Spain’s Sanchez calls China trade imbalance with EU ‘unsustainable’
- 13-Apr-2026
BEIJING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called China’s trade imbalance with the European Union “unsustainable” on Monday, as he began a three-day visit to Beijing where he hopes to strengthen economic ties. Sanchez’s visit is his fourth to China in four years as he seeks to position Spain as a bridge between Beijing and the […]
Spain permanently withdraws ambassador to Israel
- 11-Mar-2026
Spain permanently withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Tuesday as a diplomatic standoff worsened between the two countries over Spain’s opposition to the US.-Israeli attacks on Iran. The ambassador was summoned back to Spain last September amid a diplomatic row over Spanish measures banning aircraft and ships carrying weapons to Israel from its ports or […]
Trump says US will cut all trade with Spain after Iran war refusal
- 04-Mar-2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States would cut off all trade with Spain after the European country refused to let the U.S. military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran. “Spain has been terrible,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, adding that he […]
Spain refuses to let US use bases for Iran attacks
- 03-Mar-2026
Fifteen U.S. aircraft have left the Rota and Moron military bases in southern Spain since the U.S. and Israel launched weekend attacks on Iran, maps by flight tracking website FlightRadar24 showed on Monday. Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said Spain would not allow its military bases, which are jointly operated by the U.S. and Spain […]
Spanish feminist targeted by AI fakes wants stricter online regulations
- 01-Mar-2026
A Spanish women’s rights activist who suffered online abuse, including AI-generated fake nude images, said the government’s pledge to regulate social media does not go far enough, calling for anonymous accounts to be made traceable to end impunity for digital violence. As Europe’s push to rein in U.S.-based tech giants is shifting from fines and […]
Bedrooms for sale highlight the depths of Europe’s housing crisis
- 28-Feb-2026
A Spanish startup is selling bedrooms in flats shared with strangers, a UK developer offers mortgages for friends willing to buy together, while stakes in rental properties help some tenants cover their housing costs. Such unconventional arrangements highlight the lengths some young Europeans are ready to go to cope with a housing crisis that has […]
Telegram’s Durov says Spanish social media plans weaponise safety
- 05-Feb-2026
Telegram founder Pavel Durov on Wednesday joined Elon Musk in publicly criticising plans by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to ban social media access for under 16s and to prosecute executives for hate speech on their platforms. Durov said in a message to Telegram users that the proposal to block children would force social media […]
Spain to pay $24 million in compensation to victims of high-speed train crash
- 27-Jan-2026
Spain will pay out 20 million euros ($24 million) in compensation to the victims of last week’s high-speed train crash that killed 45 people and left more than 150 injured, Transport Minister Oscar Puente said on Tuesday. The nation is still reeling from the January 18 disaster in Adamuz near the southern city of Cordoba […]
Spain train crash: Passengers tell of terror, screams and darkness
- 19-Jan-2026
A violent jolt, followed by screams, flying objects, blood and then darkness is how survivors of the train crash in southern Spain on Sunday night described the moment of impact in the high-speed collision that killed at least 39 people. The trains were carrying about 400 people when the accident happened near Adamuz in the […]
At least 40 dead in Spain after two high-speed trains collide
- 19-Jan-2026
At least 40 people died in southern Spain after a high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming one on Sunday night in one of the worst railway accidents in Europe in the past 80 years. The accident near Adamuz in the province of Cordoba, about 360 km (223 miles) south of Madrid, also injured […]