EU hits Google with €890m fine over search and app store practices
The European Union has imposed fines totalling €890 million on Google for breaching the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), marking the largest penalties handed to...
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Former PM Zapatero breaks silence over Plus Ultra investigation and luxury jewellery
Former Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has strongly denied allegations that he used his influence to help secure the state-backed rescue of airline...
World Cup hero Ferran Torres mural vandalised in Barcelona amid Catalan political tensions
An artistic tribute to Spain’s World Cup-winning hero Ferran Torres survived little more than a day before being vandalised in Barcelona, reigniting debate over political...
Spain faces escalating wildfire crisis as Sánchez warns climate emergency cannot be ignored
Spain’s largest wildfire of the year has now burned more than 32,000 hectares in the central province of Guadalajara (Castilla-La Mancha), becoming one of the biggest blazes...
Spain confronts surge in gender violence after four women killed in five days
Spain has been shaken by a series of suspected gender-based killings after four women were allegedly murdered by their partners or former partners in just...
Spain plans sweeping smoking ban on terraces, beaches and parks
Spain’s government has approved a draft law that would dramatically expand the country’s anti-smoking rules by banning smoking and vaping across a wide range of...
Trump and Sánchez put aside diplomatic tensions as Spain celebrates World Cup triumph
US President Donald Trump and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez briefly set aside nearly two years of diplomatic tensions on Sunday as they attended Spain’s...
Spain’s largest wildfire of 2026 spreads beyond 26,000 hectares as new heatwave fuels fears
Spain’s biggest wildfire of the year continued to burn out of control for a fifth consecutive day on Monday, destroying more than 26,000 hectares of...
World Cup joy turns to tragedy in Salamanca after fountain collapse kills teenager
Spain’s World Cup celebrations ended in tragedy early on Monday when a 13-year-old boy died and several others were injured after a historic fountain collapsed...
