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Spain is 'reliable' NATO member, PM says after reported US ouster threat
6+ hour, 40+ min ago (489+ words) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he was 'absolutely not worried' about the US reportedly looking to punish his country within NATO for not supporting the war against Iran Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday stressed Spain was a "reliable…...
New tools rescue old art at Madrid's Prado museum
1+ week, 1+ day ago (276+ words) A conservator cleans the sculpture "Apolo" by Italian artist Silvio Cosini at the Prado museum on October 23, 2025 Art restorers work at the painting restoration department of the Prado museum in Madrid on October 7, 2025 A conservator works on the restoration of…...
Picasso's 'Guernica' at heart of battle in Spain over location
2+ week, 3+ day ago (495+ words) Pablo Picasso's 'Guernica' depicts the horrors of a 1937 bombing during the Spanish Civil War Pablo Picasso's anti-war masterpiece "Guernica" is swept up in a conflict in Spain, where Basque leaders want the government in Madrid to move the painting to…...
Ancient loom found in Spain reveals Bronze Age textile revolution
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (945+ words) A wooden loom that survived a devastating fire 3, 500 years ago has revealed key aspects of the Bronze Age textile revolution. Most of the weights as well as components made from wood and plant fibers, remained remarkably intact despite the blaze…...
The rain in Spain was worst in nearly 50 years
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (266+ words) A man crosses a flooded street in Grazalema, southern Spain, on February 5 during Storm Leonardo Spain endured its wettest January and February in almost half a century, with a string of deadly storms lashing the country, national weather agency AEMET…...
Spanish PM vows justice, defends rail safety after deadly accidents
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (490+ words) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez vowed Wednesday that justice would be done following two train accidents that claimed 47 lives last month, and insisted the country's rail system "is safe". The back-to-back disasters in January shocked the country and raised doubts…...
Spain, Portugal face fresh storms, torrential rain
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (632+ words) Both Spain and Portugal issued warnings over potential fresh floods A flooded street in the Jerez village of Las Pachecas in southern Spain as a result of Storm Leonardo on February 5 A flooded yard in Portugal Spain and Portugal endured…...
Deadly storm sparks floods in Spain, raises calls to postpone Portugal vote
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (663+ words) A man crosses a flooded street in Jimera de Libar, southern Spain, on February 4, 2026 amid Storm Leonardo Several rivers in Portugal burst their banks Portugal's weather agency IPMA said it had been the country's second-wettest January since 2000 Meteorologists said the…...
Spain eyes full service on train tragedy line in 10 days
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (223+ words) The January 18 disaster in the southern region of Andalusia is one of Europe's deadliest train accidents this century Spain aims to restart within 10 days full service on a key high-speed railway line where a collision between two trains killed 45 people,…...
Spain unemployment drops below 10% in first since 2008
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (220+ words) A busy restaurant terrace in Palma Beach, in Palma de Mallorca, on July 18, 2025 Spain's historically stubborn unemployment fell below 10 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, official data showed on Tuesday, a first since the 2008 financial crisis. The jobless…...