While much of Europe battles grey skies and freezing temperatures, Madrid enjoys mild conditions, with February highs reaching a delightful 17°C. A winter visit means more than just pleasant weather, it’s a chance to explore the city’s rich cultural scene in peace.

Higher energy prices drove up Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate to 2.9% in January, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Thursday.

Spain’s far-left Podemos party posted on Tuesday that Europe and Spain must act to stop the Israeli plan for “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza. “The ceasefire does not put an end to the horror. Trump openly supports Netanyahu’s plan: expulsion, extermination and ethnic cleansing,” the party posted on social media network Bluesky.

Spain's economy expanded a stronger-than-expected 3.2% in 2024, by far outperforming its euro zone peers' sputtering economies, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute showed on Wednesday.

After vacationing in Spain a few times, Cristina Martinez, from the US, felt enamoured with the European country and was eager to return – for good. She left Miami for Spain in 2022, but decided to return home after just two years.

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The country is at the forefront of a wider crunch spreading across Europe, and its prime minister has proposed a 100 percent tax aimed at foreign real estate investors.

Storm Herminia caused the worst flooding in decades in northwest France, while triggering red alerts for huge waves along the coast of northern Portugal and Spain.

Tourism is booming in Spain, helping the economy rival even healthy US growth. It will also be a buffer against Trump’s tariffs.

Mujhait Muhammad would brace himself as evening fell, when the five smugglers manning the boat bound for Europe would begin beating him and the other migrants with hammers. Each one of them was bound by rope.

Arachnophobia alert! There’s an eight-legged terror lurking in Spain’s warm coastal regions, and it’s got a reputation as deadly as its name. The European black widow (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus)

CHISINAU – President Donald Trump’s abrupt freeze of U.S. foreign aid is sending shockwaves through Eastern Europe, leaving pro-democracy groups, independent media, civil society initiatives and local governments scrambling to make ends meet in a region often defined by rivalries between East and West.