News: Spain

We have started to collect the most important news related to Spain in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Spain: news

Exhuming Spain's civil war mass graves

Monday, December 20th 2010, 11:13

Spain has spent much of the last decade re-examining the past, exhuming mass graves from its devastating civil war.
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Digging for truth

Monday, December 20th 2010, 8:27
related places: Franco

Spain's painful quest to identify Franco's victims
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Olazabal poised for Ryder Cup job

Thursday, December 16th 2010, 15:06

Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal is the favourite to be named as Europe's 2012 Ryder Cup captain in January.
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Downgrade threat for Spanish debt

Wednesday, December 15th 2010, 14:33

Credit rating agency Moody's says it is reviewing Spain's rating with a view to a possible downgrade.
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Four killed in Spain gun rampage

Wednesday, December 15th 2010, 12:02

A man armed with a rifle kills four people in a shooting rampage in north-east Spain, police say.
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Cuba launches its own Wikipedia

Tuesday, December 14th 2010, 9:55
related countries: Cuba

The Cuban government launches a Spanish-language online encyclopaedia to present its view of the world and history.
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Spanish anger at Wikileaks arrest

Sunday, December 12th 2010, 2:41
related countries: Sweden, United Kingdom
related places: Street

Street protests in Spain call for the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who faces extradition from Britain to Sweden.
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Dominguez named in doping probe

Friday, December 10th 2010, 12:04

World steeplechase champion Marta Dominguez is suspended from her position as vice president of the Spanish Athletics Federation after being implicated in a doping investigation.
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Spain defends handling of strike

Thursday, December 9th 2010, 16:02

Spain's PM defends his use of the military to end a strike by air traffic controllers as the dispute takes a new turn.
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State of alert

Wednesday, December 8th 2010, 0:22

Spain welcomes military response to air dispute
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Uefa reduces Mourinho punishment

Monday, December 6th 2010, 18:03

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho will only miss one Champions League match after his ban for improper conduct is reduced by Uefa.
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Spain may extend strike measures

Monday, December 6th 2010, 14:48

Spain's prime minister says his government may extend an emergency decree it has put in place to end a 24-hour wildcat air traffic controllers' strike.
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Spain flight delay as strike ends

Sunday, December 5th 2010, 14:16

Travellers are warned to expect more delays as thousands return from Spain after wildcat airport strikes.
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Strike backlog at Spain airports

Sunday, December 5th 2010, 13:11

Air services in Spain are returning to normal after an air traffic controllers' strike, but a backlog of passengers remain stuck at airports.
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Spain PM 'cost' Rolls-Royce deal

Sunday, December 5th 2010, 12:51
related countries: United States

Rolls-Royce lost a contract with the Spanish Military following lobbying of Spain's Prime Minister by the US, leaked cables suggest.
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Britons await flights from Spain

Saturday, December 4th 2010, 19:56
related countries: United Kingdom

Thousands of UK air passengers remain stranded in Spain despite air traffic controllers there ending a wildcat strike over conditions.
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Spain controllers return to work

Saturday, December 4th 2010, 18:29

Most of Spain's air traffic controllers return to work after a wildcat strike stranded thousands and prompted the government to declare a state of alert.
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Air chaos passengers 'getting irate'

Saturday, December 4th 2010, 16:23

Spanish airspace re-opens after wildcat strikes leave thousands of passengers stranded and spark a national state of emergency.
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Army steps in at Spain airports

Saturday, December 4th 2010, 7:42

Spain's military takes over air traffic control after civilian staff called in sick in a row over working conditions, stranding thousands of travellers.
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Strike causes Spain air travel chaos

Saturday, December 4th 2010, 6:40

The Spanish government has declared a state of alert after a strike by air traffic controllers grounded flights, stranding thousands of travellers.
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Man saved from path of on-coming Madrid metro train

Saturday, December 4th 2010, 2:51
related places: Madrid

Spanish police have released CCTV footage showing an off-duty policeman rescuing a man who fell onto the tracks at a metro station in Madrid.
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Spanish strike causes flight chaos

Saturday, December 4th 2010, 1:27

Thousands of air passengers are stranded in Spain after Spanish air traffic controllers began an unannounced strike.
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Spain 'considers new tobacco tax'

Friday, December 3rd 2010, 11:11

Spain's government is considering increasing tax on tobacco as it seeks to tackle its high budget deficit, reports suggest.
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Dream over

Friday, December 3rd 2010, 5:38

Disappointment in Spain as World Cup bid fails
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Spain art thieves steal 28 works

Thursday, December 2nd 2010, 19:51
related places: Madrid

Spanish police reveal that 28 works of art, including one by Picasso, have been stolen from a warehouse near Madrid.
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England miss out in 2018 Cup vote

