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Spain

Migrants stuck in Spain's Canary Islands say camps are unfit

More than 23,000 people from Morocco and West Africa arrived on the resort archipelago in the past year as authorities cracked down on previously popular routes on the Mediterranean.

25/03/2021

Spain

Two former Spanish prime ministers to testify at slush fund trial

The trial centres on an alleged system of parallel accounting used to pay bonuses to People's Party leaders and collaborators.

24/03/2021

Spain

Two-year-old dies after migrant boat capsizes near Canary Islands

was among 52 people who departed from Dakhla in the Western Sahara coast and spent five days in the Atlantic Ocean before Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service saved the group.

21/03/2021

Spain

Spain legalises euthanasia and assisted suicide

"Today we are a more human, fairer and freer country," said Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez after Spanish lawmakers approved the euthanasia bill on Thursday.

18/03/2021

World

Thousand-year-old Spanish Holm Oak chosen as European Tree of the Year

Residents of a small village in North-East Spain have been popping the Cava corks! Their huge Oak tree has just been named 'European Tree of the Year'.

18/03/2021

Ecotech

Could Spain's four-day working week save the planet?

More flexible working hours provide unexpected bonuses for both the environment and our wellbeing.

16/03/2021

Destinations

Hundreds of tourists flock to Madrid for a taste of pre-COVID life

While most European cities have imposed heavy restrictions to curb coronavirus, Madrid is attracting tourists back with more relaxed measures.

16/03/2021

Work

Spain poised to trial four-day working week

Spain could become one of the first countries in the world to trial a four-day working week.

15/03/2021

Spain

Spain's deputy PM quits role to stand in Madrid election

It was just fifteen months ago when Iglesias led Podemos into Spain's first coalition government in four decades.

15/03/2021

Smart Regions

European software helps fight the pandemic by speeding up drug production

In partnership with the European Commission

A European software is enabling researchers to speed up drug production by interpreting chemical compounds and molecules on a range of laboratory machines. Pharmaceutical companies working on COVID-19 vaccines use it every day.

15/03/2021

Spain

From torture in jail, to refuge in Madrid: A Syrian’s civil war story

Ten years since the start of the conflict in Syria that has killed half a million people, a Syrian journalist recounts how he spent nearly eight years dodging police, bullets and bombs, before finding refuge in Madrid.

15/03/2021

Spain

Spain police dismantle Madrid's 'largest' cocaine distribution network

Spanish police said they seized 600 kilograms of cocaine and arrested 12 people in the country.

14/03/2021

Destinations

How to have a local experience in a very touristy country

Euronews journalist Marta Rodríguez shares some tips on how to get the best out of a trip to her native Spain.

13/03/2021

Spain

Police seize drug 'submarine' designed to smuggle narcotics into Spain

Similar drug-smuggling vessels have in the past been discovered at sea, especially near Central and South America.

12/03/2021

Travel News

Valencia is the first city in Europe to measure tourist CO2 emissions

This popular Spanish holiday destination wants to better understand the environmental impact of its tourism industry.

11/03/2021

Spain

Puigdemont has lost his immunity from prosecution. What happens next?

The decision by MEPs will likely extend the three-and-a-half-year legal saga on the Catalan separatists' fate by months, if not years, as many avenues for appeal remain open.

10/03/2021

Spain

Madrid set for early elections after regional government collapses

Spain's political landscape has been shaken after the regional government in Madrid split and called an early election.

10/03/2021

Spain

Pablo Hasel: Fresh protest in Spain over jailing of rapper's backers

Pablo Hasel, a previously obscure artist in the Spanish rap scene, is now at the centre of a battle over free speech in the country.

06/03/2021

Spain

EU's top court rules Spanish fooball clubs received illegal state aid

The top EU court has upheld a decision from the bloc's executive arm ordering football clubs to repay illegal state aid.

04/03/2021

Spain

Uproar as Spanish king's sisters vaccinated on trip to see dad in UAE

The sisters of Spanish King Felipe VI acknowledged Wednesday that they got COVID-19 vaccine shots during a visit to the United Arab Emirates to see their father.

04/03/2021

Ecotech

Seville is turning 35 tonnes of unwanted oranges into electricity

Forget marmalade, this Spanish city is using oranges to make renewable biofuel.

02/03/2021

Smart Regions

This is Europe’s first cross-border mobile hospital

In partnership with the European Commission

The French and Spanish Pyrenees regions get help with medical emergencies from the European project EGALURG. Its self-reliant mobile hospital also brings COVID-19 vaccine relief to rural communities.

01/03/2021

Sport

Former president of FC Barcelona released after ‘Barçagate’ arrest

Josep Maria Bartomeu was arrested on Monday as part of an investigation into an alleged smear campaign against figures at the football club, dubbed ‘Barçagate’.

01/03/2021

Spain

Britons living in Spain faced with post-Brexit reality

Britons are advised to register for healthcare as residents in Spain and have until June 30, 2021 to change their driving licences to Spanish ones.

28/02/2021

Spain

Pablo Hasél: Violence in Barcelona 11 days after rapper's arrest

The protests, which are supported by the far-left Podemos party, are putting strain on relations between the governing parties.

28/02/2021

Spain

Former Spanish king pays €4.4 million in bid to settle tax situation

The payment marks Juan Carlos I's second attempt to regularise past undeclared income.

26/02/2021