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Spain says it has ‘legal tools’ for quarantine as hantavirus cruise ship to ‘anchor offshore’ Tenerife

News Desk7th May 202610th May 2026

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Spain’s Health Minister Mónica García has said the government is prepared to use its full legal powers — including quarantine measures — as a cruise...

Gaudí centenary and migration crisis to shape Pope Leo XIV’s Spain visit in June

News Desk6th May 202612th May 2026

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Pope Leo XIV will travel to Spain from 6-12 June, in a high-profile visit that will include major religious ceremonies, political meetings, and a focus...

Three arrested in Spain over alleged abuse of 15 children at Jaén nursery

News Desk6th May 202612th May 2026

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Spain’s National Police have arrested the director and two teachers at a nursery in the southern province of Jaén (Andalusia) accused of mistreating at least...

Record €13.3m payout in Spain after childbirth negligence leaves boy with lifelong disabilities

News Desk6th May 202611th May 2026

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A Spanish court has awarded a record €13.3 million in compensation to a woman who suffered what has been described as obstetric violence during the...

Canary Islands reject virus-hit cruise ship as Madrid pushes ahead with docking plan

News Desk6th May 20267th May 2026

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The president of Spain’s Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has firmly opposed plans to allow a cruise ship affected by a deadly hantavirus outbreak to dock...

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship eyes Canary Islands after Cape Verde refusal

News Desk5th May 20266th May 2026

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A cruise ship affected by a possible hantavirus outbreak is now heading towards the Canary Islands as one of the main options for disembarkation, after...

Spain intercepts massive cocaine shipment off Gran Canaria, crew arrested

News Desk4th May 202612th May 2026

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A major anti-drug trafficking operation has led to the interception of a cargo vessel in the Atlantic carrying a vast quantity of cocaine, in what...

Spain’s PSOE moves to block ‘national priority’ policy, warning of ‘first- and second-class citizens’

News Desk4th May 202611th May 2026

4th May 202611th May 20261705

Spain’s ruling PSOE party has launched a broad institutional push against plans by the right-wing opposition People’s Party (PP) and far-right Vox group to introduce...

Trump weighs troop withdrawal from Spain and Italy after Germany decision

News Desk2nd May 20266th May 2026

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US President Donald Trump has indicated he may consider withdrawing American troops from Spain and Italy, telling reporters, ‘yeah, I probably will’, when asked about...

Spain and Brazil demand release of flotilla activists as Sánchez accuses Israel of ‘illegal abduction’

News Desk2nd May 20266th May 2026

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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has accused Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu of an ‘illegal abduction’ after two activists were detained at sea, insisting Madrid will...

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