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Spain's first general strike in 14 years ended in disturbances in Barcelona and Madrid on 11-12 November, with looting, burning barricades and at least 100 people detained nationwide, El Mundo reported. Storm Charles brought red alerts and school closures across much of the country on 11 November, days after storm Bruna forced the evacuation of Piedralaves over flood risk at the Horcajo dam.
The manhunt for the Oviedo bombing suspect, named by police as Manuel F.A. and known as "El Ruso", continued into a second day after Tuesday's blast killed a police officer. The government created a victims' advocate and tightened rail rules on 11 November following the Urda crash, days after the King and Queen attended a funeral mass in Toledo for the 69 people killed. El Hierro declared an emergency over surging migrant arrivals in the Canary Islands.
Updated by the ECTV Crisis Desk, based on 10 verified stories from the past seven days.
ECTV has published 8 verified stories on Spain in the past seven days. The most recent, updated 13 November 2026: Barcelona hit by looting and barricades as Spain's general strike ends in clashes.
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Police made dozens of arrests in Barcelona, Madrid and the Basque Country as Wednesday's nationwide strike over housing and pay turned violent.
7 independent sources · 98% confidenceStorm Charles triggered red weather alerts in the Canary Islands and a red flood warning on the Tormes river in Salamanca, as over 2,000 evacuated Ávila residents stayed out of their homes on Wednesday.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceSpain's government approved new railway safety rules and a victims' advocate office, responding to unions' demands after the Urda train crash that killed 69.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceSpain's king and queen led Tuesday's funeral mass in Toledo for the 69 killed in the Urda rail crash on 28 October; PM Pedro Sanchez stayed away.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceOviedo held a funeral for officer Juan José and his police dog Deny on Monday, as suspect 'El Ruso' remains at large four days after the bombing.
55 independent sources · 98% confidenceAuthorities ordered residents of Piedralaves, Ávila, to evacuate over fears the Horcajo dam could overflow, as storm Bruna brought a red rain alert to the region.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceThe Canary Island of El Hierro appealed to Madrid for help after more than 3,300 migrants arrived in a month, as seven people died in recent Atlantic crossings.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceA fire in a ground-floor flat in Guadarrama, Madrid region, killed 1 person, a 62-year-old man, and injured 11 others, including 4 children, emergency services said.
3 independent sources · 83% confidencePolice say an 18-year-old helped administer online groups used to coordinate unrest during the October demonstrations.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceÓscar Puente resigns after parliamentary condemnation following two major railway disasters in 2026.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceSpanish authorities have now formally identified all 69 people killed when two high-speed trains collided near Urda, Toledo, up from 66 identified earlier.
126 independent sources · 98% confidenceSpain's opposition leader asked unions to cancel the 11 November general strike after all 69 Toledo-area train crash victims were formally identified.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceA Ryanair flight from Manchester to Murcia was evacuated after a bomb threat on Tuesday, one of seven European flights targeted that day; none had explosives.
36 independent sources · 98% confidenceA multi-vehicle crash involving a truck and ten other vehicles on the A-2 motorway near Sant Andreu de la Barca, Barcelona, injured about 20 people, one seriously.
13 independent sources · 98% confidenceA driver, his daughter and her two young children died when their car left a rural road near Malva, Zamora, on Sunday, officials said.
2 independent sources · 69% confidenceSpain activated an EU food-safety alert after norovirus-contaminated frozen razor clams sickened at least nine people at a Tarragona restaurant.
2 independent sources · 69% confidenceTorrential rain cut electricity across La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands on Monday, while snow closed the summit of Tenerife's Mount Teide to hikers.
2 independent sources · 74% confidenceA general power failure during heavy rain cut off all 50,500 electricity supplies on La Palma on Monday morning; power was fully restored within about four hours.
14 independent sources · 98% confidenceA Valencia court ordered the alleged founder of the Blocus Espana movement held without bail, as Spanish police made ten arrests before calls for Halloween looting and unrest.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceA second suspect, 18, was also held in Alfafar for urging followers to use Molotov cocktails, as Valencia's mayor doubled police numbers for Saturday.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceMossos d'Esquadra say a 16-year-old ran the Blocus Lleida channel, as two more minors were arrested elsewhere in Catalonia over similar riot-incitement groups.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceA Barcelona judge ordered an 18-year-old held without bail as an alleged Blocus "ideologue", separate from two other suspects already held over the riots.
15 independent sources · 98% confidenceA social media campaign called Blocus is calling on young people in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia to gather on 31 October, days after riots in Barcelona, El Mundo reported.
2 independent sources · 64% confidenceA plenary session in the Basque Parliament focused on security after rioters torched cars and bins in Bilbao when a Vito Quiles event was cancelled, with 19 detained.
11 independent sources · 98% confidenceA bus fell 20 metres down an embankment near Barcelona on Sunday after colliding with a car, injuring 83 people, Catalan officials said.
48 independent sources · 98% confidenceCatalan police arrested 128 people in central Barcelona on Saturday night, more than half of them minors, after masked youths set fires and looted shops.
85 independent sources · 98% confidencePolice clashed with counter-protesters after activist Vito Quiles held an unauthorised rally at the University of Zaragoza, leaving seven officers injured and five people arrested.
3 independent sources · 88% confidencePolice in Granada, Spain, are hunting a man suspected of shooting and wounding two related women late on Thursday, possibly his ex-partner and sister-in-law.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceAround 1,500 people took part as Tenerife rehearsed evacuating three southern municipalities in a simulated eruption response.
3 independent sources · 83% confidenceSpain's agriculture ministry says it is on alert for the shamonda virus in cattle after France confirmed the first known human death linked to the pathogen.
3 independent sources · 88% confidence