All news on the topic: Spain

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French customs officers thwart €1.3m sale of fake Leonardo da Vinci painting
Spanish police make arrest after being notified that export licence had expired and work was found to be a copy
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Anti-tourism protests are probable to spread out
Situation ‘out of balance’ as local people are priced out of housing and frustrated by hordes of selfie-seekers
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Police search for Puigdemont as a pro-union MP assumes the Catalan presidency
Pro-independence parties lose their grip on power as Salvador Illa elected, while police operation to find Carles Puigdemont continues
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Spanish journalist or Russian spy? The mystery of Pablo González’s double life
Among the Russians freed in this week’s historic exchange of prisoners between Russia and the West was a Russian-born freelance journalist from Spain who had been based in Poland since 2019
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Keir Starmer and the Spanish PM reportedly discussed a youth mobility scheme
Labour leader reportedly did not reject Pedro Sánchez’s proposal for free movement agreement
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British tourist dies at Spanish airport after collapsing while waiting to board Ryanair flight back to UK
The airport has seen a number of other tragic deaths in recent years
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Missing British tourist found ’exhausted but alive’ 12 days after disappearing
A British tourist who disappeared on the Spanish island of Mallorca 12 days ago has finally been found.
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11-year-old girl falls to her death from seventh-floor balcony during family vacation in Majorca
An 11-year-old girl has tragically died after falling from the seventh floor of a hotel she was staying at with her family while on holiday in the Spanish island of Majorca
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Body discovered in search for missing Brit last seen over a week ago
A body believed to be of a British man missing for more than a week has been found in Spain.
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Gareth Southgate reveals key mistake England players made in Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain
Gareth Southgate believes England’s inability to keep the ball against Spain was a key factor behind their defeat in the Euro 2024 final.
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England lose Euro 2024 final with 2-1 defeat to Spain
Spain are European champions again after England were beaten 2-1 in the Euro 2024 final.
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48-year-old British man missing in Spain after marital row, drones and helicopters deployed in search
Drones, helicopters and rescue dogs are being used to search for the missing Brit
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Alvaro Morata updates on injury after incident post Euro 2024 win
There were worrying scenes after Spain’s Euro 2024 semi-final victory over France as a security guard slipped and inadvertently clattered into Alvaro Morata’s knee during the side’s celebrations.
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Lamine Yamal’s wonder goal leads Spain past France and into Euro 2024 final
Maybe this is how new empires rise. Out of the ruins of the old, with fresh visions and fresh blood, a supremacy that creates its own logic as it goes, until it begins to feel inevitable.
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Spanish court asked to fine Duro Felguera €160M in Venezuela bribery case
Spanish anti-corruption prosecutors have asked a court to impose a fine of 160 million euros ($173 million) on the engineering and construction company Duro Felguera S.A.
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Spanish and Portuguese police have busted a fraud network that targeted the elderly
Spanish and Portuguese authorities arrested 54 suspected members of a network that used a cunning mix of fraudulent phone calls and social engineering to swindle nearly 100 elderly people, depriving them of some 2.5 million euros (US$2.68 million), Europol said on Tuesday.
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Spain’s Supreme Court has refused to grant amnesty to Carles Puigdemont
Long-standing arrest warrant for Catalan independence leader to remain in effect.
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British tourist in critical condition after being struck by a car while on holiday
A British cyclist is in ‘critical condition’ after a car crashed into the back of their bike on the Spanish island of Majorca.
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Jay Slater’s family ’devastated’ as police call off search for missing teen two weeks after his disappearance
Jay Slater’s family have said they are ‘devastated’ by the news that police have decided to call off their searches for the missing teenager.
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A British tourist who had gone missing in Spain has been found dead by specialist police search teams
A British hiker, from London, has been found lifeless in the Spanish Pyrenees - emergency services had been searching for the 70-year-old since he disappeared on Monday
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Jay Slater: Specialist search dogs deployed to find missing teenager
The 19-year-old has been missing for nine days after he tried to make his way back from the northwestern Tenerife village of Masca to his hotel accommodation on the south of the island.
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Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in effort to reduce housing costs
Spanish city is one of Europe’s top destinations but its popularity has made housing increasingly unaffordable for residents
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Spanish king snubs Argentina’s Milei amid diplomatic tensions
The royal affront has a history, with President Milei having previously insulted Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez and his wife.
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Mystery deepens as smoking torso without head or limbs is discovered in British tourist hotspot
A charred torso with no arms or legs was discovered dumped at a Spanish holiday hotspot popular with Brits.
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Europol dismantles Balkan cartel trafficking drugs from South America
Eight tonnes of cocaine seized and 40 people arrested after four-year investigation led by Spain’s Guardia Civil