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Spain's Maritime Safety and Rescue Society rescues 86 people from a pirogue off the Canary Islands after human rights defender Helena Maleno reports that three boats carrying around 300 people from Senegal have gone missing since June.
2023-07-10

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

Four people are injured during a mass shooting at a nightclub in Marbella, Andalusia, Spain. The perpetrator is stabbed and hospitalized.
2022-07-18

Spain removes all COVID-19 entry requirements for anyone arriving into the country from the European Union or the Schengen Area. However, travellers from outside the EU will still need to be fully vaccinated or provide proof of a negative PCR test within 72 hours before departure in order to enter Spain.
2022-06-14

Spain’s panel of vaccine experts approves the extension of the COVID-19 vaccine booster dose to people between the ages of 60 and 69 and healthcare workers.
2021-11-17

The Health Ministry announces that Spain will receive 20 million vaccine doses from Pfizer and BioNTech by early 2021.
2020-11-10

Spain reports 1,772 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the last 24 hours, which is the highest number since nationwide state of emergency was lifted in June.
2020-08-5

Andrew Moran, one of Britain's most wanted criminals, is arrested in Costa Blanca, Spain.
2013-05-12

Spanish politician Gaspar Llamazares says the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) use of his photo in its "shameless" digital manipulation of Osama Bin Laden for a wanted poster, has left him insecure and worried about travelling to the United States in future.
2010-01-16