Sources: BBC
National broadcasters VRT of Belgium and RTVE of Spain call for a debate on Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. 2025-05-19
Spain's competition watchdog fines online travel agency Booking.com with a record €413 million fine for "abusing its dominant position" in the past five years. 2024-07-30
One person is killed and four others are injured when a man wielding a machete breaks into two churches in Algeciras, Andalusia, Spain. A 25-year-old Moroccan man is arrested. 2023-01-25
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez states that Spain will begin a comprehensive COVID-19 vaccination programme in January and expects to have vaccinated a substantial part of the population within three months. 2020-11-22
Madrid announces plans to introduce targeted lockdowns and other restrictions on movement on September 18, in areas with high cases, local authorities said as the region accounts for around one-third of active cases in Spain. 2020-09-16
Spain evacuates its troops from Mali after several soldiers become infected with COVID-19. The troops were part of the European Union's EUTM Mali training mission. 2020-04-15
A bus accident in Avilés, Spain, kills five people and injures 17 others. 2018-09-3
Pro-independent trade unions, businesses, and schools in Catalonia hold a general strike to protest Spanish police brutality during the October 1 independence referendum. 2017-10-3
Spanish King Juan Carlos is criticised for going on a hunting trip to Botswana while his country is in an economic crisis. 2012-04-15
Strict new anti-smoking legislation comes into effect in Spain. 2011-01-2