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Cycling: 2017 Vuelta route unveiled

Organisers of the Vuelta a Espana unveiled the route for this year’s edition on Thursday at a ceremony in Madrid.

12/01/2017

Economy

Spain again gains tourism record, visitor numbers up by 9.9% in 2016

The number of visitors to Spain hit a new record in 2016 for the fourth year running. The total was up by 9.9 percent from 2015 at 75.3 million.

12/01/2017

Cult

Europe's first underwater museum opens in Lanzarote

British artist Jason DeCaires Taylor has created what is the first underwater museum in Europe.

12/01/2017

Sport

Team Sky back in the saddle in Mallorca training

With the season's first race just a week away Team Sky are doing the hard kilometres in training in Mallorca in Spain.

10/01/2017

Spain

Explore Europe's first underwater museum

Europe’s first ‘underwater museum’ opened today off the coast of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.

10/01/2017

Spain

Tight security surrounds Madrid Eve of Epiphany parade

Madrid has held its annual Eve of Epiphany parade, with the biblical Three Wise Men taking centre stage and handing out sweets to thousands of children.

06/01/2017

Spain

Tight security in Spain for the Three Kings

The country's Interior Ministry announced tighter security measures on Wednesday due to the risk of a terrorist attack.

05/01/2017

Spain

Woman arrested after immigrant is found in a suitcase

Spanish police have released a photograph of a young African man found hidden in a woman’s suitcase.

03/01/2017

Spain

Migrants storm border fence into Spain's Ceuta enclave

More than 1000 migrants stormed a double fence on Sunday in a bid to cross from Morocco into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta.

02/01/2017

Spain

Smog levels drop in Madrid amid unprecedented traffic restrictions

There is good news for motorists in Madrid, with city officials deciding not to extend unprecedented anti-pollution traffic restrictions imposed on Thursday.

29/12/2016

Spain

Two arrested in Spain on suspicion of spreading jihadist propaganda

Two men were arrested in Madrid on Wednesday on suspicion of spreading Islamist militant propaganda.

28/12/2016

Spain

Madrid announces traffic restrictions as pollution levels rise

The Spanish capital says on Thursday all privately-owned cars with even-numbered registration plates are banned from Madrid roads

28/12/2016

Economy

Spanish banks lose mortgage interest rate case

The European Court of Justice has ruled that two million Spanish mortgage holders are entitled to bank refunds because they paid too much interest.

21/12/2016

Sport

Real Madrid's transfer ban reduced by CAS

Real Madrid will be able to go shopping for new talent as of next summer after their transfer ban was reduced by the court of Arbitration for Sport.

20/12/2016

Sport

The Corner praises Argentine maestro Lionel Messi

Christiano Ronaldo may have just been crowned Player of the Year but in the latest Barcelona derby against Espanyol, Lionel Messi proved that, in Catalonia at least, there's only one footballing wizar

19/12/2016

Spain

Spain: Anti-austerity protest attracts thousands

Thousands have marched through Madrid to demand an end to austerity measures in Spain.

18/12/2016

Spain

Santa Claus is coming to town: Madrid charity race attracts 12,500 lookalikes

Santa Claus may be busy at this time of year, but some 12,500 lookalikes have taken to the streets of the Spanish capital for an annual charity race.

17/12/2016

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Santa race raises money for Multiple Sclerosis Foundation of Madrid

Thousands of running Santas crowd through one of Madrid’s main boulevards on Saturday (December 17) as they take part in a six kilometre race in which amusement and Christmas where the main…

17/12/2016

Spain

Spanish court suspends Catalonia plan for independence vote

The constitutional court in Madrid says it will make a definitive ruling within five months on Catalonia's planned referendum.

14/12/2016

Spain

Catalan lawmakers rip up images of Spain's King Felipe

The provocative action follows the arrest of five activists for burning photos of the King on Catalonia's National Day in September

12/12/2016

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Hundreds of African migrants cross border fence into Spanish enclave of Ceuta

Over 400 sub-Saharan African migrants have jumped over a barbed-wire border fence from Morocco into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta.

10/12/2016

Spain

Migrants break in to Spain's Ceuta enclave in North Africa

Hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans scaled a fence to enter Spanish soil in the small territory which borders Morocco.

09/12/2016

Spain

Two dead as flooding brings chaos to southern Spain

Days of torrential rain in southern Spain have caused widespread chaos.

05/12/2016

Spain

Flash floods kill one woman and bring chaos to southern Spain

Severe flash flooding in southern Spain has has left one woman dead and forced authorities to issue a ‘‘red alert’‘, the country’s highest public safety…

04/12/2016

Spain

Madrid protests austerity despite minimum wage increase

Protests in Madrid against austerity measures in Spain highlighted the public’s anger at their government’s attempts to balance the books.

04/12/2016

Sport

Sergio Ramos earns Real Madrid a point at Barcelona in El Clasico

It was honours even for Barcelona and Real Madrid in an ill-tempered El Clasico at the Nou Camp Stadium.

03/12/2016