Spanish Police Make Arrest Linked to Letter Bomb Campaign
A 74-year-old Spanish man was detained days after American and European officials said that Russian military intelligence officers might have directed the attacks.
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Man, 74, arrested in Spain over letter bombs sent to PM and embassies
Man suspected of being author of letter sent to Pedro Sánchez and several institutions in late 2022, reports saySpanish police have arrested a 74-year-old man suspected of being the author of the letter bombs sent in late 2022 to several institutions a…
Spain calls second emergency meeting over murders of six more women
Government convenes domestic violence experts after killings of six women and a young girl this monthThe Spanish government has called a second emergency meeting of domestic violence experts in less than a month after the murders of six women and a you…
Climate crisis and neglect threaten Spain’s saffron crop
Growers fear a perfect storm for a tradition that has long bound rural communities togetherA sharp wind shunts clouds across the low and endless skies of La Mancha as Carlos Fernández stoops to pluck the last mauve flowers of the season from the cold e…
Nearly half of Spanish families pay for private ‘shadow education’
Study shows 47% of households with school-age children paid for lessons between 2019 and 2020Almost half of Spanish families pay for private classes for their children, but while richer households invest in “widening and perfecting” their offspring’s k…
Balearic Islands seek to ban non-residents from buying property
Officials point to similar policy in Canada and ask Madrid to lobby EU as high prices push out local peopleOfficials on Spain’s Balearic Islands want to ban non-residents from buying property as soaring prices in Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza drive local…
‘Out of your league’: Shakira song mocking ex Gerard Piqué breaks YouTube record
Video with DJ Bizarrap ridiculing footballer’s new relationship racks up 63m views in 24 hoursA savage new song by Shakira in which the Colombian star, philanthropist and committed believer in the veracity of hips ridicules her former partner Gerard Pi…
‘No topic is off the table’: the Spanish mayor hearing voters out over dinner
Michel Montaner visits a different constituent at their home most nights to gain a better feel for people’s concernsIt began with a tweet in October. “I would like to have dinner at your home. I’ll bring dessert.” What followed was an avalanche of invi…
British collector of Russian art saves Málaga museum from possible closure
Jenny Green offers to exhibit her private collection at Museo Ruso, a Russian art museumA Russian art museum in Málaga has been saved from possible closure by a British enthusiast after she offered to exhibit her private collection of 76 works by Russi…
Spain expands free travel offer to intercity bus services
Government introduced free travel on train journeys in SeptemberFree train travel introduced by the Spanish government in September to offset the rise in the cost of living has been extended to intercity bus services with free travel on the 389-mile (6…