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Hospitals in France told to prepare to receive thousands of wounded soldiers amid possibility of ‘large scale war in Europe’

FRENCH hospitals have been put on a war footing after a letter sent by the country’s health ministry warned of the possibility of an all-out

2 Sep, 2025 @ 12:44

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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez responds to Donald Trump's threat to raise tariffs

Spain finally hits NATO target to spend 2% of GDP on defence, data reveals

SPAIN has spent 2% of its GDP on defence so far this year, finally meeting NATO’s long-standing target eleven years after the goal was set.

28 Aug, 2025 @ 16:19

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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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Spain shuts down its embassy in Kiev ahead of huge expected assault from Russia

Spain shuts down its embassy in Kyiv ahead of huge expected assault from Russia

SPAIN’S embassy in Kyiv was closed ‘temporarily’ on Wednesday due to the risk of a large-scale attack by Russia. Spanish diplomats made the decision due

20 Nov, 2024 @ 13:53

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Who is Pablo Gonzalez? The Spanish journalist accused of being a spy for Vladimir Putin’s Russia

LAST Thursday, Russia and the West brokered an agreement to release 24 prisoners in the biggest swap deal since the Cold War. Among them was

5 Aug, 2024 @ 12:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Pedro Sanchez attends NATO summit: Spain’s PM slams ‘double standards’ between conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called on members of NATO to apply international law equally in both Ukraine and Gaza, warning that ‘double standards’

11 Jul, 2024 @ 14:47

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Two beluga whales rescued from war-torn Ukraine and flown over to new home in Spain

TWO beluga whales have been rescued from a dolphinarium in war-torn Ukraine and brought to the Oceanografic in Valencia. A 15-year-old male called Plombir and

19 Jun, 2024 @ 11:28

Animals·Lead·Valencia

Russia ‘could attack Gibraltar’ if British weapons are used by Ukraine in its territory, Putin’s foreign ministry warns

RUSSIA has warned it ‘will not hesitate’ to attack strategic military bases like Gibraltar if Ukraine uses British weapons in its territory. The threat, made

28 May, 2024 @ 14:47

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Ukraine President Zelensky to address Spain's parliament next week

Zelensky lands in Spain: Ukraine president is met by King Felipe in Madrid ahead of sit down with PM Pedro Sanchez

UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Madrid on Monday morning, where he was greeted off the plane by Spanish King Felipe VI. The Ukrainian leader

27 May, 2024 @ 12:59

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Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez to meet Zelensky in Kyiv next week in show of support after Trump 'dictator' comments

Zelensky WILL visit Spain: Ukraine president will land in Madrid within days after cancelling trip ‘over troubling Russian advances in the war’

UKRAINE president Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Spain on Monday for talks with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and King Felipe VI. Zelensky’s original trip for May

24 May, 2024 @ 18:00

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Spain’s Social Security system breaks new record for foreign workers, as April sees 70,936 sign-ups

SPAIN’S Social Security system has just broken a new record, with the largest ever number of foreign workers signed up in the month of April.

16 May, 2024 @ 12:52

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Spain bends to pressure from EU and Nato and will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine

SPAIN has succumbed to pressure from both the European Union and Nato and will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine in a bid to strengthen the

26 Apr, 2024 @ 15:23

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Threat from Russia is ‘total and absolute’, warns Spain’s Defence Minister Margarita Robles

SPAIN’S defence minister, Margarita Robles, has issued a stark warning to her fellow citizens about the threat that Vladimir Putin’s Russia poses to the European

17 Mar, 2024 @ 10:24

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Spain’s clothing giant Inditex to make gradual return to Ukraine, after two-year closure caused by Russian invasion

SPANISH clothing giant Inditex, which is the parent group of brands such as Zara and Bershka, is to make its return to Ukraine after a

1 Mar, 2024 @ 12:07

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Kremlin brands Maxim Kuzminov, the Russian pilot shot dead in Spain, a ‘criminal traitor’

THE Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov who was found shot dead last week in Villajoyosa in Spain’s Alicante province has been branded a ‘criminal traitor’ by

20 Feb, 2024 @ 12:01

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

PICTURED: Russian pilot, 28, who defected to Ukraine is named as the victim of a gangland-style assassination in a car park just metres below tourist apartments on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A YOUNG Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine has been named as the victim of a gangland-style assassination in Spain last week. Maksim Kuzminov, 28,

19 Feb, 2024 @ 16:59

Alicante·Lead·Must Read

Farmer strikes enter third week in Spain: Andalucia, Catalunya and the Balearics are among the targets for tractor road blocks

FARMER protests in Spain have entered their third week with roadblocks continuing to cause chaos on the nation’s roads. Protests show no sign of slowing

19 Feb, 2024 @ 14:23

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Donald Trump’s latest NATO comments put the security of Spain and other alliance members at risk, warns chief of security organisation

NATO’S secretary general has warned Donald Trump that his latest comments “undermine all of our security” after the former US President claimed that he would

12 Feb, 2024 @ 11:00

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Motorists feel the squeeze as petrol pump prices soar to highest level for a year in Spain

Cheap transport, a ban on evictions and subsidised energy bills: Spain’s government set to extend cost-of-living measures into 2024

SPAIN’S leftist government is poised to extend some cost-of-living measures well into 2024, rather than letting them expire on December 31 as had previously been

26 Dec, 2023 @ 13:14

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WATCH: Moment Ukrainian journalist’s home is firebombed with molotov cocktails in Spain after years of threats from neo-Nazi groups

THIS is the moment a Ukrainian journalist’s home in northern Spain was firebombed with molotov cocktails. The house belonging to Anatoli Sharii and his family

25 Oct, 2023 @ 19:20

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Stolen jewels worth €60 million are discovered in Spain after vanishing from Ukraine museum

THE Policia Nacional have arrested five people in Madrid and recovered 11 gold items of jewellery valued at over €60 million taken from a Ukraine museum

23 Oct, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Madrid·National News

Russian warship and submarine are intercepted off the coast of Spain’s Mallorca

THE Spanish Navy has intercepted a Russian warship and submarine off the coast of Mallorca. The Spanish ship known as ‘Rayo’ stopped the vessels in

19 Oct, 2023 @ 14:14

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Predator, 45, ‘sexually abuses Ukrainian children’ in Spain ‘after taking in their families’ following Russia’s invasion

A 45-year-old Ukrainian has been arrested for alleged sexual assaults on Ukraine refugee children in Cartagena, Murcia. He was detained in Catalunya as he planned

17 Oct, 2023 @ 11:50

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Russian hackers target Spanish government websites to disrupt Granada immigration summit

RUSSIAN hackers launched a series of cyber attacks on Friday against Spanish government and Granada city council websites to coincide with the immigration summit and

6 Oct, 2023 @ 13:44

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·National News·Politics·Technology

Aid worker from Spain killed in Ukraine after Russian attack hit her convoy

SPAIN’S foreign minister confirmed on Sunday that a Spanish aid worker had died in Ukraine, after her convoy was hit by a Russian attack. Emma

10 Sep, 2023 @ 12:45

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Company in Spain’s Lleida province offers €700 courses for combatants in Ukraine

A COMPANY in the Catalan province of Lleida is offering courses for people who want to go and fight in Ukraine against Russian forces. The

31 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

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