Spain's Málaga suspends new tourist flat licences for three years

The southern city of Málaga has become the latest in Spain to try and regulate short-term tourist rental accommodation, suspending new licences for three years. Málaga city council has suspended licences for new tourist flats in the southern city,...

Janmashtami 2025: Spain's Castellers Group Arrives In Mumbai For Dahi Handi

Mumbai: Ahead of the auspicious festival of Janmashtami 2025, a Spanish team of castellers has arrived in Maharashtra to take part in the Dahi Handi Mahotsav. In visuals from Mumbai, a group of castellers were seen forming a human pyramid and...

Ontario teen chasing soccer dream in Spain

'The big question was: ‘How would you like to come play in Spain on scholarship?' This was the moment I was dreaming about my entire life,' says 17-year-old Tyler Blackburn NEWMARKET - After a frustrating exercise getting all the necessary...

Trump’s ‘refugees’ settle in Spain: ‘We’re not going back to the United States’

Spain has become a refuge for Americans escaping Donald Trump’s authoritarian drift. Families who, without looking back, have landed with the intention of staying. For now, there aren’t too many. This isn’t an exodus or a migration crisis. But the...

Spain issues heat alert amid escalating wildfire threat

All of Spain was on a heatwave alert yesterday, while the weather agency warned that much of the country was at "very high to extreme risk" from wildfires. Nearly two weeks of high temperatures have left Spain sweltering, and yesterday spread to...

Portugal wildfires claim first victim; Spain, France on alert

MADRID: Portugal suffered its first death on Friday from the fires raging there, as Spain’s weather agency warned of a “very high to extreme risk” of more wildfires there during Europe’s intense heatwave. Further east, Greece was still fighting...

Spain, Portugal and Greece battle raging wildfires amid grueling heatwave

Firefighters in Spain, Portugal, and Greece continued to battle wildfires Friday on a public holiday in all three countries as persistent hot, dry conditions challenged efforts to contain the blazes. Spain was fighting 14 major fires. Temperatures...

Spain's weather agency said there was a 'very high to extreme risk' of wildfires on Friday

Morocco’s Observatory calls on Spain to investigate 1970s Polisario attacks on Spanish, Moroccan sailors

The National Observatory for Strategic Studies has called on the Spanish authorities to launch an urgent parliamentary investigation into the deadly attacks that targeted Spanish and Moroccan civilian sailors along the coasts near the Sahara...

Heat wave hampers fight against wildfires in Spain, Portugal, Greece

Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece battled ongoing wildfires Friday, an important religious holiday in all three countries, as persistent hot, dry conditions challenged efforts to contain the blazes. Spain was fighting 14 major fires,...

Day in Photos: Trump Meets Putin, World War II Anniversary, and Wildfire in Spain

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque | August...

Spain airport strikes: Where major disruption is set to hit passengers this summer

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Former mayor is killed trying to defend Portuguese town from wildfire inferno - as apocalyptic blazes rip through Europe, ravaging Spain and Greece turning them into a burning hellscape

The former mayor of a Portuguese town has died after trying to fight dramatic wildfires which have ravaged Europe including Spain and Greece. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa offered his 'heartfelt condolences' to Carlos Damaso, a victim of a...

Spain and neighbors battle deadly wildfires as heat fuels Mediterranean crisis

A deadly wave of wildfires across Spain, Greece, and other Mediterranean countries has killed at least four people, forced mass evacuations, and prompted urgent calls for stronger climate adaptation measures. Sam Jones and Helena Smith report for...

Spain battles 14 major fires with 'unfavourable conditions' expected to fuel more

Spain fails to annul Toyota’s ECT award

(Credit: Shutterstock/Al.geba) An ICSID annulment committee has upheld an Energy Charter Treaty award ordering Spain to pay more than €106 million to a subsidiary of Toyota Group over reforms to the state’s renewable energy subsidy regime....

Spain, Portugal, Greece battle wildfires; heat wave expected for days

Local residents react in front of the fire during a wildfire in Santa Baia De Montes, northwestern Spain, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo) MADRID — Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece battled ongoing wildfires Friday, an important...

Spain’s Väcka Kicks Off Rebrand with Functional Plant-Based Dairy Products

4 Mins Read Barcelona-based Väcka has unveiled a fresh identity with a foray into functional health, starting with four nutrition-packed plant-based dairy offerings. Spanish plant-based startup Väcka is diving headfirst into consumers’ demand for...

Spain warns of 'extreme fire danger' amid heat wave

Spain on Friday warned of “very high or extreme fire danger in most of the country,” as firefighters there continue battling 14 blazes in temperatures up to 104 degrees. Photo by Eliseo Trigo/EPA-EFE Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Spain on Friday warned of...

Spain on heat alert and ‘very high to extreme’ fire risk

All of Spain was on heatwave alert on Friday, while the weather agency warned that much of the country was at “very high to extreme risk” from wildfires. The situation had improved for several other southern European countries, but Greece was...