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Europe News

Spain: investigation finds 20,000 suspected paedophile TikTok profiles

The foundation Maldita.es reports more than 1,000 child sexual abuse videos found in 35 days of tracking. The Ministry of Youth and Children demands urgent explanations from TikTok and raises the possibility of suspending the platform.

10 November 2026

Economy

Foreign buyers push Spanish home sales to record 16% amid record prices

The property market has reached record highs in prices and foreign purchases (16.05%), while sales and mortgages have fallen for a third straight quarter, signalling a slowdown in activity.

6 November 2026

Europe News

Nearly 1,000 migrants rescued from seven boats off El Hierro in Spain

Around 700 of the rescued migrants are due to be transferred to Tenerife to relieve pressure on reception facilities, while several people required hospital treatment.

6 November 2026

Europe News

Zelenskyy makes surprise visit to Madrid for talks with Sánchez

Zelenskyy visits Madrid to meet Sánchez, Felipe VI and Latin American leaders at the Ibero-American Summit, aiming to boost support for Ukraine and closer ties with Latin America.

4 November 2026

Europe News

Police find 74 migrants in overcrowded conditions in Ceuta

The National Police has found 74 migrants crammed into a house in Ceuta's Príncipe district, including 10 unaccompanied minors, and arrested a man on suspicion of labour exploitation, assault and facilitating irregular immigration.

22 October 2026

Culture news

Neanderthal remains dating back 46,000 years identified in Abauntz cave, Navarra

Six bone fragments from Abauntz cave in Navarre belong to a 46,000-year-old male Neanderthal; DNA and radiocarbon dating reveal the last Neanderthals of the western Pyrenees.

20 October 2026

Europe News

Spain versus Morocco: this is how the military forces stand in 2026

Spain spends three times more on defence than Morocco and leads in air and naval power, but Rabat has more troops and rockets. US-backed rearmament boosts its strength and narrows the gap.

20 October 2026

Economy

Spain’s pension bill is growing: Who will pay as election looms?

Spain’s pension system is not bankrupt, but increasingly relies on state funding. Social Security ended 2025 with a deficit of 0.4% of GDP after €47.8 billion in state transfers. Research institute Fedea puts the underlying deficit, excluding those transfers, at 4.15% of GDP.

19 October 2026

Europe News

Spanish crown returns to Ceuta after 19 years amid lingering migration crisis

King Felipe VI visits Ceuta and Melilla today and tomorrow with Queen Letizia, the first royal trip to both cities since 2007, coming two and a half months after a mass influx of migrants into the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta.

13 October 2026

Europe News

Ceuta troops absent as Spain holds National Day parade in Madrid

The parade took place against a tense political backdrop, after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a snap general election for 29 November.

12 October 2026

Culture news

Lost in Haiti: Search for site of first Spanish settlement in Americas

On Christmas Eve 1492, the Santa María ran aground off Haiti. Christopher Columbus used its timbers to build Fort Navidad, where 39 men died. More than five centuries later, archaeologists have yet to pinpoint the site.

12 October 2026

Economy

Spain: taxes account for over 53% of labour costs, study finds

In 2025, Spain's Finance Ministry argued that its tax cuts for middle-income earners had delivered €38 billion in savings

8 October 2026

Economy

Madrid versus Latin America: Where is housing more affordable?

Homes cost more per square metre in Madrid than in several major Latin American cities, but lower wages in those cities can make renting even less affordable.

7 October 2026

Europe News

Macron backs Spain over Ceuta migration crisis and urges firm EU action

Sánchez and Macron back cooperation between Spain and France and call for greater EU unity on migration, economic and geopolitical issues, despite the Spanish Senate's rejection of the bilateral Friendship Treaty.

30 September 2026

Tech News

Spanish company Sateliot to launch five satellites with SpaceX to boost global 5G

Sateliot is launching five satellites with SpaceX on Thursday, taking its constellation to 11. The Draconis mission will double daily passes, halve revisit time and bolster its 5G NTN IoT connectivity service.

29 September 2026

Europe News

Sánchez vows housing decree amid outrage over Maricarmen eviction

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has pledged to approve a housing decree on Tuesday following the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen from her home of 70 years, as protesters camp in Madrid's Puerta del Sol demanding stronger protections against evictions.

27 September 2026

Business

Chinese goods transshipment haunts Trump-Xi meeting

The White House named nine Latin American nations among 40 flagged for transhipping Chinese goods, before the Trump–Xi summit in Washington as the issue is likely to be discussed during the meeting on Thursday.

24 September 2026

Europe News

Spain: Protests after 87-year-old woman evicted from home by force

María del Carmen Abascal had lived in her flat on Sainz de Baranda Street since 1956. Madrid’s Tenants' Union and the UN had opposed the decision to evict her.

23 September 2026

Culture news

Let the games begin: Making video and board games available for all

Gamers with visual or motor impairments are increasingly creating their own ways to keep playing as industry giants Microsoft, Sony and ONCE roll out adapted controllers alongside new video and board games.

23 September 2026

Business

Spanish farmers demand urgent aid as war in Iran drives up costs

Asaja, COAG, UPA, Unión de Uniones and the agri-food cooperatives are urging the government for direct aid over soaring farm diesel and fertiliser prices caused by the war in Iran, warning protests will go ahead if no action is taken.

22 September 2026