2025 in Spain

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Events in the year 2025 in Spain.

• Monarch – Felipe VI^[1]
• Prime Minister – Pedro Sánchez (Sánchez III Government)
• President of the Congress of Deputies – Francina Armengol
• President of the Senate – Pedro Rollán
• President of the Constitutional Court – Cándido Conde-Pumpido
• President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary – Isabel Perelló
• President of the Council of State – Carmen Calvo
• President of the Court of Auditors – Enriqueta Chicano Jávega
• Attorney General – Álvaro García Ortiz
• Ombudsman – Ángel Gabilondo
• Chief of the Defence Staff – Teodoro Esteban López Calderón

• 18 January – A ski lift collapses in Astún, injuring at least 15 people.^[2]
• 21 January – One person is killed in an explosion at the Port of Barcelona.^[3]

• 6 February – The Supreme Court of Spain overturns the conviction of Rafael Louzan for his involvement in an anomalous construction agreement in Moraña when he was president of the Provincial Deputation of Pontevedra, allowing him to retain his post as head of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.^[4]
• 19 February – Police discover a tunnel measuring at least 50 meters from Ceuta to Morocco and believed to be used to transport drugs following a raid on a warehouse.^[5]
• 20 February – Rubiales affair: The Audiencia Nacional convicts former Royal Spanish Football Federation head Luis Rubiales for kissing women's national team player Jenni Hermoso without her consent at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final and orders him to pay a fine of €10,800 (£8,942).^[6]

• 19 March – The central government approves a measure allowing for unaccompanied underage migrants held in detention centers in the Canary Islands and Ceuta to be held in other regions of the country to ease overcrowding.^[7]
• 20 March – The Congress of Deputies votes in favour of lifting a 2021 ban on hunting Iberian wolves north of the Douro River.^[8]
• 28 March – An appeals court in Barcelona overturns the 2024 conviction of former FC Barcelona player Dani Alves for rape.^[9]
• 31 March – Five people are killed in an explosion at the Cerredo mine in Degaña, Asturias.^[10]

• 2 April – The government ends the practice of giving out golden visas to non-EU citizens investing in property in Spain.^[11]
• 12 April – A state of emergency is declared in Lanzarote due to flooding caused by heavy rains.^[12]
• 14 April – Architect Antoni Gaudí, who designed the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, is designated as a venerable by Pope Francis.^[13]
• 24 April
  • The government cancels an agreement to purchase ammunition from the Israeli firm IMI Systems to be used by the Civil Guard following criticism over the Gaza war.^[14]
  • Archaeologists from the University of Barcelona confirm that the remains discovered in Valls, Catalonia, correspond to the ancient Iberian city of Cissa, the scene of the Battle of Cissa during the Second Punic War.^[15]
• 28 April – A massive blackout hits the Iberian Peninsula, causing extensive power outages across Spain.^[16]

• 4 May – Four segments of a cable used in the signaling system of the Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line are stolen in Toledo, causing extensive travel disruptions.^[17]
• 10 May – A fire breaks out at a warehouse storing pool cleaning products in Vilanova i la Geltru, resulting in a massive cloud of chlorine and stay-at-home orders for 160,000 residents.^[18]
• 14 May – An explosion occurs at a chemical plant in Alcalá de Guadaíra, resulting in and stay-at-home orders for 80,000 residents.^[19][20]
• 15 May – FC Barcelona wins the 2024–25 La Liga after defeating RCD Espanyol 2-0.^[21]
• 19 May – The government orders Airbnb to withdraw 65,935 listings for various irregularities.^[22]
• 21 May –
  • Ukrainian politician and Spanish resident Andriy Portnov is shot dead outside a school in the Pozuelo de Alarcón area of Madrid.^[23]
  • 2025 UEFA Europa League final in Bilbao^[24]
• 25 May – Alex Palou becomes the first Spaniard to win the Indianapolis 500 race.^[25]
• 28 May – A boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of El Hierro, killing seven passengers.^[26]
• 31 May – Two British nationals are killed in a shooting at a bar in Fuengirola.^[27]

• 3 June – The government cancels a contract by Pap Tecnos, a domestic subsidiary of Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, to produce 168 SPIKE LR2 anti-tank missile systems valued at 285 million euros ($325 million) following criticism over the Gaza war.^[28]
• 8 June – Spain loses the 2025 UEFA Nations League final 5-3 to Portugal in penalties.^[29]
• 12 June – Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez issues a public apology over a corruption investigation into senior PSOE official and MP Santos Cerdán.^[30]
• 26–29 June – 2025 European Athletics Team Championships^[31]
• 30 June–3 July – Fourth United Nations Conference on Financing Development in Seville.^[32]

