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Montevideo, August 27th 2026 - 05:02 UTC

Tag: Spain

  • Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 23:23 UTC

    Ceuta alerts security forces over social media calls for August 15

    The posts circulate on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, and name the Moroccan town of Fnideq, next to the Tarajal border crossing, as a meeting point

    The government of Ceuta has referred to the competent authorities messages circulating on Moroccan social media that call for a fresh attempt at irregular entry into the Spanish enclave on August 15, five days after a migration crisis that left dozens dead.

  • Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 07:20 UTC

    Conflicting accounts over whether Spanish intelligence warned of mass entry into Ceuta

    The newspaper The Objective reported that intelligence assessments had flagged a possible mass entry into Ceuta and Melilla coinciding with Morocco's Throne Day

    Spanish intelligence services concluded that Morocco did not plan last Thursday's mass entry of people into Ceuta, although it allowed the crossings and drew political benefit from the international attention, according to sources cited by El País. Other reporting contradicts that account on a key point: whether the government was warned in advance.

  • Friday, July 31st 2026 - 18:29 UTC

    Italy and France tighten borders with Spain after 50,000 enter Ceuta

    Spain's Interior Ministry put at around 50,000 the number who entered since Thursday and at 48,300 those who had already returned voluntarily to Morocco, according to its latest Friday update

    Italy ordered the reintroduction of border checks at its ports and airports with Spain on Friday, and France announced it would increase fivefold the officers deployed at its land border from Saturday, after tens of thousands of people entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta irregularly from Morocco.

  • Wednesday, July 29th 2026 - 20:28 UTC

    FIFA opens proceedings against three Argentine players, an assistant coach and Gavi

    The charges concerning allegedly discriminatory conduct are open allegations pending a ruling and have not been established

    FIFA's Disciplinary Committee on Wednesday opened disciplinary proceedings against three Argentine footballers, a member of the national team's coaching staff and Spain's Gavi over incidents that followed the 2026 World Cup final, which Spain won 1-0 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

  • Wednesday, July 29th 2026 - 07:46 UTC

    Wildfires in Spain and France hit the world's two largest wine-growing nations

    In France, more than 160,000 hectares have burned and some 13,566 fires or outbreaks have been recorded so far this season

    The wildfires affecting Spain and France since mid-July have reached an unprecedented scale in both countries, which together account for nearly a quarter of the world's vineyard area. Spain declared a national wildfire emergency for the first time, while French President Emmanuel Macron described the situation as the most severe recorded in his country since the Second World War.

  • Tuesday, July 21st 2026 - 21:34 UTC

    Baseless conspiracy theories about Argentina's defeat go viral and are debunked

    The coach attributed the defeat to the opponent's performance: “We lost because they played better, it's good to acknowledge that.”

    In the hours after Argentina's 1-0 defeat to Spain in the 2026 World Cup final, social media filled with posts claiming, without offering evidence, that the result was “fixed.” Fact-checkers and Argentina's own coach, Lionel Scaloni, moved to dismiss those versions.

  • Monday, July 20th 2026 - 19:17 UTC

    Argentina players spark brawl and snub trophy ceremony after World Cup final defeat

    The tension, built up over a physical and stop-start match, boiled over after the whistle

    The 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina ended on Sunday with Spain champions by 1-0 after extra time, but the sporting outcome was overshadowed by a brawl between players from both sides moments after the final whistle at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, and by the decision of Argentina's players to turn their backs on the trophy ceremony.

  • Monday, July 20th 2026 - 00:47 UTC

    Spain crowned world champions with 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina in the final

    Photo: EPA/EFE/RONALD WITTEK

    Spain were crowned world champions for the second time in their history by beating Argentina 1-0 in extra time in the final played on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The winning goal came in the 106th minute, after a cross from Pedro Porro that Nico Williams headed on and that, according to the match report, Ferran Torres finished to settle a game clearly dominated by the Spanish side.

  • Sunday, July 19th 2026 - 23:05 UTC

    Trump takes center stage at the World Cup final, presenting Spain's trophy and holding it beforehand

    The episode fits into the close relationship between Trump and Infantino, which has run through much of the tournament

    US President Donald Trump was one of the central figures off the pitch at the 2026 World Cup final, co-hosting alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino the trophy presentation to Spain, champions after beating Argentina 1-0 in extra time at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Trump, who watched the match from the VIP box with his wife, Melania, also held the original trophy before kickoff, in images that circulated widely on social media.

  • Thursday, July 16th 2026 - 02:29 UTC

    Spain and UK open new chapter as Gibraltar treaty takes effect and border fence falls

    Beyond Gibraltar, the figures reflect a dense relationship: about 408,000 Britons reside in Spain and 427,000 Spaniards in the UK

    Spain and the United Kingdom are seeking to elevate to strategic a bilateral relationship shaped for decades by the Gibraltar dispute, after the treaty between the European Union and the United Kingdom on the territory entered provisional application in the early hours of Wednesday. The agreement, signed on Tuesday in Brussels, brought the dismantling of the fence that had separated the British territory from the Spanish municipality of La Línea de la Concepción since the early twentieth century.

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