Sources: BBC
The Catalan government in Spain announces a state of emergency due to the rapid spread of African swine fever virus in wild boars in a 12 km region to avoid spreading to other regions of Spain. 2025-12-9
Andriy Portnov, former People's Deputy of Ukraine and aide to former president Viktor Yanukovych, is assassinated in Madrid, Spain, by unidentified gunmen. 2025-05-21
At least five fatalities are reported in Spain as a consequence of the power outage that affected the Iberian Peninsula the day before. 2025-04-29
More than 100 homes on the island of La Palma in the Spanish Canary Islands are destroyed by lava flows, and 5,000 people are evacuated. Several schools on the island suspend classes. 2021-09-20
Germany declares all of Spain as a COVID-19 risk area, which will require travellers to present a negative test result in order to avoid quarantine beginning on July 11, due to the spread of the more contagious Delta variant. 2021-07-9
Spain's Ministry of Health reports 514 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date. 2020-03-24
A bus accident in Avilés, Spain, kills five people and injures 17 others. 2018-09-3
A Spanish judge issues an arrest warrant for various individuals with links to organized crime from Russia. The list also includes former and current officials of the Russian government with close links to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prominent officials include former Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov and former Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov. The charges range from money laundering to assassination. 2016-05-3
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
In local and regional elections in Spain, the conservative People's Party performs well, while the ruling Socialist Party suffers heavy losses. 2011-05-22