Parts of Spain have introduced measures aimed at limiting numbers of tourists, following widespread protests last year.

Ryanair is set to axe 800,000 passenger seats on 12 routes across Spain this year, after it flagged the "excessive fees" that the aviation sector in the country is charging the budget airline.

Alicante and Madrid have enacted similar bans over the past 12 months, with Seville and other Spanish cities expected to follow suit. The Malaga city ban is also anticipated to be extended beyond its initial three-year term.

Nationalist Vox party has seized on ‘visceral’ public reaction to mishandling of floods, says transport minister

The country is at the forefront of a wider crunch spreading across Europe, and its prime minister has proposed a 100 percent tax aimed at foreign real estate investors.

New restrictions are set to affect tourists visiting Spain as authorities in the popular holiday destination increase measures to curb the impacts of overtourism. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish oil company Repsol plans to invest 4 billion euros ($4.2 billion) in data centres, Expansion newspaper reported on Monday, citing unidentified sources close to the process. The planned data centres would be located near the northern Spanish city of Zaragoza, the newspaper said.

Tourism is booming in Spain, helping the economy rival even healthy US growth. It will also be a buffer against Trump’s tariffs.

Spain is set to implement a series of new tourism restrictions this year in response to growing anti-tourist sentiment that spread across Europe last summer.

U.S. president Donald Trump has apparently confused Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, causing some head-scratching and jitters over possible tariffs in Madrid.

President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” to Washington, DC, police lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky and officer Terence Sutton for their roles in the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown, a case that drew protests on the heels of the murder of George Floyd.

Richard Gere is loving his new life across the Atlantic. The “Pretty Woman” actor and his wife, Alejandra Silva, shared an update on how they’re doing since moving from Connecticut to Spain in November. “The truth is that you are seeing us in our momentum,” Gere, 75, told Elle España on Tuesday alongside Silva, 41. “We are happier than ever.”