News Archive for July 2013
Here you can find articles published in July 2013. Return to full archive here-
01 July
- Brilliant Brazil stuns Spain with 3–0 win
- Spain gifts football kit to ailing Nelson Mandela
- Spain's shops pin hopes on healthy summer sales
- Monday marks deadline for Spanish tax returns
- Police smash Chinese sex slave rings in Madrid
- Spaniards score high on job satisfaction
- Police trip over pot on bishop's plot
- Catalan cop jailed for tow truck revenge
- WhatsApp goes 'Spanish' as 'wasap' gets nod
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02 July
- Wounded Spain defiant after Brazil defeat
- 'Our students don't live in an expat bubble'
- Spain sees record drop in jobless numbers in June
- Socialists spit pips over sexist Spanish cherry ad
- Spain slams door on Snowden asylum claim
- 'Hotel baby' born after hospital blunder
- Renting in Spain: how to survive and thrive
- 'They didn't kill my dog, they killed my friend'
- 'Scuba skeleton' sparks Morocco ID mystery
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03 July
- Terrorist web developer sentenced to six years
- Spaniards eye semi-final places in Wimbledon
- Morales lands in Spain after Snowden saga
- Spanish hotel group offers free Wi-Fi to go
- Top ten weird Spanish drug busts
- Downgrade deepens debt misery for Spanish banks
- Benicássim 2013 music festival saved by buyout
- Madrid set to cash in on gay pride event
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04 July
- Firefox phones make world debut in Spain
- Spanish fighter jets fire up Gibraltar strife
- 'Valencian and Catalan are the same language'
- Spain warns against all travel to Egypt
- Spanish Old Master fetches record new price
- 'Working hours in Spain are too long'
- Spain pays price for Portuguese upheaval
- Catalonia lifts veil on 'burqa ban' plans
- Shipbuilders fight to keep industry afloat
- Hidden cash rumour sparks run on rubble
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05 July
- Germany opens credit pipeline to Spanish firms
- Zara king Ortega falls foul of tax office
- Ice cream strike leaves employers sweating
- 'They told us Snowden was in the plane': Spain
- Spanish industry hits 21 months of falling output
- Spain sizzles as heat wave sets in
- Airline forced to pay up in damaged bag case
- Chicken thief faces jail over €5 fowl
- Ibiza firemen free tourist trapped in sex toy
- Spain targets new 'simpler' business rules
- Top ten ways to spend a weekend in Bilbao
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08 July
- Spanish family rescued in Greece yacht drama
- Spanish leaders lock horns over reforms
- Police bust child porn ring with 'torture' plans
- Nine die after bus driver dozes off at wheel
- 'Spain to Space' balloon ride nears lift off
- Spanish cops nab UK's 'most wanted' man
- 'Women should learn to accept their body hair'
- Spain remains top choice for Erasmus students
- Spaniards cut spending on gambling
- Defence lawyers dump embattled ex-treasurer
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09 July
- David Villa set for move to Atletico Madrid
- 'We had no slush fund': Spanish government
- Spaniards say reporting corruption is 'pointless'
- Spain ships 'ghost tram' off to Sydney
- Spain revives plans to outlaw oil 'drizzlers'
- 'It's fashionable to speak badly in Spain'
- Brit dies after fall from tenth floor in Majorca
- Spain 'would apologize' to Bolivian president
- Migrants storm fences on Spain's African border
- 'The Spanish PM should resign': Socialists
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10 July
- Opera star Domingo in hospital with blood clot
- Spanish league fixes date for 'Clasico' showdown
- Shark attack fears close Catalan beaches
- 'We need to own up to any funding irregularities'
- 'Bankrupt' protestors hit with flood of fines
- Stag night 'kidnap' prank hits Spanish headlines
- 'Catalonia finances Spain': Catalan President
- Spain's Chinese protest shop owner's death
- 'Spain doesn't need bailout money now': EU
- 'Some days I think my funeral idea is crazy'
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11 July
- Poet Pablo Neruda to have poison test in Spain
- 'You have nothing on me'
- Spain tops charts for online chat
- Spanish PM to avoid corruption case grilling
- 'Your sunscreen could be polluting the sea'
- Frozen foods king admits to fishy growth plan
- Spanish sting op nets 74 cocaine arrests
- Zara boss Ortega named Europe's richest tycoon
- Spanish runner smashes Mont Blanc time record
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12 July
- Shipbuilders strike over subsidy payback fears
- Soldier-to-be snubbed over 'tiny' tattoo
- Top ten images: Running of the bulls
- Ex-Barça coach slams Catalan club
- Spanish barman wins world cocktail 'Oscar'
- 'Personally I prefer my men with body hair'
- Jury returns guilty verdict for child killer
- 'Time for united EU to be global security player'
- 'They have stolen over 400 of my Picasso works'
- Estate sale ends 'Citizen Kane' Spanish legacy
- 14 July
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15 July
- WhatsApp texts heat up slush fund scandal
- 'Spain's recession is over': Economy minister
- Bayern Munich sign Barça's rising star Thiago
- Untrusting Spaniards score high for suspicion
- Plague hospital found under Madrid Apple shop
- 'Placido Domingo set for full recovery': Doctors
- Spanish murderer stages shock jailbreak
- Spain's 'black' economy worth 20 percent of GDP
- Defiant Spanish PM snubs resignation talk
- Ten things you didn't know about Gibraltar
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16 July
- Spain apologizes to Bolivia in Snowden saga
- UK coke king busted in Benidorm
- Spanish King makes 'symbolic' Morocco visit
- Top Spanish bankers best paid in EU
- Churchgoers overpower gun-toting cyclist
- Barça boss aims to heal Pep Guardiola rift
