Spain helps a further 160 Afghans to flee the country via Pakistan
Spain has this week assisted in evacuating a further 160 Afghans via Pakistan, continuing its efforts to help those who had been left behind following...
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€100m ‘Mental Health Action Plan’ for counselling support and 24-hr hotline
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (19 Oct) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced details of a new Mental Health Action Plan, aimed at addressing the increasing...
Spain announces €400 culture voucher ‘birthday gift’ for teenagers turning 18
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced that teenagers who turn 18 during 2022 will receive a €400 culture voucher to spend on anything from...
Draft housing bill to help young afford rent, and hits multi-property landlords
A new draft housing bill announced this week seeks to curb surging housing costs by stopping rent increases by landlords who own 10 or more...
La Palma classified as a disaster zone, as volcano continues to erupt
The Spanish government classified the island of La Palma, struck by an on-going volcanic eruption nine days ago, as a disaster zone on Tuesday, a...
Volcano continues to erupt, forcing more evacuations and cancelled flights
One week on since the volcano started to erupt in the Cumbre Vieja national park in the south of La Palma in the Canary Islands, activity increased...
Puigdemont returns to Belgium before Sardinia extradition hearing on 4 Oct
Final update on Sun 26 Sept at 19h. Former Catalan president and MEP Carles Puigdemont, detained by Italian police on his arrival to Sardinia on Thursday evening...
Canary Islands volcano eruption could last ‘several weeks or a few months’
LATEST (26 Sept): Volcano continues to erupt, forcing more evacuations and cancelled flights The volcano eruption that began on Sunday afternoon on the island of La...
Volcano erupts in Canary Islands
LATEST (26 Sept): Volcano continues to erupt, forcing more evacuations and cancelled flights A volcano erupted on Sunday on the island of La Palma in the Canary...
Sánchez and Aragonès resume talks, despite ‘radically different’ views
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with the Catalan President Pere Aragonès in Barcelona on Wednesday – at the start of resuming ‘dialogue’ between the two governments on resolving the Catalan...
