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Spanish villagers devastated by forest fire win €468m in lottery prizes

22 décembre 2025 à 14:06

Mayor of La Bañeza says winning El Gordo Christmas lottery ‘is something that has fallen from the heavens’

When the village of La Bañeza in Castilla y León was engulfed in one of the worst forest fires in Spanish history, the rain came too late to save it.

But now the Christmas lottery has showered its 10,000 inhabitants with hundreds of millions of euros.

Spain’s socialists shed voters in regional election as far right makes gains

The Guardian

Par :Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

22 décembre 2025 à 11:03

Vox doubles its seats in Extremadura as Socialist Workers’ party, mired in corruption scandals, loses 10 of its 28 seats

Spain’s ruling Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE), already reeling from a series of corruption and sexual harassment scandals, has suffered another blow with a disastrous showing in Sunday’s regional election in the north-western region of Extremadura.

The PSOE lost 10 of its 28 seats as the far-right Vox party doubled its representation on two years ago from five to 11 seats.