Sources: BBC
At least 80 people are trapped inside a supermarket in Güímar, Tenerife, and dozens of cars are swept away to sea and stuck in mud in Gran Canaria after torrential rain caused floods across the Canary Islands in Spain. 2025-03-3
A wildfire prompts the evacuation of over 2,000 residents on La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, decimating around 4,500 hectares and destroying about a dozen homes. 2023-07-15
Spain reports a record 44,357 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,456,675. 2021-01-21
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
Spain's Ministry of Health says the country’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 767, with 169 more deaths and 3,431 new confirmed cases, for a total of 17,147 cases. 2020-03-19
A million Catalonia residents launch an "autumn of protests" on National Day of Catalonia to demand independence from Spain and release "high-profile" secessionists from jail. 2018-09-11
The Spanish-based Proactiva Open Arms NGO rescues more than 700 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea about 17 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. The rescued, who are from Nigeria, are transferred to the Italian Coast Guard. 2016-08-28
Three men are arrested due to their alleged ties with al Qaeda in Spain. 2012-08-2
The Basque nationalist group ETA announces a ceasefire in its struggle for Basque independence from France and Spain. 2010-09-5