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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• January 12th 2007 – December 5th 2006
• November 29th 2006 – October 17th 2006
• October 15th 2006 – July 28th 2006
• July 28th 2006 – June 20th 2006
• June 19th 2006 – May 6th 2006
• May 6th 2006 – February 28th 2006
• February 27th 2006 – December 19th 2005
• December 15th 2005 – November 14th 2005

Spain: news

Football: Madrid president resigns

Monday, February 27th 2006, 20:36

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has stepped down after six years at the helm of the Spanish giants.
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Thousands march against Eta talks

Saturday, February 25th 2006, 22:18
related places: Madrid

Tens of thousands of people march in Madrid urging the government not to negotiate with Basque separatists Eta.
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Real Madrid 0-1 Arsenal

Tuesday, February 21st 2006, 21:38
related places: Madrid

Thierry Henry's goal gives Arsenal a stunning Champions League win against Real Madrid in The Bernabeu.
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E.ON in $35bn Endesa takeover bid

Tuesday, February 21st 2006, 11:57
related countries: Germany

German power group E.ON is to launch a $35bn bid for Spanish utility Endesa, aiming to trump Gas Natural's offer.
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Climbers die in Spanish blizzard

Monday, February 20th 2006, 20:49

A couple described as experienced climbers are killed after being overwhelmed by severe weather.
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Men guilty in Belgium terror case

Thursday, February 16th 2006, 20:40
related countries: Belgium, Morocco
related places: Madrid

A Belgian court finds three men guilty of belonging to a group linked to terror attacks in Madrid and Morocco.
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Terror suspect facing extradition

Wednesday, February 15th 2006, 11:25

A suspected al-Qaeda fundraiser fails in a High Court bid to avoid extradition to Spain.
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Terror survivors gather in Spain

Monday, February 13th 2006, 17:43
related places: Valencia

Victims of terror attacks around the world take part in an international conference in Valencia, Spain.
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A tale of two Spanish cities

Saturday, February 11th 2006, 13:32
related places: Barcelona, Madrid

Friction is mounting between Madrid and Barcelona over a proposal to give more self-rule to Catalonia, Nick Caistor writes.
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Spain holds Argentine ex-officer

Thursday, February 9th 2006, 12:41
related countries: Argentina

An Argentine ex-police officer wanted for alleged human rights abuses is arrested in Spain.
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Price war over Spanish cigarettes

Wednesday, February 1st 2006, 13:45

A price war erupts between tobacco firms in Spain with Philip Morris and Altadis both cutting the price of top brands.
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Spain PM visits troubled enclaves

Tuesday, January 31st 2006, 12:38
related countries: Morocco
related places: Ceuta, Melilla

The Spanish PM visits the North African enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta, prompting criticism from Morocco.
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Spain sets cocaine seizure record

Monday, January 30th 2006, 13:07

The Spanish authorities seized record levels of cocaine last year, confiscating nearly 50 tonnes, officials say.
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Britons held in Spain drug raids

Saturday, January 28th 2006, 18:30
related countries: United Kingdom

Ten Britons are arrested in a joint operation by UK and Spanish police to smash a suspected drugs ring.
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Catalan archives to be returned

Thursday, January 26th 2006, 18:30
related places: Catalonia

Spain's high court allows the transfer of Civil War documents to Catalonia in a controversial move.
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Spain war archives to be returned

Thursday, January 19th 2006, 17:38
related places: Salamanca

Spanish Civil War documents are transferred from a Salamanca archive, in a controversial move.
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Court overrules Basque conviction

Wednesday, January 18th 2006, 18:25

Spain's Supreme Court overrules the conviction of a Basque nationalist leader accused of promoting terrorism.
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Spain targets internet child porn

Wednesday, January 18th 2006, 15:11

Spanish police arrest 33 people on charges of using the internet to exchange child pornography.
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Spain defiant on Venezuela deal

Friday, January 13th 2006, 19:59
related countries: United States, Venezuela

Spain says it will go ahead with the sale of 12 military planes to Venezuela despite US objections.
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Spanish cabinet sacks army chief

Friday, January 13th 2006, 17:01
related places: Catalonia

Spain sacks the head of the army's land forces over comments about sending the army into Catalonia.
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Spain to write off Bolivian debt

Thursday, January 5th 2006, 10:07
related countries: Bolivia
related places: Madrid

Spain tells Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales that it will cancel most of the country's debt to Madrid.
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Bolivian leader in Madrid talks

Thursday, January 5th 2006, 7:46
related countries: Bolivia
related places: Madrid

Bolivia's president-elect Evo Morales is in Spain as part of an international tour ahead of his inauguration.
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Spain sees smoking ban take hold

Monday, January 2nd 2006, 12:20

A Spanish ban on smoking in the workplace is put to the test as staff return from the New Year break.
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Eta bomber jailed for 100 years

Friday, December 30th 2005, 15:20

Spain's high court jails an Eta member for 100 years for the car bomb murder in 2000 of a socialist leader.
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Spain blow to E Guinea dissident

Friday, December 30th 2005, 15:04
related countries: Equatorial Guinea, Guinea

Spain withdraws political asylum from Equatorial Guinea opposition leader Severo Moto.
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'Mafia financier' held by Spain

Wednesday, December 28th 2005, 18:50
related places: Canary Islands

A man suspected of being a financier for the Naples mafia - or Camorra - is arrested in Spain's Canary Islands.
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Football: Di Stefano 'serious'

Sunday, December 25th 2005, 14:00

Real Madrid great Alfredo di Stefano is in a serious condition after suffering a heart attack at the age of 79.
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Spain holds 'extremist' suspects

Monday, December 19th 2005, 10:00

Fourteen people are arrested in Spain suspected of belonging to an Islamist group with al-Qaeda links.
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