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Two dead, over 6,000 evacuated, as Spain activates ‘pre-emergency phase’ to combat wildfires

News Desk13th August 202518th August 2025

13th August 202518th August 20253356

UPDATE: Second volunteer firefighter dies in Castilla y León region – third death from wildfires. Wildfires sweeping through multiple parts of Spain in recent days...

Guardia Civil arrest three ‘pro-Russian’ hackers over cyberattacks ‘for terrorist purposes’

News Desk21st July 202427th July 2024

21st July 202427th July 20241503

Spain’s Guardia Civil police have arrested three ‘pro-Russian hackers’ for alleged cyberattacks against Spain and other NATO countries ‘for terrorist purposes’, the force said on Saturday....

Spanish private company launches first rocket in milestone for country

News Desk7th October 202315th October 2023

7th October 202315th October 20232852

A Spanish company launched the country’s first private rocket on Saturday in a step towards bringing Spain into the exclusive club of space-faring nations. It...

Spain’s first rocket launch delayed again, this time over the risk of forest fires

News Desk27th June 20234th July 2023

27th June 20234th July 20231780

The inaugural flight of Spain’s MIURA 1 rocket, already twice suspended in recent weeks, has now been delayed until September over fears that its launch...

First official heatwave of the year in Spain, with temperatures expected up to 44C

News Desk27th June 20234th July 2023

27th June 20234th July 20235117

Spain has been sweltering in its first official heatwave of the year this week, as the government announced a new department to investigate and alleviate...

German-led campaign to boycott Spanish strawberries angers farmers

News Desk6th June 202313th June 2023

6th June 202313th June 20232648

A German-led campaign to boycott Spanish strawberries over environmental concerns has enraged farmers and Spain’s right-wing, forcing a German parliamentary delegation to suspend its work...

Spain’s maiden rocket launch postponed by high winds

News Desk31st May 20239th June 2023

31st May 20239th June 20231792

The maiden flight of the Spanish-built Miura 1 rocket was forced to postpone on Wednesday due to high winds, start-up PLD Space said, in a...

One dead and 39 injured after farm worker bus accident in Andalusia

News Desk2nd May 20238th May 2023

2nd May 20238th May 20232832

A bus carrying Moroccan seasonal workers overturned early on Monday morning in Andalusia, killing one person and injuring 39 others, three of them seriously, the...

Spanish government vows to block farming near threatened wetlands

News Desk17th April 202324th April 2023

17th April 202324th April 20232257

The Spanish government has vowed to block a regional plan to legalise farming near one of Europe’s largest and fauna-rich wetlands, where water supplies have...

From Andalusia into space: private firm to launch Spain’s maiden rocket flight

News Desk13th March 202320th March 2023

13th March 202320th March 20232562

A private company, PLD Space, based in the province of Huelva (Andalusia) and visited by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the weekend, is to launch...

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