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Stores, offices must keep doors shut, limit AC to save energy: Spain

Spanish offices, stores and hospitality venues will no longer be allowed to set their cooling systems below 27 degrees Celsius in summer nor raise heating above 19 degrees Celsius in the winter.

Spanish health ministry confirms second death from monkeypox virus

The Spanish Health Ministry has confirmed the country's second death from the Monkeypox virus

Spanish PM tells public to stop wearing ties to save energy

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has urged citizens to stop wearing ties to work in an effort to save energy amid the ongoing heat wave.

Over 1,000 killed in Spain's heatwave; temperature tops 40 deg C

Spain's Ministry of Health said on Thursday that 1,047 people died in this year's second heatwave as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country over the past 10 days

Spain, Portugal reject EU's proposal to limit natural gas use by 15%

The European Union's plan to reduce the bloc's natural gas use by 15 per cent to prepare for a potential cutoff by Russia this winter received sharp skepticism from the govts of Spain and Portugal

Spain rejects EU's proposal to cut gas consumption by 15% amid concerns

The Spanish govt rejects the plan announced by the European Commission to cut gas consumption by 15 per cent in the coming months in view of the possibility that Russia will cut gas supplies to Europe

Second heatwave in Spain claims 679 lives in 8 days, says health ministry

Spain's Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday that 679 people had lost their lives in the first eight days (July 10-17) of the second heatwave that hit the country this summer

510 die in Spain in first week of heatwave as temp touches 45 deg C

Spain's Health Ministry said that 510 people died from heat-related causes in the first week of a heatwave when the mercury reached 45 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country

Five injured in bar shooting, knife fight in Marbella, southern Spain

At least five people were injured when a shooting and knife fight broke out early on Monday at the open-air Opium nightclub in Marbella in southern Spain

Wildfires stretching across Spain as heatwave continues, says report

Wildfires have so far burnt more than 22,000 hectares of woodland and scrub in Spain since the start of the heatwave over a week ago, emergency services calculated

84 dead in 1st three days of Spain's heatwave; death toll likely to rise

Eighty-four people are known to have died from the heatwave that has struck Spain, the Carlos III Health Institute, which reports to the Spanish Health Ministry, said

Spotify expands video podcasts for creators in non-English speaking nations

Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has announced to expand video podcasts for creators in six non-English speaking nations countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil and Mexico

4-goal wins for Germany, Spain women in Euros openers ahead of group clash

Germany and Spain enjoyed four-goal wins in their opening matches at the Women's European Championship on Friday ahead of their group clash

Spain inflation soars to record 10% as ECB gears up for rate hikes

Energy and food costs drove Spanish inflation to 10% last month -- defying government efforts to curb it and raising pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

EU delivers first batch of monkeypox vaccines to Spain as cases surge

"As of today, the first deliveries of vaccines in response to the monkeypox outbreak are arriving at the most affected countries," Stella Kyriakides

NATO summit aims to show unity democratic values: Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez

The chief aim of the NATO summit is to send a message of unity in line with democracy, security, international order, based on rules that, unfortunately, Putin has blown to smithereens

South Korea, US, Japan finalise plan to hold trilateral summit on June 29

No trilateral meeting has since taken place amid badly frayed relations between Seoul and Tokyo

Spain unveils emergency economic measures to curb soaring living costs

The Spanish government has approved a package of emergency economic measures worth more than 9 billion euros to try to temper the economic fallout from Ukraine war, Prime Minister Pedro Snchez said

Spain witnessing worst wildfire in recorded history, say authorities

A wildfire caused by a lightening strike in the province of Zamora in northwest of Madrid has become the worst- ever recorded in the history of Spain, regional authorities confirmed

Spain bakes in worst June heatwave in 20 yrs, alert for high temp issued

Spain is currently in the middle of the worst June heatwave in the last 20 years, with all but two of the country's 17 Autonomous Communities on alert for extremely high temperatures