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She's Lived in Gaudi's Casa Mila for Almost 4 Decades

Ana Viladomiu has rare lifetime lease in Barcelona landmark, with super-low rent

(Newser) - Tour groups regularly stream past her door, which means Ana Viladomiu can no longer put the trash out while still wearing her PJs. The Guardian profiles the 70-year-old writer, one of two final long-term residents of Antoni Gaudi's Casa Mila in Barcelona, Spain, a UNESCO-listed landmark also known as...

Russian Ship That Sank Mysteriously May Have Carried Nuclear Reactors

Spanish probe suggests secret nuclear reactors were aboard vessel possibly downed by Western strike

(Newser) - A Russian cargo ship that mysteriously blew up and went down off Spain's coast in late 2024 may have been secretly hauling nuclear submarine reactors for North Korea, according to new reporting. The Ursa Major, a state-linked, Russian-flagged freighter officially listed as carrying "non-dangerous" goods, issued a distress...

Eric Clapton Halts Madrid Show After Fan Throws Object

Musician, 81, leaves stage uninjured after what appeared to be a vinyl record was thrown

(Newser) - Eric Clapton's first Madrid show in a quarter century ended abruptly after something more than applause came flying out of the crowd. Entertainment Weekly reports that the 81-year-old guitarist was heading toward the back of the stage at Movistar Arena on Thursday, just after playing "Cocaine," when...

Hantavirus Cruisers on Public's Fears: 'They Want to Sink the Boat'

Passengers on stricken MV Hondius are afraid they'll be ostracized once they're back on land

(Newser) - In the days since the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, concern has taken hold among at least some of its Spanish passengers, but not so much because they fear contracting the illness. Rather, they're afraid of how they'll be received back on land. They'...

6K Years Ago, They Climbed a Mountain to Get at Metal

Archaeologists find evidence of ancient copper smelting camp high in Spain's Pyrenees

(Newser) - High in Spain's Pyrenees, a cave packed with green stones is rewriting what archaeologists thought they knew about prehistoric life in the mountains. A new study argues the site, 7,300 feet up in Girona province, was a seasonal copper-smelting camp used on and off for more than 4,000...

Spain Seizes Record Cocaine Haul at Sea

Civil Guard intercepts vessel with upwards of 40 tons near Canary Islands, arrests 23

(Newser) - Spain has just pulled in what could be its biggest cocaine haul ever. A Civil Guard operation intercepted a ship in international waters off the Canary Islands on Friday and hauled it to port in Las Palmas, where officers found the hold packed with drug bales that could total up...

NATO Dismisses Leaked Pentagon Memo on Spain

Memo discussed 'punishments' including suspending Spain from alliance

(Newser) - NATO says it simply doesn't work that way. The alliance on Friday dismissed the idea that the US could push to suspend Spain over its refusal to back strikes on Iran, after Reuters reported an internal Pentagon email floated "punishing" allies seen as unhelpful. NATO officials told the...

Spanish Bullfighting Icon's Comeback Does Not Go Well

Morante de la Puebla is gored in the rectum, requiring 2 hours of surgery

(Newser) - Spain's most revered bullfighter ended up in the hospital after his return to the ring took a gruesome turn. José Antonio Morante de la Puebla, 45, was gravely injured Sunday in Seville when a bull charged, tossed him, and drove a horn into his rectum, leaving what the Mirror...

Starmer Says UK Won't Join US' Hormuz Blockade

British PM backs reopening vital waterway while rejecting Trump's blockade plan

(Newser) - Britain's leader is drawing a clear line on a key flashpoint in the Iran conflict. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday the UK will not support President Trump's naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, reports the New York Times , insisting his priority is keeping the vital oil...

Retired Matador Gored to Death
Retired Matador Gored to Death
Apr 6, 2026 5:58 AM CDT

Retired Matador Gored to Death

Ricardo Ortiz fatally gored while handling animals at Málaga's La Malagueta arena

(Newser) - A veteran of the bullring has died in the very arena where he once fought. Retired matador Ricardo Ortiz, 51, was fatally gored Friday while working with bulls in their pens at La Malagueta in Málaga, Spain, reports CNN . The company behind the event, Lances de Futuro, said Ortiz...

