EVENTS
Two people arrested for the death of an 82-year-old German after arranging to meet in Gran Canaria
They had arranged a meeting in Maspalomas, in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
Laura Bautista /EP
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Hantavirus 2026
Spanish hantavirus patient in Madrid tests positive in second PCR and remains 'stable' with mild symptoms
Head of the WHO has stated that "more cases are likely to emerge, but there is nothing to suggest a larger outbreak"
Rocío Mendoza | -
The new face of fraud: three new scams draining bank accounts
Hackers are exploiting new technology to deceive banking customers, using tools that even shock the banks
José María Camarero | -
Crime
From animal shelter to police station: meet the hero rescue dogs of Palencia
How Nao, Urko, and Gea went from being abandoned to fighting drugs crime in Castile and Leon
Miriam Antolín | -
Air travel
Spain secures 90-day kerosene supply for flights
The energy department has stated that shipments are arriving in Spain without incidents
Cristina Cándido |
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Hantavirus 2026
Spain registers first positive hantavirus case among passengers in quarantine
There are now ten cases from the Hondius cruise ship including the Spanish patient, who is feeling well and has no symptoms at the moment
Domenico Chiappe and Salvador Vallejo | -
Energy
Spanish consumers' organisation helps main energy companies' customers demand compensation for 2025 blackout
The list of companies includes Viesgo Distribución, Endesa e-Distribución, E-redes, UFD Naturgy and i-DE Iberdrola
CPS | -
Gender-based violence
Madrid priest sentenced to eleven years in prison for sexual assault
The ruling states that he entered the victim's home on several occasions, using his own keys, to sexually assault her
CPS | -
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Immigration
Spanish government urges Supreme Court to reject block on 500,000-person migrant regularisation
State attorney warns that halting the landmark decree would leave hundreds of thousands of people in legal limbo and damage the national interest
Melchor Sáiz-Pardo |
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Transport
What you need to know to make your electric scooter legal in Spain
The DGT Spanish traffic authority approves new regulation making thousands of vehicles unusuable
José Carlos Castillo | -
Crime
Parents of three children rescued from four-year 'lockdown' in Spanish villa jailed
A German man and his American wife are sentenced in Oviedo for psychological violence after keeping their children isolated from the world since the Covid pandemic
Natalia Penza | -
Crime
British tourists avoid jail after brutal glassing of cocktail bar staff in Mallorca
Two men are convicted of wounding in Palma after reaching a last-minute plea bargain over a violent attack at an upmarket Palmanova restaurant
Natalia Penza | -
Hantavirus 2026
LIVE: Spain completes evacuation operation of hantavirus cruise ship passengers on Monday
The US has confirmed a "weak positive" hantavirus test in one of the evacuated passengers
Javier Arias Lomo and Salvador Vallejo |
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Celebrity
Bonnie Tyler resuscitated after cardiac arrest at Portuguese hospital
The Welsh singer remains in an induced coma in Faro following emergency surgery for a burst appendix and serious infection
Gerard Couzens | -
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Hantavirus 2026
Spain hantavirus: two women under isolation in Alicante and Barcelona test negative
This is the second PCR test for the 32-year-old woman in Alicante
Salvador Vallejo and Rocío Mendoza |