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Banned from pavements, Madrid's scooters face wrath of drivers

Spanish capital clamps down on electric scooters but with hundreds more planned for the city conflicts with drivers are inevitable

11/10/2018

Spain

Spain's Ceuta enclave held up as example of how to live with migrants

Behind the sensational headlines, Ceuta is very much like a normal Spanish town where residents have learnt to live in harmony with the incoming migrant population.

11/10/2018

Spain

Spanish politicians edge closer to increasing minimum wage

Spanish politicians edge closer to increasing minimum wage to €900 a month.

11/10/2018

Spain

Rafael Nadal helps with Mallorca floods cleanup

Tennis star swaps a racquet for a broom on his home island.

11/10/2018

Spain

10 killed in heavy rains in Spain’s Mallorca

The UK foreign office said it was "urgently seeking updates" on the flooding, as reports emerge that a British couple has died.

10/10/2018

Spain

Explained: Who is VOX? Spain's latest far-right party

Defending Spain from immigration, regional independentist sentiments, and the "Islamic threat" is what the Spanish far-right party VOX is all about. But will it be able to pierce through in the next elections?

08/10/2018

Spain

Spain's 'stolen baby' doctor found guilty — but will not be punished

The Spanish doctor accused of stealing and selling a baby girl has been found guilty of all charges but will not be punished due to statute of limitations. A victim of the "stolen-babies" programme said verdict leaves a "bittersweet taste".

08/10/2018

Spain

Soprano Montserrat Caballé dies at 85

Soprano Montserrat Caballé dies at 85

06/10/2018

Spain

Watch: World's first full-sized Hyperloop capsule unveiled in Spain

The high-tech transportation would allow a trip from Barcelona to Madrid to be trimmed to just 25 minutes.

04/10/2018

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Police, protesters clash for Catalan referendum anniversary

Riot police charged in to break up a demonstration in front of Catalonia's regional parliament and the headquarters of the Spanish national police in Barcelona on Monday, after thousands marched in Barcelona to mark the first anniversary of an ill-fated independence referendum to split from Spain.

02/10/2018

Spain

Tensions rise as large protests mark Catalonia referendum anniversary

Riot police broke up a demonstration in Barcelona after tens of thousands of Catalan independence supporters protested, a year on from the vote deemed illegal by Madrid.

02/10/2018

Spain

Has the Catalan pro-independence movement lost its power one year on?

On the one-year anniversary of the banned independence referendum, triggering one of the biggest institutional crises in Spain, where are its protagonists? Has the Catalan pro-independence movement lost its power?

01/10/2018

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Scientists try seawater to save Europe's rice from rapacious invasive snail

Experiments in Spain could also lead to a salt-resistant rice strain that may prove invaluable in the future as rising oceans threaten rice paddies the world over.

01/10/2018

Cult

Music an affair of the heart for Salvador Sobral

The 2017 eurovison winner is back after a heart transplant and a gruelling brush with fame, doing what he loves - making music.

01/10/2018

World

Catalan Separatists clash with police

Clashes police march for higher wages were blocked by Catalan separatists one year on from the referendum.

01/10/2018

Cult

Spain's most prestigious film festival winners

Spain's most prestigious film festival winners and highlights.

30/09/2018

Spain

Police clash with Catalan separatists

Police clashed with Catalan independence supporters in Barcelona on Saturday. This comes almost 1 year after the region's illegal independence referendum.

29/09/2018

Earth News

A gastrotour of León

Tried and tested: our curated tour of Spain's gastronomic capital of the year

25/09/2018

Spain

Former French PM could become the next Barcelona mayor

Manuel Valls is expected to announce his candidacy for the Barcelona mayoral election on Tuesday.

25/09/2018

Business Planet

OCEAN 2020 - Europe's bid to up its defence game on the high seas

In partnership with The European Commission

What price a billion-euro warship when it can be sunk by a drone costing 1/1000th of the cost? The EU is looking to integrate companies using the horizon technologies of drones to get more bangs for its bucks, and save lives, too.

21/09/2018

Spain

Trump 'told Spain to build wall through Sahara' to stop migrants

Speaking at a lunch event in Madrid this week, Josep Borrell reportedly recounted a meeting where he said Trump shrugged off the scepticism of Spanish diplomats about building a wall through some 4,800 kilometres of desert.

20/09/2018

Spain

Watch: Family saved by Aquarius ship make a new life in Spain

Since both Italy and Malta have toughened their stances on migration, Spain has seen a surge in asylum seeker applications.

20/09/2018

Spain

Spanish university students strike due to academic 'scandals'

University students at the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid are demanding the resignation of the rector due to 'numerous scandals'

19/09/2018

Spain

Barnier talks with Spain about Gibraltar ahead of Brexit

Although the tiny British territory is not part of the EU customs union, businesses thriving there, fear regulation of the border could become more rigid and its economy relies on workers crossing the border with Spain

17/09/2018

Spain

Belgian court refuses Spanish extradition request for rapper Valtonyc

Performer is accused in Spain of insulting the royal family and other charges.

17/09/2018

Spain

Vuelta a Espana: Britain's Simon Yates takes a lead into Sunday's final

The 26-year-old will take a lead of one minute 46 seconds. Spain's Enric Mas and Colombia's Miguel Angel Lopez finished first and second to put themselves onto the general classification podium with one stage remaining

15/09/2018