Sources: BBC
Spain imposes temporary border checks on travelers from Italy after Italy introduced similar controls on arrivals from Spain amid a dispute over migration policy following the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta. 2026-08-8
In association football, Tottenham Hotspur wins the Europa League, its first trophy since 2008, after defeating Manchester United 1–0 in the final played at San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao, Spain. 2025-05-21
Catalonia in Spain registers the highest December temperature ever for the autonomous community in Anglès, which reached 26.3 C. Several other stations, including in the regional capital of Barcelona, also break records. 2022-12-25
More than 100 homes on the island of La Palma in the Spanish Canary Islands are destroyed by lava flows, and 5,000 people are evacuated. Several schools on the island suspend classes. 2021-09-20
Basque separatist group ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna), which waged an insurgency against Spain between 1959 and 2011, announces its complete dissolution. 2018-05-2
The prosecutor in a Brussels court repeats the demand to extradite Carles Puigdemont and four other former Catalan officials to Spain. The defense says that the adduced facts are "not punishable" under Belgian law. The judge delays the decision until December 14. 2017-12-4
Spain's Guardia Civil raid private delivery offices in the Catalan city of Terrassa, searching for and confiscating envelopes suspected of containing voting cards for the upcoming Catalan independence referendum. 2017-09-19
A fire forces the evacuation of more than 22,000 concertgoers at the Tomorrowland music festival at the Parc de Can Zam in Barcelona, Spain. There were no serious injuries. This is the first time the festival has been held in Spain; Belgium had been the home since 2005. 2017-07-29
Spain's Foreign Minister José García-Margallo y Marfil says Spain will seek to jointly govern Gibraltar with Britain. Gibraltar, which is at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula bordering Spain, overwhelmingly voted in favour of Britain remaining in the EU. 2016-06-24
Tens of thousands demonstrate against an abortion bill in several Spanish cities. 2010-03-7