28 February – An investigation is launched into a corruption scandal involving several political figures and allies of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.[8]
24 April – Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez says that he is considering resigning from office after the launch of a judicial investigation into his wife, Begoña Gómez after accusations by a right-wing legal platform.[10] On 29 April, Sánchez withdraws his considerations.[11]
May
3 May – The Spanish government revokes a national award given out since 2011 for bullfighting.[12]
21 May – Spain recalls its ambassador in Argentina after President Javier Milei makes disparaging remarks against Pedro Sánchez and Begoña Gómez during Milei's visit to Spain.[14]
22 May – The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain announce they will recognise the State of Palestine as a sovereign state starting 28 May, calling for a two-state solution. In response, Israel recalls its ambassadors to these countries.[15]
23 May – Four people are killed and 16 others are injured after a building housing a restaurant collapses in Palma de Mallorca.[16]
23 July – The Audiencia Nacional sentences Pompeyo González Pascual to 18 years' imprisonment for sending six letters containing explosives to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the US and Ukrainian embassies, the defence ministry and other military targets nationwide in 2022.[35]
The National Police announces the arrest of 26 people and the rescue of 32 women following the dismantling of a sex trafficking network that victimised up to 600 women, mostly from Venezuela and Colombia.[38]
Carles Puigdemont, the fugitive former President of Catalonia, returns to Spain after seven years in exile in Belgium, arriving in Barcelona.[40] but leaving the country shortly afterward. An agent of the Mossos d'Esquadra is arrested for collaborating in the escape of Puigdemont.[41]
17 September – The European Court of Human Rights rules that Spain had violated the religious rights of an Ecuadorean resident who was belonged to the Jehovah's Witnesses when doctors performed a blood transfusion on her during an emergency surgery without her consent and orders the Spanish state to pay 26,000 euros in compensation.[48]
25 September – Incoming Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum officially bans King Felipe VI from attending her inauguration on 1 October, citing his failure to apologize for the Spanish conquest in the 1500s. In response, the Spanish government says that it would boycott the event altogether.[49]
28 September – A boat carrying migrants capsizes during rescue operations off the coast of El Hierro in the Canary Islands, killing at least nine people and leaving 48 others missing. At least 27 people are rescued.[51]
3 November – A delegation consisting of King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia and Prime Minister Sanchez is violently confronted during a meeting with victims of floods in Paiporta, injuring two bodyguards.[54]
6 November – Authorities announce the country's largest anti-drug operation, which was launched in October and results in the seizure of 13 tonnes of cocaine hidden on board a cargo ship carrying bananas that arrived in Algeciras from Ecuador in October.[55] The operation also leads to the arrest of Óscar Sánchez Gil, the former head of the economic crimes unit of the National Police Corps and the discovery of €21 million from his residence and office.[56]
8 November – Telefónica S.A. agrees to pay $85 million as part of a settlement over a US investigation involving a subsidiary of the firm offering bribes to Venezuelan officials in 2014.[57]
22 November – The government imposes a total of 179 million euros ($187 million) in fines on airlines Ryanair, EasyJet, Volotea, Vueling and Norwegian Air for abusive practices such as overcharging, misleading information and lack of price transparency.[59]
27 November – Three people are killed and seven others are injured in a boiler explosion at a plastics factory in Ibi.[60]
December
11 December – Spain, Portugal and Morocco win the joint hosting rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.[61]
24 December – The Russian cargo ship Ursa Major sinks following an engine room explosion in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria, leaving two sailors missing. Fourteen others are taken to Cartagena by Spanish rescuers.[62] The ship's owners subsequently blame the sinking on a "terrorist attack".[63]
↑ Alicante, Diario de (13 January 2024). "Muere el actor alcoyano Juli Mira". Diario de Alicante (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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