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
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'