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- Twitter Spain launches Rajoy emoji - Tue 30th Aug 2016
While there is no grand party pact in sight ahead of the upcoming investiture debate in Congress, at which acting Popular Party Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will be seeking to be voted back in as Spain’s leader, Twitter has ... more - Spain Registers First Zika Virus Birth in Europe - Wed 27th Jul 2016
Health officials in Spain have registered the birth of a baby with Microcephaly in what is thought to be the first Zika virus birth in Europe ... more - Royal Household filed Princess Cristina’s tax returns, husband claims - Wed 2th Mar 2016
The brother-in-law of Spain’s King Felipe VI, Iñaki Urdangarin, returned to face the questions of anti-corruption prosecutors on Wednesday morning as his embezzlement and fraud trial resumed in Palma de Mallorca ... more - Drug Dealer Arrested Over Double Jalon Murder - Fri 11th Sep 2015
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering former British Olympic diver Peter Tarsey and his wife Jean at their home in Jalon, Alicante earlier this year ... more - Spain's top Golf destinations driving property recovery - Sun 3rd May 2015
Mallorca, the Costa Blanca, Tenerife and the Costa del Sol have all earned a place in the top 10 best golfing destinations in Europe, with the outright winner being Palma, the Balearic Islands' capital, according to a recent ... more - Spain's Princess Cristina to stand trial on tax fraud charges - Mon 22th Dec 2014
Cristina de Borbon, sister of Spain's King Felipe VI, will stand trial on charges of tax fraud, the first Spanish royal to face prosecution in court. ... more - Spanish court upholds charges of tax fraud against Princess Cristina - Fri 7th Nov 2014
A Spanish court said on Friday it would uphold charges of tax fraud against Cristina de Borbon, 49, sister of King Felipe VI, in a graft probe which along with other high-profile corruption cases has eroded Spaniards' faith ... more - Spain's Princess Cristina to face corruption charges - Wed 25th Jun 2014
A Spanish court on Wednesday upheld corruption charges against Cristina de Borbon, sister of newly-crowned King Felipe VI, and her husband in one of the last steps before a trial that could cloud the monarchy's bid to ... more - Spanish princess questioned in corruption investigation - Sat 8th Feb 2014
Spain's Princess Cristina was questioned by a judge on Saturday in a corruption case that has deepened public anger over graft among the ruling class and discontent with the royal family ... more - Princess Cristina to give testimony in royal corruption case - Sat 8th Feb 2014
Spain's Princess Cristina - younger daughter of King Juan Carlos - will appear in court for questioning by a judge on Saturday in a corruption case that has deepened public anger over ruling class graft at a time of ... more - "Princess Cristina is Innocent" : Rajoy - Tue 21st Jan 2014
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy said Princess Cristina is innocent of corruption allegations less than three weeks before she is due to testify as a suspect in court ... more - Spain's Princess Cristina to testify over corruption charges - Sat 11th Jan 2014
Spain's Princess Cristina, daughter of King Juan Carlos, will appear before a Palma de Mallorca court to testify over tax fraud and money-laundering charges she denies but has decided not to appeal, her lawyers said on ... more - Spanish Judge Focuses on Princess Cristina in Fraud Case - Tue 7th Jan 2014
The king's daughter, Princess Cristina, has become an official target in an ongoing embezzlement investigation against her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin ... more - Spain kisses goodbye to Eurovegas - Fri 13th Dec 2013
U.S. casino operator Las Vegas Sands has abandoned plans to invest more than €22 Bln in a gambling resort outside Madrid, dealing a major blow to the capital as Spain tries to revitalize its economy after a 5-year slump ... more - Royal couple failed to pay €281,109 in corporate taxes - Wed 20th Nov 2013
The tax agency has produced a new financial profile of Iñaki Urdangarin, the king's son-in-law who is being investigated for embezzlement of public money and tax fraud ... more - Court impounds properties of Spanish king's son-in-law - Tue 5th Nov 2013
A Spanish judge on Monday attached €6.1 Mln in assets belonging to Iñaki Urdangarin, including half of the Barcelona home he shares with his wife, Princess Cristina, the younger of King Juan Carlos's 2 daughters ... more - 2012 saw 11.1 Million UK Visitors to Spain - Fri 1st Nov 2013
Dublin-based company, Research and Markets has reported how Spain was the most popular destination by UK residents in 2012, with 11.1 Million visitors ... more - Barcelona-Pyrenees to bid for 2026 Winter Olympics - Fri 25th Oct 2013
