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He made buildings that looked like slouching drunks and quarrelling couples but it was the Spanish museum that secured his ‘starchitect’ status – a creation that became something of a curseFrank Gehry once had a cameo in The Simpsons in which he designed buildings by scrunching up pieces of paper. There was a bit more to it than that, but from Prague […]

Residency and citizenship crackdowns, repatriation grants, caps on foreign population, elections and all amid an expected and continued rise in the polls for the right... how will immigration trends change around Europe in 2026?

In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at why the Spanish government doesn't want people to write the woman's name "Charo" online, and how many drivers in Spain are questioning why they have to spend €50 on the new mandatory V-16 light.

Spanish authorities said Saturday they are investigating five laboratories in an effort to find the source of an African swine fever outbreak that has unnerved Europe's leading pork-producing nation.

Host broadcaster says show will not suffer after four countries withdraw from 2026 contest over Israel and GazaAustria has said it will continue with plans to host next year’s Eurovision, in spite of its budget being hit by four countries boycotting the song contest over Israel’s participation and the war in Gaza.At a meeting in Geneva, the national […]

Decision by four countries to pull out over Israel’s inclusion is significant for the contest but crisis may not be existentialThe decision by four European broadcasters to boycott next year’s Eurovision over Israel’s inclusion is undoubtedly a watershed moment in the 70-year history of the song contest.One of the few genuinely popular, non-elitist […]

Rinaldo Nazzaro says detention of suspected Base members in Spain justifies ‘resistance … by any means necessary’After Spanish police and Europol’s counter-terrorism section arrested three suspected members of the Base – a globally proscribed neo-Nazi terrorist group – in the eastern province of Castellón, its American leader living in Russia […]

Subsidies in the thousands of euros is the main draw for drivers as the Spanish government aims to get a higher number of EVs on the roads next year.

Do you have some unexpected guests or want to impress visitors from abroad? Here's how to create an authentic Spanish tapas feast with minimal effort.

Spanish star Rosalía on Thursday announced 2026 world tour dates for her critically acclaimed new album "Lux", with shows across Europe, the United States and Latin America.

The Canary Islands' Tourism Minister who recently pushed through reforms to regulate tourist flats on the archipelago has received several threats and attacks to her property, including an AI-generated video in which she is seen being burnt alive.

A countrywide fixed-price travel pass, tighter rules to enter the UK from Spain, lots of changes for drivers, insurance for e-scooter riders and plenty more - here's a breakdown of all the changes to travel and transport in Spain in 2026.

Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands pull out after decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participationIreland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands will boycott next year’s Eurovision after Israel was given the all-clear to compete in the 2026 song contest despite calls by several participating broadcasters for its exclusion over the war in […]

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hosted his Moroccan counterpart in Madrid on Thursday for talks with the European Union's strategic North African neighbour, notably on the sensitive Western Sahara.

Over a million renters in Spain who signed rental contracts in 2020-21 are due to renew them sometime in the next year, meaning many of them could face price hikes or even eviction.

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ordered France to pay a former military chief of the ETA militant group €10,000 in compensation for failing to give adequate medical treatment.

News that Wetherspoons will open its first pub outside of the UK and Ireland at Alicante Airport has made international headlines. However, Spain already has hundreds of popular pubs; if you haven't been to one here's what to expect.

From January 1st 2026, all drivers in Spain should carry a V-16 emergency light in their cars. Even though they're mandatory from that date, Spanish traffic authorities have confirmed that no fines will be issued early in the new year.

Spain's early December 'puente' this weekend gives people the chance to take a break and travel. But what will the weather be like across the country?

Spain's leftist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Wednesday €700 million of government investment to boost electric vehicle sales and strengthen the country's key auto sector.

Nine-country poll finds half of people believe risk of war with Russia is high and three-quarters want to stay in EUNearly half of Europeans see Donald Trump as “an enemy of Europe”, rather more rate the risk of war with Russia as high and more than two-thirds believe their country would not be able to defend itself in the event of such a war, a survey […]

Spain consistently comes out on or near the top of many worldwide digital nomad rankings, but is the situation here really as good as it's made out to be?

Are you a non-resident, non-EU traveller planning on visiting Spain soon? Here are the airports where you may still find problems with the rollout of the EU's new Entry/Exit System.

Hundreds of police, rangers and military personnel deployed to tackle virus threatening pork export industrySpanish authorities have deployed hundreds of police officers, wildlife rangers and military personnel in an effort to contain an outbreak of highly infectious African swine fever (ASF) outside Barcelona before it becomes a major threat to the […]

Conch-shell trumpets discovered in Neolithic settlements and mines in Catalonia make tone similar to french horn, says lead researcherAs a child, Miquel López García was fascinated by the conch shell, kept in the bathroom, that his father’s family in the southern Spanish region of Almería had blown to warn their fellow villagers of rising rivers and […]

Three people are accused of belonging to the Base, an ‘accelerationist’ white power organisation founded in the USPolice in Spain have arrested three people on suspicion of belonging to the Base, a global neo-Nazi terrorist group that incites and trains members in techniques to overthrow governments and bring about a race war.The group, which has been […]

Pressure grows on Pedro Sánchez amid series of claims involving his family, party and administrationTens of thousands of people have attended an anti-government demonstration in Madrid to demand a snap general election as the country’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, tries to weather a series of corruption allegations involving his family, his […]

Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Basque town for remembrance ceremony marking ‘terrible crimes’ of 1937Eighty-eight years after Luftwaffe pilots took part in the most infamous atrocity of the Spanish civil war, Germany’s president has visited the Basque town of Guernica to honour the victims of the Nazi bombing and to urge that the “terrible […]

Coastguard says 76-year-old passenger was reported missing from Tui-operated vessel on Thursday morningA British cruise company has said it is working with authorities after a passenger on one of its ships was seen entering the water in the seas around the Canary Islands.Marella Cruises, which is operated by Tui UK, said the guest went overboard as the […]

The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked for the party. But I ended up quitting politics in disappointment. What happened?This article originally appeared in Equator, a new magazine of politics, culture and […]