Offstream
news

A boat carrying over 100 migrants capsizes within reach of the shores of the El Hierro island in the Spanish Canary Islands. Four women and three girls are found drowned, while a medical helicopter evacuates two other children in critical condition to a nearby hospital.
2025-05-28

Tens of thousands of people protest against rising rent costs and lack of social housing for residents in Barcelona, Spain. The protests emerge after a recent Bank of Spain report showed the average Spaniard spends about 40% of their income on rent.
2024-11-23

At least 13 people are killed and four others are injured in a fire at a nightclub in Murcia, Spain.
2023-10-1

Catalonia in Spain registers the highest December temperature ever for the autonomous community in Anglès, which reached 26.3 C. Several other stations, including in the regional capital of Barcelona, also break records.
2022-12-25

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

A pregnant woman is reported with the Zika virus in Spain - the first case in Europe.
2016-02-4

The President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Artur Mas i Gavarró, drops plans for a referendum on independence on November 9 from Spain following opposition from the Constitutional Court of Spain.
2014-10-14

The British warship Westminster 6 arrives in Gibraltar amid tensions with Spain.
2013-08-19

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

Tens of thousands demonstrate against an abortion bill in several Spanish cities.
2010-03-7