Villages across Spain used to be full of life, work, celebration, places where people loved, worshipped and mourned their dead. That changed drastically in the 1950s when an exodus began in remote ...

MOLINS DE REI, Spain, June 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - W hen the air pollution in China caused his son to fall seriously ill nearly three years ago, Miquel Utge knew he had to get his family as ...

More than 30 struggling families are occupying an apartment in Seville that has been empty since it was finished three years ago. The building is one of hundreds of thousands of ghost constructions ...

Spanish police have evicted orders to clear an abandoned school building where hundreds of mostly undocumented migrants were living in a squat north of Barcelona.

16:20, Tue, Sep 23, 2025 Updated: 16:22, Tue, Sep 23, 2025 Tourists are increasingly turning their attention to Europe's large collection of ghost towns as they seek out new, exciting experiences.

RÁBADE, Spain — After a decade of working on luxury cruise ships in the Bahamas, Jeff King, 60, and Claudia Weber, 50, decided they’d had enough of Caribbean sun, tourism and mosquitoes. A former ship ...

More than 4,000 rural towns in Spain are in danger of disappearing as people depart in search of better opportunities in the cities. Now, hundreds of Spanish towns are up for sale for as little as ...

Spain's Exiled Former King Feels Abandoned by Son, According to Memoir By Lewis Macdonald and Aislinn Laing PARIS/MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's disgraced former king, Juan Carlos, feels abandoned and ...

Members of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) in protective suits at the entry to the mall Palacio de Hielo, whose ice rink will be used as a morgue due to local funeral homes being over capacity due ...