World Spain's evicted fight back Thousands of people in Spain are suffering from the cruel experience of having the banks repossess their homes and yet are still stuck with repaying 11/04/2013
Unreported Europe Spain's monarchy in crisis It was a year ago that Spanish King Juan Carlos apologised after it emerged he had been on a hunting trip in Africa while his country was in the 05/04/2013
business planet Moving on smoothly as companies change hands Retirement, illness, career changes – every year 450,000 businesses in Europe change ownership. The problem is that 600,000 jobs are lost in the 05/04/2013
World Spain's royal family facing historic legal action Lawyers for Spain’s Princess Cristina are preparing to appeal against her having to give evidence after she was charged with being an accomplice in 04/04/2013
futuris Tuberculosis: An injection of hope Tuberculosis still turns some people’s lives to hell. One of them is Alfredo Cabaleiro Besada, from Spain. He said: “After being diagnosed with 18/03/2013
Sport Lorenzo ready for new season In 2012, Jorge Lorenzo became the Moto GP World Champion for the second time. The 25 year old Spanish rider had consistent good results and in the 23/02/2013
World Rajoy's state of the nation holds no surprises Mariano Rajoy has made his first state of the nation address in his 14 months as head of the conservative People’s Party. But the message was one 21/02/2013
World Spain's political crisis In this News Plus, we take a look at Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s precarious position – the man who reached the pinnacle of his career on 04/02/2013
futuris Visions of our moody Sun What causes the violent explosions on the Sun’s surface and our communication systems to occasionally go down? How do the Sun’s mysterious magnetic 21/01/2013
Business Bankia worthless says new report Bankia’s shareholders have received a nasty new year’s surprise. They may lose most of their investments or even all of them says the Spanish bank 27/12/2012
Unreported Europe Crisis-hit Europe is losing its talented youth This is Enric’s last Christmas at home. The twenty-nine year old is a highly qualified architect, but as a freelancer he simply can’t afford the 21/12/2012
Business Inditex looks to growth Inditex – Zara’s parent company – defied the economic crisis once more in the third quarter, but there was no surge for the shares of the world’s 12/12/2012
World In business Running a company requires a variety of skills and abilities which increasing numbers of young business people are learning via management courses 30/11/2012
World Catalan poll blurs regional future The autonomous region of Catalonia in northern Spain is nursing a political hangover in the wake of elections on Sunday. Parties that campaigned 26/11/2012
My Europe Series A life without barriers! Kees-Jan van der Klooster’s motto is “live fast”. And he does, in spite of a snowboarding accident that left him paralysed in 2001. Seven years 26/11/2012
World Catalonia's independence fever and federal Spain Catalonia in northern Spain will hold an election this Sunday, set to measure just how badly voters want their own free state. It is a wealthy 23/11/2012
Unreported Europe Catalonia rises on a wave of independence “I am part of Catalan culture, and it is very important to me.” “We have a very open way of seeing the world. For many years the Catalan culture 16/11/2012
My Europe Series Could Europe become a federation of regions? Scotland, Catalonia and Flanders are among a number of European regions with yearnings for autonomy, if not outright independence. The financial 01/11/2012
World Iker Casillas and Xavi Hernandez, the Princes of Sport Iker Casillas and Xavi Hernandez, icons of Real Madrid and Barcelona and also heroes of the Spanish national team, were jointly awarded the Prince of 31/10/2012
World Spain election results like 'reading two countries' Two regions in Spain have just had elections with results that look simple but are not. In Galicia, the conservative People’s Party (PP) in power in 22/10/2012
World ETA, steps toward contrition The autonomous northern Basque region in Spain votes to elect a new government on Sunday, one year after the armed separatist group ETA renounced 19/10/2012
World Education on the frontline of the European crisis As the spending cuts slash deep, education systems in the EU are being confronted with enormous challenges. Students are responding to the crisis 12/10/2012
Business Telefonica details O2 IPO Spanish telecom giant Telefonica has said it will start selling shares of its German subsidiary O2 by the end of the year, probably this month. It 03/10/2012
Business Santander's Mexican sell-off Banco Santander raised $4 billion when it listed shares of its Mexican subsidiary in New York and Mexico on Wednesday. The Spanish bank will use 26/09/2012
World Cognition recognition in the learning process Building better minds is part of the aim of education and cognitive science can help. In this edition of Learning World we visit a specialist 14/09/2012
World Spain's Catalonia region - speeding toward separation? Spain today is not only grappling with major financial rebalancing; this coincides with a growing voice for separation in the autonomous region of 11/09/2012
