Spain tourism hits new high in 2025: 97 million foreign visitors, spending €135bn
Spain welcomed a record 97 million international tourists in 2025, marking a second consecutive year of unprecedented arrivals in a sector that remains central to...
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Spain to impose tougher rental regulations, including caps on room rents and limits on seasonal lets
Spain’s left-leaning coalition government plans to further tighten rental regulations and clamp down on medium-term leases in an effort to curb rising rents and prevent...
Bank of Spain lifts growth forecast, but household finances remain under pressure
Spain’s central bank on Tuesday upgraded its forecast for economic growth next year, underlining the country’s status as one of the euro zone’s strongest performers...
Spain’s population reaches all-time high of 49.4 million, driven by immigration
Spain’s population rose by 105,488 people in the third quarter of 2025, reaching 49.44 million residents as of 1 October, according to the latest figures...
Despite US tariff uncertainty, Spanish economy increased pace in 2nd quarter
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...
Spanish PM supports new EU-US trade deal, but ‘without any enthusiasm’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday voiced his support for the newly agreed trade deal between the European Union and the United States –...
Bank of Spain downgrades country’s GDP growth due to US tariffs uncertainty
Uncertainty from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and the risk that they result in a global slowdown, has forced Spain’s central bank to downgrade its...
Unemployment rate in Spain falls to lowest level since 2008 crisis
Unemployment in Spain fell last year to its lowest level since the 2008 global financial crisis, as the tourism-driven service sector performed strongly, official data...
Spanish economy grew 0.8% in 3rd quarter, driven by consumption & exports
The Spanish economy grew 0.8% in the third quarter of 2024, as domestic consumption and exports increased, reinforcing a buoyant performance comfortably outstripping the EU...
Sánchez defends central government’s response to Valencia floods, as aid rises to €16.6bn
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Wednesday in parliament almost €2.3 billion in further aid for the country’s flood stricken region as he defended...