Thursday, December 2nd 2010, 19:12
related countries: Belgium, Netherlands, Russia, United Kingdom

England miss out on the right to host the 2018 World Cup after football's governing body Fifa picks Russia to stage the event for the first time.
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Russia 'mafia state' - Wikileaks

Thursday, December 2nd 2010, 7:47
related countries: Russia, United States

Russia has become a virtual "mafia state" with widespread corruption, bribery and protection rackets, US diplomatic cables revealed by Wikileaks say.
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Selling point

Wednesday, December 1st 2010, 17:09
related countries: Portugal

Spain and Portugal play sunshine card in bid to host World Cup
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Spain moves to raise state funds

Wednesday, December 1st 2010, 15:12

Spain announces plans to sell off stakes in the country's airport authority and national lottery as it seeks to raise funds.
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Spain holds terror link suspects

Wednesday, December 1st 2010, 14:21
related countries: Pakistan

Seven men are arrested in Spain and three in Thailand on suspicion of links to the Pakistani militant group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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Euro bonds come under new attack

Tuesday, November 30th 2010, 23:04
related countries: Germany, Italy

The cost of borrowing for the governments of Spain, Italy and Belgium reached a new record compared with Germany.
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Spain orderly admits 11 killings

Tuesday, November 30th 2010, 22:57

An orderly at a retirement home in north-eastern Spain has admitted killing 11 elderly residents, reports say.
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Mourinho denies Real humiliation

Monday, November 29th 2010, 23:42
related places: Barcelona, Real

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho denies his team were humiliated in their 5-0 thumping at the hands of champions Barcelona in La Liga.
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Messi shines as Barca thrash Real

Monday, November 29th 2010, 22:04
related places: Barcelona

Lionel Messi's bewitching performance hands Real Madrid their first competitive defeat of the season and sends Barcelona top of the table after a 5-0 win.
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Live - Barcelona v Real Madrid

Monday, November 29th 2010, 18:58
related places: Barcelona

Barcelona produce a sensational performance as they demolish Real Madrid 5-0 in El Clasico in La Liga, with David Villa scoring twice as they go top of the table.
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Murray makes last four in London

Thursday, November 25th 2010, 21:24
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Scot Andy Murray reaches the last four of the ATP Tour Finals following a 6-2 6-2 win over Spain's David Ferrer.
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Real Madrid to face Uefa charge

Thursday, November 25th 2010, 16:14

Real Madrid face being charged by Uefa for the improper conduct of coach Jose Mourinho and four of his players in their Champions League game against Ajax.
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Matute receives Cervantes Prize

Thursday, November 25th 2010, 9:22

Spanish novelist Ana Maria Matute becomes only the third woman to win the 125,000 euro (£106,000) Cervantes literary prize.
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Mourinho denies 'deliberate' red cards

Wednesday, November 24th 2010, 9:02

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho denies that two of his players were deliberately sent off while seven-times winners AC Milan book their place in the last 16 of the Champions League.
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Europe's reaction to Irish bail-out

Monday, November 22nd 2010, 12:21
related countries: Belgium, Germany, Ireland
related places: Berlin, Brussels, Madrid

The BBC's Steve Evans in Berlin, Sarah Rainsford in Madrid and Matthew Price in Brussels explain how the news of the bail-out is being received around Europe.
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Federer opens with Ferrer victory

Sunday, November 21st 2010, 22:18
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Roger Federer begins his quest for a fifth end-of-season championship with a straight-sets win over Spain's David Ferrer in London.
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Live text - Federer v Ferrer

Sunday, November 21st 2010, 19:54
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

World number two Roger Federer takes on Spain's David Ferrer in the second match of the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
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Spanish political 'orgasm' video criticised

Friday, November 19th 2010, 12:21

Spanish politicians criticise a video by the Young Socialists in Catalonia in which a woman simulates an orgasm while casting her vote.
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Spain outrage over migrant game

Thursday, November 18th 2010, 12:11

Political opponents have lined up to denounce Spain's Popular Party, after it launched an online video game which invited players to bomb illegal immigrants.
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First leg transplant coming soon

Wednesday, November 17th 2010, 18:00

The world's first leg transplant will happen as soon as an appropriate donor is found, Spain's health ministry announces.
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Accolades for ancient city museum

Tuesday, November 16th 2010, 6:44
related places: Cordoba

The southern Spanish archaeological museum known as the Madinat Al Zahra, just outside Cordoba, has been nominated for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
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Film-maker Berlanga dies aged 89

Sunday, November 14th 2010, 11:02
related places: Berlanga

The Spanish director, Luis Garcia Berlanga, has died at the age of 89, Spain's film academy announces.
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