Sources: Al Jazeera RTÉ
The Catalan government in Spain announces a state of emergency due to the rapid spread of African swine fever virus in wild boars in a 12 km region to avoid spreading to other regions of Spain. 2025-12-9
Alex Batty, a British boy who went missing in Spain in 2017 when he was 11, is found alive in France. 2023-12-14
Authorities in Spain issue a heat wave warning for Madrid and the southern city of Seville for the second consecutive day as temperatures reach 44 C. 2021-07-11
Argentina reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in two people who travelled from Paris, as well as its first case of the Lineage B.1.351 variant in a person who travelled from Spain. 2021-05-10
Contrary to the strategy adopted by the United Kingdom, Spain is expected to maintain its plan to administer two doses per person of the COVID-19 vaccine tozinameran, which is the recommendation of the manufacturer Pfizer-BioNTech. Germany is also considering the single-dose strategy. 2021-01-4
Spain's Ministry of Health reports 394 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest number of deaths in a single 24-hour period in the country to date. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 28,572 with 1,720 deaths. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says "the worst is yet to come". 2020-03-22
Spain plans to sue leading members of the Catalan Parliament over the proposed independence referendum in Catalonia. 2017-09-7
The Spanish-based Proactiva Open Arms NGO rescues more than 700 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea about 17 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. The rescued, who are from Nigeria, are transferred to the Italian Coast Guard. 2016-08-28
At least ten people die after heavy rains trigger flash floods in Malaga, Almeria and Murcia, southern Spain. 2012-09-29
In Great Britain, at least 29 flights from London Stansted Airport to Spain-Portugal-Canary Islands, at least seven flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid and Portugal, and at least one flight from London Heathrow Airport to La Coruña are cancelled. 2010-05-8