Spain

Millionaires’ playground Marbella wants to become a tech hub

Mortgage lending is strong, with Spanish banks including Santander and BBVA competing fiercely to lend as robust consumption and high rates of immigration make Spain one of the bloc’s fastest-growing economies.

Spain, Portugal step up scrutiny of soaring property markets

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the 2026 Nato summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026.

Trump orders halt to US trade with Spain over Nato

“Housing-access problems are progressively reducing the homeownership rate and contributing to lower rates of residential independence among young people,” according to a Bank of Spain report.

Spain lacks 750,000 homes, with hot spots from Madrid to the Mediterranean coast

Spain operates the world’s second-largest high-speed rail network, behind only China.
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Huawei believes a proposal to exclude Chinese suppliers based on their country of origin “violates the EU’s basic legal principles of fairness”.

Germany, Spain push back on European plan to ban Huawei gear

Mango founder Isak Andic died in December 2024 after falling from a cliff while hiking with his son Jonathan.

Mango owner arrested in probe into father’s 2024 death

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been one of Europe’s most vocal critics of US and Israeli military actions in the Middle East in recent weeks.

Spain’s economic endorsement of China is a major Trump rebuke

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Apr 14.

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