Sources: BBC News
Two people are killed, including the perpetrator, and six others are injured, including three police officers and three seriously, in a shootout at a house in Calldetenes, Catalonia, Spain. 2025-07-8
Spain's competition commission fines American technology companies Amazon and Apple 194 million (US$218 million) for allegedly agreeing to restrict competition by having Apple products sold directly through Amazon's platforms and limiting opportunities for third-party retailers. 2023-07-18
The government announces the closure of its border with Spain for two weeks beginning January 31. 2021-01-28
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
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 massive fire breaks out at a tire dump in Seseña, near Madrid in Spain. The illegal dump contains 100,000 tons of used vehicle tires. The smoke from the fire is visible for at least 30km. 2016-05-13
Pedro Sánchez, the leader of Spain's Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), rejects a pact with the ruling People's Party (PP). "We say 'no' to Rajoy and his policies," Sánchez told a news conference after meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. 2015-12-23
A 70-year-old widow, who is a mother of three and grandmother of five, makes her solemn vows as a Poor Clare contemplative nun in the town of Canals in Spain. 2012-05-3
Spain's economy double dips, with a quarter of the population out of work. 2012-04-30
Three people are killed in a shooting incident in the city of Don Benito, Spain. 2012-03-18