Madrid

Close-up of a weathered bronze dog statue with a focus on its snout and open mouth.
Arts, Culture & Media
Amid Madrid mega-statue hype, a small bronze dog shines
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Arts, Culture & Media
The world’s best comics store says immersive fantasy is key to its success
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Health & Medicine
Medical wax museum in Spain showcasing 19th-century diseases is set to close
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Vicky sits in a park in Madrid. She’s smiling because her hospice caretakers have arranged for her to fly home to the Dominican Republic to visit her mom and family one last time.
Lifestyle & Belief
‘What I really needed was a hug’: Madrid hospice workers make sure the unhoused won’t die alone
This address is listed on an official police website back in China as an “Overseas Police Service Center,” but the locale appears abandoned. 
Global Politics
China has a police network that stretches across some 30 countries, NGO says
A parishioner enters into the Catholic church of Cazurra, a village of around 75 inhabitants, in the Zamora province of Spain, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021.
Religion
‘People want to shed light’: Spain finally investigates sexual abuse within Catholic institutions
A man is shown hugging a woman who is looking into the camera with empty stadium seats in the distance.
Extremism
Post-9/11, Europe’s weak spots make it a target for extremists
A waiter wearing a mask and an apron with her hair pulled back tends to a dining table.
Jobs
England indoor dining resumes, but where are all the staff?
La Francachela restaurant in Madrid, Spain.
Spain test-drives a nationwide 4-day workweek
Merkel stands at a podium flanked by two German flags.
Top of The World
Merkel reverses plan for strict Easter lockdown in Germany
A man walks through a plaza during the day
Lifestyle & Belief
Will car-obsessed Madrid join Europe’s biking and walking trend? 
Demonstrators march near the Arch of Triumph during a protest condemning the arrest of rap artist Pablo Hasél in Barcelona, Feb. 22, 2021.
Free speech
Protesters in Spain say rapper’s arrest is an attack on freedom of expression
Demonstrators wave a large rainbow flag outside congress in support of a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires. 
Language
Royal Spanish Academy dismisses movement to make Spanish more gender-inclusive
Rescue workers carry the body of a dead migrant after a boat with 35 migrants from the Maghreb region capsized at the beach of Orzola, in the Canary Island of Lanzarote, Spain, Nov. 25, 2020.
Immigration
Canary Islands face influx of migrants from West Africa
Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López kisses his wife Lilian Tintori with their son and daughter after a news conference in Madrid on Oct. 27, 2020. López who has abandoned the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas and left Venezuela after years
Global Politics
Exiled Venezuelan dissident says Sunday’s National Assembly elections are a ‘fraud’
Women run on a soccer field
Sports
In Spain after lockdown, soccer resumes for men — but not for women
Two protesters hold signs with anti-racist messages
Protest
From Minneapolis to Madrid, racial profiling and police harassment cost lives
Ambulances and fire brigade vehicles gather at the site of a passenger plane crash in a residential area near an airport in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 22, 2020.
Top of The World
Plane crashes in Karachi with at least 99 aboard; Khashoggi’s children ‘pardon’ father’s killers; Trump to withdraw from arms control treaty
A woman wearing a protective face mask runs in Madrid Rio park, during the hours allowed for individual exercise.
COVID-19
Madrid residents are restless for green space during city park closures
José Valdes takes his twin daughters out for a walk in Madrid on the day Spain lifts restrictions on children outdoors due to the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19
Kids in Spain venture outside for the first time in weeks as lockdown gradually eases up
Lauren Holden and Gary Cripps made some quick changes to their wedding in light of the coronavirus. 
COVID-19
Many people aren’t putting love on hold during COVID-19
Two nurses hug each other
COVID-19
Madrid’s health system under duress as ice rink turns into morgue
El Palace Hotel in the sunlight in Barcelona
COVID-19
Under lockdown in Spain, hotels transform into field hospitals
General Franco's face on the side of a red flower pot at his grave.
History
In the shadow of Franco’s legacy, Spain faces its fascist history
Young climate change activists sit with activist Greta Thunberg in a huddle at the climate talks in Madrid.
Climate Change
Marathon climate talks in Madrid end with disappointment
Protesters wear yellow jackets and sign that speak of climate emergency in Spanish language
Climate Change
Activists enraged by slow pace of climate diplomacy in Madrid
A woman stands and speaks at a podium
Climate Change
As US steps back on climate change, will EU and China take the lead?
