The Bank of Spain has announced that it can recover cash that has been burnt in the recent wildfires that have devastated the country this summer. It processes approximately two hundred and fifty thousand euros in coins and five million euros in banknotes each year through its laboratories. However, the recovery of burnt banknotes poses particular challenges. Carmen Álamo, the head of the Cash Analysis Division at the Bank of Spain, stated that notes showing more than fifty per cent […]

In Agost, Alicante, a twenty-five-year-old man is currently barricaded in his family home, where he has reportedly been since the early hours of the morning. The Guardia Civil has established a significant security presence around the property, but there are no hostages or injuries reported. Efforts are ongoing to negotiate his surrender. Local Mayor Juanjo Castelló confirmed that police negotiators and psychologists have been trying to communicate with the man for several hours, along with support from his parents and […]

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia have embarked on a three-day visit to the regions of Castilla y León, Galicia, and Extremadura to assess the extensive damage caused by recent wildfires. Their visit began in Zamora and León on Wednesday, where they met with residents and fire-fighting teams to understand the impact of the fires. The monarch expressed the importance of being close to affected communities, stating, 'We wanted to be near those affected.' During their visit, the royals received […]

The annual Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain, brought together thousands of people from around the world for a messy hour of tossing overripe tomatoes. Revellers squished and hurled an astonishing one hundred and twenty tons of the fruit, transforming the central streets into a vibrant scene of laughter and chaos. The event, which drew an estimated twenty thousand participants, was marked by screams of joy as everyone joined in the fun, despite the chaotic and messy nature of the fight. […]

The Council of Ministers of Spain has recently approved a comprehensive national plan to combat corruption, prompted by the involvement of former Spanish Socialist Workers' Party officials, José Luis Ábalos and Santos Cerdán, in the Koldo case. This initiative was announced by President Pedro Sánchez during a session in Congress on the ninth of July. At a press conference following the first Council meeting after the summer break, government spokesperson Pilar Alegría outlined that the plan integrates recommendations from the […]

Two soldiers from the Spanish Army have sustained serious injuries in a traffic accident while they were involved in firefighting efforts in Galicia. The incident occurred at around eleven twenty in the morning on the A fifty-two motorway, near Trasmiras, Ourense. Their military vehicle collided with a livestock truck, resulting in one soldier being evacuated by helicopter due to critical injuries, while the other was transported to hospital via ambulance. Emergency services, including the Galician Emergency Service and local firefighters, […]

In a significant move, the Spanish government has approved the declaration of areas severely affected by wildfires and heavy rains as civil protection emergency zones. This decision, made during the first Council of Ministers meeting post-summer, aims to assist those impacted by the climate disasters recorded from June twenty-third to August twenty-fifth. Among the one hundred and eighteen emergencies, one hundred and thirteen were due to wildfires. The fires have ravaged approximately four hundred and eighteen thousand hectares in Spain, […]