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EU chief concedes ‘technical problems’ persist as EES border system causes airport chaos

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Europe’s new digital border control system is still suffering from ‘technical problems’ and requires ‘quite a lot of work’ before those issues are fully resolved,...

PP-Vox agreement sees Juanma Moreno secure a third term as Andalusian leader

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Spain’s main opposition party, the right-wing People’s Party (PP) has reached a coalition agreement with the far-right Vox party to continue governing the southern region...

Firefighters contain much of Costa Brava wildfire after tourists evacuated and thousands confined

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Update: On Sunday the regional Catalan government lifted the lockdown that had confined 12,000 residents to their homes as firefighters contained the blaze that had...

Spanish judge to question Guardia Civil chief and deputy over meetings with PSOE activist

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The Director General of Spain’s Guardia Civil police force, Mercedes González (main image), and the force’s Deputy Director of Operations (DAO), Manuel Llamas, have been...

Dozens injured, including four critically, after bus ploughs into building in Catalonia

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At least 46 people have been injured, four of them critically, after a passenger bus crashed into the façade of a building in the centre...

Spain records over 1,000 heat-related deaths as first half of 2026 becomes hottest on record

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Spain recorded more than 1,000 heat-related deaths in June as an intense early-summer heatwave swept across Europe, while the country experienced its hottest first six...

Spain’s citizenship law for descendants abroad ignites election row

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A law designed to grant Spanish citizenship to descendants of expatriates has become the centre of an increasingly bitter political dispute, with right-wing opposition parties...

Deadline day for Spain’s mass migrant regularisation as over one million apply for legal status

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Spain’s landmark mass regularisation programme for undocumented migrants was set to close on Tuesday (30 June), bringing to an end a three-month process that has...

Spain raises 2026 growth forecast to 2.6% despite Middle East conflict

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The Spanish government on Monday raised its economic growth forecast for 2026 to 2.6%, up from its previous estimate of 2.2%, arguing that the country’s...

International gang busted on Costa del Sol over fake UK driving licence operation

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Spain’s National Police have dismantled an international criminal network based on the Costa del Sol that specialised in producing and distributing counterfeit UK driving licences,...

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