A man raises his left arm in protest.
Climate Change
Indigenous youth take global stage in Madrid to voice climate change worries 
A person with white face paint and red robes stands near man in black uniform
Climate Change
4 things to watch at the climate talks in Madrid
Miguel Henrique Otero, editor and president of El Nacional, one of Venezuela's main national newspapers, walks past paper rolls at the newspaper's building in Caracas on April 11, 2014. Since 2015 he has lived in self-imposed exile in Madrid, Spain.
This Venezuelan newspaper editor is fighting to keep publishing — from Spain
Santiago Abascal, leader of far-right party VOX in Spain
LGBTQ
Far-right Vox challenges Spain’s acceptance of LGBTQ rights
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Conflict & Justice
‘Wolf Pack’ gang-rape verdict spurs thousands to protest in Spain
People protest after former president Carles Puigdemont was detained in Germany, during a demonstration held by pro-independence associations in Barcelona, Spain March 25, 2018.
Conflict
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to appear in German court after protests flare
Catalonia
Culture
Why some Catalans say independence is a ‘feminist struggle’
Pro-unity supporters take part in a demonstration in central Barcelona
Global Politics
Massive crowds turn out for an anti-independence rally in Barcelona
Demonstrators gather outside the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona, Oct. 27, 2017.
Global Politics
Catalonia’s lawmakers vote for independence from Spain
Ada Colau
Global Politics
Barcelona’s mayor is on a quest to ‘feminize’ politics amid independence debate
People wave Catalan flags during a demonstration organized by Catalan pro-independence movements following the imprisonment Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart, in Barcelona, Oct. 21, 2017.
Global Politics
Catalan party threatens ‘massive’ civil disobedience against Spain
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks during a press conference in Madrid
Global Politics
Spain says it will dismiss Catalonia’s government and call elections
Barcelona soccer fans make their feelings known about Catalan independence, at a game on Wednesday Oct 18th 2017
Culture
The roots of Catalonia’s differences with the rest of Spain
Students wear Catalan flags as they block a street during a protest in Barcelona.
Global Politics
How Spain could suspend autonomy in Catalonia
Spanish facing major changes as elections loom and Basque terror ends
A man walks near a sign with an image of Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana December 19, 2014.
Global Politics
A Cuban who sold his beachfront home says he might regret that move
Health workers attend a protest on October 7, 2014, outside Madrid's La Paz Hospital calling for Spain's health minister, Ana Mato, to resign after a Spanish nurse contracted Ebola.
Health
At the hospital where a Spanish nurse got Ebola, workers say their training was poor
Carlos Fernandez
Arts, Culture & Media
Spain’s National Police get hip on Twitter and get help from citizens
Adriana Ugarte plays Sira Quiroga, a seamstress turned spy in The Time Between Seams. It was the most popular TV drama in Spanish history.
Arts, Culture & Media
In Spain, a beautiful seamstress from another era has created a sewing revival
The Real Madrid team pose for a team photo in August 1, 2013.
Global Politics
Spain’s effort to brand itself is burning its soccer clubs
Smurf characters adorn many of the walls in Juzcar. Tourists come from around the world to see the world's first ever "Official Smurf Village."
Business, Economics and Jobs
Video: Spain revamps its economy, one plaza, one smurf at a time
A Spanish galleon
Business, Economics and Jobs
When superpowers default, history remembers
Arts, Culture & Media
New information revealed in photos of Ernest Hemingway’s ‘Dangerous Summer’
Sports
Can Soccer Star Gareth Bale Monetize his Famous Goal Celebration?
Arts, Culture & Media
Photos of Ernest Hemingway’s ‘Dangerous Summer’
Global Politics
Spanish town reminds dog owners to pick up after their pets … with special deliveries
Business, Economics and Jobs
Spain trying to combat joblessness by promoting entrepreneurship
Arts, Culture & Media
Edie Falco, TV star, finds her place on screen playing strong, troubled women
Global Politics
Spain inaugurates first high-speed rail service connection with the rest of Europe
Arts, Culture & Media
Spanish square to be named after British punk rocker
Global Politics
Famed Spanish photographer of revolutionary Castro dies, age 83
Business, Economics and Jobs
Spain considers Vegas-like project to jumpstart flagging economy
Business, Economics and Jobs
Spain’s Catalonia region turns out in peaceful call for independence