News Archive for June 2013

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01 June
- Spain police seize three tonnes of cocaine
- Fiancée: Madrid great Di Stefano 'imprisoned'
- Spain may allow smoking in US-built mega-casino
02 June
- Madrid joins Europe debt crisis demos
- Mourinho Madrid farewell blighted by boos
- Frail king attends low-cost military ceremony
03 June
- Spanish police pull pin on voodoo sex slave ring
- Penélope Cruz set to become latest Bond girl
- 'If you are working in the EU, you are at home'
- 'I'll be Chelsea coach this week': Jose Mourinho
- Human remains found in Shaolin torturer's gym
- Spaniards stop saving as daily struggle grows
- 'Cops have to buy their own bulletproof vests'
- Brussels hands Spain's banks mixed report card
- Dozing BA crew delays Spain-bound passengers
- 'I just love the wide open spaces here'
04 June
- Spain's 'bad bank' begins property flog-off
- Man City snap up Sevilla winger Jesus Navas
- Spain's jobless numbers fall by almost 100,000
- Shaolin slayer owns up to earlier Bilbao murder
- Singing pilot diverts flight in sightseeing stunt
- Mafia drug clan raided in Spanish sting operation
- Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners
- Catalan card game calls politicians' bluff
- 'People won't ride bikes if helmets are compulsory'
05 June
- Andalusia ramps up food aid for needy children
- Spain tops world gay-friendly rankings
- Shaolin torturer's young victim passes away
- El Corte Inglés slammed in pay equality dispute
- Spain's top cigarette firm takes axe to workforce
- Real Madrid squash Zidane coach rumours
- Basques turn backs on indepedence
- Brand Spain seeks boost with Brussels fiesta
- Knife wielding driver tries to run over Malaga police
- Top ten surprising Spanish inventions
06 June
- Bank boss faces jail time in Florida takeover row
- Inbreeding made Spain's Snowflake an albino
- Jose Mourinho criticizes 'know-it-all' Ronaldo
- 'I don't give a damn who the favourite is': Nadal
- Spain-based English author Tom Sharpe dies
- Barcelona 'pickpocket busters' rescue tourist
- Spain's top porn star backs condom law
- 'Spain and the US have similar attitudes to sex'
- Spain's anti-evictions lobby wins EU prize
- Spain's MPs say farewell to cheap gin and tonics
- Rabid pit bull bites four children in Toledo
07 June
- Catalonia eyes aid for 'poorly nourished' kids
- Spaniard suspected in French 'skinhead' murder
- Spanish savers force factories into go-slow
- Jaen mayor halves €1,000 salary to help poor
- 'The EU's anti-evictions lobby prize is a scandal'
- 'Fifty Shades' heats up Spanish sex lives
- Gypsies defend 'over the top' grave decorations
- Star architect Calatrava hit with huge repair bill
- Nadal edges Djokovic in epic French Open duel
08 June
- Spain's Alonso has successful surgery
- Spanish press salutes French Open finalists
09 June
- Spanish consumers cut spending as crisis bites
- Spanish abortion reform stalled by dissent
- Nadal defies protest to win eighth French Open
10 June
- Ship stowaway hides by propellers in Spain bid
- Tourist police gear up for 'summer of crime'
- Benidorm base jumper crashes into building
- Spain's CEOs defy crisis to earn €788 an hour
- Dutch tourists face jail time over Majorca attack
- Skinny model shakes up Spain's fashion world
- Japanese Prince to visit Spain's 'samurai' town
- EU report calls on Spain to change mortgage laws
- 'Don't leave your brain on the plane to Spain'
- Rafa Nadal 'sorry' for Mandela death tweet
11 June
- King's relatives linked to major crime ring
- Suspected Eta bombers nabbed in pre-dawn raid
- Spain coach scratches head over striker solution
- Spanish bomb dog nabs top UK bravery award
- Turkey's troubles to boost Spanish tourism
- French air traffic strike causes flight chaos
- 'I'm not aiming to beat Federer's record': Nadal
- Street thermometers in Spain '99 percent wrong'
- Fascist footage 'blooper' shocks TV journalist
12 June
- 'Catalonia's welfare state depends on deficit relief'
- 'Angel of death' guilty in nursing home killings
- Spanish cops chase FBI in Twitter crime fight
- Five Islamist terrorists seized in Barcelona
- Zara sales soar as brand boosts global reach
- Spain beat Ireland as striker Soldado shines
- 'We need a vote on the royals': Pedro Almódovar
- Spain looks at scrapping pricey MP portraits
- Topless activists target Spain's Tunisia embassy
- Barça star Messi denies €4 million tax fraud
- 'Letting teens get drunk at home is child abuse'
13 June
- Spain's foreign minister slams Greek TV closures
- World record nun dies after 86 years in convent
- German science boss slams Spain's R&D crisis
- Transsexuals fight church in hunger strike
- Ridley Scott to shoot Moses movie in Spain
- Dog slayer makes Spanish legal history
- Modest mayor chips in as school caretaker
- Top ten ghastly gaffes by Spanish politicians
- Spaniards head home as EU job dreams fade
- Bilbao comes bottom in romantic rankings
14 June
- Messi tax fraud scandal shocks sporting world
- Barça back 'innocent' Messi in tax scandal
- Shaving driver 'stars' in police safety campaign
- Terrorist hairdresser nabbed by Majorca police
- Key credit agency talks down Spanish recovery
- Catalan boss thanks UK PM for vote support
- Cops slam UK press 'paella prisoners' story
