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Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia will next week visit areas affected by severe wildfires

KING Felipe and Queen Letizia will next week visit areas of Spain that were seriously affected by the recent spate of wildfires. The announcement came

22 Aug, 2025 @ 18:00

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Hotel stays in Spain rise modestly as German tourists stay away but British bookings soar

Hotel stays in Spain rise modestly as Germans look elsewhere but British bookings soar

RECORD overseas tourist numbers in Spain are not being reflected in big rises in overnight hotel stays as German bookings have gone down with UK

22 Aug, 2025 @ 16:45

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FIRE LATEST: 18 large wildfires remain active as lower temperatures help to contain blazes in Spain

18 LARGE fires remain active in the Asturias, Castilla y Leon, and Galicia regions in northern Spain plus Extremadura in the west. The figures were

21 Aug, 2025 @ 18:30

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Begoña Gomez- wife of Spain’s PM, Pedro Sanchez- ordered to testify over alleged embezzlement of public money

A MADRID judge has again summoned Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife- Begoña Gomez- to testify in a corruption investigation. Gomez has been ordered to appear

20 Aug, 2025 @ 12:30

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Spain’s absence from White House showdown ‘not example of international isolation’

SPAIN’S absence from the high-level meeting in Washington on the war in Ukraine should not be seen as a sign of isolation, according to former

20 Aug, 2025 @ 11:45

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Electric scooter owners will need insurance to ride on public roads in Spain

ELECTRIC scooter owners in Spain will need civil liability insurance from next January to ride in public areas. Changes to the Automobile Insurance Law were

20 Aug, 2025 @ 09:00

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Foreign visitors flying to Spain rise by 6% during first seven months of 2025

Foreign visitors flying to Spain rose by 6% during first seven months of 2025

SPAIN welcomed 63.7 million overseas visitors flying into the country between January and July this year. That’s a 6% rise compared to the same period

20 Aug, 2025 @ 07:00

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21 major wildfires still active in Spain as Pedro Sanchez promises ‘disaster area’ status

SPAIN continued to battle against several major wildfires on Tuesday despite temperatures falling after a heatwave that lasted over a fortnight. Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez,

19 Aug, 2025 @ 18:00

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‘Heartless criminal’ started wild fire in Spain to further ‘business interests’

A WILDFIRE which forced the evacuation of dozens of homes and scorched 4,000 hectares was deliberately set to clear land for hunters, authorities allege. The

19 Aug, 2025 @ 13:15

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King Felipe cuts holiday short amid Spain’s wildfire crisis to oversee military firefighting efforts

KING Felipe has cut short his family holiday in Greece to return to Spain while wildfires rage across the country. The 57-year-old monarch, who had

19 Aug, 2025 @ 11:46

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50 million scam phone calls and texts blocked since March under new laws in Spain

50 million ‘spam’ phone calls and texts blocked since March under new laws in Spain

OVER 50 million spam phone calls and text messages have been blocked by telecoms companies in Spain since March. The high number of interceptions follows

19 Aug, 2025 @ 08:00

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘WAIT AND SEE’: As Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner could be out on the streets in ‘under a month’

DANGEROUS child molester Christian Brueckner might make a return trip to Spain or Portugal in under a month. The convicted German sex offender – the

17 Aug, 2025 @ 15:15

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Migrant flood hits Spain’s Balearic islands: 351 arrive in just 48 hours

THE Balearic Islands faced another wave of migrant arrivals, as 351 people reached the archipelago in 20 separate pateras within 48 hours. The latest boat,

15 Aug, 2025 @ 15:50

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VJ Day: Remembering Spain’s shadowy role in the war against Japan

TODAY marks the 80th anniversary of VJ Day – Victory over Japan Day – when the Second World War finally came to an end on

15 Aug, 2025 @ 11:26

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Arrests made as arsonists blamed for torching huge swathes of Spain – firefighters are still battling several blazes

SPAIN’S countryside is burning — and police say arsonists are to blame for many of the blazes tearing through forests, farmland and even areas close

15 Aug, 2025 @ 10:38

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EXPLAINER: Why does Spain have a national bank holiday on August 15?

Why does Spain have a national bank holiday TODAY, August 15?

THE ASSUMPTION of the Virgin Mary is a public holiday in Spain celebrated every August 15 alongside other the world’s other major Catholic countries. It

15 Aug, 2025 @ 08:51

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BBVA goes to Spain's Supreme Court to fight government conditions over Sabadell Bank takeover

BBVA goes to Spain’s Supreme Court to fight government ‘meddling’ in Sabadell Bank takeover

THE BBVA bank is going to the Supreme Court to challenge the Spanish government’s pre-conditions for its hostile takeover of Sabadell Bank. The legal challenge

15 Aug, 2025 @ 08:00

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Basic food prices have soared by over 38% since 2019 in Spain

FOOD inflation has soared in Spain with an average shopping basket costing 38.5% more than in 2019. The National Statistics Institute says that overall prices

14 Aug, 2025 @ 13:04

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Got grandparents from Spain? Countdown is on to register for a Spanish passport

A NEW deadline has been put in place to request Spanish citizenship for those with the correct ancestry – and it’s coming up fast. Descendants

14 Aug, 2025 @ 10:51

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Volunteer firefighter dies as 8,000 people are evacuated due to wildfires in Spain

A VOLUNTEER firefighter died from severe burns as wildfires fuelled by strong winds and high temperatures continued to create problems in Spain. At least six

13 Aug, 2025 @ 12:39

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Tragedy in Spain as body of missing American hiker, 27, is found in the Pyrenees mountains

THE Guardia Civil have found the body of an American hiker, who went missing for almost a month in the Pyrenees. A search and rescue

13 Aug, 2025 @ 12:03

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Forecasters say current heatwave will run until ‘probably’ Monday in Spain

SPAIN’S state weather forecaster says the current heatwave will ‘probably’ continue until Monday. A few days ago Aemet stated that the excess temperatures that started

12 Aug, 2025 @ 18:00

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Record-breaking Mediterranean heatwaves risk marine ecosystem collapse in Spain

THIS year’s ocean heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea have been the hottest to date, sparking concern among scientists about the potentially devastating consequences on marine

12 Aug, 2025 @ 14:48

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Six Spanish towns are still named after Franco, and no one’s stopping them

WHILE one small Andalusian village has just scrubbed Franco from its name, six other towns across Spain continue to defy the country’s 2022 Democratic Memory

9 Aug, 2025 @ 10:00

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