Two dead, 12 injured after flambéed pizza sparks fire in Madrid restaurant
Two people died and 12 were injured on Friday night in a fire sparked when a waiter flambéed a pizza at a Madrid restaurant and...
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Pablo Casado finally stepping down as PP leader
Updated on Thursday 24 February at 12.15h Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) will pick a new leader in an extraordinary party convention to be held on...
Madrid’s Retiro Park and Paseo del Prado added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Madrid’s Retiro Park and the adjacent Paseo del Prado have been added to the UNESCO’s World Heritage List and is the first time that sites...
What’s next for Anglo-Spanish relations in the post-Brexit era?
Spain and Britain are both grappling with an economic crisis created by Covid-19 and the enormous challenges that this presents, whilst also adjusting to a...
Four dead and eight injured after explosion destroys building in Madrid
Four people have died and eight have been left injured following a large explosion in Madrid on Wednesday. The blast occurred just before 3pm, destroying four floors...
Spain declares ‘disaster zone’ status for Madrid and seven other regions
The Spanish government has classified Madrid and seven other regions struck the hardest by Storm Filomena last week as disaster zones, a category that will...
Madrid delays opening schools again due to snow, and imposes new Covid-19 restrictions
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (9 Feb) The Madrid regional government has again postponed the opening of schools, this time until Wednesday 20 January due to many roads...
Snow and Storm Filomena cause havoc across Spain
Storm Filomena has brought the heaviest snowfall ‘for 80 years’ in Spain combined with an on-going, persistent blizzard, leaving thousands of drivers trapped in vehicles and the...
Coronavirus in Spain full update (24 March)
Report updated in Spain at 20.30h on 24 March Official figures released by the Spanish Health Ministry at 12 noon on Tuesday 24 March confirmed 39,673 known cases of...
Madrid City Council swings right, helped by far-right
Madrid City Council has moved to the right after a right-wing People’s Party (PP) candidate was elected mayor with the support of the far-right party Vox....
