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Pregnant woman tests positive for Zika virus in Spain

Europe's first case confirmed in Catalunya as six more people infected in Spain

Fran Rivera investigated for fighting bull with baby daughter in his arms

A photo shows Fran Rivera, 42, and his baby daughter, Carmen, alongside large wounded bull

New app launched in Spain to report crimes

AlertCops is now available across Spain

Plane evacuated in mysterious Madrid flight bomb threat

A note saying ‘bomb threat’ was found pinned to the wall of the toilet with a knife

VIDEO: Animal rights group PACMA slams rat-throwing festival in Valencia

Campaign group PACMA is calling for the Valencian festival to be banned

Spain’s Princess Cristina loses appeal and will testify this month

The Princess is one of 18 defendants charged in a corruption trial, also featuring her husband Iñaki Urdangarin

Ancient Spanish tomb containing human remains reveals Stone Age burial secrets

The Neolithic tomb near Burgos contains 50 skeletons from a close-knit farming community

War rages between Rioja bodegas

The quality control board, controlled by the Government of La Rioja has caused controversy by opening the door to 60 new producers in Alava

Dramatic video of 22 sailors being rescued from doomed cargo ship off Spain

The sailors were safely helicoptered to land

Two years’ jail for captain of Prestige tanker which created huge oil spill

Supreme Court sentences Prestige tanker captain to two years in jail for negligence

Spain’s sex industry is booming

Painting the town red

Rajoy turns down King’s invitation to form a new Spanish government

Socialist PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez will now be given the opportunity to form a coalition of other left-wing parties

Judge Alvaro Martin takes over ERE corruption scandal case

Five years after the billion euro ERE investigation opened in Andalucia, a new magistrate Alvaro Martin has been brought in to take over the case from Maria Nunez Bolanos

Spain’s dreadlocked Podemos politician refuses to cut his mane

Newly-elected Tenerife MP Alberto Rodriguez sparked controversy when he strolled into Congress on January 13 sporting the unconventional hairstyle

Spain’s first three-legged pony with an artificial leg dies

Injured Faith donates leg to second amputee pony, Iris

Tourism brought €124 billion to Spain’s economy last year

84.7% of firms confirming their sales improved last year

David Cameron to slash tax credits for poorly paid British expat workers

The British Prime Minister is reported to be offering the deal in exchange for a ban on EU migrants claiming in-work benefits in the UK

Environmentalists fight back as 1,000-year-old olive trees are ripped out of the ground in Spain and sold for six-figure...

With trees selling for as much as €100,000, the Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente Foundation wants a law change to ban the uprooting and sale of these trees

Prosecutors demand Rodrigo Rato serve four and a half years in prison

Former Bankia heads Rato and Miguel Blesa told they should repay millions in damages

Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid given transfer bans

FIFA has punished the two clubs for breaching rules over the transfer of minors

Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias was paid €93,000 by Iranian businessman

The anti-corruption party leader received the funds for presenting on Hispan TV - the Islamist TV channel based in Madrid

Spain’s La Liga produces world’s best player for EIGHTH year in a row

Lionel Messi has been awarded the Ballon d’Or for the best player in the world for a fifth time

Spanish pilot in plane crash in Sweden

Emergency services are now at the scene searching for the pilots

American expats arrested in Barcelona after son found dead in flat

Expat couple arrested after dead body of young boy found in their apartment

Gambling in Spain

Statistics showed that the number of registered players to online gambling sites in Spain jumped from 2.2 million to 3.9 million

Missing Dutch 14-year-old could have run away to Spain

Basiel de Gouw from Spanje, Holland, has been missing since January 4

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