Spain: EU Commission receives 5th RRF payment request for up to €22.1bn
The EU Commission has received Spain's 5th payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), for up to €6.7…
Archaeological treasures: Four suspects arrested for illegal exports
Italian authorities have disrupted a sophisticated operation that was illegally exporting precious archaeological artefacts belonging to the Italian state. The…
Spain: EU Commission approves €81m state support to Diamond Foundry Europe
The EU Commission has approved a €81 million Spanish measure to support Diamond Foundry Europe in setting-up a new factory for…
EU electricity retail markets: ACER Country Sheets identify opportunities and threats
For the first time, ACER has published its Country Sheets on retail electricity markets across EU Member States and Norway.…
EU-funded migrant integration measures: EU Auditors point at lack of monitoring
Migrants represented 6.1% of the EU's population in 2023. While €1.9 billion was allocated under the Asylum, Migration and Integration…
International investigators take down encrypted messaging service MATRIX used by criminals
Authorities are staying on top of the encrypted messaging services that criminals use to undertake their activities. A joint investigation…
Spain: EIB and Cunext sign €30m loan for eco-friendly recycled copper in Córdoba
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Andalusian company Cunext has signed a €30 million loan to finance the construction of…
Spain: EIB and ILUNION sign €60 million green loan for energy efficiency investments
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and ILUNION, a company of ONCE Social Group, have signed a €60 million green loan to…
European Hydrogen Bank: Auctions-as-a-Service scheme to fund clean investments
Today, the EU Commission, Spain, Lithuania and Austria are announcing new financial support for the development of renewable hydrogen via…
Fake Art Case: International operation leads to seizure of 2,000 fake works
The fake art recovered by the authorities included forged works by famous artists such as Banksy, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso,…
Crackdown on cocaine trafficking from South America in Italy and Albania
An international operation coordinated by Eurojust and Europol has disrupted the trafficking of large quantities of cocaine from South America…
Investigators dismantle criminal network manufacturing narco-boats to smuggle drugs
Spanish and Portuguese authorities have rolled up of a sophisticated drug trafficking network operating in both countries. The criminal group…
EU launches humanitarian air bridge operation for Lebanon
Today, the EU launched a Humanitarian Air Bridge operation consisting of three flights from Dubai and Brindisi with the first one reaching…
Gas market manipulation: Spanish energy regulator fines Enérgya VM Gestión de Energía
Spanish energy regulator Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has imposed a €1 million fine on Enérgya…
Encrypted platform used by organised crime: 51 arrests in wide-scale operation
During a global operation, authorities from around the globe took down an encrypted communication platform used for criminal activities such…
Outcome of the meeting of Xi Jinping and Pedro Sánchez
On the afternoon of September 9, 2024, China's President Xi Jinping met with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who is…
ECDC alert: West Nile virus season in full swing in Europe
In 2024 and as of 31 July 2024, eight countries in Europe reported 69 locally acquired human cases of WNV infection. Cases were…
EU and Spain provide €15.5m for social allowances to vulnerable Palestinian families
The European Union and Spain provided €15.5 million for the payment of social allowances through the National Cash Transfer Programme.…
Renewable hydrogen: €1.2bn Spanish investment state aid approved by EU
The European Commission has approved a €1.2 billion Spanish scheme to support investments in the production of renewable hydrogen to…
Spain: EU Commission disburses 4th RRF payment of €9.9bn
The EU Commission is disbursing to Spain the fourth payment for €9.9 billion (net of pre-financing) in grants, under the…
First EU-coordinated medical evacuation of Palestinian children from Egypt to Spain
In a first EU-coordinated medical evacuation, 16 Palestinian children and their families were transferred from Egypt to Spain. The operation…
Eurojust: Pan-European drug trafficking network dismantled
An operation in five countries led to the dismantling of an organised crime group (OCG) active across Europe. Investigations ongoing…
Terrorist communications and propaganda: Major takedown of critical online infrastructure
Judicial and law enforcement authorities across Europe and in the United States have dismantled critical online infrastructure in a large-scale…
Spain: EU Commission preliminarily agrees on 4th RRF payment request
The payment request covers 34 reforms and 26 investments driving positive change for citizens and businesses in Spain in the…
ECFR: Views from the capitals – quotes on the European Parliament elections
After the European Parliament elections yesterday and the high results for right-wing parties across Europe, national governments must recalibrate their…
European elections: Preliminary results in Spain
Preliminary results of the European elections in Spain.
