Spain’s top officers outline their weapons ‘shopping list for Santa’
Gen. Javier Salto Martínez-Avial, chief of the Air & Space Force, wants 25 more Eurofighters under contract quickly – and likely has eyes on the F-35 for the future.
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Villages evacuated as ‘very large’ wildfire ravages south-west Spain
Hundreds of firefighters struggle to contain blaze across at least 7,500 hectares in northern ExtremaduraHundreds of civilian and military firefighters are tackling a wildfire in south-west Spain that has burned across at least 7,500 hectares (18,500 a…
Spain hopes domestic tasks app will ensure all family members pull their weight
Free app will shed light on ‘mental load’ overwhelmingly carried by women when it comes to choresThe Spanish government is hoping to encourage men to do more at home by developing a free app that will log how much time each household or family member s…
Spanish climber, 84, injured in bid to be oldest to scale world’s 14 highest peaks
Carlos Soria forced to abandon ascent of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri, one of two 8,000-metre summits he is still to conquerAn 84-year-old Spanish mountaineer has been forced to abandon his 15th attempt to reach the summit of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri – one of the two …
Spanish PM offers €2 cinema tickets for over-65s ahead of regional elections
Pedro Sánchez announces subsidy as his Socialist party lags behind conservative opposition in pollsSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has announced a new scheme that will allow over-65s to go to the cinema every Tuesday for just €2 (£1.76) two week…
Police in Spain and France break up international eel smuggling gang
Officers arrest 27 people and seize tonnes of baby eels, seen as a delicacy but critically endangeredPolice in Spain and France have arrested 27 people and seized 1.5 tonnes of live baby eels, as well as goods worth more than €2m, after breaking up a g…
Spanish ministers approve €2.2bn drought recovery plan
Package of measures will help farmers maintain production and avoid food shortages after hottest April everThe Spanish government has approved a €2.2bn (£1.9bn) plan to help farmers and consumers cope with an enduring drought that has been exacerbated …
Man, 40, dies from suspected carbon monoxide leak in Mallorca
Newlywed Jaime Carsi, 40, found in holiday let and wife, Mary Somerville, 39, is in serious condition in hospitalA suspected carbon monoxide leak from a fridge in a holiday let in Mallorca is being blamed for the death of an Edinburgh-based financial a…
EU parliament report calls for tighter regulation of spyware
Non-binding vote bans surveillance software after concluding Hungary and Poland used it to track journalists and opponentsThe EU needs tighter regulation of the spyware industry, a European parliament special committee has said, after concluding that H…
‘If you win: housewife’: Spanish women’s race sorry after winner given food processor
Organisers of Carrera de la Mujer apologise after backlashSpain’s secretary of state for equality offers criticismThe organizers of a women’s race in Spain has apologised after the winner was offered a food processor to take home, something that has sp…