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Spain battles record wildfires even as the end of a heat wave brings lower temperatures

The fires have ravaged small, sparsely populated towns in the country's northwest, forcing locals in many cases to act as ...

Record area of land burned as Spain battles worst fires in decades

So far, sparsely populated areas have been hardest hit, but thousands of residents have already been evacuated.

Spain wildfires: decades of rural decline made the blazes worse, but robust local economies can prevent further destruction – here’s how

The key to preventing forest fires is creating a rural economy based on the use of forests. While this would generate ...

Huge wildfires stabilising in Spain, cooler forecast fuels hope worst is over

By Nacho Doce and Guillermo Martinez GONDULFES, Spain (Reuters) -Wildfires raging in northern and western Spain have burned ...

Spain anti-tourism backfires with Majorca handing free gift to UK tourists

The initative, part of an event dubbed 'Smile at a Tourist Day', will see shops across the island hand over gift bags to ...

Wildfires reach southern slopes of Spain's Picos de Europa mountains

Spain's worst wave of wildfires on record spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountains on Monday and ...

Turkish Airlines says Spain's Air Europa accepts its offer to buy a minority stake

Turkish Airlines said on Tuesday that its binding offer for the acquisition of a minority stake in Spanish airline Air Europa ...