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The port of Las Palmas. Photo: Pneumanan

Canaries pollution fears after trawler sinks

Bad weather Friday hampered efforts to prevent the spreading of an oil leak from a Russian trawler that sank near the Canary Islands, Spanish rescuers said. READ

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Photo: Crimestoppers

Two 'most wanted' Brits nabbed within 24 hrs

Two suspected drug traffickers who featured in the Operation Captura fugitive campaign have been arrested in the space of 24 hours. READ

If you see Enzo Costanza contact the police. Photo:Carabinieri

Italian dad on run with newborn found in Spain

Police in Spain have tracked down an Italian father who abandoned his wife outside a toy shop near Turin and fled with his new born son. READ

Photo of cats and dogs: Shutterstock

Ibiza animal lover in dog house over 101 pets

An Ibiza animal lover has been reported for the noise produced by the estimated 70 dogs and 30 cats that she rescued and kept at her home. READ

Alps plane crash

President Joachim Gauck stands before the altar in Cologne Cathedral on Friday. Photo: DPA

Germany mourns victims of Alps plane crash

Hundreds of bereaved relatives and world leaders gathered in Cologne on Friday for a memorial service for the victims of last month's Germanwings crash. READ

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Spaniards have highest life expectancy in Europe

A new study has revealed that Spaniards live the longest in Europe, to an average of 83 years old, while Spanish mothers are the oldest on the continent, delaying having their first child until they reach 30. READ

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad pictured in Damascus in January 2015. Photo: AFP

Assad warns that Spain attack was 'tip of iceberg'

In an interview with a Swedish newspaper, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned that Spain’s terrorist attacks ten years ago, as well as those in London and the recent Charlie Hebdo shootings are just "the tip of the iceberg" when it comes to terrorism in Europe. READ

The EU urged Spain on Thursday to allow migrants trying to enter its north African enclaves to present their asylum requests without having to scale border fences.

Spain must allow asylum requests at border: EU

The EU urged Spain on Thursday to allow migrants trying to enter its north African enclaves to present their asylum requests without having to scale border fences. READ

Former IMF head and ex economy minister with Spain's ruling conservative party Rodrigo Rato. Photo: Javier Soriano/AFP

Home of Ex-IMF chief searched in fraud probe

Spanish tax office agents on Thursday searched the Madrid home of former IMF head Rodrigo Rato, who has already been charged in two graft cases, as part of a new money-laundering probe. READ

Woody Allen, who is to be honoured with a museum about his life and work in Barcelona. Photo: Thomas Samson.

Barcelona to open Woody Allen Museum

It has museums devoted to Dali, Picasso and Miro but now Barcelona is set to honour an artist of a different kind, by opening the first museum dedicated exclusively to Woody Allen. READ

Features

Gallery: Almodóvar's most iconic leading ladies

Pedro Almodóvar at the Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Loic Venance/AFP

Almodóvar unveils cast for latest film 'Silencio'

Celebrated Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar has unveiled the cast for his next film, Silencio, including his two new "chicas Almodóvar". READ

In pics

Tonymadrid Photography and Bryan Ledgard

Battle of the cities: Madrid vs Manchester

In a vicious war of words, "ugly" Manchester has been pitted against "miserable" Madrid. Who will be victorious in the battle of the cities? The Local finds out... READ

Anna Allen appearing on Spanish programme, Pasapalabra. Screen grab: YouTube/bogo xoer.

Exposed: actress who faked Oscar glory

The invented life of a Spanish actress has been revealed after Spanish media discovered she had not actually attended the Oscars, but used Photoshop to place herself on the red carpet. READ

Madrid Podemos rally

Photo: Pedro Armestre/AFP

Young and old, rich and poor join left-wing march

Not just young radicals: Spaniards of all ages and backgrounds came out in their thousands to support a left-wing political party currently making waves in Spain. The Local caught up with some of them to find out why they are such big fans of Podemos. READ

Opinion

The five strangest things about Spaniards

After two years at the helm of The Local Spain, George Mills is moving on. Here he reflects on some of the most puzzling aspects of life in a country he believes is one of the greatest places to live in the world. READ

More News

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who is more unpopular than Franco among young Spaniards. Photo: AFP.

