Spanish like a drink
Spain is the second highest consumer of bottled water in the world and fifth for booze
AVE tunnel protest
600 demonstrators blocked the track in a protest against the route of the AVE high speed rail line
It’s Letizia by a head and tiara
Model Carla Bruni and Spain’s Princess Letizia made the steps leading up to Zarzuela Palace in Madrid resemble a catwalk this week
Don’t miss your vote
Make sure you are on the list to vote in the forthcoming European Parliament elections on June 7
Nazi victims get their day in court
Two Mauthausen survivors are the first Spanish nationals to give evidence in a trial of Nazi SS officers
Robotic fish to detect pollution
Robotic fish are to be released into the sea for the first time to detect pollution
Condoms sent to Africa
Spain has pledged 120,000 euros in prophylactics to help fight the continent’s AIDS epidemic
Spain second for wine
Spain overtook France as the world’s second largest exporter of wine in terms of volume behind Italy last year
Green groups unite against Zapatero
Spain's biggest charities have declared war over the Government’s ‘failing’ environmental policy
A European size slap on the wrist
EU punishes Spain for its continuing environmental abuse and for its flaunting of the rights of innocent buyers
Mirrors to reflect global warming
A team of scientists have claimed they can stop global warming by blasting trillions of giant mirrors into space.
EU battles Spain over pensioners
Brussels is threatening to take Spain to the European Court if it doesn’t give foreign pensioners better healthcare.
Madame Tussaud meet Señor Picasso
The artist Alex Carlisle, 23, was asked to have an attempt at a likeness of Picasso during his job as a junior sculptor at the famous waxwork museum in London.
Petition attacks low UK pension
A Petition is hoping to force the British government to stop paying its pensioners the lowest amount in Europe
More E Vicar?
A catholic priest has gone on trial for smuggling drugs into Barcelona’s Modelo jail
Bucardo bites back
Rare mountain goat could make a comeback after an extinct animal is cloned for the first time
Spain wakes up from its archetypal slumber
Survey shows that only 40 per cent of Spaniards are still taking a siesta
Teacher sacked for ‘living in sin’ wins appeal
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a religious studies teacher who was fired from a Church-run school for living with a man to whom she was not married.
Spain comes out in defence of land grab laws
MEPs slam 'Robert Mugabe school of land re-distribution' in Valencia. Spanish MEPs have hit back at threats to withdraw EU funding if the nation continues to abuse property rights.
Worst recession for 50 years
Jobless hits 12-year high as recession deepens and unemployment may rise to 18 per cent
They keep coming
Despite the credit crunch, thousands of Britons are still relocating to Spain while the country is still tops for Scottish and British holidaymakers. The number of people seeking a new life in Spain has surged by 12 per cent.
Atheist bus campaign comes to Spain
THE posting of advertising on buses in Barcelona questioning the existence of God has been called an “attack on all religions.”
