Sources: Deutsche Welle
One person is killed and 85 others are injured after a cargo train collides with a passenger train in Catalonia, Spain. 2022-05-16
More than 5,000 migrants cross the border into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in an unprecedented influx. The Spanish government in Ceuta says 50 additional Guardia Civil agents and 150 national police officers will be deployed to maintain security in the city. The crossings come amid tensions between Spain and Morocco over Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali's hospital treatment in Spain for COVID-19. 2021-05-17
The Spanish Congress of Deputies votes 202–141 to definitively approve the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide for people with serious and incurable diseases who want to end their lives, making Spain the fourth country in the European Union to do so. 2021-03-18
Spain officially places the entire country in a lockdown for two weeks after declaring a Status Alarm the day before. 2020-03-14
A train collision near Barcelona, Spain, leaves one dead and 100 injured. 2019-02-8
The sixth floor of the Hotel Ritz in Madrid, Spain, collapses resulting in the death of one person while 12 others are injured. 2018-09-18
The UK government threatens Spain with legal action over the imposition of additional border checks in Gibraltar. 2013-08-12
The Basque nationalist group ETA announces a ceasefire in its struggle for Basque independence from France and Spain. 2010-09-5
Spain's parliament approves by one vote a €15 billion austerity package to rein in the country's budget deficit. 2010-05-27