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After receiving approval almost two months ago, Spain parliament approved a ground-breaking equality bill known as the "only yes means yes" law. teleSUR

X1 Wind’s floating platform has been successfully installed at the PLOCAN test site in the Canary Islands. The platform will be tested in fully operational conditions until March 2023.

Thousands of workers rallied in Madrid on Thursday in a protest called by Spain's labor unions to demand higher wages to combat the higher prices driven up by global inflation on November 3. Members of the UGT and CCOO unions, Spain's two major unions, marched behind the sign "Salary or Conflict" through the capital. They want the government and business leaders to agree to raise the minimum salary above the current 1,000 euros a month to handle rampant inflation that has only recently started to descend. Like other countries, Spain has seen an increase in prices driven by rising fuel costs due to supply reductions.

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Passengers of a stuck train in Spain watched warily as a wildfire tore through vegetation near the track in the north-western province of Zamora.

Thousands of trade union members rallied in the Spanish capital Madrid on Thursday demanding higher wages to cope with the soaring cost of living.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was in Malaga to visit the Reception and Assistance Centre for Ukrainian Refugees, which opened in the Palacio de Ferias Congresos on 6thof April. He explained that one more module measuring 5,000 square metres is to be added in the adjoining car park, to provide prefabricated housing with bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom and a small living room. Refugees will be able to stay there for a few days while more permanent accommodation is being found for them, which may be elsewhere in Spain. In the two weeks the centre has been opened, it has handled nearly 2,000 applications for temporary protection and has issued 1,300 Social Security numbers for those who want to find work.

Police in Mallorca were seen playing guitar and singing to entertain families as they remain in a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The Spanish island will remain on lockdown after the government sought to extend the restrictions on movement until 11 April. One resident of the town of Algaida, Heidi Friedenberger, filmed the officers emerging from their car, singing a song and then leaving again, as neighbours watched on

Sheep replaced cars on the streets of Madrid on Sunday, as shepherds led their flocks through the centre of the Spanish capital following ancient herding routes. The annual event, which started in 1994, allows shepherds to use traditional routes to herd their livestock from northern Spain to more southerly pastures for winter grazing.

Colombian naval officials monitoring a sunken Spanish ship laden with treasure have discovered two other historical shipwrecks nearby, President Iván Duque has announced.

Firefighters are struggling to contain large wildfires tearing through forests in Valencia. Powerful winds have made the fires difficult to put out and it has swept through 6,500 hectares.

A Spanish man trying to protect his town from a wildfire had a close brush with death on Monday when the blaze engulfed his digger, forcing him to run for his life while patting out flames on his clothes.

Firefighters in Spain struggled to contain wildfires on Sunday amid an unusual heat wave in western Europe for this time of year.

Spanish prosecutors are looking into a group of male university students who were caught on camera in Madrid yelling vulgar, misogynistic insults at female students.

Video reveals destructive power of hailstones bigger than tennis balls as violent storm batters northern Spain. A toddler has died after being hit by a huge hail stone during a horror storm in Spain. The 20-month-old girl was one of 30 people hurt after receiving direct impacts from hail stones around four inches in diameter in and around the Catalan town of La Bisbal de l’Emporda. She was rushed to Josep Trueta Hospital in Girona on Tuesday afternoon but died hours later. A woman remained in the same hospital today because of the injuries she suffered in the devastating hailstorm. Most of the other 28 people who needed medical treatment are said to have suffered head injuries or cuts from the ice that needed stitches as well as broken bones. Many cars were also damaged by the tennis ball-size stones.

Spain's Princess Leonor, the heir apparent to the throne, turned 13 on Wednesday. At an event celebrating another birthday - the 40th anniversary of Spain's constitution - she gave her first royal speech.

The north-eastern region of Spain has been hit by a barrage of large hailstones, some of which measured 10cm.

There are heatwave warnings for countries across Europe this week. Temperatures across Spain and France have been above average for several days and the heat is expected to peak this weekend. In France, authorities are fighting forest fires on a sixth day of sweltering temperatures

A massive clean-up operation is under way in the Spanish city of Valencia after record-breaking rainfall. Dozens of cars were submerged as floodwater surged through neighbourhoods of the city, leaving homes and businesses waterlogged. The severe weather forced authorities to close the city's metro system and several roads, and a team of ambulance workers had to be rescued from their vehicles. The nearby regions of Alicante and Castellón were also badly affected.

Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes as wildfires sweep across parts of Spain. Climate change and lightning strikes have seen fires break out across the land in recent days, causing damage to countryside and populated areas, as firefighters try to control the situation. In one hair-raising incident, a train service was caught up in a sweeping wildfire near Valencia, which left three passengers seriously injured.