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The Spanish Public Health Commission approves the usage of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years. Vaccination rollout for those age groups will begin on December 15.
2021-12-7

A seaplane incident involving the French power grid causes a blackout affecting more than one million users in 9 regions, mostly in Spain, but also in some regions of Portugal.
2021-07-24

France imposes a mandatory requirement for a negative COVID-19 test result from the previous 24 hours for unvaccinated people travelling from Cyprus, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom due to concerns over the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.
2021-07-18

A patient is arrested after causing a fire in the COVID-19 plant of the Hospital of Cádiz, in Andalusia, Spain. No injuries or fatalities are reported.
2021-02-10

Spain will restrict travel to South Africa and Brazil due to concerns about new variants of SARS-CoV-2.
2021-02-2

Several European Union states, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal and Spain, officially recognize Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro rejects the European ultimatum to call a new snap election. Other European Union countries, such as Greece and Ireland, stop short of recognizing Guaidó, while Italy's leading coalition party, the 5 Star Movement, declares that it is not "for the EU to tell another nation what to do".
2019-02-4

Spain withdraws the international arrest warrant for five former Catalan officials now residing in Belgium. The charges of sedition and rebellion, however, remain.
2017-12-5

Bolivia summons the ambassadors of France, Spain and Portugal to explain why their countries blocked President Evo Morales' official jet "en route" to land on the Eurozone last week, amid orders to be searched if Edward Snowden was on board.
2013-07-8

An orderly at a Spanish retirement home admits to killing 11 residents.
2010-11-30

Spain's Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero announces wage cuts for state employees and a reduction in investment in response to his country's budget deficit.
2010-05-12