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Spain

Citizens take power in Spain's largest cities as a political revolution sweeps the country

Left wing former judge Manuela Carmena is the new mayor of Madrid, ending 24 years of centre right rule. “We are servants of the people of Madrid”

13/06/2015

World

Slow Education: less test-focused, personalised schooling

Learning World discovers more about a movement that is trying to encourage more personal learning at school and put less focus on exams.

12/06/2015

Sport

Xavi sets sights high at Al Sadd

Qatar’s Al Sadd have unveiled their new signing – former Barcelona midfielder, Xavi Hernandez. It has been ess than a week since he left the Catalan

12/06/2015

Spain

Spain's King Felipe VI strips his sister of her title as Duchess of Palma over corruption charges

Spain's Princess Cristina will no longer be Duchess of Palma after her brother, the king, issued a decree stripping her of her title. She and her husband are facing charges of tax evasion in a case th

12/06/2015

Spain

Spain approves citizenship path for expelled Jews

Spain’s parliament has approved a law allowing Sephardic Jews to apply for Spanish citizenship. The vote will permit applications from descendants of

12/06/2015

Spain

Spain: PP Party loses capital to leftist Ahora Madrid coalition

Manuela Carmena, of the leftist Ahora Madrid coalition, will be inaugurated as mayor of the Spanish capital on Saturday (June 13). Her party says she

11/06/2015

World News

Leonardo Padura wins Princess of Asturias Award for Literature

The Princess of Asturias Award for Literature has gone to the Spanish/Cuban novelist and journalist Leonardo Padura. There were 27 nominations from

10/06/2015

Germany

Lufthansa plane delivers tragic cargo to grieving families in Düsseldorf

A Lufthansa cargo plane landed at Düsseldorf airport on Tuesday night carrying the remains of 44 victims of the Germanwings plane crash. Their

10/06/2015

Sport

Luis Enrique and Dani Alves extend Barca deals

Spanish giants Barcelona have announced that defender Dani Alves has agreed a two-year contract extension with an option for a third season. The

09/06/2015

Spain

Ivory Coast 'Suitcase boy' reunited with mother

An eight-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who was found being smuggled into Spain in a suitcase has been reunited with his mother. Adou Ouattara was

08/06/2015

Sport

Barca brilliance in Berlin

Barcelona lifted their fifth Champions League trophy and third from the past six seasons with a 3-1 win over the ‘Old Lady’ of Juventus. Having also

08/06/2015

Venezuela

Ex-Spanish PM defies Venezuelan anger over jailed politicians

08/06/2015

Sport

Barcelona down Juventus to clinch their fifth Champions League title

Spanish giants Barcelona produced a superb display to beat Juventus 3-1 in the final of the Champions League at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on

06/06/2015

Spain

Russia to the rescue: Moscow flies antidote to Spain's diphtheria patient

Russia has come to the rescue of a six-year-old boy in Spain’s Catalonia region. The boy has been admitted to hospital with Spain’s first recorded

04/06/2015

France

The world needs more France, Spain's King Felipe declares

King Felipe of Spain has called for “more of France” in the European Union and the world over. ‘No France, no Europe’ “Without France, there is no

03/06/2015

Sport

Xavi's emotional goodbye to Barcelona

Xavi Hernandez failed to hold back the tears in an emotional farewell speech on Wednesday. The 35-year-old, who was quick to praise all of those who

03/06/2015

Sport

Benitez appointed new Real Madrid manager

After weeks of speculation, Rafael Benítez has been appointed as Real Madrid’s new manager on a three-year contract. The 55-year-old, who left

03/06/2015

Spain

Basketball brothers win Asturias Sports award

This year’s Princess of Asturias Sports award has two winners, the Gasol brothers Pau and Marc, who have been bossing the NBA basketball courts for

03/06/2015

Spain

Spain's first case of diphtheria in 30 years: parents of six-year-old 'oppose vaccines'

A six-year-old child is in serious condition at a Barcelona hospital with diphtheria. It is the first case of the bacterial infection to be diagnosed

03/06/2015

France

Spanish royal couple resume state visit to France

The King and Queen of Spain were back in Paris on Tuesday after cutting short their state visit to France in March due to the Germanwings airplane crash in the Alps.

03/06/2015