2024 in Spain
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Events in the year 2024 in Spain.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Felipe VI[1]
- Prime Minister – Pedro Sánchez
- President of the Congress of Deputies – Francina Armengol
- President of the Senate – Pedro Rollán
- President of the Supreme Court – Francisco Marín Castán (acting)
- President of the Constitutional Court – Cándido Conde-Pumpido
- Attorney General – Álvaro García Ortiz
- Chief of the Defence Staff – Teodoro Esteban López Calderón
- Sánchez II Government
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 30 January–3 February – Benidorm Fest 2024 (1st semifinal)[2][3]
February
[edit]- 3 February – 16th Gaudí Awards in Barcelona, Catalonia[4]
- 9 February – Two police officers are killed and two more are injured after a speedboat suspected of belonging to drug smugglers smashes into their patrol craft in the port of Barbate, Andalusia.[5]
- 10 February – 38th Goya Awards in Valladolid, Castile and León[6]
- 18 February – 2024 Galician regional election
- 22 February – 2024 València residential complex fire: At least 10 people are killed in a fire at a 14-storey residential building in Valencia.[7]
- 28 February – An investigation is launched into a corruption scandal involving several political figures and allies of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.[8]
April
[edit]- 20 April – 2024 Anti-tourism protests in Spain: Protests occur in Tenerife, Canary Islands, against mass tourism in the Canary Islands which is allegedly increasing house prices for locals.[9]
- 21 April – 2024 Basque regional election
- 24 April – Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that he is considering resigning from office after the launch of a judicial investigation into his wife, Begoña Gómez after accusations by a right-wing legal platform.[10] On 29 April, Sánchez withdraws his considerations.[11]
May
[edit]- 3 May – The Spanish government revokes a national award given out since 2011 for bullfighting.[12]
- 12 May – 2024 Catalan regional election: The PSC emerges as the largest party in the Parliament of Catalonia at the expense of separatist parties, who lose their majority.[13]
- 21 May – Spain recalls its ambassador in Argentina after President Javier Milei makes disparaging remarks against Pedro Sánchez and Begoña Gómez during Milei's visit to Spain.[14]
- 22 May – The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain announce they will recognise the State of Palestine as a sovereign state starting 28 May, calling for a two-state solution. In response, Israel recalls its ambassadors to these countries.[15]
- 23 May – Four people are killed and 16 others are injured after a building housing a restaurant collapses in Palma de Mallorca.[16]
- 27 May – Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez signs a bilateral security pact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and pledges €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) of military aid to Ukraine.[17]
- 28 May – The government officially recognises the State of Palestine, after declaring their intention to do so on May 22.[18]
- 30 May – The Congress of Deputies votes 177-172 to pass a bill granting amnesty for Catalan separatists involved in the 2017 Catalan independence referendum and the ensuing Catalan declaration of independence and political crisis.[19]
June
[edit]- 6 June – South Africa's genocide case against Israel: Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide.[20]
- 9 June – 2024 European Parliament election
- 10 June – A Spanish court sentences three men to eight months in prison for racist chants directed towards Brazilian football player Vinícius Júnior.[21]
- 11 June – 2024 Spain floods.[22]
- 20 June – A cruise ship rescues 68 migrants and recovers five bodies in a wooden dinghy drifting off the Canary Islands.[23]
- June 22 – A group of nuns from the Monastery of Santa Clara (Belorado) are excommunicated by the Catholic Church.[24][25]
July
[edit]- 9 July – UEFA Euro 2024: In association football, 16-year-old Spanish player Lamine Yamal becomes the youngest goalscorer at a UEFA European Championship tournament after scoring in Spain's 2–1 semi-final win against France.[26]
- 14 July –
