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An action figure of Dragon Ball character Goku. Photo: around4o'clock / Flickr Creative Commons.
Baby 'Goku' is first in Spain named after anime
A baby born in July has become the first in Spanish history to be named and baptized 'Goku', a moniker inspired by the cult anime series Dragon Ball. READ
The residential block in Carabanchel collapsed on Monday Photo: Emergencias Madrid
Block of flats collapses after huge cracks appear
A Madrid apartment block collapsed on Monday just hours after it was evacuated when residents reported the appearance of large cracks during the night. READ
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A man takes pictures of a street art mural on the facade of a house in Fanzara. Photo: Jose Jordan / AFP
Village celebrates rebirth as graffiti museum
A dying village in rural Castellón has been transformed into an open air gallery dedicated to street art. READ
An archive photo of a ferry in the port of Almeria, similar to the one in a which a man died when being smuggled inside a suitcase. Photo: Corse1959 / Wikimedia Com
Man hidden in suitcase dies en route to Spain
A man from northern Africa who hid inside a suitcase on a ferry bound for mainland Spain died on Sunday while making the five hour crossing. READ
Cilla Black died on Sunday at her Spanish holiday home. Archive photo: Odd Anderson / AFP
Cilla Black post-mortem due in southern Spain
Cilla Black died at her holiday home on Spain's Costa del Sol on Sunday. Police will establish the cause of death with a post-mortem to be carried out on Monday. READ
Pro-independence Catalans hold up the Catalan flag during a rally. Photo: Josep Lago / AFP
Catalonia to call election in independence push
Catalonia is expected to call on Monday an early regional election that will serve as a proxy vote on independence from the rest of Spain, raising tensions with the central government in Madrid. READ
Migrants aboard a dinghy heading to Europe. Archive photo: AFP
Four migrants drown trying to swim into Spain
Four migrants died on Sunday after trying to swim to Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta from northern Morocco, the government in Rabat said. READ
Merche Esmeralda performing in 2009. Photo: Daniel Garcia /AFP
Reinventing Spain's 'ageless art' of flamenco
Veteran flamenco star, Merche Esmeralda, is the figurehead of the renaissance of Spain's classic gypsy dance. READ
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. Photo: John Thys / AFP
Varoufakis warns Spain could 'become Greece'
Spain could become like Greece if the same austerity policies are imposed on the country, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said in an interview published Sunday. READ
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Photo: Gerard Julien/AFP
Spanish public workers to get pay rise
Spanish public workers will get a one-percent pay rise next year, the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Friday, trumpeting the country’s economic recovery a few months ahead of a general election. READ
Features
Vogue Like a Painting merges high fashion with high art. Photo: Sara Houlison
Madrid's traditional art scene goes high fashion
Madrid’s museums are moving away from the traditional to embrace new artistic forms and the latest brings a touch of haute couture to the capital's celebrated art scene. READ
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Spain is the biggest exporter of wine in the world. Photo: LexnGer/Flickr
10 facts you didn't know about Spanish wine
It was the Romans' favourite drink, a muse to Picasso and fell victim to the fascist regime of dicator Francisco Franco. Wine blogger Timmer Brown lifts the lid on everything you (probably) didn't know about Spanish vino. READ
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Maura Hillen is councillor for tourism and international relations
'Majority of expats treat Spain as a holiday camp'
The Local talks to Maura Hillen, president of the AUAN property rights association and now local councillor in Albox, southern Spain who thinks expats need to get more politically engaged. READ
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Ernest Hemingway was a regular at Cafe Iruña when he visited Pamplona. Photo: dlmanrg/Flickr
Ernest Hemingway's favourite Spanish haunts
To commemorate the birthday of Ernest Hemingway The Local takes a look at some of his favourite haunts in Spain. READ
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Top tips for taking the perfect Spanish siesta
Multiple scientific studies in recent years have proven that a short sleep after lunch provides health benefits, including stress reduction, and improves alertness and memory. READ
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The bridge from which Ms De Abreu jumped. Photo: Macucal / Wikimedia Commons
Two face charges over Spain bungee jump death
Two people are facing charges of manslaughter over the death of a British woman who died bungee-jumping in Spain. READ
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Screengrab from video posted by karrasko82 on Youtube
Tourist lies on speeding car in latest stupid stunt