Spain: IMF Executive Board concludes 2024 Article IV consultation
With a growth rate of 2.5 percent in 2023 and continued solid activity momentum, the Spanish economy has demonstrated remarkable…
European elections 2024 background: Spain country sheet
Find here information on electoral rules, poll opening and closing times and candidates for the 2024 European election in EU…
Spain champions support for enhanced IMF-WBG Framework: Raising SDR Impact
Spain champions the call to step up the impact of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) through the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
Eurojust: Network of luxury car thieves dismantled
A large-scale ring of luxury car thieves has been dismantled with the support of Eurojust and Europol. Using straw men…
Spain: EU Commission approves €120m state aid for the net-zero transition
The European Commission has approved a €120 million Spanish scheme to support investments in strategic sectors in the region of Asturias to foster the transition towards…
European Semester: EU Commission publishes social convergence analysis for seven Member States
The Commission has published a detailed country analysis in the areas of employment, skills and social inclusion for Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, Italy, Lithuania,…
Spain: IMF Staff Concluding Statement of the 2024 Article IV Mission
The Spanish economy has shown strong resilience amid weaker euro area growth and tighter financial conditions. Economic activity grew by 2.5…
Eurojust assists with taking down of drug trafficking ring in Greece
Ten suspects were arrested in Serbia, Greece and Spain for the murders, which took place in 2020. Eurojust also supported…
Joint Statement on the U.S.-Spain Central America Working Group
The United States and Spain addressed efforts to strengthen democracy and the rule of law, address gender-based violence, protect human…
Eurojust coordinates arrests in Swedish cannabis trafficking case
Eurojust has supported the Swedish and Spanish authorities in the coordinated arrest of four suspects involved in the wholesale and…
Europol: Three arrested in Spain following migrant deaths at sea
A joint operation between the Spanish National Police (Polícia National) and the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil), supported by Europol,…
EU Commission publishes March infringements package – key decisions
In its regular package of infringement decisions, the European Commission pursues legal action against Member States for failing to comply…
Europol: 53 members of a criminal organisation arrested for sports corruption in Spain
Europol supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) in an investigation that led to the arrest of 53 suspects in…
Europol: Properties worth €48m frozen after cocaine sweep in Ecuador and Spain
Europol initiated this cooperation with Ecuador, one of the main transit hubs for cocaine shipments to the EU. The common…
Spain: EU Commission accepts commitments by Renfe related to online rail ticketing
Renfe, the Spanish state-owned rail incumbent operator, competes with companies providing online ticketing services to customers through apps or websites.…
Europol: Major bust of a notorious narcotics clan in Spain and Portugal
The investigation was initiated in February 2023, when law enforcement authorities gathered evidence of drug trafficking by known local narcotics…
Europol: Violent hate crimes targeted in joint action day
Law enforcement authorities targeted 209 individuals, mainly right and left wing extremists, for their alleged involvement in serious offences related…
Joint western statement condemns violent act by extremist settlers against Palestinians
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United…
Europol : 14 members of a criminal network arrested for drug trafficking
Europol facilitated the exchange of information and continuously provided the involved law enforcement authorities with analytical support. On the action…
EU Approves €1.1bn Spanish aid for net-zero transition
The European Commission has approved a €1.1 billion Spanish scheme to support investments for the production of equipment necessary to foster the…
The United States welcome Switzerland joining the Blue Dot Network Steering Committee
The goal of Blue Dot Network certification is to promote quality infrastructure that is financially, environmentally, and socially sustainable; consistent…
EU Commission approves amendments to Spanish State aid scheme, including €5.61 bn budget increase
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, amendments to a Spanish scheme to partially compensate certain energy-intensive companies for…