Sources: Wall Street Journal
The death toll from the flooding in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 214, with dozens still missing. The Spanish government deploys an additional 5,000 soldiers and 5,000 police officers, making this the country's largest deployment of army and security personnel in peacetime. 2024-11-2
Canary Islands President Fernando Clavijo says police confirmed that a wildfire on the island of Tenerife, Spain, was started deliberately. 2023-08-20
The Ukrainian engineer of the Russian yacht "Princess Anastasia" attempts to scuttle the vessel in the port of Mallorca, Spain, damaging the yacht's engine room. 2022-02-28
Multiple nations, including Estonia, Iraq, Palestine, Spain and Taiwan, warn against traveling to Ukraine and urge their citizens to leave the country. 2022-02-12
Spain's Ministry of Health reports 7,500 new cases and 932 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the country's death toll to 10,935 and 117,710 confirmed cases. 2020-04-3
Basque separatist group ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna), which waged an insurgency against Spain between 1959 and 2011, announces its complete dissolution. 2018-05-2
In Spain, the Basque separatist group ETA announces that it will fully disarm by April 8, 2017. 2017-03-17
The UK government threatens Spain with legal action over the imposition of additional border checks in Gibraltar. 2013-08-12
Thousands of people rally in Spanish municipality of Bilbao calling for the legalization of the new separatist party Sortu. 2011-02-19
Spain requests an explanation from Venezuela concerning allegations that it helped terrorist groups Euskadi Ta Askatasuna and FARC plot to kill Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and other Colombian personalities in Spanish soil. 2010-03-1