Spain's lottery sellers urge bigger Christmas jackpot to match inflation

Spain's lottery sellers have urged the government to raise the price of tickets for the country's traditional Christmas draw and boost the top prize known as the "Fat One" to keep up with inflation, the head of their main association has said....

Spain Park students build custom cars for kids with disabilities

Spain Park engineering students teamed up to make accessible cars for United Ability kids. (Hoover City Schools) For the past few months, Spain Park High School engineering students have been designing and building custom electric toy cars for...

Spain orders poultry indoors as bird flu spreads

Madrid: Spain will confine poultry indoors in several regions starting Monday in response to escalating cases of avian influenza across Europe, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday. "Over the past weeks, we have observed an increase in the...

Spain issues fine for AI-generated sexual images of minors

(Reuters) -Spain’s data protection agency on Thursday said it had fined a person for sharing AI-generated sexual images of minors using real faces, in what Spanish media said was the first case in Europe of a financial penalty for this type of...

Spain struck by horror floods leaving high streets submerged and dozens of flights cancelled

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Spain hit by MORE horror floods as vids show streets submerged & people running for cover as storm sparks flight chaos

SPAIN has been battered by more horror floods with streets left submerged after a day of hellish rain. Dramatic footage shows locals running for cover as a huge storm smashes into Barcelona with several airports shut down due to lightning strikes...

Exiled King of Spain shockingly reveals he shot his own brother dead while playing with a pistol when they were teens

SPAIN’s exiled king has revealed for the first time how he accidentally shot dead his younger brother while playing with a loaded pistol. The disgraced 87-year-old royal lives in the Gulf state of Abu Dhabi after being cast out over a series of...

El Gordo could get even fatter: Ticket sellers for Spain’s Christmas lottery urge government to up prize in line with inflation

SPAIN’S annual Christmas lottery could get even fatter after ticket sellers for El Gordo called on the government to increase the draw’s top prize in line with inflation. Every December, millions of Spaniards hold their breath and watch on in hope...

Relatives of palliative care patients in Spain will be able to take consecutive leaves of absence to support them for longer

Spain's second deputy PM and Minister for Employment, Yolanda Díaz, wants to revolutionise the country's leave of absence system and she wants it done in one fell swoop. This minister has set her sights on giving another turn of the screw to paid...

Limerick man publishes first translation of O’Casey play in Spain

Enda Kenneally has published Seán O’Casey’s The Plough and The Stars with launches set for the Irish embassy and a local theatre bookshop Enda Keneally at the launch of Daughters of Spain published by his company Ybernia Today at 17:36 A Limerick...

Strasbourg's setback for Junqueras, Turull and Sánchez: it says that Spain did not violate their rights with preventive detention

BarcelonaSo far, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has been overturning all resources of the independence movement that has arrived. This Thursday was no exception: Strasbourg concluded that Spain did not violate the political rights of...

Stewart to skipper experienced Ireland XV against Spain

Ulster hooker Tom Stewart will captain the Ireland XV side and is one of ten Test-capped internationals in the starting team to face Spain on Saturday (5pm Irish time). Senior internationals Michael Lowry, Robert Baloucoune and Shayne Bolton are...

Tom Stewart to captain Ireland XV side against Spain

Ireland head coach Cullie Tucker has named a team containing 10 internationals for their Test against Spain in Leganés on Saturday (4pm Irish time, live on Rugby Pass TV). Ulster hooker Tom Stewart will captain the side. His provincial team-mates...

Five Munster Rugby players named in Ireland XV to face Spain on Saturday

IRELAND XV Head Coach Cullie Tucker has named his match day squad to face Spain in Leganés on Saturday, kick-off 4pm Irish time. Munster’s Dan Kelly, Michael Milne, Evan O’Connell and Ruadhán Quinn all start with Lee Barron among the replacements....

IFF Helms On-Site Green Hydrogen Production Facility In Spain

IFF, a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and biosciences, has installed a nature-based hydrogen production facility at its Scent R&D and fragrance ingredients manufacturing plant in Benicarló, Spain. The new facility is part...

BIZARRAP & Daddy Yankee to Make History at NFL’s First Game in Spain

The NFL continues to incorporate our communities, and it’s doing so in more ways than just playing games in Latin America and celebrating its Latino players. On the first-ever game in Spain, which will be played on November 16 at Santiago Bernabéu...

Spain's former King Juan Carlos reveals for first time how he shot and killed his brother when they were teenagers

Spain's exiled king Juan Carlos I has revealed for the first time how he shot and killed his younger brother when they were teenagers. The former royal, who now lives in Dubai, published his 500-page memoirs this week, in which he wrote about the...

Little Barcelona in Prescott captures the flavours of Spain without compromise

Breadcrumb Trail Links Life Food Paella, pintxos and Iberian ham reflect Barcelona-born chef Marc Gomez Segu’s devotion to Spanish tradition. Published Nov 06, 2025 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 5 minute read Lorna Thain-Segu and Chef Marc Gomez...

Cocktail and tapas bar from Tomahawk Steakhouse team 'brings piece of Spain to the North East'

A new cocktail and tapas bar has opened on Teesside giving customers an "authentic Spanish experience". La Terraza, recently celebrated its opening in Yarm with a successful restaurant launch to a packed crowd of food lovers, local business...

CU Boulder students to compete in half-Ironman world championship in Spain

University of Colorado Boulder doctoral student Izzy Collins won her age group in a half-Ironman race this spring, a performance that landed her a spot in the Ironman 70.3 World Championship, where she will compete on Saturday. During her...