Spanish house prices fell at their fastest pace on record in the first quarter, after new house prices dropped for the first time, and analysts saw double-digit declines ahead as unemployment spirals.
Home prices fell 7.6 percent between January and March compared to a year earlier, marking 12 months of decline, after a 5.4 percent drop [...]

A 20-year-old Moroccan woman has died at a Madrid hospital, becoming Spains first swine flu fatality, the Gregorio Maranon hospital announced Tuesday.
The woman, who suffered from asthma, died at dawn of a respiratory illness provoked by the AH1N1 flu, said a health ministry statement.
The woman, who was seven-months pregnant when she arrived at the hospital, [...]

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According to reports in Spain, the 48-year-old actor and his American wife, the Hollywood star Melanie Griffith, 51, have been told part of the gardens at their £5 million mansion near Marbella is to be made public land.
Over 14,000 square feet of land belonging to the couple will be seized to allow public access to [...]

Conservation, education, public safety and animal welfare are the four standards to be met by a zoo, according to European law. In Spain, 11 zoos across the country do not respect these rules, according to a report issued on Monday by the European Commission (EC).
The zoos that are breaking the law are in Asturias, Aragon, [...]

Benidorm hotel occupancy for the first fortnight of July is between 65 and 70 percent thanks to “last minute” bookings, according to the president of the Business Association of Hoteliers in Benidorm and the Costa Blanca (Hosbec), Toni mayor.
However, the president noted that “much remains to be sold in August and for the second half [...]

The Alicante Provincial Court will pass judgement tomorrow in a case that began when a man believed to engage the sexual services of a prostitute found that it was actually a transvestite.
The prosecutor requested prison sentences for BOTH parties, three and a half years for the client and two and a half and two and [...]