MADRID, Spain -- Two people died and ten were injured in a fire sparked when a waiter at a Madrid restaurant flambeed a dish, accidentally setting decorations ablaze, authorities and local media reported Saturday. Madrid's SAMUR emergency services "treated 12 people in this disaster," two of whom...
VIGO, Spain - Spain's disgraced former king Juan Carlos returned home on Wednesday for the second time since he moved to Abu Dhabi in 2020 amid fraud investigations. The 85-year-old arrived in Vigo in northwestern Spain on a private jet from London, where he attended Real Madrid's 2-0 win over...
MOTRIL, Spain -- A 50-year-old Spanish mountain climber emerged Friday from an underground cave where she spent 500 days in seclusion as part of an experiment on the effects of isolation on the human body. Wearing dark sunglasses, Beatriz Flamini smiled and embraced family members who had gathered...
MADRID, Spain - Thieves operating in Las Vegas, a rural area near Spain's capital Madrid, managed to steal 17.5 tonnes of olives from local farms before being busted, police said Friday as they confirmed 16 arrests. "The Guardia Civil has arrested and investigated 21 people behind the theft of...
MADRID, Spain - US carmaker Ford announced Friday it will cut around 1,100 jobs at its factory in the Spanish city of Valencia as it reorganises its operations in Europe. The cuts are due to the halt of the production of the S-Max and Galaxy models at the factory in April, a company spokeswoman...
MADRID, Spain -- Spanish lawmakers approved Thursday a transgender law letting anyone 16 and older change the gender on their ID card, even as similar measures elsewhere have sparked division over the complexities of the issue. The law, which passed by 191 votes in favour against 60 opposed and 91...
MADRID, Spain -- Spain's parliament approved Thursday a law granting paid medical leave to women suffering severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation. The law, which passed by 185 votes in favour to 154 against, is aimed at breaking a taboo on the subject,...
MADRID, Spain -- Thieves stole eight deluxe dildos, six of them gold plated, from a Spanish sex-toy company, swiping premium pleasure products worth tens of thousands of euros, a sales executive said Friday. Dreamlove's Idiared Aponte told AFP that thieves forced their way into a warehouse at...
MADRID, Spain -- Spain's government unveiled Tuesday an 8.0 percent rise in the minimum wage, despite the opposition of employer groups, in a context of high inflation and a key election year. The announcement by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez comes just months before municipal polls in various...
MADRID, Spain - Spanish police arrested a suspect Wednesday in the letter bombing campaign that targeted the prime minister and the Ukrainian embassy, authorities said. The Spanish citizen was taken into custody in Miranda de Ebro in northern Spain and police were searching the home of the man, who...
MADRID, Spain -- Spanish lawmakers on Thursday voted through a bill granting paid medical leave to women who suffer from severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation. Spain's left-wing government said the legislation -- which passed its first reading by 190...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo paid a courtesy visit to Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Miguel Delgado to tackle digital cooperation initiatives between the Philippines and Spain. Among the initiatives particularly discussed...
