Madrid

King Felipe VI of Spain (C) poses for a group photo with Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez (C-L), European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen (C-R), and other attendees at a reception after the meeting of the College of EU Commissioners in Madrid, Spain, 03 July 2023. EPA-EFE/Kiko Huesca Spanish agenda: low expectations, low disappointments

It's not as if Madrid was short on world-ranking galleries with the likes of the Prado Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Reina Sofía, among others.

A group of people who survived mass rapeseed poisoning four decades ago in Spain announced today that they have taken over the Prado Museum in Madrid and threatened to commit suicide if the government does not fulfill their demands.
They are asking Prime Minister Pedro Snchez to help the victims of the mass poisoning that happened in 1981, Reuters reports.

Madrid's tree-lined Paseo del Prado boulevard and the adjoining Retiro park have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list.

Real Madrid's Toni Kroos (C) in action against FC Barcelona's Sergio Busquets (bottom) during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, 01 March 2020. EPA-EFE/RODRIGO JIMENEZ

At least three people were killed on Jan. 20 when a huge explosion ripped through a building in Madrid, with officials confirming it was caused by a gas leak.

Images from the scene showed the walls on the top four or five stories of the residential building in the heart of the La Latina neighborhood had been blown out, with vast quantities of debris spreading far and wide.

The Philomena storm, which left Madrid paralyzed by snow last week, is sweeping across the Mediterranean, has already covered the eastern parts of the Balkans and continues via Serbia towards Greece and Turkey.
Due to Philomena, Madrid faced with the heaviest snowfall in decades, while the temperature dropped to a record -36 degrees.

The Spanish government has hinted at a possible reopening to foreign tourism this summer. It comes as a raft of lockdown measures were eased in Madrid and Barcelona on Monday.

849 people died from a coronavirus in Spain in 24 hours, the BBC reported.

This is the highest number of casualties in a day since the start of the epidemic about a month and a half ago.

"The total number of deaths in the Western European country has reached 8189 people to date," the Madrid Health Ministry said.

Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias confirmed on Tuesday that of the 263 passengers that  returned from Madrid and Barcelona on Sunday and placed in isolation at a central Athens hotel, 21 have tested positive for Covid-19.