Politics
PM Pedro Sánchez goes it alone and increases Spain's defence spending to 2% of GDP
The Spanish prime minister has announced a reallocation of funds, "savings" and surpluses of up to 10.5 billion euros to meet the Nato goal this year
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Tourism
This is the cheap holiday scheme for pensioners in Spain with some packages on offer at just 50 euros
The Spanish government's Imserso programme will offer nearly 900,000 places on subsidised trips for retired people during the 2025/6 season and a new feature will be the ability to travel with pets
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Así se transportan 1.200 millones de dólares en coca en un narcosubmarino
These semisubmersed drug mules have been crossing the Atlantic more and more and have already been detected in the Pacific - the route between Colombia and Australia
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Motoring
Six-month prison sentence for pretending to be another person before test to recover driver's licence points
A provincial court in Spain has decided to impose the minimum jail term and reduced the amount of the original fine
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Motoring
The new warning sign that could be coming to a road near you soon
Wild boar are the cause no less than 40% of the animal accidents on Spain's roads, more than those caused by roe deer (35%), which already has its own pictogram
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Motoring
Price, status and speed of electric vehicle chargers in Spain is mapped for first time
The only official tool promoted by the Spanish government already reports in real time on 25,782 public charging points, some 80% of the total
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Health
The new one pill a day for weight loss and glucose control that is as effective as a jab
It acts on the GLP-1 hormone and achieves similar results to the injectibles from Novo Nordisk (Ozempic) and Eli Lilly (Mounjaro)
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Traffic
'Green light' for new traffic signs coming to roads across Spain soon
The designs have been given a refresh, some 20 years since the last update, with wild boar and electric scooters appearing on the new signs, along with an update to the girl on the beware of children outside school pictogram
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112 incident
Man dies and his 14-year-old son is injured after car crashes into group of cyclists on main road in Spain
The 20-year-old driver of the vehicle was arrested by police following the crash in Alicante province on Easter Sunday
Extra Helicópteros Sanitarios
Complex heart rhythm disorders treated by internationally recognised specialists
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Health
TV nature presenter Frank Cuesta 'out of danger' after spitting cobra strikes
The naturalist had to be urgently admitted to hospital in Thailand after the reptile spat venom in his face
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Religion
Outpouring of grief and three days of mourning announced as Spain reacts to death of Pope Francis
National and regional politicians, amongst others, have reacted to the news after the head of the Catholic Church died in Rome this Monday morning
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Religion
Pope Francis dies at 88
The head of the Catholic Church has died in Rome after several weeks of ill health
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Crime
Woman found dead in car boot in Spain had filed domestic violence complaint but rejected protection measures
When the killer saw a police patrol on the AP-7 motorway, the victim's husband stopped his vehicle and admitted to officers that he was carrying her corpse in the boot
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Weather
Aemet forecasts when warmer temperatures will return to Spain with the mercury rising across most of the country
For now, the state meteorological agency has warned of the arrival of a front that will bring rain and storms to parts of the Spanish mainland this Monday and Tuesday
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Two-year-old girl drowns at a water park in Spain
The young child drowned when she became trapped under some mats floating in the water, according to eyewitnesses
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