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Spain’s PISA scores fall to record lows as reading, maths and science decline

News Desk8th September 202611th September 2026

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Spain’s education system has recorded its weakest results since the international PISA assessments began in 2000, with 15- and 16-year-old students losing ground in reading,...

Opposition steps up pressure on Ayuso government over €6.3 million penthouse purchase

News Desk1st September 20267th September 2026

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Political and judicial pressure is mounting on Madrid’s regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso (main image) of the right-wing People’s Party (PP), over the controversial €6.3...

Spain sets new tourism record as foreign visitors spend €82 billion in first seven months of 2026

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Spain has set another tourism record, with 58.1 million international visitors arriving during the first seven months of 2026 and spending more than €82 billion,...

Italy and Spain extend tit-for-tat border controls for another 15 days over Ceuta migrant crisis

News Desk1st September 20267th September 2026

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Italy and Spain are extending temporary border controls on travellers arriving from each other’s countries for a further 15 days, prolonging measures introduced in the...

Spanish Nutrition Agency to review menopause report after male-only research concerns

News Desk27th August 20261st September 2026

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Spain’s food safety and nutrition agency has ordered a review of an official report on the nutritional needs of women during and after the menopause...

Spain predicted to overtake France as world’s most visited country by 2040

News Desk21st August 202626th August 2026

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Spain is forecast to replace France as the world’s most visited country by 2040, with international arrivals expected to reach around 110 million a year,...

Spain evacuates remains of medieval kings as wildfire threatens historic Aragón monastery

News Desk14th August 202617th August 2026

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The remains of the first kings of Aragón have been removed from one of Spain’s most important medieval monasteries after an advancing wildfire came dangerously...

Millions flock to viewing points as Spain witnesses first total solar eclipse in more than a century

News Desk13th August 202617th August 2026

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Millions of people across Spain watched daylight briefly disappear on Wednesday evening as the country experienced its first total solar eclipse in more than a...

Spanish government delays major housing decree until autumn amid political deadlock

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Spain’s left-leaning coalition government has postponed a major housing decree containing a wide-ranging package of rental and housing reforms until after the summer, after acknowledging...

Three-year ban on new licences for tourist flats comes into force in Malaga

News Desk27th July 20263rd August 2026

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Spain’s southern city of Malaga (Andalusia) has become the latest destination to tighten controls on tourist accommodation, with a three-year suspension on new licences for...

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