#Spain

Spain will legalise about 300,000 undocumented immigrants per year over the next three years as it seeks to expand its labour force in the face of an ageing population, Migration Minister ...

Damages to businesses in towns hit by floods in eastern Spain could rise to over €10 billion, with banks loan exposure to the area worth alone around €20 billion, representatives for local ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday expressed his “profound sadness” over the flooding disaster which has killed more than 150 people in Spain’s Valencia. “Cyprus stands in solidarity with Spain. Our ...

The death toll from devastating flashfloods in eastern Spain climbed to 158 on Thursday, with rescue teams still searching for those missing in what could become Europe’s worst storm-related disaster ...

Spain issued another storm warning on Thursday for part of the Valenica region devastated by floods that have killed at least 158 people, as rescuers scoured flooded fields and stranded cars ...

At least 95 people have been killed in possibly the deadliest flooding to hit Spain in its modern history after torrential rain battered the eastern region of Valencia, sweeping away bridges ...

Spanish scientists said they will reveal details of the nationality of 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. Countries have argued over ...

At least nine migrants died and 48 are missing after their boat capsized early on Saturday near the Spanish island of El Hierro, rescue services said, in what threatens to be ...

Spanish authorities are encouraging the expansion of luxury hotels as they crack down on a surge in holiday rentals that has triggered anti-tourism protests in places like Barcelona or the ...

Francisco Carrillo sobbed with relief as he lay on the bed in his new apartment in Madrid provided by a charity after three years of sleeping rough in the backroom ...

A luxury cruise ship rescued 68 migrants trying to reach the Spanish Canary Islands in a fishing boat that had stalled in rough seas, Spanish authorities and the cruise operator said ...

A two-storey restaurant building collapsed on the beach in Palma de Mallorca on Thursday, killing at least four people and injuring 16 people in the tourism hot spot in Spain’s ...

Spain has refused permission for an Israel-bound ship carrying arms to call at the southeastern port of Cartagena, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Thursday. Albares confirmed reports that ...

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he would step back from public duties “for a few days” to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a ...

Police found a 10th body in an apartment block devastated by a huge fire in Spain’s third largest city of Valencia, authorities said on Saturday. The blaze, fanned by ...

At least four people were killed in a fire that engulfed an apartment building in Valencia in eastern Spain, local authorities said on Friday, while at least 19 people remained missing. ...

Stiffer fines and punishments are necessary for people using poisonous agricultural products, as in the past three decades almost three dozen Griffon Vultures, a protected species, have been killed by ...

A helicopter crashed on a Madrid motorway ring road on Friday morning, hitting a car and leaving three people injured, the city’s emergency services said. Two people were in ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou will discuss migration issues on Tuesday, in Madrid, with his Spanish counterpart, Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez. According to a press release, during their meeting the two ...

The 2030 World Cup final will probably be held in Spain, one of the three hosts of the tournament along with Portugal and Morocco, Spain’s acting Sports Minister Miquel Iceta ...

Authorities on the Spanish island of Tenerife evacuated some 3,000 people from their homes overnight as a wildfire sparked by high temperatures and strong winds raged in a forested area already ...

Spain’s rightwing opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo on Tuesday launched a likely fruitless bid to form a government following a July election in which no party won a majority. ...

Spain’s women players want to “just stick to football” after they ended their boycott of the national team that started after former Spanish Federation (RFEF) boss Luis Rubiales kissed ...

A few subway lines in Madrid and high-speed train connections with southern cities were closed on Monday morning and two men were missing after torrential rain hit central Spain. Emergency ...