Rajoy more hated than Franco among youth

A survey of Millennials in Spain has revealed that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is a more hated figure than the Francisco Franco, who imposed a 36-year fascist dictatorship. READ

Photo of the dish "Lion eats prawn". Screen grab: Isabel Ramirez/YouTube

MasterChef hopeful mauled over 'lion' dish

A contestant on Spain's version of MasterChef was accused of "insulting" behaviour and unceremoniously kicked off in the first round for presenting his dish, entitled "lion eats prawn". READ

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Household siege ends in police shoot-out

A 12-hour siege has come to an end after police stormed the house of a man who barricaded himself inside after reportedly killing his daughter's boyfriend. READ

Women crossing the border between Cameroon and Chad. Photo: Philippe Desmazes / AFP

Cameroonian lesbian granted asylum in Spain

Spain has finally granted asylum to a lesbian from Cameroon amid a public outcry and after she spent 24 days at Madrid airport awaiting deportation. READ

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Photo:Johan Ordonez/AFP

Diplomatic spat: Spain, Venezuela tensions rise

Spain and Venezuela summoned each other's ambassadors on Wednesday in a mounting row, as accusations flew back and forth across the Atlantic of a Venezuelan opposition crackdown and Spanish "racism" and "meddling". READ

The Malecon, Havana taken in November 2007. Photo: Rodrigo Arangua / AFP

Cuba and Spain 'in talks' over Eta fugitives

Cuba and Spain are in talks to resolve a long-standing dispute over two members of the Basque separatist Eta group given shelter by the Caribbean island nation, a US official said Wednesday. READ

Abortion vote

Pedro Sánchez, the leader of Spain's Socialist party. Photo: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP

Doh! Socialist leader presses wrong button

The head of Spain's opposition Socialist party apologised on Wednesday for mistakenly voting in favour of a bid by the ruling conservative party to reopen a debate on the country's progressive abortion legislation. READ

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Transparency: Spain ranks among worst in EU

Spain ranks in the bottom four when it comes to regulating the "hidden influence" of lobbyists in government, according to a report on European countries released by Transparency International on Wednesday. READ

The Russian trawler Oleg Neydenov, pictured in January 2015. Photo: AFP

Russian trawler sinks off Canary Islands

A Russian trawler that had been accused of illegal fishing sank near the Canary Islands on Wednesday, without causing casualties, Spanish rescuers said. READ

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My Spanish habits that foreigners just don't get

Do the Spanish have certain habits you just can’t work out? Here Spanish author Alberto Letona lists a number of typical national traits or customs that leave his Anglo friends bemused...or if queuing is involved, even enraged. READ

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The rescue team. Photo: zeitungsfoto.at

Austrian survives ten hours under avalanche

An Austrian man survived being buried under a massive avalanche in Gschnitztal, Tyrol, for ten hours on Sunday. READ

The Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN. Photo: Adam Nieman/Flickr

CERN 'in shock' over fatal Valais avalanche

UPDATE: An official from the Geneva-based European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Monday the organization was in shock over an avalanche that killed one of its employees and critically injured another in the canton of Valais on Sunday. READ

An international German class point to where they are from on the map. Photo: DPA

German is world's fourth most popular language

After 15 years of research and a 1,300 page book on the subject, sociolinguistics professor Dr. Ulrich Ammon found that German is surprisingly popular with language learners all over the world. READ

Artists' illustration of how the sculpture will look when placed in Kultorvet. Photo: Invivia/Folkedrab100

Turkey angered by Copenhagen sculpture

Plans to install a sculpture commemorating the Armenian Genocide in one of Copenhagen's busiest squares have Turkish officials up in arms. READ

A quokka in western Australia. Photo: OzinOH/Flickr

When French tourists behave badly abroad

As two French tourists are fined for burning a small Australian mammal, we take a look at some of the worst examples of the French misbehaving abroad - including orgies in Pompeii to near-naked dancing in Roman fountains... READ

Despite an ultrasound, the woman's gynecologist allegedly failed to realize the abortion had gone wrong. Ultrasound photo: Shutterstock

Italian woman gives birth ten days after abortion

A woman is taking her gynecologist to court after having to give birth to her dead fetus ten days after she thought she had gone through a successful abortion. READ

The mystery worms spotted lying on the snow by Karstein Erstad on Sunday. Photo: Karstein Erstad

Earthworms rain from sky over Norway

Earthworms have been raining down from heaven over large areas of southern Norway, leaving biologists and meteorologists scratching their heads. READ

Rear Admiral Anders Grenstad at a press conference after Sweden's October submarine hunt. Photo: Claudio Bresciani/TT

'Submarine' in Sweden was only civilian boat

UPDATED: A suspected submarine spotted in the Stockholm archipelago a week after Sweden's extensive hunt for Russian underwater vessels last autumn was only a civilian boat, Sweden's Armed Forces have now said. But they remain convinced that the first sighting was a small foreign sub. READ

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