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Demonstrators perform the fascist salute during a demonstration called by Falange Espanola de las JONS fascist party in Madrid, on November 21, 2025, marking the 50th anniversary of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's death.(Thomas COEX / AFP)
November 22, 2025, 2:21 pm
With fascist salutes, hundreds march in Madrid for anniversary of Franco’s death
Officials say some 700 rallied to mark death of dictator; Mussolini’s great-granddaughter among those present
By AFP
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protestors hold a 'Wanted' poster depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during the 21st and last stage of the Vuelta a Espana 2025, in Madrid on September 14, 2025. (Oscar DEL POZO / AFP)
September 16, 2025, 11:47 pm
Spanish police clash with French fans, Palestinian flag banned ahead of soccer match
Madrid stadium security enforces policy of confiscating Palestinian flags, which was in place even before anti-Israel protests disrupted Vuelta bike race over weekend
By AP and ToI Staff
Protesters block the road in an attempt to disrupt the twenty-first stage of the Spanish cycling race La Vuelta in Madrid on September 14, 2025. (AP/Manu Fernández)
September 14, 2025, 8:39 pm
Anti-Israel protesters block final stage of Vuelta after drawing Spanish PM’s praise
Finale of major cycling race nixed in Madrid after clashes, despite presence of over 1,500 police officers; member of Israeli team wins award; Sa’ar calls Sanchez ‘a disgrace’
By Agencies, Zev Stub and ToI Staff
Police arrive to patrol outside Arsenal's Emirates Stadium ahead of the Champions League quarterfinal 1st leg soccer match between Arsenal and Bayern Munich in London, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. This week's Champions League soccer games will go ahead as scheduled despite an Islamic State terror threat. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
April 9, 2024, 6:29 pm
Champions League soccer matches to go ahead despite Islamic State terror threat
France, UK and Spain bolster stadium security in major cities hosting soccer games; threats come weeks after terror group’s deadly attack on a Russian concert hall
By Agencies
The former metro building on Calle Castelló in Madrid, Spain is the intended seat of the Hispano-Jewish Museum, the first of its caliber on the Iberian Peninsula. (Google Maps)
July 27, 2023, 3:03 pm
Hispanic Jewish group signs lease for $40 million museum
Institution in the city’s upscale Salamanca district will be the first of its caliber in Spain and the Iberian Peninsula, a founder says
By Canaan Lidor
Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares speaks to journalists during a NATO meeting in Bucharest, Romania, November 30, 2022 (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
February 17, 2023, 10:35 pm
Spanish FM swipes at Barcelona for cutting ties with Israel
Jose Manuel Albares calls mayor’s decision to suspend twinning deal with Tel Aviv a ‘unilateral move,’ predicts nothing good will come of it
By AFP and ToI Staff
In a screenshot from video on social media, an armed guard holds a gun across from pro-BDS activists who interrupted a lecture by Israel's ambassador to Spain, Rodica Radian-Gordon, at Complutense University of Madrid, February 8, 2023. (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 11, 2023, 4:48 pm
Guns drawn, guards spirit away Israeli envoy to Spain as BDS activists crash lecture
Video shows protesters trying to enter room where Rodica Radian-Gordon was being guarded, as member of security detail points pistol at them; she later finishes her talk
By ToI Staff
Composite image - Left, Barcelona mayor Ada Colau (Wikipedia/Laura Guerrero; CC BY-SA 4.0). Right, Madrid Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida (Wikipedia/Thomas Holbach; CC BY-SA 4.0)
February 10, 2023, 4:59 am
Madrid offers to take up twinning deal with Tel Aviv after Barcelona suspends ties
Spanish capital’s mayor blasts counterpart’s not-yet-approved move to put agreement on hold over ‘systematic violation’ of Palestinian rights, says it has ‘stench’ of antisemitism
By ToI Staff and AFP
Israeli flags are ripped up and thrown from a building during a protest in London, May 15, 2021 (Screen grab/Twitter)
May 15, 2021, 6:40 pm
Israeli flags ripped, walked on as thousands attend protests in European cities
Organizers say 100,000 gather near Israeli embassy in London; Corbyn: ‘End the occupation now’; Paris police use tear gas at illegal rally; Israeli reporter attacked in Berlin
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Health professionals evacuate an injured from the scene of an explosion in downtown Madrid, Spain on Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul White)
January 20, 2021, 7:13 pm
Huge blast shakes Madrid, apparently due to gas leak; 3 said killed
First images and footage shared on social media show tower of smoke coming out of six-story building and rubble scattered near the city center
By Agencies
A mortuary employee wearing a face mask places the coffin of a COVID-19 coronavirus victim into a niche during a burial at the Fuencarral cemetery in Madrid on March 29, 2020. (BALDESCA SAMPER/AFP)
March 30, 2020, 2:48 pm
Spain surpasses China in number of virus cases with 85,195
Country sees 812 fatalities in 24-hour period, bringing grim total to 7,340, but officials say rate of deaths and infections is slowing
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Undertakers carry a coffin of a person who died of COVID-19 at the La Almudena cemetery in Madrid, Spain, March 23, 2020. (Bernat Armangue/AP)
March 24, 2020, 2:08 pm
Spain coronavirus death toll rises by nearly a quarter, jumping by 514 to 2,696
Number of people testing positive spikes 20% to 39,673; Madrid ice rink being used as improvised morgue to handle fatalities
By Agencies
People wearing face masks arrive at the South Municipal cemetery in Madrid, to attend the burial of a man who died of the new coronavirus, on March 23, 2020. (BALDESCA SAMPER/AFP)
March 24, 2020, 8:11 am
Abandoned virus victims found dead in Spanish retirement homes
Madrid ice rink converted into improvised morgue to deal with crisis as death toll surges to 2,812 across country
By AFP
Screen capture from video of a passenger leaving a flight from Tel Aviv to Berlin after the Health Ministry broadened self-quarantine demands for travelers, March 4, 2010. (Twitter)
March 5, 2020, 1:11 pm
As Israel rolls out virus rules, dozens rush to exit planes heading for Europe
After Health Ministry Wednesday announced 14 days’ mandated isolation for those returning from Germany, Spain, France, passengers deplaned from aircraft preparing to leave Tel Aviv
By Stuart Winer
The building known as "The Ungovernable," which is to become the Jewish museum of Madrid, is pictured when it was still illegally occupied by far-left activists, July 4, 2019. (Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty Images/JTA)
February 7, 2020, 11:44 am
Madrid to open Jewish museum in building reclaimed from far-left activists
Neither Madrid nor Portuguese capital Lisbon have Jewish museums despite both countries once being major hubs of European Jewry
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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