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

Six killed in Spain train crash

Monday, August 21st 2006, 22:18

Six people are killed and at least 36 injured in a passenger train derailment in northern Spain.
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Canaries' migrant wave hits 1,000

Sunday, August 20th 2006, 21:43

The number of illegal immigrants arriving in Spain's Canary Islands from Africa in three days hits 1,000.
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Canaries 'facing migrant crisis'

Friday, August 18th 2006, 12:27

Spain's Canary Islands can no longer cope with a huge influx of illegal migrants from Africa, officials say.
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Spanish police find 'drugs' sub

Monday, August 14th 2006, 16:44

A submarine which may have been used by cocaine smugglers is found floating off the Spanish coast.
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Spain battles raging forest fires

Sunday, August 13th 2006, 3:55

Authorities in north-western Spain battle against a string of forest fires, as a man dies from burn injuries.
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Football: Reyes 'keen on Madrid'

Wednesday, August 9th 2006, 11:19
related places: Madrid

Arsenal winger Jose Antonio Reyes reportedly hopes to tie up a move to Real Madrid.
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Two held as Spain battles fires

Tuesday, August 8th 2006, 15:39

Spanish police arrest two suspected arsonists in Galicia, where forest fires threaten towns and villages.
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Spain arrests fairground migrants

Tuesday, August 8th 2006, 9:12
related places: Ceuta

Police in Ceuta, North Africa, arrest nearly 400 migrants who tried to reach Spain hidden in fairground rides.
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Spain tackles civil war fallout

Friday, July 28th 2006, 17:08

Spain's government backs a controversial bill to address the grievances of the losing side in the civil war.
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Four Africans die near Canaries

Friday, July 28th 2006, 11:35

Four African migrants are found dead on a small boat intercepted off Spain's Canary Islands.
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Football: Van Nistelrooy signing

Friday, July 28th 2006, 11:34

Man Utd striker Ruud van Nistelrooy passes a medical at Real Madrid and will be unveiled as the Spanish club's signing at 1800 BST.
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E.ON's Endesa bid gets go-ahead

Friday, July 28th 2006, 11:14
related countries: Germany

Spanish regulators approve the 26.9bn-euro takeover of Endesa by German rival E.ON despite government concerns.
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Football: Real in Nistelrooy bid

Wednesday, July 26th 2006, 11:03

Real Madrid make an improved £10.3m offer for Man Utd's Ruud van Nistelrooy.
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Migrants die on Canaries boat

Monday, July 24th 2006, 10:15

Two people are found dead on a boat carrying 48 migrants from Africa to Spain's Canary Islands.
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Spanish intercept migrant boats

Saturday, July 22nd 2006, 22:29

Spain says it has intercepted boats taking almost 250 presumed African migrants to the Canary Islands.
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Malta migrant crisis deal reached

Thursday, July 20th 2006, 9:36
related countries: Malta

Malta and Spain resolve a stand-off over 51 African migrants who have been stranded at sea since Friday.
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Football: Real sign Juventus duo

Wednesday, July 19th 2006, 21:14

Real Madrid announce the signing of Juventus duo Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson.
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Civil War legacy divides Spain

Tuesday, July 18th 2006, 17:21
related places: Franco

Plans to recognise the victims of Franco's regime spark controversy, 70 years after the start of the Spanish Civil War.
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Migrants stuck in Malta stand-off

Tuesday, July 18th 2006, 15:31
related countries: Malta

Malta is refusing to allow African migrants aboard a Spanish trawler to dock, drawing criticism from the UN.
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Job strike grounds Iberia flights

Monday, July 10th 2006, 10:41

Iberia cancels more than 200 flights after pilots at the Spanish airline began a seven-day strike.
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Pope ends Spanish trip with mass

Sunday, July 9th 2006, 15:32
related countries: Italy
related places: Rome

Pope Benedict XVI returns to Rome after ending a visit to Spain with a mass attended by the Spanish royal family.
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Pope in Spain backs family values

Saturday, July 8th 2006, 15:34
related places: Valencia

Pope Benedict XVI strongly defends the traditional family during a brief visit to the Spanish city of Valencia.
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Madrid bombing case sent to trial

Saturday, July 8th 2006, 0:03

The Spanish judge probing the 2004 Madrid train bombings finishes his work and sends the case to trial.
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Spain suffers first bird flu case

Friday, July 7th 2006, 14:53

Spain confirms its first case of the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu, found in a dead migratory grebe.
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Spain begins Basque peace talks

Thursday, July 6th 2006, 13:18

A top official from Spain's governing party starts talks with the banned Basque separatist group Batasuna.
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Spain crash train 'was speeding'

Tuesday, July 4th 2006, 19:06

The underground train that crashed in Spain on Monday killing 41 was travelling at twice the normal speed.
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Spain mourns train crash victims

Tuesday, July 4th 2006, 14:00
related places: Valencia

A five-minute silence is observed across Spain in memory of the 41 people killed in the Valencia train crash.
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Train crash kills 35 in Valencia

Monday, July 3rd 2006, 21:57
related places: Valencia

At least 35 people are killed and almost 50 injured in an underground train crash in the Spanish city of Valencia.
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