Europe Spain Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, Italian, appeared in a Madrid court at his trial for alleged tax evasion; prosecutors have accused him of a tax fraud with shell companies in 2014 and 2015 and are seeking a prison sentence of over four years
Europe Spain The Prado Museum will bring together for the first time eight works by El Greco from around the world; 'The Assumption of the Virgin', which belongs to the Art Institute of Chicago, was last exhibited in the Madrid art gallery more than a century ago
Europe Spain Spain's economy grew by 3,2% in 2024, while the economy of the rest of the European Union is stagnating; this is the highest GDP increase in 2024 among the richest countries in the world: that of the USA increased by 2,8%
Europe Spain Barcelona City Council and the non-profit organisation Habitat 3 have reached an agreement to buy Casa Orsola, the residential building that the Spanish daily País calls 'the symbol of the rental crisis in the city'
Europe Spain The World Monuments Fund has chosen the city of Zaragoza as one of 25 locations around the world for which it will raise funds; the ruins of ancient Belchite are a Spanish Civil War memorial site, neglected in subsequent decades