Barcleona has decided not to enter a bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in order to concentrate it's efforts on a more viable bid for 2026 ... more - Spain's Q3 will be "better than previous quarters" : Rajoy - Sun 8th Sep 2013
Mariano Rajoy said on Saturday how Spain's crippled economy will show improvement in Q3, and he vowed to continue pushing policies that promote growth ... more - Madrid stunned by failure to land 2020 Games - Sun 8th Sep 2013
The Madrid delegation were left reeling on Saturday by the shock of their early elimination as host for the 2020 summer Olympics and defended their bid presentation as "the best" of the candidate cities ... more - Olympic Voting : Madrid Out ! - Sat 7th Sep 2013
# Breaking News # ... more - Madrid pleads case for 2020 Games, vote looms - Sat 7th Sep 2013
Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo made impassioned pleas to the International Olympic Committee on Saturday to entrust them with hosting the 2020 summer Games. Japanese PM Shinzo Abe emphatically promised the crippled Fukushima ... more - Spain Quizzed on Doping During 2020 Olympic Presentation - Sat 7th Sep 2013
Spanish Olympic Committee, the COE, where quizzed at length by IOC executives during their final Madrid 2020 pitch to become host Olympic city over doping issues which has tainted Spanish sport in recent years ... more - 2020 city contest becomes ‘least-ugly parade' - Fri 6th Sep 2013
Would-be 2020 Olympic cities of Madrid, Istanbul and Tokyo parade before the Games' organizing body on Saturday in a "least ugly" contest as they attempt to conceal their blemishes and win the right to host the world's ... more - Barcelona Football Club Lionel Messi Plays for Madrid - Thu 5th Sep 2013
Leo Messi, Barcelona Football Club's star striker, has decided to play for Madrid after much speculation suggesting he refused a position ... more - Madrid says can afford 2020 Games - Thu 5th Sep 2013
Madrid's Olympic bid team said on Wednesday that Spain's debilitating economic crisis is ending and the country will have no problem covering investments and rallying support at home to host the 2020 games. Madrid hopes ... more - Gibraltar issue could scupper Spain Olympic bid - Sat 31st Aug 2013
It has been suggested that Madrid's bid to host the 2020 Olympics may be scuppered due to Spain's recent action over Gibraltar ... more - Spain seeking lift with Madrid's 2020 'austerity bid' - Sat 31st Aug 2013
For a sports-obsessed country in the grip of a debilitating recession and stained by allegations of political corruption, winning the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games in Madrid is exactly the tonic Spain needs ... more - Catalans Could end Madrid 2020 Olympic bid - Tue 30th Jul 2013
Never one to be outdone by Madrid, it has been reported that Barcelona has recently submitted a bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games ... more - Spain eyes 2020 Olympic bid desperately - Wed 10th Jul 2013
Madrid and Spain desperately need to be chosen to host the 2020 Olympic Games in order to avoid a crisis in the country's sport ... more - Spain Tries to Offload Engineers to Brazil - Wed 22th May 2013
The development minister for Spain, Ana Pastor, is urging Brazil to hire many of its engineers as the Spanish economy cannot currently accommodate them ... more - Boston Bombers : Links to Spain ? - Sat 20th Apr 2013
The fact that the alleged Boston attackers are Chechen might spark memories of Chechnya's struggle for independence against Russia. And of the many terrorist attacks Chechen extremists have staged against Russia over the ... more - Paramount Licencing Curse Their Luck - Sat 6th Apr 2013
The Executives of Paramount Licencing in Los Angeles must be rueing the day they ever decided to expand into Europe ... more - Madrid's Olympic bid assessment underway - Mon 18th Mar 2013
Madrid's application to host the 2020 Olympic Games will come under investigation when the Evaluation Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) visits the city this week to consider the details of the bid ... more - Iberia Airline owners post €1 Bln loss - Thu 28th Feb 2013
International Airlines Group (IAG) – formed by the merger of British Airways and Iberia Airlines in 2011 – has today posted losses of €997 Million ... more - king's son-in-law appears in court - Sat 23rd Feb 2013
The Spanish king's son-in-law appeared before a judge on the island of Mallorca on Saturday to respond to charges of tax fraud in a €6 mln embezzlement case that has eroded public support for the once-popular royal family ... more - Madrid escalates bid for 2020 Olympics - Wed 9th Jan 2013
Madrid will be capable of staging a successful 2020 Olympics despite the parlous state of Spain's finances, officials behind the city's bid said on Tuesday ... more - Gibraltar bomb scare - Sat 1st Sep 2012
Reports are coming in of an alleged bomb scare on Gibraltar earlier this evening ... more - "Only Ryanair planes had fuel problems" : AENA - Tue 21st Aug 2012