Footage showing a half-naked tourist spread-eagled across the back of a car speeding along a busy motorway outside Marbella is being investigated by police. READ
BBVA is Spain's second biggest bank. Archive photo: AFP
Recovering Spanish banks see profits rise
Major Spanish banks reported a surge in quarterly net profits on Friday as earnings soared in a sector that just three years ago had to be bailed out. READ
The remains of the Republican soldier were found thanks to the memories of a man who was 10 years old at the time of the murder. Photo: Governació. Gencat/Twitter
Childhood memory helps to locate Civil War grave
A man who witnessed the execution of a Republican soldier as a ten-year-old boy in 1939 has led investigators to the unmarked grave. READ
The shooting took place outside the Hotel Silken Ramblas. Photo: hoteles-silken.com
Barcelona shooting victim was Dutch fugitive
Police have discovered that the man shot outside a hotel in the tourist heart of Barcelona was a Dutch member of an illegal biker gang wanted by Interpol. He has been arrested in his hospital bed. READ
Archive photo of a flooded tent. Photo: Paul Holloway/Flickr
Hundreds flee floods at music festival campsite
Around a thousand people camping at the Arenal Sound festival on Spain’s eastern coast had to be evacuated from the site in the early hours of Friday morning after heavy rains caused major flooding. READ
San Sebastian has a week of festivities in August. Photo: Donostiako Festak / Flickr
What's on in Spain: August 2015
It's holiday season and towns and cities are preparing to host some of the best parties of the year. The Local gives you a round up of all the most interesting events around the country in August. READ
One of Spain's nuclear power stations Photo: Jesús Pérez Pacheco / Flickr
Row threatens Spain's first nuclear graveyard
Spain's conservative government and the central region of Castilla-La Mancha locked horns Thursday over plans to build the nation's first-ever temporary storage facility for highly radioactive waste. READ
The girl was left with windows closed and door locked while her parents went shopping. Hallyn / Flickr
Parents lock child in hot car to hit Marbella shops
Police have arrested a couple who left their 12-year-old daughter locked in a car in the midday sun outside a Marbella shopping centre. READ
Portuguese footballer Nuno Silva has caused a stir by wearing a Franco T-shirt during his first press conference for a Spanish team. Screen shot: ElDiaDespues12Plus/YouTube
Footballer sparks row by wearing Franco T-shirt
The latest signing to Real Jaén FC wore a T-shirt printed with the face of the fascist dictator and after causing a stir claimed not to have a clue who the man was. READ
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Mary Vetsera. Photo: ÖNB
Mary Vetsera's suicide letters found
Suicide letters believed to have been written by the mistress of Austria’s Crown Prince Rudolf, 17-year-old Mary Vetsera, before her untimely death have been found in an archive of the private Schoeller bank. READ
The Thai Airways flight continued to Bangkok. Photo: Faisal Akram
Drunk Swiss man tied up on flight to Bangkok
Passengers on a flight from Zurich to Bangkok were forced to tie up a drunk Swiss man who caused a fracas during the journey. READ
Photo: DPA
Doctor on trial after woman wakes in morgue
A doctor from North Rhine-Westphalia will face charges for negligence and bodily harm, authorities said on Tuesday – after accidentally sending a living woman to the morgue. READ
The Faroese 'whale grind'. Photo: Sea Shepherd
Anti-whaling activists 'hypocrites': Danish MP
With Danish MPs being spammed by thousands of emails from anti-whaling protesters, one angry MP has said animals in other countries have far worse lives than the whales hunted off the Faroe Islands. READ
French police officers stand guard as a car arrives at the villa of the Saudi king in Vallauris. Photo: AFP
Saudi royals 'bar' French policewomen from beach
The storm around the Riviera beach "privatized" for the Saudi royals took a new twist on Tuesday when it emerged the Middle Eastern visitors had asked French police not to send any female officers to guard the beach. READ
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Photo: screengrab Youreporter.it
Alitalia attendant loses cool amid airport chaos
A video showing an Alitalia flight attendant shoving a passenger at Rome's Fiumicino airport has gone viral. READ
Trygve Bernhardsen as he arrived on Lyngør to wed bride Ellen Hertzberg. Photo: Screen Grab
79-year-old Norwegian swims to own wedding
A 79-year-old Norwegian has swum across a fjord in the pouring rain dressed only in swimming trunks and a bow tie to wed his 65-year-old bride-to-be on the rocks. READ
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How to become a Swedish woman. Photo: Susanne Walström/imagebank.sweden.se
Nine ways to become a truly Swedish woman
Have you ever paid for yourself on a date - or yelled at a man for whistling at you on the street? Then you may be more typically Swedish than you think. We’ve put together a list of nine experiences that make a truly Swedish woman. READ
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