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Spanish general election: the key players
Ahead of Spain's general election, The Local takes a look at the main players in what is being touted as the closest election in living memory.
General election
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Spain's PM punched in the face by his wife's teenage cousin
It has emerged that the 17-year-old who punched the Prime Minister in the face during a campaign walkabout in Galicia, breaking his glasses, is actually a relative of Mariano Rajoy's wife.
Christmas 2015
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Seven of the quirkiest Christmas nativity scenes on display in Spain
Spaniards love their Christmas nativity scenes, but there is nothing traditional about these quirky versions. The Local takes a look at seven of the most unusual 'Beléns' on display in Spain this year.
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Italian mafia fugitive arrested while running pizza restaurant in Spain
Spanish police have arrested a suspected member of Italy's Camorra mafia who has been on the run since 2007 in the Mediterranean port of Valencia where he owned a pizzeria.
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Spanish musician plays saxophone as surgeons remove brain tumour
A jazz musician played his saxophone during an operation to remove a tumour to enable brain surgeons to monitor the neurological activity.
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Travel chaos: Spain's rail workers to stage 23-hour strike on Friday
People making their way home for Christmas on Friday could be facing serious delays as workers stage an all-day strike to protest privitization plans.
Reconstruction of the dinosaur: Carlos de Miguel Chaves
125 million-year-old dinosaur with hump discovered in northern Spain
Paleontologists in Spain have unearthed the partial skeleton of a previously unknown dinosaur, which carried a tall, sail-like appendage on its back.
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Abandoned church transformed into amazing colourful skate park
An abandoned church in northern Spain has been dramatically transformed into a skate park covered in colourful geometric patterns.
General election
Do voters see something of Pedro Sanchez and Mariano Rajoy in their big screen heroes? Photo: AFP/The Local
Star Wars or Titanic? Film choices could determine how Spain votes
A new survey sheds light on how Spaniards’ favourite flicks might just determine how they vote in Sunday’s general election.
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Google reveals Spain's most popular searches in 2015
Ever wondered just what questions Spaniards most want answering? In an election year and with Catalonia independence crisis looming, is the nation gripped by burning political issues? The results might surprise you.
Features
Two of the Number26 founders, Maximilian Tayenthal (l) and Valentin Stalf (r). Photo: Number26
The startup looking to revolutionize the Spanish banking experience
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'We've missed you': King honours Jews banished during Inquisition
Opinion
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The end of the expat? Europe's cities fight for 'Inpats'
Refugee crisis
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'Women put their babies into our arms begging us to keep them safe'
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Want to know the secret to living a happy expat life in Spain?
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Dreaming of a white Christmas… dream on! Spain set for warm spell
Christmas 2015
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Fat chance: The ultimate guide to El Gordo - Spain's Christmas lottery
General election
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Rajoy's Spain: From the edge of the abyss to the road to recovery?
When the Popular Party came to power Spain was in dire shape, but after four years of conservative government the country is on the road to recovery. Has PM Rajoy done enough? 2 comments
Christmas 2015
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Madrid church recreates nativity scene with drowned refugee child
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Refugees at Vienna's Westbahnhof station. File photo: Caritas
Refugees: 'Austria isn't what we expected'
An increasing number of asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo are returning to their countries, saying that they had expected better care and a shorter asylum process in Austria.
Geneva terror alert
Guards — plus dog — deployed at entrance to UN headquarters in Geneva. Photo: Richard Juilliart/AFP
Geneva still on high alert over terror probe
Geneva remained on high alert Friday as police carried out further searches in the western Swiss city for several suspected jihadists believed to have links to the Islamic State (IS) group, officials said.
Refugee crisis
Angela Merkel thanking delegates for their applause after her speech. Photo: DPA
Merkel speech quashes fear of party dissent
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) delegates offered Chanceller Angela Merkel a standing ovation that lasted almost ten minutes on Monday after a speech in which she called on the party's storied past to offer her vision for the future.
Torben Chris in the bath with his daughter. Photo: Torben Chris/Facebook
'A bath with your child is not paedophilia'
A Danish comedian has posted a photo of himself naked in the bath with his two-year-old daughter on Facebook, along with the message, "a father in the bath with his daughter is not paedophilia, it's 'hygge'".
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