From blackout to blowback: Pressure mounts on Sánchez to explain

MADRID – Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is set to appear before the Spanish parliament on Wednesday to explain the massive blackout that hit the Iberian Peninsula at the end of April – 10 days after the outage and with no official cause yet...

PELDEM’s third annual Pink Fashion Show

On Wednesday, April 16, the Latino/Hispanic student organization Presente en la Lucha de Mama, or PELDEM, which translates to supporting mothers and their families fighting breast cancer, hosted their third annual Pink Fashion Show. The Pink...

COMMUNIQUE – 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM

The Forty-Eighth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Barbados from 19 -21 February 2025 under the chairmanship of the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados....

Jennifer Coolidge, Pedro Martinez: Here are the commencement speakers at Mass. colleges

When: 10 a.m. Monday, May 12 Where: DCU Center, 50 Foster St., Worcester Watch the livestream. Who’s speaking? Jeffrey W. Talley, a retired three-star general who served as the 32nd chief of Army Reserve and commanding general of the US Army...

New Chair elected, regional data policy solidified, at OECS RDGC

Attendees of meetingThe OECS Regional Data Governance Council (RDGC) recently held its fourth meeting from April 28 to May 2, 2025. The organization shared via press release that the core outcome of this meeting was the commitment to establish a...

Spain and Portugal outage LIVE as grid operator claims to know cause of the disruption

By JAMES REYNOLDS Published: 07:39 EDT, 28 April 2025 | Updated: 15:13 EDT, 28 April 2025 Spain and Portugal have been hit by a massive power outage, affecting transport, telephone lines and traffic lights in major cities. Barcelona, Seville and...

Shakira screams, Lionel Messi tears and the dressing room story of Liverpool 4 Barcelona 0

It was a night nobody involved in will ever be able to forget. For Liverpool, the Champions League semi-final second leg against Barcelona was the tipping point when three-and-a-half years of promise under Jurgen Klopp crystallised into glorious...

Power restored to '99 percent' of mainland Spain after massive blackout

Electricity had been restored to more than 99 percent of mainland Spain early Tuesday, the REE power operator said. Lights came on again in Madrid and in Portugal's capital. Barely a corner of the peninsula, which has a joint population of almost...

Protests, power cuts and floods cloud the EPP’s party in Spain

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Lights flicker back to life as Spain, Portugal recover from massive blackout

Power is returning to Spain and Portugal following a massive blackout. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez urged the public not to speculate on the cause of the blackout. Panicked customers rushed to withdraw cash from banks. Lights flickered...

Power Returns To Most Of Spain, Portugal After Huge Blackout Hits Millions

Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal Tuesday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of elevators while millions saw phone and internet coverage die. Electricity had been...

No evidence of cyberattack linked to blackout in Spain, Portugal: EU chief

OVIEDO, Spain There is currently no evidence of a cyberattack in connection with the widespread power outages in Spain and Portugal, the European Council president said on Monday. Antonio Costa said he spoke with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro...

Power restored to most of Spain, Portugal after blackout

Electricity had been restored to nearly 90 percent of mainland Spain early Tuesday, the REE power operator said. Lights came on again in Madrid and in Portugal's capital. Barely a corner of the peninsula, which has a joint population of almost 60...

Discovering Spain

/Living 1 / 8 Iberian ham at the Mercado de la Boqueria in Barcelona 2 / 8 Paella was invented in Valencia and is Spain's most famous dish. 3 / 8 Agua de Valencia featuring Valencia orange juice and Spain's sparkling wine, cava Spain 6: 4 / 8 A...

Spain, Portugal work to restore power after massive blackout

MADRID , April 29 — Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal early Tuesday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of elevators while millions saw phone and internet coverage die....

Massive power outage brings chaos to Spain and Portugal

Drivers wait outside their cars in a massive traffic jam in downtown Madrid as subway and trains are totally out of service due to a massive power outage in Spain. Photo: AFP / Thomas Coex Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal late...

Spain, Portugal recover from blackout as power gradually restored

MADRID: Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal late Monday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula, stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of lifts while millions saw phone and internet coverage die. Nearly half of...

Spain, Portugal recover from blackout as power gradually restored

MADRID: Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal late Monday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula, stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of lifts while millions saw phone and internet coverage die. Nearly half of...

Power outage hits Spain, Portugal

Power went out across Spain and Portugal on Monday, cutting train, cell phone and internet networks, clogging roads and trapping people in elevators before electricity started to return to some areas hours later. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro...

FGC AM1-AM5: Spanish articulated motor multiple unit with rack

Stadler AM1-AM5 The A GTW articulated rack and pinion series consists of seven units that entered service in 2003. They were originally intended to operate on the Cremallera Montserrat (numbered AM1-AM5) and Núria (numbered A10-A11) lines of...