Sources: Deutsche Welle
At least ten people are killed in a fire at a retirement residence in Villafranca de Ebro, Zaragoza, Spain. 2024-11-15
Twenty-six people are arrested by Spanish police in Madrid, Málaga, and Toledo for operating a sex trafficking ring that abused over 600 women. 32 women were freed during the operation. 2024-07-31
Five people are killed and three more are missing during floods across Spain. The heaviest rains occurred in the coastal provinces of Cádiz, Tarragona and Castellón. 2023-09-4
The ongoing forest fires in Spain and Portugal have burned about 6,200 hectares. 2023-08-6
Spain announces that half of the population has been fully vaccinated, the third EU nation to do so after Malta and Hungary. 2021-07-19
Germany, Italy, France, and Spain suspend the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine following reports of blood clots. 2021-03-15
Spanish authorities announce that the first death from COVID-19 in the country occurred in Valencia on February 13. 2020-03-3
A German couple is jailed for twelve years each for selling the woman's son to a Spanish pedophile on the dark web, who repeatedly abused him. The couple themselves previously abused the boy and a three-year-old girl, whom they are ordered to pay €42,500 in compensation. The Spaniard is sentenced to ten years. 2018-08-7
European sovereign-debt crisis: Workers for the Spanish flag carrier airline Iberia strike over plans to axe 3,807 jobs. 2013-02-19
Public sector workers in Spain hold a major strike in protest against a 5% pay cut due to come into effect this month as part of a government austerity package. 2010-06-8