Shorouk Express Spanish authorities have received a request from the country’s biggest nuclear power plant to extend its life beyond a scheduled shutdown in 2028, a government source said Friday. The request comes after a nationwide power outage in April that revived debate over Spain’s decision to close all of its nuclear reactors by 2035….
Shorouk Express Protesters flooded Spain’s southern city of Seville on Sunday as public outrage grows over failings that led to hundreds of women not receiving the results of breast cancer screenings. The southern Andalusia region’s conservative-run government said the scandal affected at least 2,300 women who had mammograms in public hospitals in recent years. All…
Shorouk Express In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at why the decision to limit visitor numbers at Barcelona’s overcrowded Park Güell has been shrugged off as a “distraction tactic” by disgruntled locals. Spain’s most touristy city continues to look for ways to crack down on overtourism, albeit not too drastically. Barcelona City Council approved…
Shorouk Express Spanish police said Friday that a Pablo Picasso painting that vanished en route to an exhibition has been found, raising doubts if it was ever loaded onto a transport truck. “Still Life with Guitar”, a 1919 gouache and pencil work valued at around €600,000 ($700,000), disappeared in early October while being transported from…
Shorouk Express The Spanish government is looking at ways to increase healthcare access for non-resident foreigners in Spain by including new forms of paperwork and documents to prove their rights, including the ‘padrón’ town hall registration. Spain’s Health Ministry is currently undertaking consultations on ways to reform public healthcare in order to allow non-resident foreigners…
Shorouk Express More airports to start using Entry/Exit System, new flights, strikes, 50th anniversary of Franco’s death, cheap cinema tickets, memorable festivals and more – here’s what to expect from life in Spain in November 2025. 50th anniversary of Franco’s death November 20th 2025 marks 50 years since Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died after almost…
Shorouk Express According to a study by the Spanish property search engine pisos.com, 37 percent of rental homes in Spain cost more than €1,500 per month, a sum that’s higher than millions of Spaniards’ monthly wages. The latest data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) shows that the average gross salary in Spain is…
Shorouk Express Spain’s leftist government will publish next month a list of symbols of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship to be removed from public spaces, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Wednesday. The move will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the death of Franco, who ruled Spain with an iron fist after his side emerged victorious…
Shorouk Express While the recent “No Kings” anti-Trump demonstrations in the US were widely publicised, several hundred American citizens in Spain joined in the protests too in Málaga, Barcelona and Madrid. On October 18th, Americans residing in Spain joined their countrymen across the pond in uniting against President Donald Trump and his policies, and took…
Shorouk Express In less than a month, Palma de Mallorca Airport will be the fifth airport in Spain to start using the EU’s Entry/Exit System for third-country travellers, a real test for the new border checks given the millions of British tourists that visit the island every year. The EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) for…
