Burgos
- Aug 23
Spanish businessman missing in Ionian Sea after falling overboard while wife drifts for three days
A search operation is underway in the Ionian Sea for 66-year-old Spanish businessman Juan Jose Mutilba Obregon, who fell overboard while sailing from Sicily to Greece, leaving his wife adrift for three days before rescue.
- Aug 23
Search continues between Italy and Greece for Spanish sailor lost after slipping on tuna blood
Spanish, Italian, and Greek maritime authorities are searching for 66-year-old Juan José Mutilba Obregón, who fell overboard from a catamaran between Sicily and Greece after slipping on tuna blood.
- Aug 12
Total solar eclipse to darken northern Spain and sweep Europe on 12 August 2026
A total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026 will be the first visible from continental Europe since 2006, with totality crossing Spain, Iceland and Greenland while Greece sees only a sliver of a partial eclipse at sunset.
- Jul 6
Ribera del Duero winemaker Iván Sanz and three family members killed in Palencia crash; 9-year-old daughter survives
Iván Sanz Cid, director general of Dehesa de los Canónigos winery, his wife Irene Garijo, and their two children aged 17 and 14 died Sunday when their Ford Bronco left the A-67 highway near Herrera de Pisuerga, Palencia. Their 9-year-old daughter survived and is stable after surgery.
- Jun 30
Portugal and Spain bust family human trafficking ring that enslaved vulnerable workers for up to 30 years
Portuguese and Spanish authorities arrested five people and rescued two men who had been held captive and exploited for agricultural labour for 15 and 30 years under a family-run trafficking operation.
- Jun 13
PP senator María José Ortega seriously injured in Palencia car crash
María José Ortega, PP senator and mayor of Aguilar de Campoo, was airlifted to hospital in Burgos after a collision on a provincial road in Palencia on Friday afternoon.
- Jun 11
Five to six boys aged 11–12 identified in sexual assault of 12-year-old classmate at a birthday party in Burgos
Spanish police have identified five to six boys, all under 14, after a 12-year-old girl reported being sexually assaulted by classmates at a birthday party in Burgos in mid-May.
