Spain culls over 120 cattle after first outbreak of lumpy skin disease
Spanish officials on Monday confirmed plans to cull more than 120 cattle following the country’s first recorded outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD), a highly...
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Barcelona, Madrid join Europe-wide rallies against Israel’s Gaza campaign
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Dublin and other European cities on Saturday to denounce Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, amid...
Spain joins Italy in sending a navy ship to protect Gaza flotilla after drone attacks
In separate announcements made on Wednesday, Spain and Italy said that they are sending a navy ship each to assist the aid flotilla to famine-stricken...
Authorities issue warnings, as Spain & southern Europe hit by summer’s first major heatwave
Authorities across Spain and Southern Europe urged people to stay indoors and safeguard vulnerable groups on Sunday, as the summer’s first major heatwave pushed temperatures...
Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, elected as first American pope, to be Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, was on Thursday elected as the first American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV, making him the...
Felipe VI and Letizia join heads of state and world leaders for funeral of Pope Francis
Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia joined heads of state and world leaders at the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in Rome, sitting...
EU hits out at Trump’s tariffs, yet keeps door open for ‘last-minute negotiations’
European leaders strongly criticised the latest round of sweeping US tariffs on Thursday, with the European Union signalling its readiness to implement countermeasures while also...
‘Make Europe Great Again’ – the EU’s far-right bloc makes show of force in Madrid
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and France’s Marine Le Pen took centre stage at a Madrid rally on Saturday, organised by Europe’s most prominent far-right...
EU vows ‘firm’ retaliation if Donald Trump unleashes trade tariffs
The European Union has vowed to respond ‘firmly’ if US President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on the bloc, condemning his latest trade actions against Canada,...
Pedro Sánchez argues for Europe to be ‘open & prosperous’, not ‘closed & poor’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez argued for Europe to remain ‘open and prosperous’ instead of ‘closed and poor’ in a European Council summit in which...
