A court ruled Wednesday that the Spanish state be paid 1.6 billion euros ($1.9 billion) in damages over the 2002 Prestige oil spill, one of Europe's worst environmental disasters.
The court in the northwestern Spanish city of A Coruna also said the regional government of Galicia, off whose coast the Prestige tanker broke in two, be compensated 1.8 million eurosRead more
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Monday that arsonists were to blame for most of the deadly wildfires raging in northwestern Spain which have so far killed three people and injured dozens.
"What we are experiencing here does not happen by chance, this was provoked," he said after observing a minute of silence for victims in the town of Pazos deRead more
a derailed train at the O Porrino station, close to the city of Pontevedra in the region of Galicia, northwest Spain. At least four people have been killed after the derailment of the train on Friday in O Porrino.
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