Spain to Trump: Mind Your Own Business
Leaked US Cable
Calls Out Spain
Apr 1, 2026 10:40 AM CDT

Leaked US Cable Calls Out Spain

Spain's health minister blasts US after it critiqued legal euthanasia case

(Newser) - Spain is bristling at Washington over its critique of a Barcelona euthanasia case, which has served to further strain ties between the two allies. A leaked US cable shows the State Department told its embassy in Madrid to scrutinize how Spain applied its right-to-die law in the case of 25-year-old...

For US War Planes, Spain Is Now a No-Fly Zone

Madrid bans American planes involved in the 'profoundly illegal' Iran war

(Newser) - Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in the Iran war, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said Monday, marking another step in the country's opposition to the US and Israel's conflict in the Middle East. Spain had already said the US could not use jointly operated military...

Woman, 25, at Center of Euthanasia Fight Is Dead

Noelia Castillo dies by assisted death, reigniting debate over Spain's euthanasia law

(Newser) - A 25-year-old Spanish woman whose battle to end her life sparked a national debate over euthanasia has died through assisted dying in Catalonia. Noelia Castillo, left paraplegic and in chronic pain after a 2022 suicide attempt following a reported sexual assault, used Spain's 2021 euthanasia law to request an...

Police in Spain Find Body of Missing American Student

James Paul Gracey was on a spring break trip to Barcelona

(Newser) - The body of a missing American college student was found Thursday in the water off a Barcelona beach, police in Spain said. Police divers discovered the remains of James Paul Gracey, the AP reports, not far from the beachside spot where he was last seen. His body was positively identified,...

Morrissey Calls Off Gig After Night in 'Indescribable Hell'

'It will take me one year to recover,' he says after sleepless night in noisy Spanish hotel

(Newser) - British rock star Morrissey won't perform a concert in Valencia after festivities in the Spanish city kept him from getting a proper night's rest, the former frontman of The Smiths said Thursday. A statement posted on Morrissey's website on the morning of the concert said that the...

Relations Between Spain, Israel Get Frostier

Spain has permanently pulled its ambassador

(Newser) - Spain just made a diplomatic snub to Israel permanent. Madrid on Tuesday formally ended its ambassador's posting to Israel, confirming that the role is being scrapped and the embassy in Tel Aviv will now be headed indefinitely by a charge d'affaires. The ambassador had been recalled in September...

Soccer Club Desperately Seeks Madonna's 36-Year-Old Shirt

Spain's Celta Vigo wants jersey the pop star wore during a 1990 concert

(Newser) - Spanish soccer team Celta Vigo is desperately seeking Madonna as it goes in search of a 36-year-old soccer shirt the pop star wore during a 1990 concert at its Balaidos stadium. As the AP reports, Madonna appeared on stage wearing the club's true blue colors during her Blonde Ambition...

Spain's PM Doubles Down After Trump Threat: 'No to War'

Pedro Sanchez says war in Iran would be 'playing Russian roulette' with millions of lives

(Newser) - Spain's prime minister is rebuffing President Trump's threats of a US trade embargo. Per the BBC , Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday explained why he won't let the US use its bases for military action against Iran , summing up his government's stance in just a few words: "...

Spain Blocks US Use of Its Bases for Iran Strikes

Madrid cites violations of international law

(Newser) - Spain has slammed the door on US military aircraft involved in strikes on Iran, saying American forces can't use its bases for operations Madrid views as illegal under international law. Spain's foreign minister José Manuel Albares said Sunday that US and Israeli actions were "unilateral" and Spanish...

Kidnapped Girl's Nightmare Continued After Rescue

Abducted to Bolivia at 9, then left to struggle after rescue, Nada Itrab now fights child trafficking

(Newser) - A 9-year-old girl boarded an overnight bus in Spain's Barcelona in 2013—and what follows is a kidnapping, a jungle rescue, and a second betrayal back home. Writing for the Guardian , Giles Tremlett traces how Moroccan-born Spaniard Nada Itrab was taken by a trusted neighbor, Grover Morales, to Bolivia...

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