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 reluctant to say which annoys the Spanish) intends to carry out two or three big attacks next year with the objective [...]
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 Peruvian nationality, her son and daughter and a Spanish woman who was married to her son, died on stairs after being trapped by flames [...]
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 behavior was “utterly incompatible” with his responsibility as a public servant to protect people and their property.
The Civil Guard [...]
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 total value of the contract is around 641 million euros ($917 million) of which Bombardier´s share is around $405 million.
The [...]
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 court today set aside a September ruling by three of its judges who said that Spain, which [...]
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 electricity consumption fell by 4.3 percent in 2009.
This has been caused by a drop in business consumption and household efforts to save amid tightening [...]
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 of a timeshare property in the Canary Islands, and it was found that the same network had targeted several other [...]
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 free-to-air rights on Jerry Bruckheimer drama “Miami Medical” and CW series “The Vampire Diaries.”
The three acquisitions form part of a long-term drama and [...]
