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Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - Group E - Ukraine v Scotland - Marszalek Jozef Pilsudski Stadium, Krakow, Poland - September 27, 2022 Ukraine fan with a flare REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

Ukraine To Join Bid For 2030 World Cup - Report

Ukraine is set to join Spain and Portugal in their bid to host the 2030 soccer World Cup, The Times reported. Ukraine would host one of the groups in the tournament under the plan which is…

04 October 2022

Castellers de Vilafranca form a human tower called "castell" during a biannual human tower competition in Tarragona, Spain, October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Albert Gea

Catalans Compete to Build the Biggest Human Towers in Spain

Spain's biggest human towers competition took place on Sunday, with some 11,000 spectators packing the bullring in the northeastern city of Tarragona to watch the daring Catalan tradition. Human…

03 October 2022

People watch from their homes a road flooded by the rain of the tropical storm Hermine, in Pozo Izquierdo, in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, September 25, 2022. REUTERS/Borja Suarez

Flights Cancelled As Storm Hermine Hits Spain's Canary Islands

Flights were canceled across Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday, airport operator Aena said, as storm Hermine moved in from over the Atlantic, bringing heavy rains to the popular holiday destination. …

25 September 2022

One of the 'hunger stones' is revealed by the low level of water in Worms, Germany, August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Tilman Blasshofer

Europe's Drought Exposes Ancient Stones, World War Two Ships as Waters Fall

Weeks of baking drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember, exposing long-submerged treasures - and some unwanted hazards. In Spain, suffering…

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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez holds a press conference in Palace of Moncloa, N Madrid, Spain on June 6, 2019. (Getty)

The End of the Spanish Exception?

Spain’s acting prime minister,Pedro Sánchez, recently announced that his center-left Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) would seek to form a minority government in cooperation with the far-left…

Sam Edwards 21 June 2019

Is Far-Right Populism Gaining Ground in Spain?

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Protester waves the 'Estelada' Catalan independentist flag during a demonstration by pro-Catalan independence supporters calling for the release of jailed separatist leaders on November 12, 2017, in Brussels. (Getty)

The Catalan Crisis, One Year Later

It was a year ago this month that Catalans voted to break away from Spain and create the Republic of Catalonia. Although 90 percent of the Catalan public endorsed independence, only the Catalan…

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