Spain has recorded an impressive sixty-three point seven million international air passengers between January and July two thousand twenty-five. This figure marks a six percent increase compared to the same period in two thousand twenty-four, as reported by Turespaña on Tuesday. In July alone, international travellers exceeded eleven point seven million, reflecting a four point three percent increase from the previous year. Notably, arrivals surged from key originating markets, with […]

As Spain encounters extreme heat this summer, a seventy-year-old man has died in Plasencia, Cáceres, making him the third heat-related fatality in the region. He reportedly suffered a heat stroke while fishing. Previously, a sixty-seven-year-old man and an eighty-five-year-old man also lost their lives due to heat-related illness in the same area. In La Rambla, Córdoba, another man succumbed to the scorching temperatures while walking on a local path. The […]

The long heatwave that has gripped Spain since early August is set to come to a close as cooler air pushes in from the Atlantic. This moderate temperature drop follows a period of extreme heat with maximums rising above forty degrees Celsius in areas like the Guadalquivir valley. The State Meteorological Agency reports that this heatwave lasted for sixteen days, ranking as one of the longest experienced in recent years. […]

The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition has expanded its alert regarding the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in several varieties of Brie and Camembert cheeses imported from France. The affected products, which are under scrutiny, include the 'Brie Meule' and 'Camembert du caractere vieux porche'. These cheeses have been distributed across various autonomous communities including Andalucía, Aragón, Cantabria, Cataluña, the Balearic Islands, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia, and the Basque Country. […]

Seventy-five migrants have reached the shores of the Balearic Islands this weekend, arriving on six small boats intercepted by maritime rescue teams and the Civil Guard. On Sunday, the Civil Guard located eight migrants in Sant Josep de sa Talaia, while a group of four was intercepted on a beach in Santanyí, Mallorca. The first boat was spotted at three thirty in the morning, with additional interceptions reported throughout the […]

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the People's Party in Spain, has declared his support for a ban on the burka and niqab, which only allows the eyes to be seen, in public spaces. However, he firmly opposes a ban on the hijab, the headscarf worn by Muslim women, asserting that it does not undermine women's dignity or public safety. Feijóo's comments followed increased attention to this matter in light […]

On the seventeenth of August, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the Operational Coordination Centre against Wildfires in Ourense. During his visit, he expressed the need for a national pact aimed at mitigating and adapting to the climate emergency in response to the surge of wildfires affecting Spain. Sánchez emphasised that this initiative requires cooperation from all public administrations, parliamentary groups, civil society, scientific institutions, businesses, and trade unions across […]

In a tragic turn of events, a second volunteer has died in the Castilla y León wildfire, which originated in Molezuelas de la Carballeda and has spread to both Zamora and León. The thirty-six-year-old man succumbed to his injuries early Thursday morning, after suffering extensive burns that covered eighty-five per cent of his body. This information was confirmed by Nicanor Sen, the regional government's delegate during a broadcast on 'La […]