- Ryanair quashes 'cake cost' rumours
- EU heavyweights tackle youth jobless crisis
- 'Cinema taught me more than my priest did'
- Cops caught short in toilet roll crisis
- Spanish debt soars despite contested cuts
15 June
- Top Spain official had second Swiss account
- Spanish scientists march against spending cuts
- Japan prince honours Spain's samurai past
16 June
- Mother finds Spain 'stolen baby' 44 years on
- Norway beaten as Spain reach U21 final
- Kidnapped Spaniards freed in Colombia
17 June
- 'We demand a change to austerity policies'
- Spain's 'fainting thief' handed serious jail time
- Madrid gets high-speed rail link with Alicante
- Marriage proposal lends kidnap ordeal happy end
- Noisy neighbour rules create local headaches
- Spaniards choose job security over high wages
- Lorenzo defies heat to win Catalunya MotoGP
- Germany seeks Spanish help on organ transplants
- 'You have to accept things in a new country'
18 June
- Budget minister flags end to five-year crisis
- Malaga midfielder Isco mulls high profile offers
- Millions of moths mass over Madrid
- Spain slammed for 'shelving' civil war claims
- Business boss feels heat over funeral comments
- Yacht mishap plunges island into dark ages
- 'All I want is a roof over my children's heads'
- Bad loans rise as Spain's banks buckle
- Runaway bull causes chaos in Malaga
- 'It's not too late to fix Spain's health system'
19 June
- Economy minister touts 'closer to zero' growth
- Torres talks up chances against tiny Tahiti
- Spain's millionaire club grows despite crisis
- 'Artistic' fascist symbol saved from scrapheap
- UK cracks down on expat benefit cheats in Spain
- IMF predicts 'possible' Spanish recovery
- Breastfeeding mothers battle the bottle in Spain
- Taxi decree slaps donkeys with ID plates
- IMF urges reforms as Spanish exports soar
20 June
- 'Corrupt' Spaniards stay loyal to 'unhelpful' EU
- Doctors slam health care cuts for immigrants
- Political rivals thrash out joint EU position
- Brit kidnapper nabbed for Malaga child sex crime
- Top ten: Spain's best beaches 2013
- Infamous 'soldier' scammer busted in Madrid
- 'Most Catalans just want to get out of Spain'
- Messi to face court over tax fraud claims
- Spain takes on Google over privacy breaches
21 June
- Judge frees bank boss after court rejects probe
- Record-breaking Spain topple tiny Tahiti 10-0
- Eight Al-Qaeda suspects nabbed in dawn raid
- 'We need to fight Spain's school drop-out rate'
- Spain hosts world first 'Google Glass' operation
- Brits bring bumper May for Spanish tourism
- Nursing home killer lands 127-year sentence
- 'Exorcist' bishop aids Spanish King with prayer
- Madrid names school after Margaret Thatcher
22 June
- Spain slashes spending in public sector overhaul
23 June
- Spanish downturn a disaster for green energy
- 50,000 turn out to back Madrid Olympic bid
24 June
- Spain's 'pipe baby' freed after 40 hours in drain
- Spain down Nigeria to set up Italy showdown
- Supermoon dazzles Spanish sky gazers
- German paper says crisis ruining 'sleazy' Majorca
- Spain's presidential lookalike stuns France
- Internet connections hit elderly hurdle in Spain
- Spanish telco giant flogs off Irish assets
- Spain's coastal property prices take tumble
- World no.135 knocks Nadal out of Wimbledon
- 'Think hard before going self-employed in Spain'
25 June
- Al-Qaeda terror suspects remanded in custody
- 'Condoms for Catalonia' campaign hits streets
- Spain's footballers slam 'hoax' strip poker claims
- New York cop punished for speaking Spanish
- EU backs Google over search result privacy
- Spanish firms 'least likely' to hire new staff
- Real Madrid names Carlo Ancelotti new coach
- Borrowing costs rise on back of China growth fear
- Out-of-work freelancers face benefits blacklist
- Britain blasts Spain over shot fired off Gibraltar
26 June
- Madrid 'satisfied with 'budget Olympics' review
- Spanish MPs unite for EU economic showdown
- Bald running race raises hairless pride in Spain
- 'Picasso was never like a real grandfather to us'
- Spain's 'lost generation' give up work and study
- Tax officers topple top chef's restaurant dream
- Spanish 'superjudge' snubs fleeing 'IT spy'
- Engine fire sets Spanish cruise goers adrift
- Spain's central bank backs recovery talk
27 June
- Repsol rejects Argentina oil compo deal
- Top ten ways to beat Spain's summer heat
- Parents fight for right to choose babies' sex
- GPS jams German truck driver in Spanish town
- Dog slayer sent to prison in 'historic' ruling
- Gibraltar row heats up after 'jet ski shooting'
- Man loses memory after liposuction slip
- Irish-British family found shot dead in Spain
- Real Madrid beat off Man City to seal Isco deal
28 June
- Penalty thriller puts Spain through to final
- Top official sent to prison in corruption case
- Mijas murderer saw 'no way out': reports
- Mobile app to help fight summer road chaos
- Nadal flies flag for Spain in Forbes celeb list
- EU plans to bring 'slow' internet up to speed
- Messi scandal lifts lid on football's dirty secret
- North American wildfires send smoke over Spain
29 June
- Financial crisis cripples Spain's top med research
- Spain, Brazil look to serve up a final feast
- Spain raises taxes on alcohol and tobacco
- Cops seize illegal Asian abortion drugs