Spain
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union (EU) member state. Spanning the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean; the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea; and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea, Gibraltar and Morocco ; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and largest city is Madrid; other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Seville, Bilbao, Málaga, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca and Las Palmas.
Beyond's analysis on Spain
- — Over 2.2 million Spanish schoolchildren face poverty risk while meal aid reaches less than half
- — Spain's economic agenda opens with housing affordability and cost‑of‑living as the top unresolved challenges, warning that the upcoming political cycle could end with a weakening economy
- — Spain could add over one million homes by increasing urban density, Banco de España says
- — Vulnerable populations in Spain risk being left out of essential services due to bureaucratic hurdles and digital exclusion, posing social and economic challenges
- — Spain's purebred horse sector surpasses €7.4 billion in global sales, driven by high‑value exports
- — Spanish energy giants Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy, Repsol and Moeve are set to more than double their 2023 profits in 2026, driven by record gas and oil prices
- — Spain’s wealthiest investors are beating summer market volatility with SICAVs, securing returns above 1%
- — Sánchez publicly criticizes King Felipe VI over his absence during the Ceuta migrant surge
- — Nearly one‑third of Spanish public‑service workers decline promotions because housing costs leave them financially worse off
- — Spain has deployed most of the €80 bn European recovery subsidies, meeting the goal to stimulate the economy and paving the way for further joint EU debt
- — Spain's video game market generated €2.29 billion in 2025, marking over 30% growth in five years and underscoring the sector's expanding role in the country's digital entertainment economy
- — UK households can cut energy bills by up to £173 a year by moving to fixed-rate deals as price caps loom
Recent news mentioning Spain
- — JDEnergy Highlights the Value of String PCS for Spain's Energy Storage Market
- — European Wine Treasures Launches in the U.S., Bringing Greece and Jumilla PDO (Spain) Together in a Three-Year Campaign
- — Pan Global Successful in Bid For Rights to Salamón Gold Project, Spain
- — ESpanix deploys Nokia Deepfield Defender to protect Spain's internet traffic from DDoS attacks
- — SpainDC cree que el decreto para los 'data center' es un 'veto' que acabará con el sector
- — WeRide, Uber, and AVOMO receive Spain’s First National Operating Permit for Level 4 Autonomous Passenger Vehicles
- — Pan Global Intersects 15 Meters of 3.9 g/t Gold From Surface, Cármenes Project, Spain
- — DENARIUS METALS ANNOUNCES 7 KM EXTENSION OF PROPERTY HOLDINGS AT ITS TORAL PROJECT IN NORTHERN SPAIN, INCLUDING THE FORMER PRODUCING ZN-PB ANTONINA MINE; ALSO ANNOUNCES MAIDEN NI 43-101 MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR THE TORAL PROJECT
- — Coherent Brings AI Datacenter and Photonics Thought Leadership to ECOC 2026 in Málaga, Spain
- — What do Spain’s migrant crisis and Germany’s knife-edge election mean for Europe?
- — Thryv Therapeutics Licenses a New Class of SGK1 Inhibitors from Spain's CSIC and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Extending Its Platform into Neurodegenerative Disease
- — Ceuta spirals into chaos as Spain’s Sánchez struggles to regain control