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- 3h ago
Youth-led cost-of-living protests spread across Europe, with riots in France and Belgium
Protests over living costs, rents and education cuts have spread from France to Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium and Albania, with looting and clashes in several cities. French authorities responded to weekend riots with local curfews.
- 12h ago
Netflix to exclusively stream Ibai Llanos' La Velada del Año for three years
Ibai Llanos announced on Monday, 19 October 2026, that Netflix will carry the boxing event live and exclusively for the 2027, 2028 and 2029 editions. The event has so far been broadcast mainly on his Twitch channel.
- 13h ago
TVE's 70th anniversary special 'El Telediario de nuestras vidas' reunites its veteran news anchors
On Monday, 19 October, La 1 aired a 45-minute special marking 70 years of TVE news programmes, with current and former presenters back on the set and a tribute to the broadcaster's pioneers.
- 15h ago
Breast cancer patients in Spain demand public funding, equal access and care beyond treatment
On Monday, 19 October 2026, around a hundred patients protested outside Spain's Health Ministry in Madrid, while the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) called for care that goes beyond treatment.
- 15h ago
Vito Quiles drops UAB event as Mossos block the campus and police charge protesters
On 19 October 2026, Mossos d'Esquadra stopped far-right activist Vito Quiles from reaching the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona campus, and he moved his event to a car park in Sabadell. Protesters threw objects at officers, who charged twice to disperse them.
- 19h ago
Andalusia poll: PP at 41.5% but short of majority, PSOE falls, Vox rises
A Centra barometer published on 19 October 2026 puts the PP at 41.5% and 52 to 53 seats in Andalusia, with the Socialists falling to 18.9% and Vox rising to 16.1%.
- 19h ago
Genoa closes schools for Tuesday as orange storm alert hits central-western Liguria
Arpal has put central-western Liguria under an orange thunderstorm alert from 7:00 to midnight on Tuesday 20 October, and Genoa, Savona and a growing list of smaller towns will keep schools closed that day.
- 20h ago
Clocks go back on 25 October in Spain, Portugal and Belgium, with EU reform stalled
Spain, Portugal and Belgium will move to winter time overnight from Saturday 24 to Sunday 25 October, giving people an extra hour of sleep. The European Union has yet to decide whether to scrap seasonal clock changes.
- 20h ago
Spain's rental market to lose 7,705 homes in 2026 as demand stays high
The Observatorio del Alquiler expects Spain's rental market to close 2026 with 676,215 homes available, while each new listing draws 133 interested renters in its first ten days.
- 21h ago
Pozuelo de Alarcón again tops Spain's income atlas as Andalusian towns fill the bottom
Net income per person in Spain rose 6.1% in 2024 to 15,948 euros, according to the INE's household income atlas published on Monday, 19 October. Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) again ranks first among municipalities with more than 2,000 inhabitants.
- 21h ago
Vox offers PP talks on a Senate understanding against the PSOE-Frente Amplio pact
Santiago Abascal said Vox wants 'some understanding' with the PP to protect the Senate from the joint PSOE and Frente Amplio lists for the 29 November election. He did not say which formula his party would accept.
- 22h ago
Netflix publishes La bola negra US box office: 277,500 dollars from four cinemas
Netflix's Spanish-language film opened in four cinemas in Los Angeles and New York, and the company published the takings for the first time. Its per-screen average was the second-highest for a non-English film, behind Parasite.
- 22h ago
Feijóo signs his 'Contract with Spain' pledges; finance minister calls them 'wet paper'
Alberto Núñez Feijóo signed a document of about a dozen electoral commitments in Madrid on Monday, 19 October, ahead of the 29 November general elections. Finance minister Arcadi España dismissed the contract as worthless later the same day.
- 22h ago
Podemos to run in most of Spain after talks with Frente Amplio collapse
Podemos will field lists across Spain except in the Canary Islands and the Valencian Community, while Frente Amplio's Ada Colau says the left should now focus on its programme ahead of the 29 November election.
- 23h ago
Davidovich wins Shanghai Masters, climbs to career-best 13th in ATP ranking
Rafa Jódar rises to 11th after finishing runner-up, while Novak Djokovic drops out of the top 10 in the ATP ranking update of 19 October 2026.
- 23h ago
Spain to approve 45 million euros for 2,000 university places and a new student statute
The Council of Ministers meets on Tuesday, 20 October, to approve seven university housing projects and a royal decree overhauling the 2010 student statute, the government says.
- 23h ago
Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefónica and Orange team up for European satellite spectrum
Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefónica and Orange signed a letter of intent on Monday, 19 October, to bid jointly for radio frequencies for mobile satellite services in Europe. The spectrum is expected to become free in 2029 and is currently used for purposes such as in-flight internet.
- 23h ago
Sarina Wiegman signs new England contract until end of Euro 2029
England Women coach Sarina Wiegman has agreed a deal running to the end of Euro 2029, two years beyond the 2027 World Cup in Brazil.
- yesterday
Comín to take EU Parliament oath in Madrid on 22 October before Catalonia return
Toni Comín will travel to Madrid on Thursday, 22 October, to take the oath to the Constitution before the Junta Electoral Central. He then plans to walk back into Catalonia across the French border on Sunday, 25 October.
- yesterday
Torres defends Ceuta crisis response, calling the mass entry 'absolutely unforeseeable'
Spain's minister coordinating the response told Salvados that the 30 and 31 July entry into Ceuta could not have been foreseen, as police moved migrants out of peripheral districts on Sunday, 18 October.
