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“Spain Today” brings the latest news and analysis from Spain in clear, concise English. From politics and the economy to culture and society, our daily episodes—released every morning—cover key stories shaping the nation. Whether you’re an expat, language learner, or simply interested in Spain, we offer a balanced overview of current events. Stay tuned, stay informed, and stay connected! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SpainTodayNews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spain.today.news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaintodaynew/

  1. 5h ago

    03.72 - Spain's rail infrastructure chief resigns after Urda crash | Spain Today

    🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 5 November 2026 1. Spain's rail infrastructure chief resigns after the Urda crashLuis Pedro Marco de la Peña, president of the rail infrastructure manager Adif, has resigned a day after transport minister Óscar Puente stepped down over the Urda high-speed crash that killed 69 people. He handed in his resignation to Carlos Cuerpo, the first deputy prime minister and economy minister, who has temporarily taken over the transport portfolio and says restoring trust in high-speed rail is now the priority. 2. Constitutional Court treats Junqueras, Romeva and Turull as amnestiedSpain's Constitutional Court has unanimously closed the appeals of former Catalan vice-president Oriol Junqueras and former ministers Jordi Turull and Raül Romeva, saying they have lost their purpose now that the Supreme Court has applied the amnesty law and declared their criminal liability for misuse of public funds extinguished. 3. Experts recommend a 4.9% minimum wage rise for 2027A government expert panel recommends raising Spain's minimum wage by 4.9% in 2027, to €1,281 a month over 14 payments, about €60 more per payment. Unions wanted 7%, while employers oppose a new increase. 4. Zelensky in Madrid during the Ibero-American summitUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky landed by surprise in Madrid during the 30th Ibero-American Summit and meets prime minister Pedro Sánchez at Moncloa today, ahead of US-Ukraine-Russia talks planned in Abu Dhabi on 10 and 11 November.

  2. 1d ago

    03.71 - Transport minister Óscar Puente resigns after Urda crash | Spain Today

    🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 4 November 2026 1. Transport minister Óscar Puente resigns after the Urda train crashSpain's transport minister, Óscar Puente, has resigned after the high-speed rail crash near Urda, in Toledo, which killed 69 people. He announced it at the end of more than four hours of questions in parliament, saying a minister cannot stay in office after two rail accidents this serious in less than a year, and calling it a matter of political dignity. 2. Junior doctors' on-call shifts capped at 17 hoursA new royal decree ends 24-hour shifts for doctors in specialist training, capping each on-call shift at 17 hours, with minimum rest between shifts. Pay adds a training bonus that rises each year of residency, but the junior doctors' association says they will lose income and wants the reform scrapped. 3. Rail unions protest and call an ADIF strike on 17 NovemberRail workers are demanding more safety after the Urda crash. Train drivers are preparing a strike at Renfe on 10 November, with partial stoppages on the 12th, and the works council of the rail infrastructure manager ADIF has agreed a strike for 17 November, with a rally outside parliament the day before. 4. Cristina Fernández Cubas wins the 2026 Cervantes PrizeCatalan writer Cristina Fernández Cubas, a master of the short story and of fantastic fiction, has won the Cervantes Prize, the most important award in Spanish-language literature. The jury praised a body of work that has renewed the contemporary short story.

  3. 2d ago

    03.70 - Spain Today News 3 November 2026

    🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 3 November 2026 1. Police clear the Puerta del Sol housing campPolice have cleared the protest camp in Madrid's Puerta del Sol, where hundreds of people had been demanding the right to housing since 26 September. On Monday several groups had started moving out to neighbourhoods to prepare a general strike, but the movement had insisted the camp would stay. 2. Urda rail crash: all 69 victims identifiedForensic teams have now identified all 69 people killed in the high-speed rail crash near Urda, in Toledo: 54 Spanish and 15 foreign nationals. 39 injured people remain in hospital, nine of them in intensive care in Castilla-La Mancha, while 81 have been discharged. The government is set to approve an urgent aid package for victims, and Transport Minister Óscar Puente appears before parliament and rules out resigning. 3. A decree to cut processed and fried food in hospitals, care homes and nurseriesA new royal decree limits ready meals to three servings a month in hospitals and care homes, and just one for children, with fried food capped at two servings a week. Menus must include fresh fruit and vegetables every day, legumes weekly and fish twice a week. Centres will have twelve months to adapt. 4. La Palma hit by an island-wide blackoutLa Palma, in the Canary Islands, lost power across the whole island for almost four hours after a stormy night, following a fault on a transmission line. It is the island's second total blackout in less than a year and a half, and the regional government says its grid has serious problems in generation, transport and distribution.

  4. 3d ago

    03.69 - Spain Today News 2 November 2026

    🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 2 November 2026 1. Urda rail crash: 66 of 69 victims identifiedForensic teams have identified 66 of the 69 people killed in the high-speed rail crash near Urda, in Toledo; the three still missing are foreign nationals, two from Australia and one from Japan. Renfe has ordered its drivers to slow to 40 km/h whenever the LZB safety system fails, and the government is preparing an aid decree for the victims for Tuesday. 2. Prices jump with the Madrid–Andalusia high-speed line closedWith the line, used by almost six million people last year, still shut, travellers are turning to car sharing and flights. New car-share drivers on the route have multiplied by eight and bookings by ten, the average Madrid to Seville ride rose from 30 to 41 euros, and one airline capped Madrid to Andalusia fares at 99 euros. 3. Barcelona's police operation against Blocus ends with no incidentsHundreds of officers sealed off central Barcelona to stop riots and looting called online by the group Blocus. The operation ended with no incidents, three arrests, 1,440 people identified and 127 fined, a week after similar calls ended in serious riots. 4. Sculptor Miquel Navarro dies at 81The Valencian artist, born and based in Mislata, was known for turning the city itself into sculpture, with his landscapes of small pieces evoking urban skylines, and later for monumental public works across Spain.

