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Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy. Photo: Lluis Gene/AFP

Rajoy - 'We are party of the moderates in the face of extremists'

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Saturday his government represented the "moderate and reasonable majority" in the face of "extremist" rivals out to unseat his conservative Popular Party in a December election.

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Spanish police arrest 81 in huge child pornography operation

Spanish police said Saturday they had undertaken a vast operation against child pornography across the country, arresting 81 men suspected of having exchanged sexual photos and videos of minors over the Internet.

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Spanish Civil War refugees given memorial at French camp of shame

A memorial museum has opened at the Camp de Rivesaltes where many refugees fleeing Franco's Spain were interned before being sent to their deaths in Nazi concentration camps.

Refugee crisis

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'Women put their babies into our arms begging us to keep them safe'

As more and more refugees crowd into rubber dinghies to reach Europe, a Spanish volunteer lifeguard tells The Local how he's swapped the tourist packed beaches of Catalonia to go on patrol in Lesbos.

In pics

Photo: Jorge Guerrero/AFP

Spanish university welcomes new students with very messy initiation

Medical students at the University of Granada have been taking part in their annual tradition to welcome new students... an epic food fight.

Refugee crisis

Photo: Thierry Charlier/AFP

Spain rejects EU's 'permanent and binding' refugee relocation quota

Spain has rejected Germany’s plan to implement a system of sharing refugees across the EU on a permanent basis during the latest EU summit on the refugee crisis.

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Travel chaos threat as train drivers begin series of strikes across Spain

The strikes are taking place during three separate time periods during Friday which could see thousands of travellers across Spain suffering disruptions.

Ciudadanos economic advisor, Luis Garicano. Photo: Javier Soriano / AFP

'Deeper reforms needed in Spain to seal long-term economic recovery'

Spain must overhaul its labour market and education system and fight cronyism to seal its recovery, said an economic expert recruited by a key party in December's general election.

Spain's border with Morocco in Ceuta. Photo: Fadel Senna / AFP

Spanish court closes Ceuta probe into police over migrant drownings

A Spanish court has closed an investigation into 16 police officers over the drowning of 15 migrants while they tried to swim from Morocco to Spain's north African territory of Ceuta.

Video

Photo: WSWR

Amazing drone footage over desert of Western Sahara drilling protest

Footage recorded from the air by a drone shows incredible images of thousands of Saharawi refugees protesting against exploratory drilling by the San Leon oil company.

Features

Startups

Trying an IoT device at the 2015 Internet of Things Solutions World Congress in Barcelona Photo: Josep Lago / AFP

Inside the Spanish startup world: 13 takeaways from the ecosystem

Just what is going on in the Spanish startup scene? The Local takes a look.

The Local list

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Six unmissable dishes from Toledo, Spain's 2016 Capital of Gastronomy

Toledo has been chosen as Spain's Capital of Gastronomy for 2016 due to its "creative combination of cultural and gastronomical heritage". So what is so tasty about Toledo?

My Spanish career

Terry among the books at Desperate Literature. Photo: Sophia Smith Galer

'We keep a typewriter at the back for customers to punch out poems'

In this week’s instalment of My Spanish Career, The Local talks to Terry and Charlotte, the couple behind Desperate Literature, Madrid’s newest bibliophile hangout.

My Spanish career

$'It's possible to find great talent for a fraction of the cost of elsewhere'$

Thomas Evans (right) is the founder of Start Ups Made in Spain. Screen grab: Startups Made in Spain/YouTube

'It's possible to find great talent for a fraction of the cost of elsewhere'

The Local talks to Thomas Evans, the founder of Start Ups Made in Spain, about why Spain is becoming attractive for investors.

The Local list

The San Sebastian International Film Festival runs from September 18th and 26th. Photo: Gari Garaialde

Ten things you need to know about Spain's San Sebastián Film Festival

The Local counts down ten essential facts about the most important film festival in the Spanish speaking world, as it gets underway in the Basque seaside city.

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Spanish police bust gang of night-flying helicopter hashish smugglers

Spanish police smashed two rings that smuggled hashish from Morocco into Spain by helicopter in dangerous low-altitude night flights, arresting 15 people and seizing nearly a tonne of hashish.

Startups

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Spanish company launches watch to measure prowess in the bedroom

Fitness devices are all the rage nowadays, but one Spanish startup is taking the trend from the gym to the bedroom.

Jorge Guerrero / AFP

Economic recovery? Nearly one in three Spaniards at risk of poverty

The number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion rose to 13.6 million in 2014, representing 29.2 percent of the total population of Spain.

Photo: Jorge Guerrero/AFP

Opera singer Placido Domingo cancels shows to undergo surgery

Tenor Placido Domingo will undergo surgery to remove his gallbladder next week, forcing him to miss performances he was due to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera, it said on Wednesday.

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Primark opens brand new Madrid flagship store...and it's GIGANTIC!

The five-storey bargain clothes store, located on Madrid´s Gran Vía, opened at 11am on Thursday.

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Vienna Elections

Michael Häupl. Photo: SPÖ Wien

SPÖ clear winner in Vienna election

The centre-left SPÖ has won the Vienna state election but the far-right Freedom Party has made significant gains and recorded its best ever result in the capital.

Meier earlier this month at Swiss championship. Photo: Jucker Farm

Swiss farmer wins second pumpkin title

Swiss farmer and world champion pumpkin grower Beni Meier maintained his European title at the weekend with an 856-kilogram pumpkin.

Refugee crisis

Fatma and her three children after being rescued in Greece. Private photo

'Women weep, young men are collapsing'

A Syrian refugee who went through a harrowing journey to Germany tells The Local of her disenchantment with German authorities since she arrived and the sense of despair in refugee camps.

Tesla's luxury models will be the hardest hit by the tax phase-in. Photo: Kim Haugaard/Scanpix

Tesla to fight Denmark's new tax on electric cars

The government has defended its move to gradually phase out tax breaks on electric cars as a way to make things fairer for car owners, but the maker of Denmark's most popular electric model has slammed the plan as anti-competitive and a death knell for the industry.

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