- Video game killer slays millionaire dad
- 'Spain's jobless rate will rise in 2014': OECD
- Teen prankster stirs up kidnap havoc
- 'In Spain, the guilty party is always someone else'
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17 July
- Froome slams Alberto Contador's Tour tactics
- 'We need to bring down taxes': Spanish PM
- Top Spanish writer fined €200K for plagiarism
- Top ten: Spain's sexiest sportsmen
- EU subsidy decision shatters shipbuilders
- UK man beats Spain's banks on home ground
- 'Slush fund critics are hypocrites': Ex-official
- 'I don't understand tax': Leo Messi
- Nude pic of 83-year-old bullfighter shocks Spain
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18 July
- 'Spanish PM should testify in slush fund case'
- Man City signs Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo
- King's barber holds court over royal woes
- 'I burned stolen Picasso': Thief's mum
- Riot cops to shoot 'thugs' with helmet cameras
- Brits in Spain suffer rise in sexual assaults
- Crisis closes top Spanish restaurant Can Fabes
- 'Frozen Franco' artist found not guilty
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19 July
- Kidnapped Spanish aid workers freed in Somalia
- 'There is no quick fix for Spain's problems'
- Spain's disabled fight for legal sex workers
- Beer drinking king dies in competition tragedy
- Catholics call time on Virgin Madonna T-shirts
- Major swim meet makes waves in Barcelona
- Spanish economy scores huge trade boost
- Spain's lesbians and singles face IVF hurdle
- 21 July
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22 July
- Spanish PM should face slush fund music: Poll
- Brand Spain battered by anti-Catalan tweet
- Nude Spaniards smash world 'skinny dip' record
- Spanish hotel shuns 'violent' disabled guests
- Spanish scientist reveals memory power of apes
- Double child killer given 40-year sentence
- 'Tito's departure was a very hard blow': Puyol
- Spaniards outstrip expats in smoking spend
- Abertis sells Belfast and Stockholm airports
- 'Anyone who promises to lower taxes is lying'
- Spanish PM to speak up over slush fund scandal
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23 July
- Gerardo Martino named as new Barça coach
- Spanish dig reveals cannibal table manners
- Top judge hurt by 'secret' party membership
- Telefónica muscles in on German mobile market
- Princess Letizia rocks out at Killers concert
- 'Exports surge to end recession': Central bank
- 'Funny' tweet backfires on Spanish MP
- Penélope Cruz gives birth to baby girl
- Rescuers seek Spanish climbers in Pakistan
- Spanish children face pocket money pinch
- 'I go to Switzerland because I love skiing'
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24 July
- Protest songs rock Spain's crisis-hit youth
- Spain's lesbians locked out of fertility treatments
- Messi clan backs new Barça manager
- Spanish police raid Majorca's German mafia
- UK climber found dead in northern Spain
- Train crash near Santiago kills at least 77
- Spanish robot brings artworks back to life
- 'Spain's nightlife is being killed by high taxes'
- Spain's Tomatina festival limits visitor numbers
- Tasty Spain: top regional food and drink (Part 1)
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25 July
- Working mums' woes lower Spain's birthrate
- Spain's jobless rate sees 'biggest drop in 5 years'
- 'I was going at twice the speed limit: Train driver
- 1.4 million-year-old flint blade unearthed in Spain
- Latin market shines for struggling Telefonica
- Church lock-in protests immigrant evictions
- Spain's deadly train crash - Video
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26 July
- 'We are grieving with the Spaniards': Obama
- Rioting inmates fight prison conditions
- Spain sees record tourist numbers in June
- Crash probe focuses on 'speed freak' driver
- Spanish mums 'trapped' by Moroccan baby ban
- Expats warned over energy certificate scams
- Spanish police detain 'speeding' train driver
- Train crash death toll revised down to 78
- Ten great summer music festivals in Spain
- 27 July
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29 July
- Train driver admits to lapse of concentration
- UK slams Spain over Gibraltar gridlock
- Banana-loving Spaniard is world's oldest man
- Spaniards trust jailed treasurer more than PM
- Bardem movie hit by Barcelona bullfight ban
- Spain's Down Syndrome councillor makes history
- Majorca fires force 700 to flee for safety
- Fernando Alonso laughs off Red Bull rumours
- Spain eases up on Gibraltar traffic checks
- Under-the-radar rentals hurt Spain's hotels
- Spain's most disgusting place names
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30 July
- Mourners honour Spain's train crash victims
- Protests skyrocket as Spain takes to streets
- Saudi rail contract hands Spain post-crash boost
- Spain's recession eases in second quarter
- Spain's Smurf village dodges tourism blues
- Santander profits soar but bad loans linger
- Teen weapons dealer makes killing online
- Recycling Spaniards catch green bug
- Spain's Deputy PM gets corruption call-up
- Speeding Spanish drivers face fines in France
- Barbecue buddies face Majorca blaze charges
- Train crash driver was on phone to rail company
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31 July
- Spain braces for 'summer's hottest days'
- Traffic jams expected as holiday exodus kicks off
- Ferrari slams Alonso over car comments
- 'We want divine payback for Spanish cops'
- Fake Ferrari makers hit police roadblock
- 'I don't know why I didn't brake': Train crash driver
- Spanish scientists sing way to YouTube success
- Scandal-hit Princess set for Swiss move
- Tourists' lantern lapse sparks Spanish fire
- Spain hits 2013 deficit targets six months early
- Spaniards come second in summer loving stakes
- Crash driver was on phone to train conductor