  5. 4d ago

    03.68 - Spain Today News 1 November 2026

    🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 1 November 2026 1. The open questions after the Urda crashInvestigators are still trying to work out why the high-speed train that hit a stationary Iryo train near Urda, in Toledo, was cleared to move again at normal speed instead of "on sight" at a maximum of 40 km/h, and why the safety systems did not stop it. At least 69 people died; 56 victims have been identified. The Madrid to Andalusia line remains closed. 2. A new EU fee on parcels from outside the UnionFrom 1 November, the EU charges a two-euro handling fee for every category of item in a parcel coming from outside the Union. It comes on top of the three-euro duty introduced in July on small parcels worth up to 150 euros, mostly aimed at cheap orders from platforms like Temu, Shein and AliExpress. 3. Blocus founder jailed without bailA court in Valencia has sent two young men linked to the online movement Blocus to prison without bail, including the man police describe as its founder. They are investigated over calls on social media to riot and loot shops. 4. ES-Alert warnings multiplied by tenSince the October 2024 floods in Valencia, Spain's ES-Alert emergency phone warnings have multiplied by ten. Fires and heavy rain are the most common reasons; in July alone, 159 alerts were sent.

  6. 5d ago

    03.67 - Spain Today News 31 October 2026

    🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 31 October 2026 1. The warning before the Urda crashSpain's rail accident investigators warned in May 2025 that poor communication between traffic control centres and train drivers was not a one-off but a "systemic" problem. Two days after the high-speed crash near Urda, in Toledo, where at least 69 people died, the probe is focusing on the orders the control room gave the drivers. Transport minister Óscar Puente says the people in the control centre "could see what was happening". 2. Inflation stuck at 4.9%Inflation in Spain stayed at 4.9% in October, the highest level since February 2023. The average household electricity bill rose 7.2% to more than 92 euros because of high gas prices. The economy keeps growing: GDP rose 0.6% in the third quarter, 2.7% year on year. 3. Mortgages still more expensiveThe Euribor closed October at 3.239%. For a typical 150,000-euro variable mortgage over 25 years, that means paying more than 85 euros a month more than a year ago, about 1,000 euros a year. 4. Valencia floods: official toll rises to 234Two years after the October 2024 floods, the judge investigating the disaster has raised the official death toll in Valencia province to 234, while some ground floors and garages in the worst-hit area are still unusable.

  7. 6d ago

    03.66 - Spain Today: what failed in the Urda train crash, a Spaniard tipped to lead the ECB, teens arrested over looting chats and fake news after the crash

    🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 30 October 2026 1. What failed in the Urda train crash The death toll from Wednesday's high-speed crash near Urda, in Toledo, has risen to 69, with around 200 passengers treated in hospital. A Renfe AVE hit the back of an Iryo train that had reported it was stopped on the Madrid–Seville line. Early findings point to a computer failure that took down the LZB automatic safety system, followed by decisions at the control centre to let trains move again. The key question for investigators is why the AVE was travelling at around 200 km/h instead of the roughly 40 km/h the rules require in that situation. 2. A Spaniard could lead Europe's central bank Christine Lagarde will step down as president of the European Central Bank on 7 February 2027, nine months before her term ends. The race to succeed her has already begun, and Spain's Pablo Hernández de Cos is the early favourite among economists, with the Dutch central banker Klaas Knot as his main rival. 3. Teenagers arrested over looting chats Police have arrested two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, in Valencia and in Bellmunt d'Urgell, Lleida, accused of creating and running "Blocus" chat channels that called for looting, vandalism and attacks on police officers. 4. Fake news after the crash After the Urda crash, social media filled with old photos from January's Adamuz rail accident, AI-generated images, conspiracy theories and even fake text messages sent to victims' families.

  8. Oct 29

    03.65 - Spain Today: high-speed train crash in Toledo, drivers' strike, Valencia floods two years on and the Sijena murals

    🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 29 October 2026 1. High-speed train crash near Urda, Toledo At least 68 people have died and dozens are injured after a Renfe high-speed train carrying 378 passengers hit the back of an Iryo train that was stopped on the Madrid–Seville line near Urda, in Toledo, on Wednesday morning. The first findings point to a computer failure that knocked out the LZB signalling system over more than 60 kilometres, followed by a control-centre decision to let trains restart despite a red signal. 2. Train drivers keep their strike The train drivers' union Semaf is going ahead with its 24-hour strike across the Renfe group this Thursday, calling for rail safety and urging caution about the causes of the crash, while the Madrid–Andalusia high-speed line remains closed. 3. Valencia floods, two years on Two years after the deadly flash floods of 29 October, the "street of cars" between Alfafar and Sedaví, where dozens of vehicles piled up against homes and shops, lives a strange normality. Mud marks still show how high the water rose, some shops never reopened, and neighbours say people are still deeply shaken. 4. The Sijena murals go back to Aragon Spain's Supreme Court has set May 2027 as the deadline for Catalonia to return the 12th-century Sijena murals to the monastery in Huesca, Aragon. The Catalan national art museum warns the move carries serious risks, while Aragon says it can be done safely.

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“Spain Today” brings the latest news and analysis from Spain in clear, concise English. From politics and the economy to culture and society, our daily episodes—released every morning—cover key stories shaping the nation. Whether you’re an expat, language learner, or simply interested in Spain, we offer a balanced overview of current events. Stay tuned, stay informed, and stay connected! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SpainTodayNews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spain.today.news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaintodaynew/

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