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Archeologists announce the discovery of a previously unknown Roman Empire city dubbed "El Forau de la Tuta", located near modern-day Artieda in the Province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. 2022-07-13
France officially bans the use of plastic packaging for large vegetables and fruits, such as cucumbers, carrots, and bananas. Spain plans to introduce a similar law in 2023. 2022-01-1
Spain donates 7.5 million vaccines to Latin American countries, with the first countries to receive these vaccines being Peru, Paraguay and Guatemala. 2021-08-5
The Ministry of Health announces that all travel to Spain and Kyrgyzstan will be banned amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. The order will be in effect on July 23. 2021-07-16
The Spanish Congress of Deputies votes to extend the state of emergency for another six months as the Health Ministry reports a record 23,580 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 1.16 million. 2020-10-29
Spain's Ministry of Health reports 655 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the country's death toll to over 4,000. 2020-03-26
Spain confirms its third case in Tenerife, Canary Islands, from an Italian tourist. 2020-02-24
A Germanwings flight crashes en route from Barcelona, Spain, to Düsseldorf, Germany, in a mountainous region of the Alps near Digne-les-Bains in Southern France leaving 150 dead. Rescue workers recover the damaged, but still usable, cockpit voice recorder. 2015-03-24
Moody's downgrades Spain's credit rating to A1 after Standard & Poor's and Fitch downgraded Spain's rating two weeks ago. 2011-10-18
Peruvian-Spanish writer Mario Vargas Llosa is announced as the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. 2010-10-7