PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo accused Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday of not being “a free president”. The opposition leader said the prime minister depends on too many people remaining silent to stay in power, including Morocco.
Most Spaniards give the government a failing grade for its response to the crisis affecting Ceuta since late July. According to a survey conducted by the Spanish Consumers Association (AEC) to gauge public perceptions of the impact of the events, the response from public authorities and the measures that should be adopted in similar situations, 97% believe the government's actions were clearly insufficient to address the scale of the situation.
The Federation of Press Associations of Spain (FAPE) condemned on Tuesday the Interior Ministry’s alleged creation of a document classifying dozens of journalists by ideology between late 2023 and 2024. The organization considers the practice an attack on press freedom and has demanded that those responsible within the department’s Communications Office, led by Fernando Grande-Marlaska, be held accountable.
Aemet is warning of a major change in the weather arriving in Spain on Wednesday, with heavy or very heavy showers and thunderstorms accompanied by hail in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the southeast of mainland Spain. The episode will also bring a widespread drop in maximum temperatures across the mainland and the Balearic Islands, with falls of more than 6 degrees and even over 10 degrees across large parts of the northeast.
Spain’s education results have worsened in math and reading in the latest PISA report, while science scores were similar to the previous edition. Average 2025 scores fell below 2022 levels in the first two subjects and were also below those recorded a decade ago. In fact, Spain’s scores are among its lowest ever in math, reading and science.
The Civil Guard has arrested four skippers of migrant-smuggling boats transporting people from North Africa to the Murcia coast. Two vessels capable of carrying dozens of people per trip were seized.
Former Plus Ultra president Julio Martínez Sola told a judge Monday that he spoke by phone with José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in 2020, when the airline was facing serious difficulties, and insisted he understood that the 1% commission linked to the €53 million public bailout was intended for the former prime minister. The amount would have been just over €500,000, although this claim is part of his account to the judge and does not establish the money’s final destination.
Heat will intensify again across much of Spain this Monday, including Aragon. Thermometers will rise to 40 degrees in Zaragoza, while Teruel will reach 38 and Huesca 36. It will be a very hot day, with temperatures remaining high for this time of year.
The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has authorized the State Secretariat for Migration to use 16,000 square meters of Ceuta port’s service area to install tents for migrants. The decision comes after the Port Authority of Ceuta rejected the proposal, deeming it incompatible with the port’s normal operations.
Heat will intensify across virtually all of Spain this Saturday. Much of the mainland and the archipelagos will exceed 35C, while temperatures will approach 40C in parts of the northeast. The episode will also bring severe storms to Galicia and the Cantabrian region.
Facua-Consumers in Action has filed a complaint with the State Prosecutor’s Office’s Hate and Discrimination Crimes Section over racist and Islamophobic verbal attacks during September 2 rallies supporting Ceuta.
Spain men's national football team coach Luis de la Fuente said on Friday that the people of Ceuta are “an example for the rest of Spain” for their “composure, strength and dignity” during the migration crisis.
Princess Leonor will begin a new stage in her education this Monday. The heir to the Crown is leaving behind three years in the armed forces to join the classrooms of Madrid’s Carlos III University (UC3M), where she will study for a degree in Political Science. She faces this new period with “enthusiasm,” following military training that has transformed her and after which she acknowledges that she is no longer “the same person who arrived in Zaragoza in mid-August 2023.”
The National Patients Association (Anpass) sought to gauge Spaniards’ views on the healthcare response to the crisis in Ceuta, and 93% believe Health Minister Mónica García should assume political responsibility and resign over her handling of the situation.
Heat will continue to bear down on much of Spain this Friday, September 4, but it will not be the day’s only feature. The approach of a DANA from the southwest will increase cloud cover and could bring isolated showers or thunderstorms to parts of the southwest and Cantabrian region, while temperatures will exceed 40°C in some areas.
Spain's railways lost 30.75 million passengers in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2025, according to the latest Rail Transport Statistics published Thursday by the National Statistics Institute.
Pedro Sánchez’s appearance in Congress to explain the Ceuta crisis highlighted divisions within the government. Margarita Robles was the only minister not to applaud when the president announced he would make public all reports received by the executive over the crisis.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday denied that his government had received “extraordinary warnings anticipating what happened” in Ceuta at the end of July. He said none of the alerts went “beyond describing the data or issuing a routine warning” and called it “absurd” to think the government knew what was going to happen and “deliberately did nothing”.
The situation in Ceuta is a matter of concern for everyone, and one of those who has spoken publicly about it is former footballer and Real Zaragoza legend Nayim. The Ceuta-born former player spoke about what is happening in his city on Carlos Herrera's program on COPE.
National Police Director General Francisco Pardo Piqueras told Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska on Wednesday that “no police report attributes the planning or execution of the events of July 30 and 31 in Ceuta to Moroccan security forces,” when tens of thousands of people entered the autonomous city.
