Spanish Police Search for 6 Vans Stolen by ETA
Spanish security forces are searching for six vans stolen in Spain and France by members of terrorist group ETA, La Gaceta de Los Negocios reported. The Basque separatist group (or terrorists as English press are More...
Barcelona city hall says fire in apartment building killed 4
Four people died while trying to escape a blazing apartment building in Spain´s second-largest city, Barcelona, officials said Thursday. Ricard Goma, acting mayor of the northeastern port city, said a woman of More...
Policeman Who Stole Credit Car Loses Appeal
Spain´s Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a highway patrolman who confessed to stealing a dead man´s credit card and using it to buy gasoline, go shopping and eat at restaurants. The court says the officer´s More...
Bombardier wins $405 mln share of rail contract – MarketWatch
Canada´s Bombardier (CA:BBD.B 4.79, -0.01, -0.21%) said Thursday that as part of a consortium with Talgo, it has won a 14-year contract for the maintenance of a fleet of 30 very-high-speed trains in Spain. The More...
Court Will Review Whether Spain Can Be Sued Over Art Nazis Took
A ruling that Spain can be sued in the U.S. by a California man seeking to recover a Pissarro painting stolen by the Nazis from his grandmother will be reconsidered, a federal appeals court in San Francisco said. The More...
Electricity consumption in Spain slumps in 2009
The consumption of electricity fell sharply in Spain in 2009 as the economic crisis continues to bite, according to figures released on Wednesday. The Spanish Association of the Electricity Industry (UNESA) said More...
Scammers arrested in Benidorm
NINE people belonging to a network running a timeshare scam have been arrested by National Police in Benidorm. The investigation began when a victim reported they had been tricked out of 3,000 euros for the purchase More...
Spain’s Forta picks up ‘V’
Spain´s regional pubcaster association Forta has picked up ABC´s alien skein “V,” one of the hottest TV fall rookies. “V” will start to air in Spain next year. Forta has also taken Spanish More...
Spain increases minimum wage
Spain´s socialist government approved Wednesday a 1.5 percent increase in the national minimum wage to 633.3 euros (911.2 dollars) from 624 euros a month during its last cabinet meeting of the year. Prime Minister More...
Recession Fuels Prospect of Rental Car Shortages in 2010
Many visitors to traditional resorts such as the Algarve and the Costa del Sol, Spain in the summer of 2009 had their holidays disrupted by the massive shortage of rental cars caused by the recession in Europe. More...
More financial worries for Spain
The Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091230-700090.html) has highlighted again the fragility of the Spanish financial system and property markets. In the face of weakening profitability More...
Vestas gets 48 MW wind turbine order from Spain
Denmark´s Vestas (VWS.CO), the world´s biggest manufacturer of wind turbines, said on Wednesday it won an order for 24 turbines for the Andalusia region in Spain. The order is for Vestas´ V90-2.0 MW wind turbine, More...
Spain’s PM promises austerity plan to ease deficit
Spain´s government will present an austerity plan by the end of January to help cut the public deficit to 3 percent of gross domestic product by 2013, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Wednesday. Spain´s More...
Tim Hart of Steeleye Span dies in Spain at 61
Tim Hart, a founding member of the British folk-rock group Steeleye Span, has died of lung cancer, his daughter said Wednesday. via The News and Tribune – Tim Hart of Steeleye Span dies in Spain at 61. More...
Spain raises terror alert level for EU role
Spain has raised its terror alert level to two on a four-point scale, as it prepares to assume the six-month presidency of the EU on Friday. Earlier, Spain´s interior minister warned that the Basque separatist More...
Canaries and Spain top searches over Christmas period
Traditional holiday favourites, the Canaries and mainland Spain, are topping the destinations most searched for online according to Travelsupermarket.com. With Britain still enduring icy weather, the website reported More...
Aid worker kidnapped by al Qaeda is wounded
One of three Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania a month ago by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was wounded during the abduction, the Spanish government said late Tuesday. The government said aid More...
Ornamental Bear Returned in Alicante
Just a day after it was installed on 18 December the smaller of the two bears positioned the in park within the Plaza de Galicia in Alicante was stolen. But fortunately a member of the public, who had read about More...
Floods in Spain hinder water supply
Areas across Spain have been placed on high alert as severe flooding leaves some towns without drinking water. In some provinces river levels have risen so high that houses are being flooded and cars abandoned by More...
Spain expects ETA attack during EU-presidency
Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba says he expects the Basque terrorist organisation ETA to attempt an attack during the next six months when Spain holds the rotating European Union presidency. According More...
