Sources: BBC
Spanish and French farmers block roads on highways through the Pyrenees mountains in protest against trade with non-European Union member states. 2024-06-3
Spain reports its first two cases of the Omicron sub-lineage named BA.2 sublineage in Catalonia. 2022-01-27
Hundreds of Sub-Saharan African migrants storm a border fence in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, using home-made flamethrowers and other improvised weapons. The Spanish Civil Guard reports that 602 people succeeded in reaching Ceuta, of whom 586 were taken to a temporary reception centre, while 16 others are being treated in a hospital. Fifteen border guards were also hurt. 2018-07-26
Federal prosecutors in Germany apply in a Schleswig-Holstein court for the extradition of Carles Puigdemont to Spain, arguing that the treason charges are valid according to German law, because, according to the prosecutors, "the violence in Catalonia on election day can be attributed to the wanted individual". 2018-06-1
The UK government threatens Spain with legal action over the imposition of additional border checks in Gibraltar. 2013-08-12
Spanish joblessness levels hit a record high yet again, with youth unemployment running at 50%. 2012-04-3
Thousands of people protest in Spain against a raid by Moroccan authorities in a camp in the disputed Western Sahara. 2010-11-14
The Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia bans bullfighting, the first region on the mainland to do so. 2010-07-28
Airports in Morocco, Spain and Portugal reopen after days of Icelandic volcanic disruption. 2010-05-12
Convicted member of ETA Iñaki de Juana Chaos is to be extradited from Northern Ireland to Spain where he is scheduled to face further charges. 2010-03-1