Sources: El País
One person is killed, another is injured, a girl is reported missing and thousands are evacuated during floods caused by Storm Leonardo in Portugal and Spain. 2026-02-4
Spanish authorities dismantle a drug-trafficking network that uses helicopters to transport large quantities of hashish from Morocco into southern Spain, arresting six suspects in a joint operation involving several European countries. 2025-12-13
One person is killed and 19 others are injured, including three seriously, after a migrant shipwreck is found drifting off the southern coast of Mallorca, Spain. 2025-08-20
Five people are killed and four are injured in an explosion at a coal mine in Degaña, Asturias, Spain. 2025-03-31
Federal prosecutors in Germany apply in a Schleswig-Holstein court for the extradition of Carles Puigdemont to Spain, arguing that the treason charges are valid according to German law, because, according to the prosecutors, "the violence in Catalonia on election day can be attributed to the wanted individual". 2018-06-1
The government of Catalonia holds a public referendum on whether their region should gain independence from Spain, despite the Spanish courts and government declaring the vote illegal and deploying police to deter voters. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont says Catalonia "has won the right to become an independent state." 2017-10-1
European sovereign-debt crisis: Workers for the Spanish flag carrier airline Iberia strike over plans to axe 3,807 jobs. 2013-02-19
A scorpion stings a passenger on a flight from Costa Rica to Spain, which forced the sealing of the Iberia airlines Airbus A340 at Madrid's Barajas International Airport. 2012-11-26
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
Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden. 2010-01-1