Spain

A new report reveals that 10 Napoleonic soldiers attacked by Spanish guerrillas were not sent to prison, as previously believed, but killed

The prime minister apologized but has ruled out resigning or snap elections as he faces the biggest crisis of his tenure

A new tool reveals the alleged cheating committed for years by the chemist, who was recently honored at the Kremlin

The residents of the peaceful Juzbado, in the province of Salamanca, are surprised to learn that more than 90% of the local workers make their living from the technology sector 

The 2025 Madrid Book Fair is dedicated to the American city. Juan Ramón Jiménez and Federico García Lorca made it a key muse of Spanish poetry in the 20th century. Since then, successive generations of writers have continued to nourish New York’s inexhaustible narrative

The rapidly advancing predator is a good swimmer and has also colonized Formentera and satellite islets in the Mediterranean. Scientists warn other micromammals that control the insect population are also disappearing 

The historian Nora Berend rememorates the construction of the myth of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar from the Middle Ages to the present

A Bolivian diplomat who translated ‘Mein Kampf’ brought up the Spanish dictator’s origins with the Third Reich. ‘Further inquiries will be made in this direction,’ says a document found by historian Marc Navarro

Climate change has swallowed beaches in the Barcelona municipality, which has lost €1 million a year since the pandemic due to the lack of tourists

Overall figures suggest that Trump has scared off tourists from some countries, and the top industry group says America is on track to lose ‘a staggering $12.5 billion in international traveler spend this year’

Salto de Castro was built in 1946 by an electricity company to house employees working on the local power station. Jason Lee Beckwith bought it for $310,000, but he is not the first to try to turn it into a profitable venture

Five people were arrested in an operation targeting livestock farms, industrial warehouses, and illegal facilities in Ávila, Toledo, and Madrid that were sending untraceable meat to restaurants

Andrii Portnov, a one-time advisor to former pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, had recently registered one of his mansions in the name of his children

EL PAÍS visits the terminals and speak with the highly vulnerable individuals, both Spanish and foreign, who are taking shelter there

The Spanish capital is experiencing a period of success and expansion. After years of trying to carve out a niche in the global city scene, it finally seems to have found a model and a brand to go with it. Is it all real or just a facade? And does it lead to an inclusive place to live or is it just for a select few?

Energy experts were surprised by the inability to isolate the blackout to a single area, forcing the system to be rebooted from scratch, but they say restoration of service was quick given the circumstances

While the opposition insists on keeping the power plants open beyond the scheduled timeline, the government closes ranks around renewables

PM Pedro Sánchez says he will seek accountability from private operators and pledges changes: ‘This cannot happen again, ever’

The government is reluctant to speculate on the cause of the outage, despite the hypotheses that have emerged in the hours without power, such as a possible cyberattack

More than 99% of the country’s power supply has been recovered, but some rail service is still suspended in Madrid and Barcelona

The heart of Spain’s capital is filled with pedestrians looking for a way home, parents trying to pick up their children from school and traffic jams

The Spanish and Portuguese governments are investigating the reason for the electrical shortage. Power has been restored in some areas in the north and south of Spain

The blackout is affecting telecommunication systems across the country

Hundreds of travelers were trapped in the city’s subway while officers tried to direct traffic

The outage has interrupted traffic, affected air traffic, disrupted public transportation, and in many areas even the traffic lights are not working

The professor of administrative law explains in his new book the best ways for artificial intelligence to be incorporated into the work performed by civil servants