The Spanish state-controlled airport operator AENA on Monday rejected claims by Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary that 2 other airlines, LAN Chile and EasyJet, were also forced to make emergency landings in Valencia on July 26 ... more - Securitas hit by plunging Spanish sales - Thu 9th Aug 2012
Securitas, the world's No.2 security firm, posted a drop in earnings for the seventh straight quarter and said plunging sales in Spain and problems integrating U.S. acquisitions would hinder it for the rest of the year. ... more - Spain's Olympic 2020 Host Bid Still A Go - Mon 16th Jul 2012
Despite the economic woes at home, Madrid is pressing on with its host city bid for the 2020 Olympics and hopes to win it based on a shoestring budget ... more - Spain : Reasons to be cheerful - Fri 15th Jun 2012
Negativity and pessimism is probably not only the most infectious of all diseases, it is also sadly quite often evident in the most sensational and most newsworthy of all current affairs concerning Spain at the moment ... more - Countdown to total national embarrassment ... - Tue 15th May 2012
The London Olympics; Euro 2012 and the UK's Golden Jubilee this Summer all look likely to be overshadowed by the year's most prestigious international event ... more - IAG 'may consider' paying premium to speed up UK immigration process - Mon 14th May 2012
The CEO of IAG, Willie Walsh, has spoken of his confidence that the UK government has the problems of long delays at border control and immigration at Heathrow under control ... more - New UK airport to establish routes to Spain - Wed 7th Mar 2012
In recent months when the subject of Spanish airports - in particular the contraversial issue of mis-management of Spain's private airports such as Castellon, Cordoba, Cuidad Real, and Corvera - is never far from the front ... more - State broadcaster threatened with cuts - Thu 1st Mar 2012
The Government is putting state broadcaster RTVE under pressure to cut €204 million from its budget, which could mean an end to popular programs and even entire channels, according to rotating chairman of the board, Josep ... more - IAG cautious on year ahead after strong 2011 - Wed 29th Feb 2012
International Airlines Group, the owner of British Airways and Iberia, said its underperforming Spanish unit and high fuel costs would dent earnings this year, after it reported a forecast-beating rise in 2011 profit ... more - Campaign for Madrid 2020 Olympics underway - Tue 31st Jan 2012
Despite having the highest levels of unemployment in Europe, and having one of the sickliest economies, Madrid yesterday launched their campaign to compete to host the 2020 Olympic games ... more - Travelodge eyes Europe expansion - Wed 14th Sep 2011
Britain's second-biggest budget hotel group Travelodge will announce plans for a major expansion in continental Europe over the next few months, Chief Executive Guy Parsons told Reuters ... more - Spain's bid to host 2018 World Cup thrown into uncertainty - Thu 21st Oct 2010
The contest to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, due to be decided by soccer's governing body FIFA has been discredited and thrown into uncertainty by allegations of vote-selling ... more - Greek debt woes erase jobs - Wed 21st Apr 2010
As international lenders hammer out the tough austerity measures Greece must take to escape a debt crisis shaking the euro zone, more and more Greeks are losing jobs with no visible recovery in sight ... more - UK Stocks - Factors to watch on Feb 9 - Tue 9th Feb 2010
Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening down 37-39 points, or as much as 0.8 percent lower on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers, reversing Monday's rally following weak showings overnight on Wall Street and in Asia ... more - UK Stocks - Factors to watch on Dec 30 - Thu 31st Dec 2009
Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 9-12 points, or as much as 0.2 percent, lower on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, retreating after reaching levels on Tuesdaynot seen since before the collapse of Lehman ... more - UK Stocks - Factors to watch on Oct 21 - Wed 21st Oct 2009
Britain's FTSE 100 is seen opening 2-11 points lower on Wednesday retreating for a second day, mirroring losses on Wall Street and in Asia as investors booked profits after sharp gains earlier in the month ... more - UK Stocks - Factors to watch on Oct 15 - Thu 15th Oct 2009
Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening up as much as 0.4 percent, according to financial bookmakers, drawing strength from Wall Street where the Dow Jones industrial average passed the 10,000 level for the first time in a ... more - UK Stocks -- Factors to watch on Oct 8 - Thu 8th Oct 2009
Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 39-45 points, or 0.9 percent, higher on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers, rallying after falls on Wednesday as the U.S. corporate earnings season started with a bang after ... more