- Oct 1
Spain schedules first royal visit by King Felipe VI to Ceuta and Melilla for 13 and 14 October
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will travel to Spain's North African enclaves on 13 and 14 October 2026, marking their first official trip to the autonomous cities since the 2014 royal succession.
- Sep 30
Spain casts lone vote against EU return hubs as Ceuta migrant crisis persists
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska rejected new EU deportation hub rules in Luxembourg, citing legal risks, while Madrid moved to relocate 2,500 migrant minors from Ceuta to the mainland.
- Jun 15
PSOE and Sumar unblock bill to eliminate insult crimes against the Crown and religious feelings after two-year freeze
The two parties in Spain’s coalition government have agreed to break a 30-month deadlock on a Criminal Code reform that would erase several ‘opinion crimes’, including insults to the Crown, offending religious sentiments and outrages against national symbols.
- May 27
Spanish Court Orders Document Seizure at PSOE Headquarters, Implicates Former Party Boss in Alleged Judicial Sabotage Ring
Agents from Spain's Guardia Civil entered the ruling Socialist Party's Madrid headquarters on Wednesday to seize documents, while a National Court judge implicated former organizational secretary Santos Cerdán in an alleged criminal scheme to destabilize court cases affecting the party and government.
