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Spain’s main opposition party, the PP, open to working with far-right Vox if elected

News Desk30th December 20254th January 2026

30th December 20254th January 2026420

Spain’s right-wing opposition leader said on Monday that he would be willing to reach occasional agreements with the far-right Vox party to secure parliamentary backing...

Plans to extend Bilbao Guggenheim near to protected nature reserve dropped

News Desk22nd December 202529th December 2025

22nd December 202529th December 2025337

Plans to expand the Guggenheim Museum from the northern Spanish city of Bilbao into a nearby protected nature reserve have been abandoned following sustained opposition...

EU rights court rules France must compensate jailed ETA terrorist for poor medical care

News Desk4th December 20258th December 2025

4th December 20258th December 2025659

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that France must compensate a former military chief of the ETA terrorist group €10,000 for...

Guardia Civil arrest fake ‘Brad Pitts’ who scammed women out of €325k

News Desk25th September 20241st October 2024

25th September 20241st October 20242120

Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Monday that they had arrested five people accused of scamming two women of €325,000 by posing as the Hollywood...

Pedro Almodóvar to receive 2024 San Sebastian Donostia Career Achievement Award

News Desk14th August 202428th August 2024

14th August 202428th August 20244162

Spain’s most internationally famous film director, screenwriter and producer, Pedro Almodóvar, is to receive a Donostia Career Achievement Award at the prestigious 72nd San Sebastian Film...

Five dead, three missing as ‘storm Dana’ brings torrential rain across Spain

News Desk4th September 202311th September 2023

4th September 202311th September 202314788

#UPDATED on 6 Sept 2023 at 9am The death toll from the heavy rains that lashed Spain on Sunday have increased to five as emergency...

Political storm as 44 convicted ETA members to run in Basque elections

News Desk11th May 202319th May 2023

11th May 202319th May 20235463

A political storm has broken out after EH Bildu, a Basque nationalist party, presented its candidate lists for the forthcoming local and regional elections that...

Spanish girl, aged 8, wins top acting award at Berlinale film festival

News Desk27th February 20236th March 2023

27th February 20236th March 20233598

The Berlinale Film Festival has awarded its best acting award to an eight-year-old Spanish girl, Sofía Otero, for her performance in 20,000 Species of Bees, the youngest...

Words on 2,100-year-old bronze hand may rewrite history of Basque language

News Desk17th November 202221st November 2022

17th November 202221st November 20225147

The discovery of five words inscribed on a 2,100-year-old bronze hand that archaeologists unearthed last year may help rewrite the history of the Basque language,...

Unseasonal warm weather continues, as drought forces shutdown of power plant

News Desk2nd November 20228th November 2022

2nd November 20228th November 20224035

Spain has been experiencing unusually warm autumn weather, with the national weather agency AEMET predicting that the country has just seen the hottest October at least...

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