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Spain's election and the battle for control of social media

In these Spanish elections, political parties are not only waging a battle for voters on the streets but also on social media.

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Spanish election: Young people are more politically active

First time voters and the influence of a new party are likely to change the political landscape in the upcoming Spanish general election. There are around 35 million eligible voters, with just over a million young people who could go to the polls for the first time. They have a new set of concerns.

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Spanish politicians rally supporters ahead of elections this weekend

Spain's politicians entered the final stretch of campaigning before voters go to the polls on Sunday as all the main parties held their last mass rallies

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Breakfast with Belle in Barcelona: Spanish MEP says he doesn't negotiate with the far-right

In the run-up to the European elections, Good Morning Europe host Belle Donati is travelling across the continent to meet Members of the European Parliament in their own constituencies.

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Long queues outside Spanish post offices as postal voters wait in line

Long queues formed outside post offices around Spain as citizens who wanted to exercise their right to use postal votes had to wait in line to do so

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Inside Spain's Ohio: The province that gets every election right

This small region of Spain has mirrored exactly the reults of the national vote in almost every election for fifty years

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German mother and ten year old son found dead in Tenerife cave

A German woman and her son were found dead on the Spanish island of Tenerife, police said, after an apparent attack in which another child survived.

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Spain's rural areas attract attention ahead of election

With an election nearing, rural issues are gaining increasing prominence in Spain

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Briton Peter Brook wins prestigious Princess of Asturias arts prize

Legendary British theatre director Peter Brook has won the prestigious Princess of Asturias arts prize.

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Voting abroad has become an obstacle course for Spanish citizens

It’s become more complicated for Spaniards abroad to vote after changes were made to electoral registration laws in 2011. And ever since then, participation has plummeted.

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Spanish elections: Catalonia issue dominates first TV debate

Nationalist Vox movement excluded from head to head confrontation

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Locals in Spanish town shoot and burn Carles Puigdemont effigy

Locals in a Spanish town set alight and shot at a puppet made to resemble Carles Puigdemont, the ex-president of the Spanish region of Catalonia.

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Feminism becomes one of the main topics in Spanish election campaigns

Following the strike and mass protests seen nationwide during the International Women’s Day in March, left-wing parties are calling for women’s rights while conservative parties hit back at what they consider "radical feminism".

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Are Spain and Italy covering up the number of migrant arrivals?

Ahead of April's general election, Spain is acting tough on migration - and the country's coastguards are on the front line of a brewing storm.

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Death of terminally-ill woman reignites euthanasia debate in Spain

Ángel Hernández was arrested in Madrid on homicide charges after he helped his terminally ill wife to end her life. He filmed the event as proof.

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Meet the Spanish firefighter facing jail over migrant rescue mission

This is Miguel Roldan. He is a Spanish firefighter who says he helped save thousands of lives from drowning in the Mediterranean. But Italy is accusing him of aiding illegal immigration and working with human traffickers. He faces up to 20 years in prison if he is convicted.

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Watch: Abused chimps allowed to retire in peace at Catalonia sanctua

Many were mistreated in their earlier lives as circus performers, television actors and domestic pets.

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Packing some power: storing energy at ultra high temperatures

In partnership with The European Commission

Futuris meets the researchers attempting to store energy at ultra high temperatures.

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Call for gay "conversion therapy" to be abolished

Spain's health minister warns Catholic diocese over a report that it offered to convert an undercover reporter posing as gay man

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EU draft law says Gibraltar is a British 'colony'

The mention was included as a footnote in a draft law over visa-free travel to the EU for Britons after Brexit.