- In tennis, Carlos Alcaraz defeats Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(7-4) in the Men's singles final to win his second Wimbledon title and his fourth overall Grand Slam title.[27]
- In association football, Spain defeats England 2–1 in the final match to win their fourth UEFA European Championship title.[28]
- 15 July – A body believed to be missing 19-year-old Jay Slater from Lancashire, United Kingdom, is found near where he was reported missing in Tenerife, after a 28-day search.[29]
- 16 July – Twenty-five people are injured after a bus carrying textile workers crashes into a tunnel north of Barcelona.[30]
- 17 July – Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces measures to reduce the spread of fake news and harmful content in all forms of media, which the People's Party claims is an act to censor and control critical media.[31]
- 20 July – Thousands of people protest in Palma de Mallorca against overtourism in the country.[32]
- 23 July – The Audiencia Nacional sentences Pompeyo González Pascual to 18 years' imprisonment for sending six letters containing explosives to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the US and Ukrainian embassies, the defence ministry and other military targets nationwide in 2022.[33]
- 27 July – In association football, Spain defeats the Netherlands 2–1 in the final to win their sixth UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship title.[34]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[35]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 6 January - Epiphany
- 28 March - Maundy Thursday
- 29 March - Good Friday
- 1 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
Art and entertainment
[edit]- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Spain
- List of Spanish films of 2024
- 38th Goya Awards
- Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 2 January:
- Carmen Valero, 68, Olympic middle-distance runner (1976).[36]
- Ángel Castellanos, 71, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Granada, national team).[37]
- 3 January – Arévalo, 76, Spanish comedian and actor (Moscow Gold).[38]
- 6 January – Pablo Varela Server, 81, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Panamá (2004–2019).[39]
- 7 January – Arnold Taraborrelli, 92, American-Spanish choreographer.[40]
- 8 January – Ventura Pons, 78, film director (Anita Takes a Chance, Food of Love).[41]
- 9 January – Santiago López Valdivielso, 73, politician and businessman, director-general of the Civil Guard (1996–2004) and deputy (1986–1996).[42]
- 10 January – César Alierta, 78, telecommunications executive, CEO of Telefónica (2000–2016).[43]
- 12 January – Luis García Mosquera, 77, footballer (Deportivo La Coruña, Getafe Deportivo).[44]
- 13 January:
- Miguel Barroso Ayats, 70, journalist (El País) and political advisor, secretary of state for press (2004–2005).[45]
- Juli Mira, 74, actor (The Sea, Voices in the Night, The 7th Day).[46]
- Laureano Rubial, 76, footballer (Real Zaragoza, Pontevedra, UP Langreo).[47]
- 14 January:
- Ricardo Alós, 92, footballer (Sporting de Gijón, Valencia, Real Murcia).[48]
- Luís Torras, 111, painter.[49]
- 15 January:
- Carles Falcón, 45, rally driver (2024 Dakar Rally).[50]
- Anita Sirgo, 93, trade unionist and anti-Francoist militant (Asturian miners' strike of 1962).[51]
- 16 January: José Lifante, 80, actor (Spanish Fly, Butterfly on the Shoulder, National Heritage)[52]
- 18 January: Trini Tinturé, 88, cartoonist and illustrator.[53]
- 19 January:
- Ester Xargay Melero, 63, poet, video artist and translator.[54]
- José Antonio Jiménez Jiménez, 71, boxer, European featherweight champion (1973–1975).[55]
- 22 January: Martí, 68–69, comics artist.[56]
- 24 January: Ángel María de Pablos, 81, journalist (El Mundo, El Norte de Castilla), poet and writer.[57]
- 26 January: Josep Alegre i Vilas, 83, Roman Catholic monk, abbot of the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet (1998–2015).[58]
- 27 January: Eugenio Nasarre, 77, politician and civil servant, director general of RTVE (1982) and deputy (2000–2015).[59]
- 29 January: Louis Colombani, 92, French politician.[60]
February
[edit]- 2 February: Lorenzo Olarte Cullen, 91, politician, president of the Canary Islands (1988–1991).[61]
- 3 February: Ángel Franco Martínez, 85, football referee.[62]
See also
[edit]References
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