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Cristina Gutierrez makes history as the first ever woman from Spain – and second in the world – to...

CRISTINA Gutierrez has made history as the first ever Spanish woman to win a category at the prestigious Dakar Rally. The 32 year old is...

Spanish tennis legend Rafa Nadal under fire after he signs up as Saudi ambassador for the sport

SPANISH tennis legend Rafa Nadal has come under fire after he announced he will be the new ambassador for the sport for Saudi Arabia. On...

Explainer: Spain chosen by Fifa to host 2030 World Cup – but it won’t be alone

FIFA, the international governing body for football, yesterday announced that it had chosen Spain as host for the 2030 World Cup. But there’s a...

FC Barcelona legend Sergio Busquets to leave Spain this summer as Saudi Arabia beckons

SERGIO BUSQUETS will leave FC Barcelona this summer, ending an 18-year association with the La Liga club. The 34-year-old midfielder, who joined Barca's youth team...

Spain’s Barcelona picked to host yachting’s America’s Cup in 2024

THE oldest trophy in international sport, the America's Cup, will be fought for in the waters off Barcelona in autumn 2024. The yachting team event...

High Court in London rejects sovereign immunity for Spain’s Emeritus King, Juan Carlos, over damages claim by ex-mistress

SPAIN'S former monarch, Juan Carlos, could be forced to give evidence in a damages claim brought by his ex-mistress in a London High Court...

Corruption probes into former King of Spain, Juan Carlos, dropped due to ‘lack of evidence’

PROSECUTORS in Spain are shelving two corruption probes involving former monarch, Juan Carlos, due to a lack of evidence. It's more good news for the...

Former Spanish king Juan Carlos gets good news over Saudi Arabia bung investigation

SWISS authorities have dropped a corruption probe into an offshore fund linked to King Emeritus Juan Carlos I. It had been alleged that the ex-monarch...

10-man Real Madrid win 11th Spanish Super Cup against rivals Atletico in Saudi Arabia

The Galacticos captain put away the decisive spot kick at Jeddah’s King Abdullah Sports City Stadium

Andalucia warships propping up Saudia Arabia’s war chest as Yemen war produces ‘worst famine in 100 years’

WARSHIPS built in Cadiz have boosted Spanish arms sales to Saudi Arabia by more than €1 billion. It comes as the Saudi-led war in Yemen...

Pedro Sanchez justifies selling Andalucia warships to Saudi Arabia, as violence and famine in Yemen continue

Foreign aid can not reach everyone who needs it in Yemen, because of the fighting, and Saudi's weapons, bought from European countries, have been used to kill thousands of civilians

Spain makes U-turn on bombs sale to Saudi Arabia despite concerns over use in Yemen

Just 48 hours after Defence Minister Margarita Robles said the sale was 'undergoing review', the government decided to reactivate it

Spain to halt sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia amid fears of their use in Yemen conflict

The process of cancelling a contract signed between Mariano Rajoy’s former government and the Arab state in 2015 is currently underway

Spain shatters weapons exports record as sales to Saudi Arabia soar 133%

The bulk of all sales were aircraft assembled at a plant in Sevilla

NEVER GONNA DANCE AGAIN?: Teenage boy arrested for doing the Macarena on busy road

A TEENAGER has been arrested in Saudi Arabia after footage of him doing the Macarena on a busy street in Jeddah went viral.  The 14-year-old...

Lucrative warship sale on agenda as Spanish king set to visit Saudi Arabia

The visit has already been re-scheduled twice: it was originally planned for February 2016, but cancelled after 47 people were executed by the Saudi Kingdom.

King Felipe urged to ‘demand human rights’ after Spain strikes €40 million arms deal with Saudi Arabia

The sale was delayed for around six months amid fears that the weapons would be used in Yemen
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Sad Spain ranks below Saudi Arabia and Qatar in World Happiness Report 2016

Denmark emerged as the happiest country in the world

Work begins on Spanish ‘pilgrim train’

Multi-million-euro train project which saw Spain pip France to the post begins in the Middle East

Gibraltar receives royal visit

His Royal Highness Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia visits the Rock on tour of Gibraltar

Spain beats France in the bid for the ‘pilgrim train’

Spanish led consortium awarded billion euro contract to build first high speed AVE train in the Middle East

Let he who is without sin…

Bartie ponders the death penalty

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