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Date	Process	Result
February 8, 2008	Featured portal candidate	Not promoted
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Recent Did you know? items

* ... that Ana Sigüenza was the first woman to be the general secretary of a national trade union center in Spain?

* ... that '''[[Ana Sigüenza]]''' was the first woman to be the general secretary of a [[national trade union center]] in Spain?

* ... that the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ, a medieval Andalusian cookbook, contains an early version of Jewish challah bread, which traveled with Jews expelled from Spain and likely influenced Ashkenazi cuisine?

* ... that the '''''[[Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ]]''''', a [[Al-Andalus|medieval Andalusian]] cookbook, contains an early version of Jewish [[challah]] bread, which traveled with [[Expulsion of Jews from Spain|Jews expelled from Spain]] and likely influenced [[Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine|Ashkenazi cuisine]]?

* ... that wealth generated by tourism in Barcelona is claimed to be a reason for increased social inequality, causing activists to protest against overtourism?

* ... that wealth generated by tourism in [[Barcelona]] is claimed to be a reason for increased social inequality, '''[[2024 anti-tourism protests in Spain|causing activists to protest against overtourism]]'''?

* ... that alongside a 7th-century BC Phoenician shipwreck, two additional wrecks from various historical periods were unearthed in Bajo de la Campana, situated off the coast of Cartagena, Spain?

* ... that alongside '''[[Bajo de la Campana Phoenician shipwreck|a 7th-century BC Phoenician shipwreck]]''', two additional wrecks from various historical periods were unearthed in Bajo de la Campana, situated off the coast of [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]], Spain?

* ... that Irish International Brigader Tommy Wood had only been in Spain for 18 days when he was killed at the Battle of Lopera during the Spanish Civil War?

* ... that Irish [[International Brigades|International Brigader]] '''[[Tommy Wood (International Brigades)|Tommy Wood]]''' had only been in Spain for 18 days when he was killed at the [[Battle of Lopera]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]]?

* ... that Maruxa and Coralia Fandiño Ricart became famous in Galicia because their bright, colourful outfits contrasted with the social repression of Francoist Spain?

* ... that '''[[Maruxa and Coralia Fandiño Ricart]]''' became famous in [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] because their bright, colourful outfits contrasted with the social repression of [[Francoist Spain]]?

Recent In the news items

28 September 2024 –

Nine people are killed, 27 others are rescued, and 48 others are missing when a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of El Hierro in the Canary Islands, Spain. (AP)

:Nine people are killed, 27 others are rescued, and 48 others are missing when a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of [[El Hierro]] in the [[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]]. [https://apnews.com/article/migrants-canary-islands-boat-spain-c0e23bb2e09e75e6538bebca71305b85 (AP)]

14 September 2024 – 2024 Venezuelan political crisis

Venezuelan interior minister Diosdado Cabello announces that three US citizens, two Spanish citizens, and a Czech citizen have been arrested and are accused of planning to "generate violence" and "destabilize" Venezuela, with the Spanish citizens also accused of being Spanish secret service workers. (Reuters)

:[[Venezuela]]n interior minister [[Diosdado Cabello]] announces that three [[US]] citizens, two [[Spain|Spanish]] citizens, and a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] citizen have been arrested and are accused of planning to "generate violence" and "destabilize" Venezuela, with the Spanish citizens also accused of being [[National Intelligence Centre (Spain)|Spanish secret service]] workers. [https://www.reuters.com/world/spain-says-venezuela-arrests-foreigners-destabilizing-country-2024-09-14/ (Reuters)]

8 September 2024 – 2024 Venezuelan political crisis

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González flees Venezuela to seek political asylum in Spain. The Spanish government says that González left Venezuela on a Spanish Air Force plane at his own request. (BBC News)

:[[Venezuelan opposition]] leader [[Edmundo González]] flees [[Venezuela]] to seek [[right of asylum|political asylum]] in [[Spain]]. The [[Government of Spain|Spanish government]] says that González left Venezuela on a [[Spanish Air and Space Force|Spanish Air Force]] plane at his own request. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c14zdypxr7no (BBC News)]

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