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Barcelona edge out Sevilla to claim their 28th Copa del Rey title

Barcelona held their nerve to edge out Sevilla in the Copa del Rey final at the Vicente Calderón on Sunday.

Spain

Barca fans win right to wave pro-independence flags after threatening to use Scottish ones instead

Barcelona football fans have won the right to wave Estelada flags in Madrid

Sport

Europa League: Sevilla maintain Spainish club's dominance of European football

FC Sevilla and their fans woke up on Thursday morning all smiles after the club won a record breaking third consecutive Europa League title.

Spain

War photographer James Nachtwey wins Asturias award

The American photographer James Nachtwey has won this year’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanitites.

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Sport

Sevilla strike back to beat Liverpool for record third straight Europa League title

Sevilla survived a first-half battering before hitting back with three second-half goals, two from Coke, to beat Liverpool 3-1 in the Europa League final on Wednesday and win the trophy for the third

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Poland, Hungary under fire from former US president

This is the Brief from Brussels – a round-up of the headlines from Europe’s de facto political capital.

Europe News

EU gives Spain, Portugal more time on deficits

The European Commission has shied away from punishing Spain and Portugal over their excessive budget deficits.

Sport

Liverpool and Sevilla set for Europa League finale

Sevilla are aiming to become the first team ever to win the Europa League for a third consecutive season when they take on Liverpool in the final in

Sport

World champions Germany and holders Spain name provisional Euro 2016 squads

Competition heavyweights Germany and Spain on Tuesday unveiled their provisional squads for the European Championships that take place in France next

Spain

Madrid marks five-year anniversary of los Indignados

In scenes reminiscent of those witnessed five years ago, thousands marched through the streets of Madrid on Sunday (May 15) to mark the anniversary

Sport

Verstappen wins Spanish GP after both Mercedes crash out

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen made the most of a jaw-dropping first-lap collision between frontrunners Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to claim an

Spain

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.

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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

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

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

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

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.

Sport

Atletico Madrid reach Champions League final again

Atletico Madrid have reached the final of the Champions League for a second time in three season despite losing 2-1 to Bayern Munich in their

Sport

Champions League: Real Madrid v Man City preview

In the May 28th Champions League final Atletico Madrid – who beat Bayern Munich on the away goals rule – will meet either ten-time winners and La

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.