- Sep 28
Spanish police arrest three men after woman found dead in Benidorm field
Spanish National Police detained a murder suspect and two alleged accomplices after a 33-year-old woman was stabbed to death in Benidorm and buried in a rural area near Finestrat on 28 September 2026.
- Sep 28
Spain moves to allow medication abortions in primary care health centres
Health Minister Mónica García announced regulatory changes to permit medical abortions at local health centres, shifting mifepristone administration outside hospital-only settings.
- Sep 14
Spain confirms 88-year-old woman murdered in Madrid domestic violence case
Spain's Ministry of Equality has confirmed the death of an 88-year-old woman in San Sebastián de los Reyes as a gender violence murder, raising the national toll for 2026 to 37.
- Jul 7
A decade after La Manada: the gang rape that reshaped Spain's sexual consent laws
On the tenth anniversary of the Pamplona gang rape, the five convicts remain in prison while the case's legacy, mass protests, the 'solo sí es sí' law, and a redefinition of consent, endures.
- Jun 15
Spain triples women's health research funding to €18 million to close historical gender gap
The Spanish government unveiled the Somos-Contamos program, tripling public investment in women's health R&D to €18 million per year to correct decades of gender bias in biomedical science.