5: Endesa and Iberdrola, two electrical companies announce that the merger process that began in October 2000 has stopped and will not be finalized.
11: 7 Technicians of the Compañía Lírica die in a traffic accident.
13: Javier Bardem is nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Julian Schnabel's film Before Night Falls, being the first Spanish actor to do so.
22: Terrorist group ETA execute a car bombing that kills two employees of the company Elektra in San Sebastián.
April
7: The Partido de Acción Socialista (PASOC) agrees to abandon its federal congress within the United and Alternative Left.
23: Madrid is chosen to be a World Book Capital
May
13: The EAJ-PNV/EA coalition (Basque Nationalist Party and Eusko Alkartasuna) attains a great victory during the Basque regional elections, forming a government for the next four years. Juan José Ibarretxe stays on as president the autonomous community of the Basque Country.
August
24: Singer Joaquin Sabina suffered a minor stroke because of excessive drug use that would lead him to the brink of death.[2]
31: After the death of twelve patients undergoing hemodialysis in Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona, The Department of Pharmacy decides granting a protective detention of a dialyzer marketed by multinational Baxter.
December
The Orquesta Ciudad de Almería, OCAL (City Orchestra of Almeria) is founded in the Province of Almería,
Years in Spain (1490–present)