Madrid

Blueprint under fire: David Pisonero’s bid to rebuild Israeli handball from ground up

David Pisonero is 4,200 kilometers away from his home in Valladolid, Spain, but his mind is occupied by a singular, complex mission: leading the Israeli National Handball team.

ISRAEL HANDBALL coach David Pisonero (left) confers with his assistant coach Chen Pomeranz (right) as the blue-and-white prepares for a pivotal two-leg World Cup qualifying clash against Georgia in Tbilisi.
Atletico Madrid on the  pitch. Illustration.

Footballer grabs opponent's genitals. Sent off pitch

A view of the skyline of Madrid, Spain January 5, 2026.

'Genocide, baby killers': Holocaust survivor, rather than harassers, kicked out of Madrid museum

A Spanish flag flutters in the air as the capital of Spain is seen from the observatory deck of Madrid's city hall August 7, 2013.

I traveled from Israel to Spain to convert new Jews. A single ‘Sababa’ made me feel safer - opinion


US embassy latest target in spate of letter bombs in Spain

 Suspected explosive device hidden in envelope mailed to the US Embassy in Madrid

Letter bomb injures one at Ukraine's Madrid embassy, Kyiv ramps up security

Following a blast Wednesday afternoon at the Embassy of Ukraine in Madrid, Spain, other embassies for the war-torn nation are taking extra security precautions.

 Blast at Ukrainian embassy in Madrid

Nazi sympathizers charged with vandalism in town once named Fort Kill the Jews

Now, Spanish police have arrested three people — two men and a woman — whom they said were responsible for the incidents, as well as others in which Jewish sites were vandalized near Madrid.

 A sign in Castilla Mota de Judios was defaced with graffiti restoring the town's name from 1627 to 2015, which translates to Fort Kill the Jews.

Beirut port blast suspect to face extradition hearing in Madrid

Moreira is not allowed to leave Spain. His passport has been taken away and he must appear before authorities on a weekly basis, a judicial source said.

 A woman walks on rubble at the site of last year’s Beirut port blast on July 13

Visit Madrid: World-class art, lavish palaces and gardens

Spain is one of the leading tourist destinations in Europe. Its capital, Madrid, lies almost in the center of the Iberian peninsula, the highest capital in Europe. 

 The renowned Prado Museum in Madrid

Multilateralism is the key to peace - opinion

The Madrid Conference was the multilateral event that launched the Israeli-Arab peace process of the 1990s.

 OFFICIALS ATTEND the Madrid+15 Conference in January 2007, one of the events that have taken place over the years to renew peace efforts between Arab states and Israel and commemorate the Madrid Peace Conference.

The conference that wasn’t – ‘Madrid’ in retrospect - opinion

The “Madrid Conference” and the bilateral follow-up yielded a number of important achievements for Israel.

THEN-SOVIET PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev addresses the first meeting of the Mideast peace conference in Madrid on October 30, 1991. Alongside Gorbachev is US President George Bush. At far right is prime minister Yitzhak Shamir.

Madrid adopts IHRA antisemitism definition

The IHRA definition has been adopted by 29 countries, the European Union, and numerous local governments and institutions around the world.

PROTESTING OUTSIDE a meeting of the British Labour Party’s National Executive, which was set to discuss the party’s definition of antisemitism, in London in September 2018

Prosecutor investigates anti-LGBT, Nazi march in downtown Madrid

Protesters wore T-shirts and tattoos of fascist and Nazi symbols, and some made the Nazi salute, Reuters witnesses said.

A Nazi armband with a swastika displayed in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

European initiative tries to combat COVID-induced antisemitic conspiracies

More Jewish communities throughout Europe are reporting a surge in antisemitic rhetoric.

Young European Jewish students and activists mobilize to take a firm stand against the hate at the EJA boot camp, April 2021.