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Wildfire emergency deepens as royals visit evacuees and new Valencia blaze forces thousands to flee

News Desk26th July 202631st July 2026

26th July 202631st July 20261974

Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited evacuees from the country’s devastating wildfires on Sunday, praising the ‘exemplary coordination’ of the emergency response as...

Spain declares first national wildfire emergency as blazes rage, while France battles mass evacuations

News Desk24th July 202626th July 2026

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Spain has declared a national emergency for the first time in response to wildfires after a series of rapidly spreading blazes around Madrid and th...

Spain faces escalating wildfire crisis as Sánchez warns climate emergency cannot be ignored

News Desk22nd July 202624th July 2026

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Spain’s largest wildfire of the year has now burned more than 32,000 hectares in the central province of Guadalajara (Castilla-La Mancha), becoming one of the biggest blazes...

Spain signals support for EU jet fuel sharing as imports from US & Nigeria increase

News Desk21st April 202627th April 2026

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Spain is prepared to play an active role in any European Union initiative to share jet fuel reserves and is open to the idea of...

Spain’s energy minister urges power firms to make last year’s blackout information public

News Desk23rd March 202630th March 2026

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Spain’s Energy Minister Sara Aagesen (main image) on Monday urged electricity companies to disclose all the data they hold on the widespread blackout that struck Spain...

Spain’s wildfires spark new political clash, as PP call civil protection head ‘just another arsonist’

News Desk22nd August 202526th August 2025

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The wildfires that have been raging for several days across west and northwest regions of Spain have sparked a fresh political clash between the country’s...

Spain’s grid operator and electricity providers exchange accusations over blackout

News Desk19th June 202525th June 2025

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Spain’s national power grid operator and the country’s electricity providers exchanged accusations on Wednesday regarding the widespread blackout in April that impacted the Iberian Peninsula. The...

Reasons for Spain’s April power blackout: ‘overvoltage’ & ‘poor planning’

News Desk17th June 202524th June 2025

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Six weeks after a massive blackout disrupted power in Spain and Portugal, officials in Madrid released an official report on Tuesday attributing the April incident to...

Spanish government rules out that a cyberattack caused nationwide blackout

News Desk15th May 202520th May 2025

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Click here to read all our reports related to Spain’s blackout. The Spanish government said on Wednesday that it had ruled out a cyberattack on...

Pedro Sánchez calls for patience as the investigation into cause of blackout continues

News Desk7th May 202512th May 2025

7th May 202512th May 20251967

Click here to read all our reports related to Spain’s blackout. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez asked for patience on Wednesday, as mounting pressure surrounds...

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