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Toxic tyre fire forces evacuation of 9,000 near Madrid

A toxic tyre fire forces 9,000 to evacuate as thick, black smoke engulfs a city near Madrid.

13/05/2016

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Spain tyre dump blaze sends black smoke sky high

Spanish authorities on Friday ordered residents to stay indoors and shut windows in parts of a central town as a fire at a major tyre dump spread a

13/05/2016

Spain

Sprawling tyre dump ablaze in Spain

A spectacular fire broke out in the middle of the night in a sprawling tyre dump in Spain, about 35 kilometres south of Madrid. An emergency has been

13/05/2016

Spain

Spanish football club CD Palencia unveil 'inside out' kit

It was intended to produce a reaction, and it worked. Spanish third division (fourth tier) side CDPalencia have unveiled a new ‘anatomical’ kit. The

13/05/2016

Spain

Spanish actress Nuria Espert wins Asturias Award for the Arts

The first of the annual Princess of Asturias Awards has been won by the Spanish actress, theatre director and stage designer Nuria Espert. The

11/05/2016

Sport

Liverpool to play Seville in Europa League final

Liverpool scored early in their UEFA cup semi final against Villarreal and Daniel Sturridge added his second in the 63rd minute to calm nerves and go

05/05/2016

Sport

Madrid celebrates football supremacy but wonders who are Real champions

Let us hope the team that turns up for the final of the 2016 Champions League is better than the Real Madrid we saw against Manchester City over both

05/05/2016

Sport

No surprise in Atletico reaching Champions League final - Simeone

For the second time in three seasons and for a third time overall Atletico Madrid have made it to the final of Europe’s top club competition. The

04/05/2016

Economy

Services and construction jobs reduce Spanish unemployment total for April

Seasonal factors meant the number of people registered as unemployed in Spain fell in April by 83,599, but remains above four million where it has been for since 2010.

04/05/2016

Spain

King of Spain dissolves parliament

The monarch has called an election for June 26. It is the first time the country has re-run a national vote.

03/05/2016

Spain

Spain arrests four men allegedly behind on-line Islamist Radicalisation plot

Spanish police have arrested four people on the outskirts of Madrid on accusations of promoting Islamist militancy via social media, according to the Interior Ministry.

03/05/2016

Sport

Champions League: Bayern Munich v Atletico Madrid preview

Bayern Munich will look to recover from the disappointment of failing to secure the Bundesliga title on Saturday when they host Atletico Madrid in

02/05/2016

Spain

No end in sight to the pain in Spain?

It is not clear how the unprecedented situation in the country's modern history could be resolved if this second election is inconclusive.

02/05/2016

Spain

Spain set to go to the polls again as coalition talks fail

Spain is going to the polls again after King Felipe VI announced the failure of the latest round of coalition talks. It was the second time the

27/04/2016

Spain

Spain poised for new election as coalition efforts fail

Just four months after an inconclusive general election, Spain is set to go back to the polls. Final talks on Tuesday between King Felipe and

26/04/2016

Culture news

Spain marks 400th anniversary of Cervantes' death

Both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes died 400 years ago this year. But while Britain is paying tribute to its most famous bard in grand

25/04/2016

Sport

Nishikori and Nadal to meet in Barcelona final

Rafael Nadal continued his march towards an unprecedented ninth Barcelona Open title after he beat Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets in the

23/04/2016

Sport

Nadal marches on in Barcelona shadowed by Nishikori

Rafa Nadal has moved into the semi-final of the Barcelona Open as he looks to win his 9th title in the Catalan capital.

22/04/2016

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Cervantes honoured in Spanish parliament

Actors put on a performance inside the Spanish parliament as part of a commemoration of the 400th anniversary of writer Miguel de Cervantes’s death.

22/04/2016

Sport

New Nou Camp as Barca unveil major reconstruction project

Barcelona's Nou Camp is to undergo major reconstruction.

21/04/2016

Spain

Suspected Islamist recruiter caught in Spain

Spanish police have arrested a Moroccan man on the island of Mallorca on suspicion of having close links to Islamic militants. The man has not been

19/04/2016

Spain

Spain's acting Industry Minister resigns

Jose Manuel Soria's name has been linked to revelations in the Panama Papers

15/04/2016

Spain

Apartment building collapse in Tenerife

A residential building collapsed in the Canary Island of Tenerife on Thursday (April 14) injuring at least three people and prompting evacuation of

15/04/2016

Sport

Barcelona suffer Wednesday night nervous breakdown

What to make of Atletico Madrid’s humbling of Barcelona, knocking them out of the champions league, and now breathing down their necks in La Liga as

14/04/2016

Spain

Is Spain really abandoning its siestas?

The world thought it hilarious: ‘Spain scraps siestas’ screamed the headlines after Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy proposed reducing working hours and

07/04/2016

Sport

Barcelona's Lionel Messi threatens to sue over tax dodge claims

Lionel Messi’s troubles with the tax authorities show no sign of abating. The star is already due in court at the end of May after he and his father

05/04/2016