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Wildfire emergency deepens as royals visit evacuees and new Valencia blaze forces thousands to flee

News Desk26th July 202631st July 2026

26th July 202631st July 20261424

Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited evacuees from the country’s devastating wildfires on Sunday, praising the ‘exemplary coordination’ of the emergency response as...

Spain declares first national wildfire emergency as blazes rage, while France battles mass evacuations

News Desk24th July 202626th July 2026

24th July 202626th July 20262132

Spain has declared a national emergency for the first time in response to wildfires after a series of rapidly spreading blazes around Madrid and th...

Sánchez ‘embarrassed’ as Rajoy refuses to apologise for France football team remark

News Desk15th July 202620th July 2026

15th July 202620th July 2026910

Spain’s former prime minister Mariano Rajoy has refused to apologise for his controversial claim that France’s national football team had ‘no French players’, instead responding...

Spain outclass France with tactical masterclass to reach World Cup Final

Sports Desk14th July 202616th July 2026

14th July 202616th July 20261033

Spain produced a superb tactical display to defeat tournament favourites France 2-0 on Tuesday, booking their place in the World Cup final for the first...

Sánchez brands Rajoy’s French football team comments ‘xenophobic’ as diplomatic row erupts

News Desk12th July 202615th July 2026

12th July 202615th July 20261346

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has condemned remarks by former right-wing prime minister Mariano Rajoy, who claimed that France’s national football team had ‘no French...

Police bust Alicante counterfeit document workshop linked to migrant smuggling networks

News Desk10th June 202615th June 2026

10th June 202615th June 2026853

Spanish police have dismantled a sophisticated counterfeit document workshop in Alicante that investigators say was supplying forged identity papers to criminal networks across Europe, seizing...

Goldman Sachs model tips Spain to win 2026 World Cup ahead of France and Argentina

Sports Desk1st June 20268th June 2026

1st June 20268th June 202610972

Spain are the favourites to win the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to a new Goldman Sachs forecasting model that places the European champions ahead...

Former Spanish PM Zapatero faces corruption probe over airline bailout

News Desk19th May 202625th May 2026

19th May 202625th May 20261268

Spain’s former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has been placed under formal investigation by Spain’s National Court over alleged influence peddling, money laundering and...

Spain defends hantavirus response after new cruise ship infections

News Desk11th May 202614th May 2026

11th May 202614th May 20261233

Spanish authorities said on Monday that they had taken ‘all measures’ necessary to stop hantavirus spreading among passengers evacuated from a cruise ship linked to...

Hantavirus cruise passengers flown home from Canary Islands under strict precautions

News Desk10th May 202612th May 2026

10th May 202612th May 20261206

Military and government aircraft began flying passengers home on Sunday after the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak docked in Spain’s Canary...

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