MADRID—One person has died and three have been taken to hospital after a carbon dioxide leak at the Asco nuclear power plant in the Spanish region of Catalonia, local emergency services said on Wednesday. A fault in the plant’s fire prevention system caused the gas leak, which was not linked to any radioactive material, the…
Santiago de Compostela: Is This Spain’s Most Appealing City?
The man walking across the Plaza de Obradoiro is dressed in an outfit quite unlike anything else my wife and I have ever seen before. His broad-brimmed felt hat, which is turned up at the front, is decorated with a bright scallop shell. He is holding onto an eight-foot-long stave. The stave also has a…
Serbia Shocks Portugal to Join Spain, Croatia at World Cup
Spain, Serbia, and Croatia are heading to next year’s World Cup. Sweden, Portugal, and Russia aren’t—not yet, anyway. Aleksandar Mitrovic’s 90th-minute header left Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal stunned in a 2–1 win for Serbia in Lisbon, which gave Serbia an automatic qualifying spot at the World Cup in Qatar. Portugal still has a chance to…
Rock Rises out of the Sea as Second La Palma Lava Flow Reaches Ocean
MADRID—New cascades of red-hot lava tumbled into the Atlantic Ocean off Spain’s La Palma on Wednesday morning, sending up plumes of white smoke and extending a platform of volcanic rock created by earlier flows. The stream of molten rock from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which began erupting in mid-September, reached the water near the popular…
Spain’s Labour Market Shows Resilience Despite End of Summer Season
MADRID—Spain’s labour market remained resilient in October, official data showed on Wednesday, with joblessness edging lower and job creation surging in a month usually marked by rising unemployment at the end of the summer tourist season. The hospitality sector led job creation, accounting for just over 25,000 of the 102,474 positions added over the month,…
Man Dies in Spain After Being Gored During a Bull Run
MADRID—A 55-year-old Spanish man bled to death after being gored in the leg by a bull during a festival in which the animals are released into the streets, local authorities said Sunday. The town hall of Onda, in the eastern Spanish province of Castellon, said in a statement that it would suspend Sunday’s last day…
Spain Pledges Quicker Help for La Palma Volcano Damage
SANTA CRUZ DE LA PALMA, Canary Islands—Spain’s prime minister announced Saturday that his government will speed up already promised aid to help the thousands of residents on La Palma island whose homes and livelihoods have been destroyed by a protracted volcanic eruption. On his fifth visit since the Atlantic island was shaken by the Sept….
Spain Evacuates 160 More Afghans via Pakistan
MADRID—Spain’s defense ministry has completed the evacuation of another 160 Afghans who had initially been left behind following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The new group joins the 83 people Spain flew into an air base near Madrid on Monday. The defense ministry said that the mission was able to extract the Afghan workers and…
From Bratwurst to Jamon: EU Pork Sector Crown Shifts to Spain
MADRID/HAMBURG—When he was a child in Avila province, Albert Pascual’s father bought 100 pigs, but the company he now leads has more than 9,000—part of a major expansion that has put Spain on track to take over as the European Union’s top pork producer this year. “My father sold pigs at a time, in the…
Santander to Pay Shareholder Remuneration of 1.7 Billion Euros
MADRID—Spain’s Santander said on Tuesday its board had decided to make an interim distribution from 2021 earnings through a cash dividend and share buyback worth 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion), equivalent to 40 percent of its first-half underlying profit, The announcement comes after the ECB said in July it would lift restrictions on bank dividend…
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