April 19, 2022 Burger King apologizes after Catholics call for boycott over Holy Week ad campaign Fast food giant Burger King was forced to apologize amid backlash stemming from a religious themed advertising campaign in Spain.
April 17, 2022 Five arrested in cocaine bust off Spain's Canary Islands Spanish police arrested five people off the coast of the Canary Islands for carrying nearly three tons of cocaine
April 5, 2022 US seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin The U.S. government has seized a mega yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
April 3, 2022 Alcaraz, 18, gives Spain a Miami Open men's winner Spanish fans brought plenty of their nation’s flags to Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, thrusting them into the air whenever things were going well for Carlos Alcaraz.
March 16, 2022 'African blob': Saharan dust storm covers Spain, spreads out across Europe A huge dust storm swirling over Europe from the Sahara desert made it hard to breathe in large parts of Spain for a second straight day.
February 12, 2022 Madrid held at Villarreal before PSG; Bale makes rare start The only positive that Real Madrid could take away from its scoreless draw with Villarreal on Saturday was Gareth Bale, whose good form belied his return to the pitch after more than five months on the sidelines.
January 11, 2022 Spanish PM urges European leaders to treat COVID-19 as an 'endemic' illness, track it like the flu Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez proposed treating COVID-19 as an “endemic disease" rather than a pandemic this week, saying that Spain is considering a move to start tracking the virus like the flu instead of counting every case.
December 22, 2021 Spain issues outdoor mask mandate amid COVID-19 spike Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez passed a law by decree making it mandatory to wear a mask outdoors amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.
December 22, 2021 Spain's Christmas lottery brings joy amid COVID-19 pandemic Spaniards looking for a respite from the pandemic’s gloom and doom turned their attention Wednesday to a rite that for more than two centuries has marked the beginning of the festive period: the country’s bumper Christmas lottery, known as “El Gordo,” or “The Fat One.”
December 8, 2021 Police officers brave freezing water to rescue stranded dog Two Spanish police officers waded into a frozen reservoir Wednesday morning to rescue a stranded dog, police said.