Last week in Spain, February 26:
1. Spain ordered prosecutors to investigate Twitter, Meta and TikTok
2. Spain's government imposed a temporary cap on hotel prices in 14 towns
3. 5 dead and 5 injured at Manlleu fire
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A fire in a five-story apartment building in Manlleu claimed the lives of five young people and left five others with injuries
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Last week in Spain, Feb 12, 2026:
1. Train drivers across Spain went on strike in protest of safety failures across the network that led to this year’s tragic crashes
2. Storm Marta hit Spain and Portugal, bringing substantial rain, strong winds, and snow, causing around 11,000 people to be evacuated
3. Sira Rego, Spain's Youth Minister, proposed potentially banning Twitter across the country
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Sira Rego, Spain's Youth Minister, proposed potentially banning Twitter across the country.
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1. Spain's President Pedro Sánchez defended plans to regularize around 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers
2. Spain will ban social media platforms for children under 16 and require companies to introduce strict age-verification systems
3. A Barcelona hospital made history as the first hospital to perform a pioneering face transplant using tissue donated by a woman who requested assisted dying
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A Barcelona hospital made history as the first hospital to perform a pioneering face transplant using tissue donated by a woman who requested assisted dying.
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Last week in Spain, January 29th 2026
1. A commuter train collided with a crane near Cartagena, injuring four people.
2. The government approved a 20-million-euro compensation package for victims and families affected by the high-speed train crash near Adamuz.
3. Spain will grant legal status to over 500,000 irregular migrants: the first mass migrant regularization in 20 years.
4. A cat that went missing in Spain stunned his owners by returning home to France after apparently traveling nearly 155 miles (250km) all by himself.
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A cat that went missing in Spain stunned his owners by returning home to France after apparently traveling nearly 155 miles (250km) all by himself.
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Last week in Spain, rundown:
- A train derailed near Adamuz when the rear of a Málaga-to-Madrid passenger train carrying over 280 people slammed into an oncoming train. 43 people died.
- A commuter train derailed near Barcelona, killing the driver and injuring at least 37 people, 5 seriously.
- Sara Aagesen, Spain's Environment Minister, sent a letter to government hate crimes prosecutors.
- On Saturday, in Cádiz, a carnival troupe staged a tribute to the late physicist Stephen Hawking by parading through the streets in electric wheelchairs.
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On Saturday, in Cádiz, a carnival troupe staged a tribute to the late physicist Stephen Hawking by parading through the streets in electric wheelchairs.
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