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Politician leading Valencia flood recovery quits amid false degree allegations

News Desk1st August 20256th August 2025

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A senior figure in the Spanish government overseeing reconstruction efforts in flood-hit Valencia has resigned amid a scandal involving his academic background. José María Ángel

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Spain airdrops 12 tonnes of food aid into Gaza, as famine threat intensifies

News Desk1st August 20254th August 2025

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Updated Report – Friday 1 August: Spain confirmed on Friday that it had completed an airdrop of 12 tonnes of food into Gaza, where famine

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Spain and Portugal battle wildfires amid forecast of soaring temperatures

News Desk1st August 20255th August 2025

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Thousands of firefighters across Spain and Portugal were still battling multiple wildfires on Thursday, as forecasters warned of rising temperatures that could worsen conditions across

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Family releases photo of siblings who drowned off beach in Catalonia

News Desk1st August 20255th August 2025

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Report updated on 1 August at 09.45h. Two British children who drowned off the coast of Catalonia have been named as 13-year-old Ameiya Del Brocco

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Airbnb removes 65,000 illegal listings in Spain, while government identifies 55,000 more

News Desk31st July 20256th August 2025

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Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights and Consumer Affairs said on Wednesday that Airbnb has now withdrawn the 65,000 listings for holiday rentals that the ministry

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Spanish military plane to fly 13 sick Gaza children from Jordan to Spain for treatment

News Desk31st July 20255th August 2025

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A Spanish military aircraft is set to transport 13 seriously ill children originally from Gaza, along with their families, from Jordan to Spain for medical

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EU sets launch date for Entry/Exit System (EES) to ‘help identify overstayers’

News Desk30th July 20254th August 2025

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The European Union confirmed on Wednesday that its long-postponed new border control system for non-EU nationals, which will eliminate the need for passport stamps, is

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Spain’s Attorney General to face trial in new setback for PM Sánchez

News Desk30th July 20254th August 2025

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The Spanish Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from the country’s Attorney General in an attempt to avoid standing trial for allegedly disclosing confidential legal

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Despite US tariff uncertainty, Spanish economy increased pace in 2nd quarter

News Desk29th July 20254th August 2025

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Spain’s economy picked up pace in the second quarter of 2025, thanks largely to a boost in exports, even amid trade uncertainty triggered by increasing