Spain star threatens to rip journalist’s head off
Spanish footballer Jordi Alba confronted a journalist after his side's 3-0 World Cup win over Australia and told him: "Next time I'll rip your head off."
Day: June 24, 2014
1 million fewer children in Spain in 2023: Unicef
In only nine years Spain could have one million fewer children under the age of 10 if the country’s falling birth rate and population exodus aren’t addressed, the UN body warns.
Granada, not Grenada! Airline sued over mix-up
An American dentist is suing British Airways after being mistakenly flown 4,000 miles in the wrong direction to the Caribbean island of Grenada instead of the Andalusian city of Granada in Spain.
Spanish cops who tortured Brit jailed
Four Spanish Civil Guard officers have been handed a joint 10-year prison sentence by a Majorca judge after they tortured a handcuffed British tourist in a prison cell on the Balearic island.
Sheikh to turn bullring into mega-mosque
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the ruling Emir of Qatar, has reportedly offered to invest €2.2 billion ($3 billion) over five years to convert Barcelona's Monumental bullring into a 40,000-capacity mosque which would be the biggest in Europe.
Spain defends tax cuts as growth booster
Spain's government has defended sweeping tax cuts unveiled for the 2015 election year, saying they will boost the economy and create new jobs after years of budget-cutting austerity.