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Spain’s infrastructure was built for 40 million but groans under population of 50 million – plus 100 million tourists

BOOMING population and record tourism are stretching Spain’s resources to leave its inhabitants navigating overcrowded cities and rising costs. Choosing to holiday, retire or start

11 May, 2026 @ 18:30

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European report blames 'lack of voltage control' for causing Spain's electricity blackout last April

Culprit for Spain’s blackout narrowed down to substation in Andalucia

SPANISH authorities have traced the origin of the Iberian power outage to a substation in the region of Andalucia. Speaking on Wednesday, Energy Minister Sara

14 May, 2025 @ 17:09

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Spain’s PM defends solar power despite grid chaos that left millions in the dark

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has launched a fierce attack on what he calls the ‘pro-nuclear lobby’, claiming there is a ‘gigantic manipulation’ underway to

7 May, 2025 @ 15:00

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Shocking new findings reveal Spanish government was aware of a potential blackout

THE Spanish government was warned months before the blackout that the country’s electrical grid was at risk of large-scale failure. Officials were made aware of

5 May, 2025 @ 17:23

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Spain could suffer over €4 billion in losses from historic blackout

SPAIN’S worst-ever blackout, which left millions without power across the Iberian Peninsula, could cost the country as much as €4.5 billion in lost economic output.

5 May, 2025 @ 15:15

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Experts in Spain call for ‘crisis plan’ after supermarkets record huge blackout losses

A WEEK after the Peninsula’s massive power outage, Spain’s supermarket industry has revealed staggering economic losses and called for a national crisis plan to prevent

5 May, 2025 @ 12:04

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Experts warned Spain of power grid risk in March

AN engineer warned weeks ago in the Spanish parliament that grid operator Red Electrica wasn’t prepared for the energy transition that was started by the

2 May, 2025 @ 11:52

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Two window cleaners left dangling outside the 53rd floor of a Madrid tower block as more harrowing blackout tales emerge from Spain

AS Spain continues to assess the impact of the nationwide blackout, two window cleaners in Madrid have spoken out about the terrifying moment they were

30 Apr, 2025 @ 13:34

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‘Stay put in case the lift starts working as you try to escape’: A day in the life of an elevator technician company in Spain during the great blackout

AS darkness descended on mainland Spain during the widespread power outage on April 28, elevator technicians became emergency responders. For Fain Ascensores, a Madrid-based lift

30 Apr, 2025 @ 12:08

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Why were homes with solar panels installed also left without power during Spain’s great blackout?

MANY Spaniards with solar panels on their roof were surprised on Monday when the blackout started, the weather was sunny, yet they also had no

30 Apr, 2025 @ 11:45

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‘Disconnection events’ caused nationwide blackout, reports Spanish power company but high court investigation opened over possibility of cyber attack

THERE was no indication of human error or a cyber attack, Spanish power company Red Eléctrica reported during a press conference on Tuesday, yet there

29 Apr, 2025 @ 15:56

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Young British woman gives birth in hotel lobby on the Costa del Sol during the blackout – with receptionist as midwife

A BRITISH woman in her 20s gave birth to a premature baby in her hotel lobby during the early hours on Tuesday, while Spain worked

29 Apr, 2025 @ 14:42

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WATCH: Firefighters rescue man trapped in a lift for five hours during Spain’s historic blackout

A MAN was rescued after spending five terrifying hours trapped in an elevator during Monday’s unprecedented blackout that left large parts of Spain and Portugal

29 Apr, 2025 @ 13:03

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ZERO DAY: How an Olive Press reporter watched Spain’s world turn upside down on historic day

EXTRAORDINARY TIMES: How Zero Day unravelled on the Costa del Sol as cash is king and the supermarkets all shut their doors. By Jon Clarke

28 Apr, 2025 @ 20:33

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Power cuts: Electrical blackout in more than a million homes across Spain after plane hit supply cable

A POWER outage stuck across Spain leaving more than a million homes without electricity for an hour on Saturday afternoon. The black-out was blamed on

25 Jul, 2021 @ 13:15

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Spain’s infrastructure was built for 40 million but groans under population of 50 million – plus 100 million tourists

Culprit for Spain’s blackout narrowed down to substation in Andalucia

Spain’s PM defends solar power despite grid chaos that left millions in the dark

Shocking new findings reveal Spanish government was aware of a potential blackout

Spain could suffer over €4 billion in losses from historic blackout

Experts in Spain call for ‘crisis plan’ after supermarkets record huge blackout losses

Experts warned Spain of power grid risk in March

Two window cleaners left dangling outside the 53rd floor of a Madrid tower block as more harrowing blackout tales emerge from Spain

‘Stay put in case the lift starts working as you try to escape’: A day in the life of an elevator technician company in Spain during the great blackout

Why were homes with solar panels installed also left without power during Spain’s great blackout?

‘Disconnection events’ caused nationwide blackout, reports Spanish power company but high court investigation opened over possibility of cyber attack

Young British woman gives birth in hotel lobby on the Costa del Sol during the blackout – with receptionist as midwife

WATCH: Firefighters rescue man trapped in a lift for five hours during Spain’s historic blackout

ZERO DAY: How an Olive Press reporter watched Spain’s world turn upside down on historic day

Power cuts: Electrical blackout in more than a million homes across Spain after plane hit supply cable

Spain’s infrastructure was built for 40 million but groans under population of 50 million – plus 100 million tourists

Largest nuclear submarine in US Navy makes rare visit to Gibraltar in snub to nearby American military base in Spain

Fake investment empire brought down in Madrid after Ponzi gang ‘cloned legitimate platform to swindle victims out of €2 million’

Dutch gang in Marbella sent drugs across Europe hidden in picnic cool boxes to ‘disguise the smell’

Man keeps girlfriend captive and threatens to distribute ‘intimate’ images if she left their Costa Blanca home