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October 10, 2026
Geopolitics/World

Social Media Is Making Parliamentary Politics More Confrontational, Study Finds

Political debate in Spain’s parliament has become increasingly confrontational, with negative rhetoric rising sharply in plenary sessions since 2017, according to a study analysing 48,191 parliamentary speeches and interventions between 1996 and

Geopolitics/World

Death of Evicted 87-Year-Old Woman Fuels Spain’s Housing Protests

Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Spanish woman whose eviction from her Madrid home last month triggered mass housing protests and contributed to the calling of an early election, has died, the Madrid tenants’ union said on Wednesday. Thousands of demonstrators took

October 8, 2026

Foreign Postgraduate Students Generate €3.27 Billion for Spain as International Enrolment Surges

Business

International postgraduate education has become a major source of economic activity for Spain, with foreign students enrolled in master’s and other postgraduate programmes generating

Intelligence Warnings Before Ceuta’s Unprecedented Migration Surge

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The Spanish Government’s decision to declassify 40 reports and communications relating to the migration crisis in Ceuta offers an

Social Media Is Making Parliamentary Politics More Confrontational, Study Finds

October 10, 2026
Geopolitics/World

Political debate in Spain’s parliament has become increasingly confrontational, with negative rhetoric rising sharply in plenary sessions since 2017, according to a study analysing 48,191 parliamentary speeches and interventions between 1996 and

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Death of Evicted 87-Year-Old Woman Fuels Spain’s Housing Protests

October 8, 2026
Geopolitics/World

Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Spanish woman whose eviction from her Madrid home last month triggered mass housing protests and contributed to the calling of an early election, has died, the Madrid tenants’

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Foreign Postgraduate Students Generate €3.27 Billion for Spain as International Enrolment Surges

October 5, 2026
Business

International postgraduate education has become a major source of economic activity for Spain, with foreign students enrolled in master’s and other postgraduate programmes generating an estimated €3.27 billion for the economy, according

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Intelligence Warnings Before Ceuta’s Unprecedented Migration Surge

September 10, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The Spanish Government’s decision to declassify 40 reports and communications relating to the migration crisis in Ceuta offers an unusually detailed reconstruction of the days before, during

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Spain Records Highest Heat-Related Death Toll Since 2015

September 1, 2026
Human Rights/World

Spain has recorded its highest estimated number of heat-related deaths since the country’s Daily Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo) began operating in 2015, with 5,232 deaths linked to high temperatures between May 15

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“€500 a Day to Understand a Doctor: The Chinese Man Profiting from Madrid’s Healthcare Gap

August 23, 2026
Business

He does not wear a white coat and he is not a doctor. Yet for the past twenty years, Marcos has been a familiar presence at Madrid’s Fundación Jiménez Díaz, attending an

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Spain Probes Cocaine Network’s Alleged Money-Laundering Web in Valencia

August 14, 2026
Business

Spanish investigators are examining an alleged money-laundering network used to conceal the proceeds of a major cocaine trafficking operation centred on the port of Valencia, with suspected funds traced through property companies,

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Spanish Police Officer Challenges Court Order to Surrender Phone in Harassment Investigation

August 7, 2026
India/Judiciary/World

A Spanish police officer who has accused a senior police commissioner of sexual and workplace harassment has challenged a court order requiring her to surrender the mobile phone used to record alleged

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Spain Rejects Claims It Ignored Intelligence Warnings Before Ceuta Migrant Surge

August 4, 2026
Human Rights/World

The Spanish government has denied allegations that it overlooked intelligence warnings ahead of the mass arrival of tens of thousands of migrants in the North African exclave of Ceuta, as authorities continue

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Spain Deploys Floating Border Barrier After Deadly Mass Migrant Crossing into Ceuta

August 2, 2026
Human Rights/World

Spain said overnight migrant crossings into its North African enclave of Ceuta had fallen to virtually zero after authorities moved swiftly to reinforce border controls following an unprecedented mass crossing that claimed

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Wildfires Escalate Across France and Spain as Mass Evacuations Exceed 300,000

July 26, 2026
France/World

Powerful wildfires intensified across France and Spain on Saturday, forcing authorities to expand evacuation orders affecting more than 300,000 people as emergency services struggled to contain rapidly spreading blazes driven by strong

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Luxury Homes Go Underground as Spain’s Secret Property Market Expands

July 26, 2026
Business

Private off-market transactions are becoming an increasingly significant feature of Spain’s luxury real estate sector, where multimillion-euro properties are sold discreetly to carefully vetted buyers. Driven by demands for privacy from wealthy

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Spanish Hotels Take on Booking.com in Billion-Euro Legal Battle Over Pricing Practices

June 21, 2026
Diplomacy/Geopolitics

A major legal battle between Spain’s hotel industry and Booking.com is taking shape, with more than 1,400 hotel companies preparing to join a class-action lawsuit accusing the online travel platform of imposing

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30 Tonnes of Cocaine Destroyed After Largest Drug Seizure in Spain’s History

June 19, 2026
Business

More than 30 tonnes of cocaine have been destroyed after authorities completed the disposal of the largest cocaine seizure recorded in Spain’s history. The shipment, seized on 1 May by the Central

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Spain’s Former Prime Minister Faces Unprecedented Judicial Scrutiny in Influence-Peddling Probe

May 24, 2026
Diplomacy/Geopolitics

According to reporting by El País, Spain has entered uncharted political and judicial territory after the Unidad de Delincuencia Económica y Fiscal (UDEF) delivered a formal indictment to former prime minister José

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