News Archive for April 2013
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01 April
- Corruption case taints Spanish princess
- Atlético miss chance to move into second
- 'Meet the love of your life a second time around'
- Elevator row traps disabled sisters at home
- Murray outlasts Ferrer to win Miami Masters
- Thieves steal Virgin's crown on procession eve
- Riot police use numbers shield in ID game
- Court hammers prof for copying student's work
- PSG confident of defying odds against Barcelona
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02 April
- Politician snubs narco-friendship photo talk
- Lawyer slams 'shameful' care of ill ETA suspect
- Spain clocks up wettest March on record
- Jobless rate dips after Easter tourism push
- Police catch and release serial web paedophile
- Spain's singles hail springtime loving
- Police look into Madrid death of Libya diplomat
- Spain eyes EU leeway on deficit targets
- Spanish crooner gets hero treatment in China
- 'People feel their money could be plundered'
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03 April
- Matuidi strikes at death as PSG hold Barça
- King faces 'inheritance dodging' claims
- Ex Spanish PM hits free golf class bogey
- Catalan radio:'Messi out for ten days, not twenty'
- Spanish PM targets 2014 as turnaround year
- King's daughter lands corruption court call-up
- Spanish tax returns: what you need to know
- Eco wins friends as euro loses currency
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04 April
- Anti-eviction protestors bring fight home
- Real Madrid cruise to 3-0 win over Galatasaray
- ElBulli meal auction dishes up tasty returns
- 'Neo-Nazi' gets ten years for homeless man attack
- Family affairs spell sad end for Latin lover
- Spain's royals show 'surprise' at court call-up
- Barcelona 'wins' worst traffic in Spain award
- Spanish treasury gets bond auction boost
- Young Spaniards give up on job hunting
- 'North Korea is superior to Spain'
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05 April
- Barcelona lodge referee protest with UEFA
- Spain falls short on international aid goals
- Spain set to lift marriage age from 14 to 16
- Official name changes come at high cost
- 'Spain is not Cyprus': Euro bank boss
- 'Shaman' shakes sexual harassment charge
- Ratings group shuns Spanish banks
- King's daughter is being 'unfairly' targeted: lawyer
- Spliff-smoking lawyer kicks Seville cops
- 'Spaniards can't believe cricket lasts five days'
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08 April
- Stay-at-home youths take job protest to streets
- Royals take king-sized hit in opinion polls
- Nine-man Atletico held to draw at Getafe
- British PM visits Madrid in Europe reform push
- Moto GP hat-trick seals Spanish reign
- Mother drowns children in family bath tub
- Opus Dei MP probes police over sister act
- Thatcher death changes Cameron's Spain plans
- King's son-in-law scores Qatar job timeout
- Spain's first Hollywood icon dies at 85
- 'Nearshoring is a win-win situation for everyone'
- Expats jump on Spain's organ donor bandwagon
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09 April
- Spanish PM backs King after poll setback
- Canary volcano pic nabs top NASA photo gong
- Spaniards 'worry most about jobless rate'
- Vet burns wife's body after 'failed liposuction'
- 'First quarter of 2013 will be less bad': Minister
- Doctor: 'Abidal transplant recovery is one-of-a-kind'
- Spaniards check in to cheaper hotel rooms
- Spain's 'indignant' hero Sampedro dies
- Spanish PM Rajoy: 'I can't talk to Obama yet'
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10 April
- Real endure onslaught as Malaga suffer heartbreak
- Anti-evictions group gears up for busy spring
- Citizenship bid fails in trick question scandal
- Wigged bank bandit fakes faint to stall trial
- Spanish industrial output slows in February
- Hamburgers bump pizza from fast food top spot
- EU hands Spain stark warning on debt
- Queen Sofía struts her stuff for Africa cause
- Spanish dads score breastfeeding leave
- Spain's top celebrity lookalikes unveiled
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11 April
- Barça hail supersub Messi after PSG scare
- 'Strip King's son-in-law of passport': Plaintiff
- Ex-Pope's shoes kick up storm in Granada
- Teen mum hides dead baby in closet
- Ex-MP stirs up storm with 'hippy' tweets
- Gibraltar gives green light to gay adoptions
- Catalonia hits back in school language battle
- 'Alaya is the iron lady of Spanish justice'
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12 April
- Catalan President steps up independence drive
- Inflation eases on back of cheaper fuel
- Cops crash out in Valencia red light fail
- Madrid's left shuns Thatcher Street idea
- Spanish lenders loosen ECB debt shackles
- Spain hopes for 'Clásico Champions' final
- 'The Spanish King didn't choose his son-in-law'
- Pensioner fall damages Ai Weiwei sculpture
- 13 April
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15 April
- Top three shine in La Liga goal fest
- Republicans rally to demand king's abdication
- Madrid to shell out €7.4 million on mobile phones
- Spanish youth worst in class for school dropouts
- Fireball lights up skies over central Spain
- Spain’s illegal sex trade worth '€5 million a day'
- Spain cracks down on home rentals for tourists
- Spanish PM talks crisis with Pope Francis
- First glimpse of mini Messi goes viral
- Disgraced ex-politician goes topless for mag
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16 April
- Betis fans racially abuse own player
- Spain snubs call for bank whistleblower handover
