Spain’s 1981 coup leader Antonio Tejero dies aged 93, on same day files are declassified
Antonio Tejero Molina, the former Spanish Civil Guard lieutenant colonel who led the failed military coup of 23 February 1981, has died at the age...
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Storm Kristin halts classes across several regions in Spain, with rail and road travel also disrupted
The passage of Storm Kristin brought heavy rain, strong winds, rough seas and snowfall to large parts of Spain on Wednesday, with almost all regions...
RENFE president: human error ‘practically ruled out’ as cause of high-speed train collision in Andalusia
Álvaro Fernández Heredia, the president of RENFE – Spain’s national state-owned railway company – has ruled out human error as the cause of Sunday’s railway...
At least 40 dead, dozens injured, after high-speed trains collide in southern Spain
ALSO READ: RENFE president: human error ‘practically ruled out’ as cause of high-speed train collision in Andalusia. At least 40 people have been killed and...
Five arrested in Costa del Sol gang that used wigs and masks to rob luxury homes
Spain’s Guardia Civil police have broken up a criminal gang specialising in burglaries at luxury properties in Andalusia as part of Operation Despropósito, resulting in...
Avalanche kills three people in Spanish Pyrenees
An avalanche near a Spanish Pyrenees mountain resort killed three skiers and injured another on Monday, the Guardia Civil police said, the latest deadly natural...
Spanish police search laboratory near Barcelona in African swine fever outbreak investigation
Spanish police carried out a search on Thursday morning at the IRTA-CReSA state-funded laboratory near Barcelona, as part of an investigation into the origin of...
Guardia Civil dismantle drug gang using helicopter to smuggle in hashish from Morocco
Spain’s Guardia Civil police on Saturday said they had dismantled a criminal gang that flew helicopters to smuggle hashish into the country from Morocco, in...
Spanish authorities to investigate five laboratories in search for origin of African swine fever outbreak
Spanish authorities confirmed on Saturday that they are examining five laboratory facilities as part of efforts to determine the origin of an outbreak of African...
Two ‘rebel nuns’ released on bail after alleged cultural-heritage misappropriation
Two former Spanish nuns who were expelled from the Catholic Church and later aligned themselves with a fringe sect have been detained on suspicion of...
