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Spain

No retirement: Why are more and more people over 70 still working?

In Spain, the number of people working past retirement in 2022 lept 49% compared to 2008.

06/07/2023

Climate

Spain is warming up quicker than the global average, Greenpeace warns

For every degree of global warming, Spain’s climate warms by 1.5℃.

06/07/2023

Spain

What next for Catalan separatist Puigdemont after immunity lifted?

After an EU ruling stripped him of parliamentary immunity, Euronews explores if Puigdemont will be extradited and tried in Spain.

05/07/2023

Europe Decoded

Culture war in Spain as popular far-right Vox party targets minorities

Vox could be part of the national government after the election on 23 July. Some decisions the party has taken at the regional level have already drawn condemnation.

04/07/2023

Spain

'Social emergency': Why is Spain's suicide rate at a record high?

More Spaniards took their own life in 2022 than in any other year since records began. But why?

04/07/2023

Spain

Could Spain's new far-right party split the movement?

After internal disputes, Macarena Olona left Spain's far-right Vox party to lead a new one. Analysts describe her as having 'a thirst for revenge'.

03/07/2023

Spain

Spain kicks off six-month presidency of the EU Council

Spain has taken over the rotating presidency of the EU Council, with a promise to focus on the green transition and social justice.

03/07/2023

Sport

Lafy gives French team Cofidis 1st Tour de France stage win in 15 yrs

French rider Victor Lafay made a late move to break away from the pack and give Cofidis its first Tour de France stage win in 15 years on Sunday, with Adam Yates keeping the overall lead after the opening two stages in northern Spain.

02/07/2023

Spain

One migrant has died after attempting to cross to Tenerife on Sunday

One migrant has died and sixty five others have been rescued after attempting to cross to Tenerife on Sunday. Meanwhile, it's been confirmed that at least 51 people died after a shipwreck on Saturday.

02/07/2023

Spain

Freed after 15 years for rapes committed by his 'fake twin' in Spain

Ahmed Toummouhi was arrested in 1991 accused of committing several rapes he did not commit. The actual rapist is a Spaniard who looks a lot like him.

01/07/2023

Spain

Sinking off the Greek coast: How the Mediterranean became a graveyard

More than 20,000 migrants have lost their lives trying to reach Europe since 2014. There is growing criticism of Europe's inability to prevent these tragedies.

30/06/2023

Spain

6.5 tonnes of cocaine found hidden in bananas in Spain

The leader of the criminal network behind the bust is considered to be one of Spain’s biggest drug traffickers.

30/06/2023

Culture news

Spain's highly-anticipated Royal Collections Gallery opens its doors

Great masterpieces are being exhibited in this state-of-the-art gallery, whose construction, over the last 25 years, has uncovered part of the Moorish wall with which the city was founded in the 9th century.

30/06/2023

Health news

Heatwave in Spain is hitting those with disabilities hardest

Extreme weather in Spain is affecting its citizens with disabilities disproportionately, leaving many to fend for themselves without support.

30/06/2023

Travel News

Both men and women can swim topless in this part of Spain

The Catalan government has reminded public swimming pools that they can’t ban women from going topless.

29/06/2023

Spain

Public swimming pools in Catalonia must allow women to go topless

The regional government, led by the pro-independence Catalan Republican Left (ERC), can in theory fine any town hall found to have breached the norm up to €500,000.

29/06/2023

Spain

Feminism and LGBTQ+ flag trashed: Spain's Vox removes offensive banner

Following a complaint made by the Socialist Party, the Spanish far-right Vox party has removed the controversial banner.

27/06/2023

Sport

Modrić extends Real Madrid contract until 2024

Veteran Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modrić will stay at the club for another season after renewing his deal until June 2024, the Spanish side said Monday.

26/06/2023

Climate

Extreme heat 'disproportionately' impacts people with disabilities

People with disabilities faced the risk of death, physical, social, and mental health distress due to extreme heat according to Human Rights Watch.

26/06/2023

Spain

Spanish PM says 'biggest mistake' of his government is new rape law

Since last October, when the new law came into force, 943 sex offenders have seen their jail sentence reduced.

26/06/2023

Destinations

How Game of Thrones threatened to destroy a Basque beauty spot

‘Tourism has really changed the atmosphere of San Juan,’ one local tells Euronews Travel.

24/06/2023

Climate

Spanish strawberry farming will 'devastate' wetlands, warn scientists

In March, the regional government passed a bill legalising the informal land occupation for intenstive irrigated strawberry farming.

23/06/2023

Spain

'Really?': Shock as British mayor starts governing Mallorca town

Candidate for the regionalist party Més per Mallorca (More for Mallorca) Richard Thompson has been appointed as the new mayor of Sant Joan, in the centre of the island.

23/06/2023

Food and Drink

Peru's Central crowned World's Best Restaurant 2023

The Lima-based restaurant, run by chefs Virgilio Martínez and Pia Leon, takes the crown from Denmark’s Geranium.

21/06/2023

Earth News

Drought-stricken wetlands in Spain endanger wildlife

From October 2022 to April 2023, the country’s rainfall was 24 per cent below the average for this period of the year.

19/06/2023

Health news

The perfect power nap? Short and not in bed, Spanish study finds

Long naps are associated with a higher risk of obesity, and shorters ones with reduced risk of high blood pressure.

18/06/2023