Sources: The Guardian
Spanish interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska declares a national emergency over wildfires in the Community of Madrid and the Province of Ávila, placing the Military Emergencies Unit in command. Authorities evacuate more than 10,000 people as three major fires remain uncontrolled. 2026-07-24
Spain will begin vaccinations of close contacts of monkeypox using the Imvanex vaccine after 242 cases were reported in the country. 2022-06-9
Two people are killed in an explosion at a biodiesel plant in La Rioja, Spain. 2022-05-26
A person is killed and 24 are missing after a migrant vessel crashes off the coast of Spain's Canary Islands. 2022-04-26
Interpol reports that in six weeks it has detected more than a dozen people wanted for terrorism offences crossing the Mediterranean Sea using tourist routes. The joint operation involved Algeria, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia. 2019-09-19
The Royal Navy's Sabre 6 fires warning shots at a Spanish Guardia Civil vessel after it twice attempted to cut across the path of United States Navy submarine Florida 6 during an incursion into Gibraltar's territorial waters. Gibraltar officials say Spanish vessels regularly stray deep into its territorial waters and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has attacked the incursions as provocative. 2016-05-5
Spain invites Sephardic Jews to return after 500 years of exile. 2014-01-10
Law enforcement agencies in Victoria, Australia, the United Kingdom and Spain conduct raids in relation to allegedly corrupt behaviour by the currency subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia. 2010-10-6
The International Monetary Fund says "far-reaching" reforms are vital for Spain's economy. 2010-05-24