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Demonstrators march shouting slogans against the Formula 1 Barcelona Fan Festival in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Barcelona City Hall announced last month that it would not renew any tourist apartment licenses after they expire in 2028. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Barcelona wants to get rid of short-term rental units. Will other tourist destinations do the same?

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Jock Landale, of Australia, shoots over Santi Aldama, of Spain, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill,Pool)

Landale scores 20 points, Australia beats Spain 92-80 to open Olympic basketball tournament

By Kyle Hightower - Associated Press

Spain's Mikel Oyarzabal, center, scores his side's second goal during the final match between Spain and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain beats England 2-1 to win record fourth European Championship title

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Spain's Mikel Oyarzabal, center, scores his side's second goal during the final match between Spain and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain downs England to win record fourth European Championship title

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Spain's Lamine Yamal is substituted during a semifinal match between Spain and France at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Left Spain's Rodri. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Yamal and Spain meet England in the Euro 2024 final. It’s the best team against the most resilient

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Spain's Lamine Yamal celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during a semifinal match between Spain and France at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Spain’s Lamine Yamal becomes youngest scorer at a major tournament with goal at Euro 2024 at age 16

By Daniella Matar - Associated Press

Spain's Lamine Yamal celebrates scoring his side's first goal during a semifinal match between Spain and France at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Yamal sets mark as youngest-ever scorer as Spain beats France to reach Euro 2024 final

By Daniella Matar - Associated Press

This photo taken in Sept. 2007 shows a 20-year-old Lionel Messi, who had embarked on his legendary Barcelona career just over four years prior, helping to bathe Lamine Yamal, who was merely six months old at the time with Yamal's mother Sheila Ebana, during a photo session in the dressing room of the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Lamine Yamal is now a soccer sensation for both Spain and Barcelona and he is still only 16-years-old. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Photo of a young Lionel Messi with Lamine Yamal as a baby resurfaces after almost 17 years

By Emilio Morenatti - Associated Press

Spain's Lamine Yamal ceelbrates a goal that was disallowed fro an offside during a round of sixteen match between Spain and Georgia at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Germany wants stop Lamine Yamal show in blockbuster Euro 2024 quarterfinal

By Daniella Matar - Associated Press

Italian soccer legend Roberto Baggio smiles as he attends an event at the Expo 2015 World's Fair on the occasion of the UN World Food Day in Rho, near Milan, Italy, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. Retired Italy star Roberto Baggio was robbed at gunpoint on Thursday, June 20, 2024 at his home while watching the national team’s game against Spain at the European Championship. Italian media reports say at least five armed robbers burst into Baggio’s villa near the northern city of Vicenza around around 10 p.m. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Retired Italy star Roberto Baggio robbed at home while watching national team’s game against Spain

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Alvise Perez, leader of "The Party Is Over" ("Se acabó la fiesta") poses for a photo in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, June 13, 2024. One is a wildly popular, seemingly happy-go-lucky YouTuber with no political experience from Cyprus. The other is a brash, fringe figure of Spain's far right who rails against unauthorized immigrants. They are now new members of the European Parliament thanks to their savvy use of the potential of video-based social media. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

2 political outliers claim seats in European Parliament by leveraging social media’s viral power

By MEnelaos Hadjicostis and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

A police officer stands by part of a haul of 1.8 tons of methamphetamine in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Spanish police say they have dismantled a major methamphetamine distribution network of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel after making a bust of 1.8 tons of the illegal drug. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spanish police say they’ve broken up Sinaloa cartel network, and seized 1.8 tons of meth

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FILE - An Aerial view of Gibraltar rock seen from the neighbouring Spanish city of La Linea, Oct. 17, 2019. The ramming of a small boat by an orca in the Strait of Gibraltar prompted authorities in Spain to recommend Tuesday May 14, 2024 that small vessels stick to the coastline in that region to avoid often-scary interactions with killer whales. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo, File)

Spain warns small ships of possible orca run-ins near the Strait of Gibraltar during the summer

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Employees try to give directions to passengers crowded at the entrance to the platforms, at Sants train station in Barcelona, Sunday, May 12, 2024. Catalonia's commuter rail service said it was forced to shut down several train lines due to the robbery of copper cables from an installation near Barcelona. Potentially thousands of voters had trouble reaching their polling stations after Catalonia's commuter rail service had to shut down several train lines due to what officials said was the robbery of copper cables from an installation near Barcelona. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

Commuter rail service in northeast Spain has been disrupted by theft of copper cables near Barcelona

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FILE - Colombian performer Shakira leaves court in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Spanish state prosecutors have recommended that an investigating judge shelve a probe into another alleged case of tax fraud by pop star Shakira. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra, File)

Spanish prosecutors recommend 2nd investigation into Shakira’s taxes be thrown out

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In this image taken from video, police arrest some 125 activists as they broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration camp at the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, as protests that have roiled campuses in the United States spread into Europe. (AP Photo InterVision)

Police break up pro-Palestinian camp at Amsterdam university as campus protests spread to Europe

By Mike Corder and Barbara Surk - Associated Press

A woman is carried away by police officers during a pro-Palestinians demonstration by the group "Student Coalition Berlin" in the theater courtyard of the 'Freie Universität Berlin' university in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Pro-Palestinian activists occupied a courtyard of the Free University in Berlin on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Police break up a pro-Palestinian student protest in Berlin as demonstrations spread across Europe

By Mike Corder, Barbara Surk and Pietro De Cristofaro - Associated Press

Real Madrid's Brahim Diaz celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Cadiz at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Real Madrid wins its record-extending 36th Spanish league title after Barcelona loses at Girona

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

The former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales arrives at the National Court in Madrid, Spain, Monday, April. 29, 2024. Rubiales will testify on Monday as a defendant for alleged corruption during his time at the head of the organization. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Rubiales denies wrongdoing when questioned in probe into Saudi Arabia deal for Spanish Super Cup

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez next to his wife Begona Gomez, gives a thumb up during a campaign closing meeting in Madrid, Spain, Friday, July 21, 2023. Spain is in nail-biting suspense Monday as it waits for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to announce whether he will continue in office or not. Sanchez, 52, shocked the country on Thursday, announcing he was taking five days off to think about his future after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his wife on corruption allegations. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Spain’s Prime Minister Sanchez says he’ll continue in office after days of reflection

By Ciarán Giles and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press