• 1 July – 2025 European heatwaves: Two people are killed in a wildfire that breaks out in Torrefeta i Florejacs, Catalonia, amid a heatwave that affects Spain and other parts of Europe.^[33][34]
• 3 July – Portuguese football player Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva are killed in a car crash in Cernadilla, Zamora Province.^[35]
• 8 July – The Mossos d'Esquadra shoots a man dead after he barricaded himself inside his home with three hostages in Calldetenes, Catalonia.^[36]
• 10 July – Authorities seize 72 kilograms of cocaine from a boat and an underwater vessel and arrest three people at the Port of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.^[37]
• 12 July – Clashes involving far-right groups, local residents and migrants break out in Torre-Pacheco, Murcia Region, resulting in eight arrests.^[38]
• 14 July – A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Andalusia, causing damage to Almería Airport.^[39]
• 20 July – The Civil Guard arrest eight members of a robbery gang disguised as officers in Tenerife.^[40]
• 27 July – Spain finishes in second place at the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 after losing to England 3-1 in the final in Basel, Switzerland.^[41]

• 7 August – The town of Jumilla becomes the first town in Spain to pass a law prohibiting municipal sports facilities from being used for religious, cultural or social activities deemed alien to local identity that is seen as a ban on Muslims from using public facilities to celebrate religious events.^[42]
• 8 August – A fire breaks out at the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba.^[43]
• 9 August – The State Meteorological Agency issues an orange heatwave alert for all of the Canary Islands and a red health risk alert for Fuerteventura and Lanzarote due to extreme temperatures.^[44]
• 12 August – One person is killed in a wildfire in Tres Cantos, north of Madrid.^[45]
• 14 August – One person is killed in a wildfire in León Province.^[46]
• 16 August – Two beaches on La Graciosa in the Canary Islands are given black flags by environmental group Ecologistas en Acción due to pollution attributed to mass tourism.^[47]
• 21 August – Beaches in Guardamar del Segura, Alicante Province are temporarily closed after sightings of the venomous sea slug Glaucus atlanticus.^[48]
• 22 August – A phylloxera infestation is confirmed on 30 sites in Tenerife.^[49]
• 24 August – Rescuers save 248 migrants off the Canary Islands, and then bring them to Arguineguín port.^[50]
• 26 August – Seventeen people in Gran Canaria and 100 people in La Manga, Murcia fall ill with salmonella from hospital food.^[51]

• 3 September – The 11th stage of the 2025 Vuelta a España in Bilbao is prematurely ended without a winner after a group of pro-Palestine protesters try to enter the racetrack as the Israel–Premier Tech passes by.^[52]

Source:^[53]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 6 January – Epiphany
• 17 April – Maundy Thursday
• 18 April – Good Friday
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – International Workers' Day
• 15 August – Assumption Day
• 12 October – National Day of Spain
• 1 November – All Saints' Day
• 6 December – Constitution Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

• List of 2025 box office number-one films in Spain
• List of Spanish films of 2025
• 39th Goya Awards
• Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

• 10 April – Agustín Escobar, 55, president and CEO of Siemens in Spain (since 2022).^[54]
• 3 July – Borja Gómez, 20, motorcycle racer (FIM Stock European Championship).^[55]
• 7 July – Juan Cutillas, 83, footballer (Atletico Madrid) and coach (Philippines)^[56]
• 11 July – Toni Cruz, 78, singer and television producer^[57]
• 20 July – Joan Callau i Bartolí, 65, politician^[58]
• 8 August – Julián Riera, 84, footballer^[59]
• 13 August – José Antonio Marín Rite, 84, lawyer and politician, mayor of Huelva (1979–1988) and president of the Andalusian parliament (1988–1994).^[60]
• 14 August –
  • Bernardo Ruiz, 100, racing cyclist, 1948 Vuelta a España winner.^[61]
  • José María Saponi, 87, politician, mayor of Cáceres (1995–2007).^[62]
• 22 August – Javier Cid, 46, journalist (El Mundo), writer and LGBT rights activist.^[63]
• 24 August – Verónica Echegui, 42, actress^[64]
• 25 August –
  • Manuel Gausa, 66, architect.
  • José María Sánchez Silva, 74, military officer.^[65]
• 27 August – Eusebio Poncela, 79, actor^[66]
• 29 August – Arantza Arruti, 79, politician and basque separatist (ETA).^[67]
• 30 August –
  • Antonio Masa Godoy, 83, politician, deputy (1977–1979).^[68]
  • Víctor Terradellas Maré, 62, businessman and political activist.^[69]
• 31 August – Diego de Morón, 78, guitarist.^[70]

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