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Ocean

The woman challenging stereotypes in Europe's fishing industry

In partnership with the European Commission

Cultural stereotypes are why many women avoid working on large, commercial fishing vessels

13/09/2019

Spain

Floods in Spain kill at least six people

At least six people were killed and more than 3,000 evacuated after two days of severe rain in southeastern Spain.

13/09/2019

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Weather alert for Alicante & Valencia after Majorca hit by severe rain

Spain’s forecaster has issued a red weather alert for the Costa Blanca around Alicante and Valencia after Majorca was hit by severe rain, hail and a tornado.

12/09/2019

Spain

Watch: 600,000 Catalan independence supporters rally in Barcelona

The 11 September holiday marks the fall of Barcelona in the Spanish War of Succession in 1714 and has become a focus point for the region's secessionist movement.

12/09/2019

Economy

In Spain, as in Europe, gas is crucial for the delivery of the energy transition ǀ View

The recent draft decree in Spain caught the attention of Eurogas. The draft decree proposes to reduce the investment in the gas grid by up to some 50% according to projections from Sedigas as of 2021. This questions the viability of the gas system in Spain in the very near future.

12/09/2019

World

Spain might face fourth election in as many years

Coalition talks between the far-left Podemos party and Spain’s caretaker socialist government have broken down. Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has until the 23rd of September to form a majority coalition or face yet another general election.

11/09/2019

World

Podemos insist on formal coalition as price for saving Sánchez

Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has once again rejected the far-left Unidas Podemos' demand for a formal coalition government. On Tuesday, Mr Sanchez unveiled a new programme of policies to encourage the far-left party into backing him as Prime Minister.

04/09/2019

Spain

Watch: Tourists experience life on Mars in a cave in Spain

At this replica of a human colony on the red planet, participants carry out 'spacewalks' and simulate weightlessness. They undergo three days of intensive training, and pay €6,000 each.

03/09/2019

Spain

Five-day strike by Ryanair's Spanish pilots set to go ahead

A planned five-day strike by Ryanair's Spanish pilots will go ahead this month after mediated talks were unsuccessful, a spokesman for the Spanish pilots union SEPLA said on Tuesday.

03/09/2019

Spain

Watch: Take a ride through history at Spain's newest theme park

Forget rollercoasters, the Spanish Reconquista is the big draw at this theme park

03/09/2019

Spain

Meet the NGO giving children a summer break from Chernobyl pollution

TV hit series Chernobyl may have revived interest in the 1986 nuclear disaster, but for one Spanish NGO, it’s never gone away.

31/08/2019

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155 migrants jump fence from Morocco to Spanish exclave

A dozen Civil Guard officers were treated after they were mildly injured when knocked by stones and sticks.

30/08/2019

Spain

Exceptional drought uncovers 5,000-year-old 'Spanish Stonehenge'

An extraordinary drought has rescued from oblivion the Dolmen de Guadalperal — one of the major megalithic monuments of the Iberian Peninsula, which has been submerged in a swamp for nearly six decades.

28/08/2019

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Spain: More than 20,000 revellers enjoy annual Tomatina festival

Organisers of the annual Tomatina festival tossed 145 tonnes of over-ripe tomatoes into the crowd, quickly converting the town into a red sea.

28/08/2019

Spain

Watch live: Thousands hurl fruit at La Tomatina festival

In recent years, as many as 20,000 people have taken part in La Tomatina, most of them tourists.

28/08/2019

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Video captures tornado hitting near Malaga in Spain

Eyewitness video captured a tornado hitting the Spanish town of Campillos in Malaga on Monday (August 26) evening.

27/08/2019

Spain

Severe storm in Madrid brings hail and flash flooding

A severe hailstorm hit Madrid paralysing roads and causing flash flooding.

27/08/2019

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Flash flooding in Madrid region sweeps away vehicles

Videos taken by Madrid residents on Monday (August 26) show flooded streets in one of the worst affected neighbourhoods, Arganda del Rey, as heavy rains drenched the Spanish capital.

27/08/2019

Spain

Watch: Tourists evacuated as Civil War bomb found at Barcelona beach

The device is thought to date back to Spain's 1936-39 Civil War and was discovered 25 metres from the shore, by an off-duty police diver.

26/08/2019

France

The forgotten story of the Spanish Republicans who liberated Paris

Follow the journey of Amado Granell, the Spanish Republican soldier who headed the first Allied military unit to enter the Nazi-occupied French capital.

24/08/2019