Sources: Al Jazeera
Footballer Gerard Piqué is placed under official investigation for his alleged involvement in illegal payments in the relocation of the Supercopa de España from Spain to Saudi Arabia. 2024-05-30
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
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
The wreckage of Nazi German submarine "U-966", which was sunk in November 1943, is discovered off the coast of Galicia, Spain. 2018-07-6
Spain's Audiencia Nacional sentences ten Islamic extremists to between eight and twelve years in prison for a plot to launch attacks against Barcelona landmarks and behead a hostage on camera. The cell was convicted yesterday. 2018-04-11
Three Spanish airmen are injured in a grenade attack in Djibouti. 2014-05-25
A 70-year-old widow, who is a mother of three and grandmother of five, makes her solemn vows as a Poor Clare contemplative nun in the town of Canals in Spain. 2012-05-3
Euro zone leaders secure a €109 billion bailout for Greece with the country going into default for a short period, but with increased powers for the main European rescue fund to assist countries that have not been bailed out, such as Spain and Italy. 2011-07-21
Strict new anti-smoking legislation comes into effect in Spain. 2011-01-2
The Roman Catholic Church in Cuba announces that the government will release two more political prisoners to exile in Spain. 2010-12-24