinking near Spain, Malian minister says

Of the 80 passengers, only 11 survived, with 25 Malian nationals identified among the victims, authorities stated.

27/12/2024

Economy

Spanish retail sales grow at slowest pace since June 2024

Although falling spending on both food and non-food items has contributed heavily to this dampened figure in November, Spain still saw strong consumer goods spending in the third quarter of the year.

27/12/2024

Tech News

This Spanish AI model earns up to €10,000 a month

Aitana, 25, a pink-haired woman from Barcelona, receives weekly private messages from celebrities asking her out. But this model is not real.

27/12/2024

Design

The Uncomfortable: The Spanish design 'democratising discomfort'

Madrid design collective Capitalism's new project ensures no one escapes awkwardly placed table legs.

27/12/2024

Europe

More than 10,000 migrants died while trying to reach Spain in 2024

Spanish migration rights group Caminando Fronteras says 10,457 migrants died at sea while trying to reach Spain in 2024, a 58% increase in deaths compared to last year.

26/12/2024

Cinema

Feliz Navidad! Our top ten Spanish films to watch at Christmas

From sixties classics to blockbusters from the last decade or rom-coms, Euronews Culture brings you the definitive list of the best Spanish titles to enjoy at this time of year.

26/12/2024

Tech News

Rival Spanish politicians 'reconcile' for Christmas in parody AI video

What better time than Christmas to put aside differences and embrace the spirit of reconciliation? United Unknown, a political satire collective, has gone viral with an AI-generated video of leading Spanish figures.

23/12/2024

Food and Drink

Little reason for cheer as drought forces Spain to ration Cava wine

Sales of cava, the Spanish sparkling wine, are down globally thanks to bad weather affecting vineyards but industry leaders have a plan to reverse their flagging fortunes.

23/12/2024

Destinations

2024: The year Barcelona fully had enough of tourists

Spain’s most visited city is seeking quality over quantity in 2025.

23/12/2024

Mobility

Barcelona's metro trains are powering EVs each time they brake

Regenerative brakes allow metro trains to produce energy rather than heat, which is now being used to supply EV charging points at street level.

20/12/2024

Spain

Google Maps clue helps solve crime in Spanish village

A photograph on the online map service provided an unexpected clue that helped law enforcement in their nvestigation into the disappearance of a man a year ago in Soria, leading to the recent arrest of two people.

19/12/2024

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Discover why Valencia is the Mediterranean’s green Jewel in 2025

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Discover Valencia in 2025, Europe’s Green Capital, blending history, innovation, and Mediterranean charm. Explore top attractions, sustainable living and find best reasons to visit! Seeing you in Valencia fills our hearts!

18/12/2024

Culture news

Marisa Paredes, star of numerous Pedro Almodóvar films, dies at 78

"Spanish cinema is left without one of its most iconic actresses, Marisa Paredes," the Spanish film academy said in a statement.

17/12/2024

Spain

Spanish fishermen protest against EU fishing quotas

Thousands of Spanish fishermen gathered in protest of an EU proposal which would cut the number of days trawlers can be at sea from the current 130 to 27 or 28 days.

10/12/2024

Travel News

Hundreds of sunbeds graffitied in Tenerife in tourism protest

Despite winter closing in on Spain’s tourist resorts, the anti-tourism sentiment shows no sign of slowing.

10/12/2024

Travel News

Spain’s controversial Golden Visa ban gets thrown out of Senate

Spain’s Senate has temporarily stalled the Golden Visa ban, but Congress could push it through for early 2025.

10/12/2024

Business

Boost for Stellantis and CATL as they team up for EV battery venture

European car markers are struggling to keep up with their Chinese counterparts in electric cars, a key pillar of the green transition that the EU is pursuing in order to bring in electric-only vehicles by 2035.

10/12/2024

Climate

Valencia holds memorial service for flood victims

The King and Queen of Spain presided over a ceremony also attended by high-ranking Spanish politicians.

09/12/2024

Destinations

How a dying village in rural Spain uses digital nomads to survive

Away from Barcelona's crowds, a village has used olive trees to attract digital nomads seeking a calmer lifestyle.

07/12/2024

Europe

Record number of migrants reach Spain’s Canary Islands in 2024

This is the second consecutive year of record-breaking numbers, surpassing last year’s total of 39,910 arrivals.

03/12/2024

Travel News

Spanish hotels to collect more personal data from tourists from today

Hotels and other tourism operators will have to collect and report over 40 pieces of information for accommodation bookings and over 60 for car rental bookings.

02/12/2024

Europe

130,000 march in Valencia demanding the resignation of local officials

Tens of thousands of Spaniards have taken to the streets of Valencia a month after floods devastated the city. They’re demanding regional officials step down after fumbling the emergency response that led to the deaths of more than 230 people.

01/12/2024