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Felipe VI says that the transatlantic link between Europe and North America ‘continues to be essential for global security and stability’

The transportation minister admits that vibrations reported on that route before the crash ‘are not normal.’ A new report suggests the right rail was fractured before the train that derailed passed over it

Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente explains that investigators have found grooves in the wheels of the five cars of the Iryo train and scuff marks on others that passed over the accident site

The derailment of an Iryo train, followed by the collision of an Alvia train traveling in the opposite direction, caused a railway tragedy: 41 dead, more than 120 injured, nine of whom remain in the ICU

The Transport Minister has warned against speculation: ‘We don’t know if it was the rolling stock or the track’

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has canceled his trip to Davos and will visit the scene of the accident. The Transport Ministry warns that the death toll could rise

Jovana Ríos and Gema Fernández, the Women’s Link directors who exposed the star’s alleged abuse, say this is not an isolated case: ‘There is a framework of tolerance and impunity’

Every September, the descendants of the residents evicted to build the highest dam in Galicia return to where the deceased were transferred from the cemetery at the height of the reservoir’s flooding

Felipe VI says that maintaining ties requires ‘great patience and diplomatic courage,’ and calls for a ‘genuine democratic transition’ in Venezuela

William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, head of Los Tiguerones, was released from prison after a deadline to file pre-extradition safeguards expired. ‘The legal authority decided to set a terrorist free in Spanish territory,’ said Ecuador’s interior minister

The comical restoration by Cecilia Giménez, who died Monday, became a worldwide sensation. But it’s not the only botched job in Spain

For years, writers like Erik Harley and the collective Nación Rotonda have examined this phenomenon, using it as a metaphor for Spain’s construction frenzy

Sales of these vehicles have multiplied in the last decade in Spain, where a lack of affordable housing has become a major social concern. Although the country trails far behind others such as France in its cultural acceptance of this lifestyle, more people are jumping on board

Following Trump’s call to consider the airspace closed as part of his pressure campaign against the Maduro regime, many members of Spain’s large Venezuelan community will be unable to spend time with their loved ones

Located just minutes from the center of the Spanish capital, Cañada Real Galiana, with its 8,000 inhabitants, is the largest informal settlement in Europe. A landscape of marginalization, insecurity, and drug trafficking, it has now become a film location thanks to Guillermo Galoe’s movie

The former director of the Teatro Español was admiring the catch of the day and sipping wine in a café in Culatra when the police closed in

The opposition leader, who declined to provide any details about her next steps, asserts that ‘time is against Nicolás Maduro and the regime, and in favor of the opposition, of Venezuelans’

The company received €53 million in 2021 after being considered ‘strategic’ by the Spanish government. The CEO and president have now been arrested as part of a larger operation

Documents sent to Spain’s National Biosafety Commission confirm at least two tests conducted in October and November at the facilities, which are undergoing construction work. Authorities are investigating the possibility of a lab leak

There is no medicine for this disease, nor will one be available in the near future, meaning authorities have to resort to medieval measures to counter a plague

Another 1.3 million are waiting for an appointment. The avalanche of applications in the final months before a deadline expired could delay the process for years. Most applicants come from Argentina, followed by Cuba and Mexico

The wealthiest men and women in Spain are three times more likely to marry each other than if couples were formed randomly

Álvaro García Ortiz has also been ordered to pay a fine to Alberto González Amador, who is the partner of the conservative premier of Madrid

Police arrested 20 people, including high-priority DEA targets and members of the Italian Camorra

Author of the canonical biography of the dictator, the British historian has spent more than half a century immersed in the study of the Civil War, the dictatorship and the Transition

Three associations mobilized to rescue and care for 16 horses that were otherwise likely to be sent to slaughter or continue working in other Spanish cities