
Israel’s 2026 Entry Pushes Eurovision to the Edge: Four Countries Quit
The controversy over Israel is turning the song contest into a new cultural and diplomatic battleground of the continent.

The controversy over Israel is turning the song contest into a new cultural and diplomatic battleground of the continent.

Madrid moves fast to limit economic damage as major trading partners halt pork purchases.

A Spanish criminal court has ordered the psychiatric confinement of the Moroccan man who murdered a sacristan with a machete in 2023.

Álvaro García Ortiz steps down after being suspended for two years and fined for leaking private data about the partner of a prominent opposition politician.

King Felipe VI praised his father’s role in the restoration of Spanish democracy in the late 1970s

The case has sharpened tensions between the government and the courts.

The Supreme Court has convicted Spain’s attorney general for leaking confidential information about a right-wing politician.

The results land as the government ramps up a nationwide programme of events marking 50 years since Franco’s death.

Arrivals have jumped 66% this year, with smugglers exploiting weaker controls in Algeria and triggering a crisis that Madrid is struggling to contain.

A new crime report has sparked a political fight over migration, transparency, and rising street violence across the region.