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Spain admits firing rubber bullets at migrants swimming to enclave

 

Row breaks out after Spain admits it fired rubber bullets into the sea as migrants attempted to swim into Spanish territory from Morocco

14 Feb 2014

Spanish pensioner killed by recycling bin

 

A Spanish man is strangled to death after being trapped in a recycling container as he tried to retrieve old newspapers

13 Feb 2014

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Member of Pink Panther jewel-thief gang arrested in Spain

 

Borko Ilincic, who is wanted for a string of high-profile and daring robberies across the world, is being held by Spanish police after being arrested leaving a hotel in a rental car

12 Feb 2014

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Slacklining between hot air balloons

 

Incredible video shows how the daredevils tempt fate, relying only on parachutes to break their fall

11 Feb 2014

Spain invites descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled 500 years ago to return

 

Huge interest among Sephardic Jews worldwide in taking up offer of Spanish citizenship

11 Feb 2014

Spanish judge seeks arrest of Chinese ex-leaders over Tibet abuses

Judge asks Interpol to issue arrest warrants for former president Jiang Zemin and former prime minister Li Peng over claims of genocide in region

11 Feb 2014

Spain's Princess Cristina accused of being 'evasive' in tax fraud court

Daughter of Spanish King Juan Carlos grilled for several hours in historic inquiry into alleged financial scandal involving her husband, Iñaki Urdangarín

08 Feb 2014

Spanish princess arrives at court

Daughter of King Juan Carlos enters Majorca court to give testimony in money laundering and fraud case, becoming first Spanish royal to appear in court as suspect

08 Feb 2014

Spain's Princess Cristina to testify as suspect in fraud case

Daughter of King Juan Carlos becomes first royal to appear in court as a suspect, in a case that has undermined standing of royal family and revived debate over the monarchy

07 Feb 2014

Businessman buttered up Spain's government with cigars, TVs and safari trip freebies

Country's financial crime squad reveal king-pin gave gifts to ruling party in hope of winning contracts

05 Feb 2014

Spain's Royal family sees its budget cut once more

The Spanish royal household has seen its budget cut for the fourth consecutive year, as it unveiled the accounts of senior royals in a bid for greater transparency amid faltering public support.

04 Feb 2014

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Diver dies during Costa Concordia salvage works

Spanish diver dies during ongoing underwater operation to salvage cruise liner which capsized off the island of Giglio two years ago

02 Feb 2014

Spanish abortion bill prompts huge protests

Thousands march to oppose restrictive new abortion law by conservative government

01 Feb 2014

The parents who have little hope of getting a fair trial in Britain

The Panorama programme “I Want My Baby Back” is shocking, says James Le Fanu

26 Jan 2014

'Missing' Swiss mother kills baby after being detained by police in Spain

Katharina Katit-Staheli, who had disappeared from Zurich with her baby Dylan on Christmas Eve, slit her infant’s throat and tried to kill herself in a hospital in Spain

23 Jan 2014

Ibiza holiday jet in near miss with UFO

Airliner flying holidaymakers home from Ibiza to Manchester passes "within feet" of UFO

23 Jan 2014

Spanish PM insists Princess Cristina is innocent

Mariano Rajoy has said he is convinced of Princess Cristina's innocence and is sure her tax fraud case 'will go well for her'

21 Jan 2014

New Spanish cardinal insists 'Gays can be cured'

Comments by Fernando Sebastian Aguilar prompt hostile reaction

20 Jan 2014

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French couple assaulted by security guards at Spanish supermarket

Wife repeatedly punched while husband gripped by the throat in front of their children, one of whom secretly filmed attack

10 Jan 2014

Chinese fury at Spanish TV channel's 'racist' comedy sketch

The Chinese embassy has complained about derogatory portrayal of Chinese restaurant

10 Jan 2014

Princess Cristina of Spain receives court summons

The youngest daughter of King Juan Carlos faces allegations of tax evasion and money laundering offences relating to her husband's business affairs

07 Jan 2014

King of Spain's daughter summoned in money-laundering case

King Juan Carlos' youngest daughter has been summoned by a Spanish court over tax and money-laundering allegations

07 Jan 2014

Spain's King Juan Carlos told Britain: 'we don't want Gibraltar back'

Spain's King Juan Carlos told Britain "We don't want Gibraltar back", declassified diplomatic documents from the 1980s reveal

06 Jan 2014

King Juan Carlos should abdicate, say Spaniards

The popularity of Spain's King Juan Carlos has slumped to a record low, with almost two thirds of Spaniards thinking he should abdicate

05 Jan 2014

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Worst year ever for Spanish incursions into Gibraltar's waters

The past 12 months have seen the highest ever number of incursions by Spanish ships into Gibraltar's waters

04 Jan 2014

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