- Foreign affairs chief to attend Thatcher send-off
- Voice doctors sing about sore-throated Spaniards
- Hidden horsemeat beefs up Spanish menus
- How to create a spot-on Spanish CV
- Spain sacks 'negligent' Boston consul
- Spain's left slams abortion law changes
- 'I won’t stop until I see you in a pine coffin'
- 'We're not just protesting for the fun of it'
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17 April
- King's daughter appeals corruption case call-up
- Madrid marathon to honour Boston victims
- Police nab Basque boss over airport ETA honour
- Madrid mayor cops heat over bodyguard bill
- 'Spain's language laws are like paedophilia'
- Top Catalan clan faces dirty dealing charges
- Jobs minister talks down Spain's youth exodus
- Gang kingpin put back behind bars
- Spain recognizes Maduro victory in Venezuela
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18 April
- Spain's abortion law plans spark outcry
- US aids Spain to win back stolen tapestry
- IMF warns Spain against 'too much austerity'
- Man dies after nine-month heart op wait
- Cops catch drunk thief sleeping at crime scene
- Andalusia to give school kids three meals a day
- Spain reaps rich rewards in bond auction
- José Mourinho hints at Real Madrid exit
- Spain's empty home count hits new high
- Basque party defends Boston tribute snub
- 'Sitting in an office eight hours a day is crazy'
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19 April
- Xavi denies Casillas will replace Valdés at Barça
- Spain set to ban images of 'sensitive' sites on web
- Canary grass smoking club hits high notes
- Prado admits artworks damaged by water leak
- Cops catch crooks who stole police coke stash
- 'Spain saved me from the rat race'
- Spain crowns reckless driving king
- Anarchists target Church with explosive dildos
- King's daughter waits on court call-up appeal
- 20 April
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22 April
- Doctors take to streets against healthcare cuts
- Djokovic steals Nadal's Monte Carlo crown
- Migrants injure police in Melilla beach scuffle
- Alpine airport lands just four visitors in March
- Spain eyes clampdown on Gibraltar tax fraud
- Homeless crisis hits Spain's educated elite
- Spain tops European 2012 deficit rankings
- Majorca helps send dead man home to Africa
- Police bust explosive jacket kidnap ring
- Expat goodbyes bring down Spanish population
- 'If you have languages there's work in Spain'
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23 April
- Spain steps up war on international drug rings
- 'Messi will be Barca's key in Munich': Xavi
- 'Economy will shrink by up to 1.5 percent in 2013'
- Tourist boom as Americans flock to Spain
- Deadline looms for key assets declaration
- Spanish police detain Al-Qaeda terror suspects
- Expat runners plan Boston tribute in Madrid
- Vandals deface Iker Casillas tribute
- How the crisis is helping Spain
- Restaurant draws diners with free taxi offer
- Top Ten: Great books about Spain
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24 April
- Barça 'need a miracle' after Bayern Munich rout
- Spain's royal family to open up account books
- Spanish PM hints at 'smaller cuts' in 2013
- Cold snap darkens weekend outlook
- Cops smoke out hash family business
- PM puts positive spin on 'slowing' jobless rate
- Stripping MP, 54, heats up Spanish parliament
- Germans damn 'lazy' and corrupt Spaniards
- 'Migrants who can't read and write won't fit in'
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25 April
- Fat cats arrested for 'peddling secret data'
- Madrid sells its Sol in big money ad deal
- 'Unity government can end Syrian deaths': Spain
- Borussia's Lewandowski sinks Real Madrid
- Spain's jobless rate hits record six million
- Fighting Spanish kids top school violence table
- Cops bust anarchist 'bank burners' in Madrid
- Fecal matter found in hospital spaghetti
- Irish Facebook flirt uses Catalan mayor pics
- 'Picasso wanted me as his muse but I refused'
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26 April
- Salvador Dali show lifts lid on creative prankster
- Mango talks down ties to Bangladesh plant
- 'World's best chef' flogs off elBulli wine cellar
- ETA boss lands 22 years' jail for police murders
- Foreign holidaymakers spend big in Spain
- French paper floats Spanish King's farewell
- BBVA bank posts big gains after asset sell-off
- Atlético looking for long-awaited Madrid derby win
- Doctor forgets bandages inside patient's stomach
- Man chews off ear in sleepless rage
- Spain calls for extra time on jobs and growth
- 27 April
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29 April
- Rafa Nadal wins record eighth title in Barcelona
- Spanish PM pleads for patience on reforms
- Spanish man linked to Dhaka factory disaster
- Spanish royals set sail for Dutch 'coronation'
- Teen stabs girl in head after toast rage incident
- Spanish teens rank high in dope smoking table
- British bank Lloyds sells Spanish retail activities
- Santander hands CEO golden parachute
- Spanish transsexual bags widow pension
- Top tips for teaching English in Spain
- Spain and Germany mull business funding plans
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30 April
- Spanish police bust child pornography ring
- Spanish restaurant seizes 'world's best' award
- 'Inexperience won't cost Dortmund': Klopp
- Stiff competition keeps lid on Spanish inflation
- Spain's economy shrinks in first quarter
- Teen gatecrashers trash plane at Madrid airport
- Tourists award brand Barcelona record score
- Dog medicine doc lands year’s jail time
- Parents pulling kids out of nurseries over costs