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Spain's government issues decree to exhume Franco's body

The mausoleum outside Madrid where he is buried has long been a pilgrimage site for members of the far right.

24/08/2018

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Madrid to open LGBT-friendly retirement home

Thanks to one man’s eight-year campaign, Madrid is set to open 'the world's first publicly-funded LGBT-friendly home' for the elderly before the end of the year.

24/08/2018

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Spain's footballers threaten to strike over US match

The Spanish Players' Association wants the Spanish League to abandon plans to play a La Liga match in the United States.

23/08/2018

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Spanish footballer's union hits out over La Liga match in US

"The time has come to say 'enough' ... The players are tired and willing to go to the end," said David Aganzo, the president of the players union.

23/08/2018

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This 88-year-old grandmother makes masterpieces with Microsoft Paint

Spanish artists Concha García Zaera, an 88-year-old grandmother from Valencia has become an Instagram sensation.

22/08/2018

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Migrants entering Spain douse police officers in corrosive substance

Seven Spanish policemen suffered burns caused by a corrosive substance thrown by migrants after more than 100 forced their way past the fortified border.

22/08/2018

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Man shot dead wielding knife inside Spanish police station

The incident came just a few days after the first anniversary of the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils by so-called Islamic State.

20/08/2018

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No, there are not more pigs than people in Spain

No, there are not more pigs than people in Spain. However, the number of slaughtered pigs was greater than the total Spanish population last year.

20/08/2018

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Spain terror attack remembrance

The Catalonian coastal town of Cambrils held a remembrance service one year after terrorists killed 16 people and injured many more in attacks there and in Barcelona

18/08/2018

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Barcelona attack anniversary: "idea of integration is the wrong one"

A year after a deadly attack in the heart of Barcelona, experts say Spanish society have the wrong notion of social integration.

17/08/2018

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Watch: Protesters object to Spanish King's Barcelona visit

WATCH: The Spanish King arrived in the city to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the Barcelona terror attack one year ago.

17/08/2018

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Spanish King joins relatives of terror victims in Barcelona

Spain's King Felipe joins relatives in Barcelona to remember the victims of two terror attacks a year ago that left 16 people dead and over a hundred injured

17/08/2018

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Watch: Abnormal Spanish weather causes flamingo births to soar

WATCH: Wet conditions during flamingo breeding season proved ideal, with thousands of chicks born in the reserve this year.

16/08/2018

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Spanish driver tests positive for every drug in test

Police stopped a car in northeastern Spain after its driver proved positive for all drugs in the test.

14/08/2018

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Watch: Panic as 300 injured in Vigo platform collapse

Over 300 people were injured, five seriously, when a section of wooden platform collapsed at "O Marisquiño" festival of sport and urban culture in Vigo, northwestern Spain.

13/08/2018

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Former Brazilian striker Ronaldo Nazario is in intensive care

The 41-year-old is suffering with pneumonia in Ibiza

12/08/2018

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Sanchez & Merkel agree on 'shared vision' for migrant crisis

The leaders met in Andalucia, agreeing to prioritise a 'fair distribution', with German determined to stop so-called 'second-hand migration' into its country.

11/08/2018

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Migrants tell rescuers they would rather die than go back to Libya

Eighty-seven more migrants arrived in southern Spain on Thursday after being rescued off the coast of Libya

09/08/2018

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Spain takes in 40 percent of Mediterranean migrants in 2018 – UN

The UN’s Migration Agency confirms that Spain is now the preferred destination for migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean – but overall arrivals into Europe are well below 2017 and 2016 figures.

08/08/2018

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Shark seen off Majorca beach, forces evacuation

A beach on the Spanish island of Majorca had to be evacuated after a three-metre-long shark was seen swimming near the shore on Thursday.

06/08/2018

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'Spain is not alone,' says EU migration head

Spain is not alone - that was the message the EU Commissioner for Migration took to Madrid on Friday.

03/08/2018

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Watch: Majorca beach evacuated after shark spotted near shore

Video shows tourists fleeing Mallorca beach after 10-foot shark spotted in sea.

03/08/2018

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Spain's retired army takes on the government over Franco remains

Retired, high-ranking army officials have signed a manifesto in Spain against the "political left" over plans to exhume the dictator.

02/08/2018

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Spain: Six-day taxi strike ends

It's after the government says it'll limit licenses for online cab companies such as Uber and Cabify

02/08/2018

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Temperatures in Spain and Portugal could break all-time Europe record

Scorching temperatures could surpass 48 degrees Celsius, breaking an all-time Europe record.

01/08/2018

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EU grants Spain extra funding to cope with migrant arrivals

The European Commission has pledged to increase funding to Spain to help it cope with a rise in migration across the Mediterranean.

01/08/2018