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The death toll from the flooding in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 214, with dozens still missing. The Spanish government deploys an additional 5,000 soldiers and 5,000 police officers, making this the country's largest deployment of army and security personnel in peacetime.
2024-11-2

Two police officers are killed and two more are injured after a speedboat suspected of belonging to drug smugglers smashed into their patrol craft in the port of Barbate, Spain.
2024-02-9

At least 35 people are missing after a dinghy carrying migrants sinks off the coast of the Canary Islands, Spain.
2023-06-21

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez states that Spain will begin a comprehensive COVID-19 vaccination programme in January and expects to have vaccinated a substantial part of the population within three months.
2020-11-22

The United Kingdom advises its citizens vacationing in Spain to return home due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-03-18

A Spanish C-101 military jet crashes into the sea near La Manga, killing its pilot.
2019-08-27

More than 700 Catalan mayors meet in Barcelona with Catalan President Carles Puigdemont to confirm their support for the October 1 independence referendum. Earlier this week, Spanish prosecutors warned that officials participating in this vote could be criminally charged.
2017-09-16

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