The Latest Breaking News from Spain

‘Escape wizard’ who has broken out of four prisons is arrested in Spain

Albanian criminal has cut bars, descended sheets and even used human pyramid in escapes in Italy and Belgium

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26

'Escape master' who broke out of multiple prisons across Europe arrested in Spain

Officers tracked the fugitive down to a neighbourhood in Tarragona where they believed he was living. A judge ordered the man to be remanded in custody without bail while his extradition to Italy is processed.

Euronews · Aug 26

Spain cuts estimate of minors in Ceuta after duplicates found in database

Madrid is preparing to redistribute some of the minors across Spain as police found duplicate records had significantly inflated the figures.

Euronews · Aug 26

Partial lunar eclipse on Friday: Where to see it in Spain, Italy, France, Portugal and Germany

At maximum eclipse on 27–28 August, Earth’s dark umbral shadow will cover 96% of the Moon’s face - an almost total eclipse.

Euronews · Aug 26

Scientists found a 4-million-year-old baby tapir in Spain, the most complete juvenile skeleton of its kind ever found in Europe

At the Camp dels Ninots site in Caldes de Malavella, near Girona in northeastern Spain, researchers have recovered a remarkably complete skeleton of a young tapir that died roughly 4 million years ago, when the region was still home to a humid subtropical landscape surrounding an ancient volcanic lake. The…

The Times of India · Aug 26

Ceuta crisis: anti-migrant ‘invasion’ rhetoric threatens Europe’s food supply and economy

In August 2026, a deep humanitarian crisis unfolded in Ceuta, a small Spanish enclave situated on Morocco’s northern coast. Around 72,000 people entered from Morocco over the course of two days. More than 100 drowned trying to cross into Spanish territory.

The Conversation · Aug 25

China's Geely used 800 engineers and AI to create a modular EV manufacturing system; Ford is now applying it in Spain, aiming to slash development time and costs by half without building the system itself

For decades, Western automakers entered Chinese joint ventures primarily to secure access to local buyers. That dynamic has quietly inverted at Ford's manufacturing site in Valencia, Spain, where the American brand is adopting a modular manufacturing architecture engineered by Geely. Rather than spending billions of dollars and nearly four years…

The Economic Times · Aug 25

Spain to reform asylum laws to align with EU rules as Ceuta crisis remains unresolved

Spain is set to reform its asylum laws as the Ceuta crisis remains unresolved. The European legislation aims to make it easier to reject asylum requests and accelerate returns, in line with demands from the bloc's hardline countries

Euronews · Aug 25

Premios Juventud 2026 in Marbella: 'Noche de Estrellas' Hosts, Performers and Airtimes - EXCLUSIVE

Premios Juventud is expanding its historic move to Spain with a two-hour red carpet show featuring live performances, early award presentations and a team of television personalities and digital creators from both sides of the Atlantic.

Latin Times · Aug 25

A Flight With 5 Rescued Spanish Galgos Inspired This Photographer’s Artistic Sighthound Photo Project

After spending 25 years as an attorney, Kelly McNamara retired from law and built a second career around two things she cared deeply about: photography and animal welfare. That mission eventually took her to Spain, where she volunteered as a flight patron for five rescued Galgos, accompanying them all the…

Bored Panda · Aug 25