Spain

Europe Decoded

Here’s why Europe is watching Spain’s regional elections

This month's regional election in Spain sets the stage for the general election held six months later.

21/05/2023

Culture news

Author Eva Baltasar talks lesbian love between a rock and a hard place

Eva Baltasar is a celebrated writer and poet in Spain, but next week could see her profile raised even higher if she wins the International Booker Prize, one of the literary world's most sought after awards.

19/05/2023

Spain

Spain elections re-open deep wounds, as ETA terrorists run for office

EH Bildu, a pro-independence party, has 44 candidates who have been found guilty of terror-related crimes on its electoral lists for upcoming regional elections in Spain. Seven of them were convicted of murder.

19/05/2023

Climate

Watch Spanish firefighters try to minimise summer wildfires

We followed the firefighters as they tried to prevent catastrophic blazes.

18/05/2023

Tech News

Are men doing enough chores? In Spain, there's an app for that

A recent report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, says women in Spain spend more than twice as many hours as men doing household chores.

18/05/2023

Spain

Publicly-owned supermarkets? Left-wing party sparks debate in Spain

Food prices in Spain will remain very high throughout the remainder of the year, experts have warned, as Podemos launches an initiative to open publicly-owned grocery stores.

17/05/2023

Culture news

Spanish PM wants to give €2 cinema tickets to the over 65s

The scheme is part of Pedro Sanchez's plan to 'convert culture into a state policy' and combat a rise in sedentary lifestyles, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

16/05/2023

Spain

Euroviews. Solving Europe's water crisis requires dealing with it locally

In some European countries, we will need to stop thinking that we have an automatic right to cheap, plentiful water which we can use to clean our streets, wash our cars, or fill our swimming pools whenever we wish, Mark Smith writes.

15/05/2023

Europe News

Spain set for migration deal with US to accept Latin American refugees

Asylum seekers from Latin America will be able to apply to go to Canada, Spain and the US in migrant processing centres set up in their home countries.

12/05/2023

Climate

Spain to ban outdoor work during periods of extreme heat

The government has allocated €2 billion to ease the impact of extreme heat and drought on farmers and water supplies.

12/05/2023

Climate

Spanish government will spend €2 billion fighting drought

Reservoirs are running worryingly low in the "vegetable garden of Europe".

11/05/2023

Earth News

Why are tropical fruit farmers being arrested in Spain?

Farmers are turning to desperate measures in drought-hit Spain, which just had its warmest April on record.

10/05/2023

Spain

Spain's dwarf bullfighters see red over their right to work

Spain’s parliament has banned bullfighting performances featuring dwarves dressed as firefighters or clowns, but the 'bombero toreros' are fighting back.

10/05/2023

Nature

Spain’s water crisis puts one of Europe’s biggest wetlands at risk

Drought is threatening the Donana wetland and scientists say farmers in the region are making the problem worse.

05/05/2023

Health news

Could 'sperm-injecting robots' be the future of affordable IVF?

A study reported by MIT Technology Review has managed to automate the conception stage of in vitro fertilisation - but is it the future of fertility?

03/05/2023

Climate

Spain’s water war puts Europe’s fruit and veg at risk

Spain’s government has decided to cut water brought from the Tagus River to irrigate crops in the bone-dry southeast of the country.

03/05/2023

No Comment

Spanish worshippers prayed for rain on May Day

The "El Abuelo" religious procession in the southern Spanish city of Jaen on May 1st, saw worshippers pray for rain. Spain has had its hottest April on record and there are fears it could face a drought this year.

02/05/2023

Europe News

George Orwell to finally enter Huesca as Spanish city honours writer

The English author, who penned "Homage to Catalonia" and "1984", fought on the Republican side in the Spanish civil war but was invalidated after being shot in the neck.

02/05/2023

Destinations

Why Benidorm is so much more than party tourism

Benidorm is famous for its wild parties and cheap alcohol. But as I found on a recent trip, there’s much more to the Costa Blanca town.

01/05/2023

Culture news

Spain's ex-king has secret daughter, explosive new book claims

Spain's Juan Carlos is said to have had a fourth daughter from an extramarital affair. A new book claims to lift the lid on an open secret in the Spanish royal court.

28/04/2023

Spain

Spain's April heatwave sees temperatures nudging 40C

Unseasonably hot weather has seen April temperatures nudging 40C in parts of Spain. Last year was Spain's hottest since 1961, and warm air from North Africa is giving Spaniards a foretaste of another scorching summer several months early.

27/04/2023

Climate

Spain heatwave: Why are fish being euthanised in Girona?

Spain has endured 36-consecutive months of below-average rainfall. The drought led to unusual scenes at the River Onyar yesterday.

27/04/2023

Spain

Spain pleads for aid from EU as drought devastates its farmers

Spain is asking for aid from the European Commission to help its farmers after the country was hit by a historic drought

26/04/2023

Spain

South American trade on the agenda as Brazil's Lula visits Spain

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Spain on Tuesday on the second stop of a European tour aimed at resetting relations and making progress on a long-delayed trade deal between the EU and the Mercosur bloc of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay

26/04/2023

Europe Decoded

What to expect from Brazilian President Lula's visit to Spain

Brazilian President Lula’s remarks created divisions ahead of his first European trip even as Spain was hoping to deepen ties.

25/04/2023

My Europe Series

Spaniards wait years to move loved ones as fascist leader exhumed

Like many others, Rosa Gil has spent the past 15 years trying to remove the remains of her own grandfather from the same mausoleum.

24/04/2023