Sources: Deutsche Welle
Spain recalls its ambassador to Israel after the Israeli government accused Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez of being "antisemitic" and barred two Spanish officials from entering Israel, with Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares calling it "slanderous accusations" against the country. 2025-09-8
Residents of Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, win the world's biggest lottery, the Spanish Christmas Lottery's "El Gordo" €2.7 billion prize. 2024-12-22
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez agrees to an amnesty deal with the Catalan separatist Together for Catalonia party in order to secure the necessary support for another term in office. The agreement causes protests in Madrid with the right-wing People's Party calling it a "humiliation" for the country. 2023-11-9
The Spanish economy suffers a historically large fall in the second quarter of 18.5% of GDP and enters in recession, making Spain the Eurozone country most economically devastated by the pandemic. 2020-07-31
More than 300 people are injured, five seriously, after a section of wooden jetty collapsed at an urban sports and music festival in Vigo, Spain. 2018-08-13
Spanish police raid Catalan government offices and arrest Catalan officials as part of the effort to halt a banned referendum on independence. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont says, "The Spanish state has by all rights intervened in Catalonia’s government and has established emergency rule." 2017-09-20
In a protest in Barcelona, an estimated 800,000 people (370,000 in the government claim) demand secession from the Madrid-based Spanish government. 2016-09-12
Princess Cristina de Borbón of Spain addresses allegations of money laundering and tax evasion at Palma de Mallorca courthouse. 2014-02-8
Britain makes a protest to the Spanish authorities over the opening of a diplomatic bag at the border with Gibraltar on Friday 22 November 2013. 2013-11-26
Two Spaniards and a journalist sue Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, plus other Israeli ministers and officials, as a result of the Gaza flotilla raid. 2010-07-23