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Ceuta crisis takes toll on government: 97% question its response

Ceuta crisis takes toll on government: 97% question its response

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.

Servimedia · 10/09/2026
Interior Ministry list outrages FAPE: journalists classified by ideology and affinity

Interior Ministry list outrages FAPE: journalists classified by ideology and affinity

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 warns of Spain's changing weather: storms, hail and a drop of more than 10 degrees

Aemet warns of Spain's changing weather: storms, hail and a drop of more than 10 degrees

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.

Plus Ultra’s “Bonuses”: Airline’s Former President Says Commissions Were Intended for Zapatero

Plus Ultra’s “Bonuses”: Airline’s Former President Says Commissions Were Intended for Zapatero

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.

Servimedia · 08/09/2026
Heat puts 10 Spanish regions on alert as tropical nights return

Heat puts 10 Spanish regions on alert as tropical nights return

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.

Ana Anguiano Magallón · 08/09/2026
Government authorizes tents for migrants across 16,000 square meters at Ceuta port

Government authorizes tents for migrants across 16,000 square meters at Ceuta port

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.

Servimedia · 06/09/2026
Heat tightens its grip on Spain this Saturday as temperatures near 40C

Heat tightens its grip on Spain this Saturday as temperatures near 40C

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.

Servimedia · 06/09/2026
Princess Leonor Begins Political Science Studies After Military Training

Princess Leonor Begins Political Science Studies After Military Training

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.”

Servimedia · 05/09/2026
AEMET forecasts storms and temperatures above 40°C as a DANA arrives in Spain

AEMET forecasts storms and temperatures above 40°C as a DANA arrives in Spain

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.

Ana Anguiano Magallón · 05/09/2026
Sánchez denies extraordinary warnings before Ceuta crisis: “None foresaw its scale or likelihood”

Sánchez denies extraordinary warnings before Ceuta crisis: “None foresaw its scale or likelihood”

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”.

Servimedia · 04/09/2026
King calls Vivas to convey “all of Spain’s support” for Ceuta

King calls Vivas to convey “all of Spain’s support” for Ceuta

The Royal Household confirmed Wednesday that Felipe VI spoke with Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas and conveyed “all of Spain’s support” on the autonomous city’s day. According to the Zarzuela Palace, the head of state sent Vivas a message of support “especially because of the situation he is experiencing, appealing for unity and coexistence.”

Servimedia · 03/09/2026