Politics
Impact of Spain axing Eurovision weighed up
As Iceland this week became the fifth country to pull out of the 2026 Eurovision festival, the full implication of Spain's decision last week not to join in was being assessed
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Politics
Full detailed sentence of former attorney general released by Supreme Court
The court has sentenced Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz to a two-year ban from public office and a 7,200-euro fine for disclosing confidential information
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Politics
New corruption inquiry close to PSOE opens up
Leire Díez, suspected party collaborator, and the former head of state holding company Sepi are held for questioning over 'public funds irregularities'
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Spain
Emergency: partying tourists keep Ibiza's ambulances busy
Late-night emergency calls from the macro-discotheques for cases related to drug and alcohol abuse are overwhelming the service and leaving residents unattended
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Christmas lottery
This is the winning number for Spain's El Gordo jackpot prize in the 2025 Christmas lottery draw, according to AI
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Innovation
The robot that wants to be a guide dog for the blind
A prototype developed by a team from the University of Alicante combines artificial intelligence, laser sensors and GPS with the ambition of becoming a guide and improving autonomy
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Traffic
Spain's traffic authority says that 'police will be flexible' to facilitate transition to V-16 beacons
Director of the DGT Pere Navarro has stated that the police's initial role will be more informative than punitive
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Utilities
The big mystery about the electricity bill: will it go up or down next year?
The government and the markets and competition authority have raised the fixed part of the bill to finance grids and renewables, but the ministry for ecological transition says it will become cheaper
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Heritage
Dishes from Roman Hispania make their way to haute cuisine
A chef from a Michelin-starred restaurant prepares dishes based on research by several universities into what the inhabitants of the Roman villa of Noheda in Cuenca once ate
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Economy
Raising Spain's minimum wage in line with CPI would imply extra cost of 1.72 billion euros for companies
The government has set itself the limit of raising it to at least the same level as price rises, while the Spanish confederation of businesses proposes 1.5% and the unions 7.5%
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Traffic
Motorway tolls in Spain to rise again above inflation, another 4% from 1 January
Central government continues compensating for the limit it imposed on motorway concessionaires in 2023, when tariffs were raised by half the CPI due to the economic crisis
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Food and drink
26 Spanish convents receive Repsol Guide awards for their handmade sweets for the first time ever
Repsol Guide has chosen to reward the religious orders that make the best homemade sweets, which are particularly sought after around Christmas
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Tourism
You come to my place, I'll go to yours: rise of home swaps and free travel
In Spain, there are almost 40,000 people who swap their homes with others from all over the world, free of charge, which is the highest number of users, ahead of the US
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112 incident
Woman dies in Madrid after falling from tenth floor with her three-year-old twins, both fighting for their lives in hospital
The National Police have ruled out any kind of external violence and involvement of another person and say the woman took her own life
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Military
Could military service return to Spain? Unlikely, it seems
Russia increases pressure and European countries respond with enticing offers to bolster their armed forces with younger volunteers