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Spain and Italy agree to end border checks after months of tension over Ceuta

News Desk22nd October 202626th October 2026

22nd October 202626th October 20261097

Spain and Italy agreed on Thursday to end the reciprocal border checks introduced after the summer migration crisis in Ceuta, bringing an almost three-month confrontation...

Spain and Italy plan joint end to border checks imposed after Ceuta crisis

News Desk16th October 202620th October 2026

16th October 202620th October 20261304

Spain and Italy are preparing to restore travel without routine border checks on their air and sea connections, following a diplomatic dispute triggered by the...

Spain and Italy extend border checks as diplomatic row over Ceuta deepens

News Desk16th September 202623rd September 2026

16th September 202623rd September 20261108

Spain and Italy have again extended reciprocal border controls for another 15 days following the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta this summer, as an...

Spain had warnings of mass migrant crossings into Ceuta, but not their scale, documents reveal

News Desk11th September 202615th September 2026

11th September 202615th September 20261929

Spain’s intelligence and security services had detected mounting migration pressure and received warnings of possible coordinated mass crossings into Ceuta before more than 70,000 people...

Four Spaniards among 3,000 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods leave at least 750 dead

News Desk27th August 20261st September 2026

27th August 20261st September 20261194

UPDATE (Sunday 30 August): The death toll from devastating flash floods and landslides in Nepal and China’s Tibet region has climbed to 750, while more...

Spain expresses solidarity with Colombia as rescuers search for earthquake survivors

News Desk11th August 202617th August 2026

11th August 202617th August 2026928

Spain has expressed its support and solidarity with Colombia following the devastating earthquake that struck the country on Monday, killing at least 132 people and...

Spain imposes reciprocal border checks on Italy as Schengen dispute escalates

News Desk7th August 202612th August 2026

7th August 202612th August 20262362

Report updated on 8 August to include Spain’s reciprocal measures. Spain has announced temporary border checks on travellers arriving from Italy in retaliation for Rome’s...

Ceuta crisis sparks emergency EU meeting requests as Sánchez rejects Schengen criticism

News Desk1st August 20263rd August 2026

1st August 20263rd August 20262037

LATEST: Spain installs sea barrier as Ceuta slowly returns to normality and death toll rises to 72. ALSO READ: Sánchez condemns mass Ceuta crossing as ‘violation...

Diplomatic row erupts as Italy urges Schengen action against Spain over Ceuta crisis

News Desk31st July 20262nd August 2026

31st July 20262nd August 20262215

LATEST: Spain installs sea barrier as Ceuta slowly returns to normality and death toll rises to 72. ALSO READ: Ceuta crisis sparks emergency EU meeting requests...

Sánchez celebrates fall of ‘last wall in continental Europe’ as Gibraltar frontier opens

News Desk15th July 202620th July 2026

15th July 202620th July 20261660

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hailed the removal of border controls between Spain and Gibraltar as the closing of ‘an open wound’, describing the...

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