Sources: BBC
Storm Ciarán impacts northwestern Europe, killing six people, including two in Belgium, two in France, and one each in Spain and the Netherlands, and causing mass disruption to transport. Widespread damage from 100 mph winds are reported in the Channel Islands, while 1.2 million French households are left without electricity. 2023-11-2
Catalonia in Spain registers the highest December temperature ever for the autonomous community in Anglès, which reached 26.3 C. Several other stations, including in the regional capital of Barcelona, also break records. 2022-12-25
Spain's GDP contracts 11% in 2020, the country's worst economic performance since the Spanish Civil War. 2021-01-29
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
The Ministry of Citizen Protection announces changes to Greece's travel restrictions, effective August 31 until at least September 19, due to a rise in cases in recent weeks. Changes include requiring visitors from a list of countries to show a negative test result to enter and a suspension of flights to and from Catalonia, Spain, but lifting restrictions on the Netherlands. 2020-08-28
The Spanish economy suffers a historically large fall in the second quarter of 18.5% of GDP and enters in recession, making Spain the Eurozone country most economically devastated by the pandemic. 2020-07-31
A 33-year-old Yemeni man stabbed and wounded three Spanish theatre actors in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Is not known if the attack is in protest against the war in Yemen or for the attacker's opposition to Saudi Arabia’s growing entertainment industry. 2019-11-11
Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Luxembourg agree to take in 141 migrants, 67 of them unaccompanied children, who were rescued on Friday by the MV "Aquarius"; Malta allows the ship to dock. 2018-08-14
The death toll from the January 26 crash of a Hellenic Air Force F-16 fighter jet in southern Spain rises to eleven. 2015-01-27
The Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia bans bullfighting, the first region on the mainland to do so. 2010-07-28