News Archive for August 2013
Here you can find articles published in August 2013. Return to full archive here-
01 August
- Embattled Spanish PM set for corruption grilling
- 'I was wrong to trust Bárcenas': Spanish PM
- London's Luton airport stays in Spanish hands
- Antibiotics can make you fat: Spanish scientists
- Health warning issued over café mist sprayers
- Madrid kid shot by sleep-deprived sniper
- Spain's self-employed suffer skills shortage
- 'I want to be an honest politician'
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02 August
- Broke Spaniards opt for low-cost summer break
- Spanish fishermen see red over Gibraltar 'reef'
- Spain sees fifth month of falling jobless figures
- Spanish paedophile freed by Moroccan King
- Pyromaniac policeman caught by colleagues
- Spain in the spotlight: International Press
- 'I am not to blame': Train crash conductor
- Geography quiz: Think you know your Spain?
- IMF posts grim jobless warning for Spain
- 03 August
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05 August
- Morocco repeals pardon for Spanish paedophile
- Buttock-rubbing soldier handed jail term
- Spain eyes €50 car entry fee for Gibraltar
- US stages Pamplona-style running of bulls
- Cubans killed activist: Spanish politician
- Ibiza phone thief 'world's most stupid'
- Gibraltar claims Spain acting like North Korea
- 'Spain's austerity project is working': Report
- Spanish police arrest pardoned paedophile
- Ten Spanish words the English language needs
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06 August
- Spanish paedophile pardon was 'admin error'
- 'Spain's banks ignore customer complaints'
- 'Franco's victims probably deserved to die'
- British tourists still in love with Spain: Study
- UK MP backs Gibraltar joint sovereignty
- 'How can you ban circus elephants but not bulls?'
- Real's Ronaldo crowned Spain's best-paid player
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07 August
- Spain detains paedophile pardoned by Morocco
- Wary EU to watch Spain–Gibraltar border
- 'Spain trains us but others reap the rewards'
- EU backs 10 percent wage cut for Spain
- Sea of Spaniards floods Moses movie casting
- UK PM warns Spain over Gibraltar row
- VIDEO: Zidane junior follows dad's lead at Real
- Auction clips wings of Spain's 'ghost airport'
- Spanish children say no to a career in politics
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08 August
- Brit's baby biggest ever born in Spain
- Barça's ex Guardiola aims for Bayern treble
- Hooligans run riot on Ryanair Ibiza flight
- Spain blasts 'rich' EU boss over wage cut plans
- 'High-tech pervert' films nudist bathers
- Spain's freelancers work seven extra hours a week
- Spanish grandmother loses leg in terrier attack
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09 August
- Spain set to revise rail network speed limits
- 'Half of Spain's Med coast is overbuilt'
- Spain wage cut talk 'was misunderstood': EU
- Death map charts Spain's north–south divide
- Spanish tourism minister holidays at illegal hotel
- Paragliding terrorist arrested in Spain
- Spain to 'defend position' in Gibraltar row: PM
- Thieving maids mop up in Madrid cleaning scam
- Spaniard claims to solve Diana death mystery
- 10 August
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12 August
- Spain's top duo make La Liga two-horse race
- Disgraced ex-treasurer 'stayed on party payroll'
- Top ten: Spain's craziest building fails
- Nadal routs Raonic to take third Canada title
- Young job seekers 'willing to leave Spain'
- Albino python terrorizes small Spanish town
- Spain mulls taking Gibraltar issue to UN
- Anti-evictions lobby to harass ombudsman
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13 August
- 'Calm' Real Madrid suffer squad headaches
- Booming Gibraltar fights 'blue-collar tax haven' tag
- 'Spain is a hotbed of creativity and design'
- Washington Post lays bare Spain's woes
- 'Spain is dropping pants to UK': Retired general
- Bar owner cops heat over 'sexy waitress' raffle
- Ryanair fights post-train crash price hike claims
- 'They didn't let me finish': 'Monkey Jesus' artist
- 14 August
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16 August
- Spanish universities fail to make the grade
- Spain's wealthiest woman dies at 69
- Repentant thieves return stolen golf ball haul
- Top ten: funniest Spanish relationship sayings
- Catalan residents see red over traffic commissions
- The Economist: 'ETA is still a danger in Spain'
- 'You're too ugly to visit Spain anyway'
- Catalans gear up for 400km human chain
- 'Ramos's hair matters more than my records'
- 17 August
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19 August
- Magnificent seven for Barça as Real leave it late
- Ibiza Brit 'drug mules' face jail time in Peru
- Spain's roads double the cost of Germany's: study
- Spanish 'sextremists' study topless tactics
- Madrid shuns private healthcare takeover
- Spaniard 'bids €400m for Berlusconi mansion'
- Franco monument to receive €215K restoration
- Endangered Spanish lynx slaughtered on roads
- EU warns Spain Gibraltar border tax 'illegal'
- 'Queen of Spanish Tapas' Penelope Casas dies
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20 August
- Activist's family sues Cuban secret service
- 'Barça's ex Villa key for Super Cup win': Atletico
- Spain's Foreign Minister slams UK in US press
- Madrid air crash families hunt down 'real culprits'
- Village elects transsexual as beauty queen
- Spain's defence minister: 'Drones are the future'
- Spanish farmers tool up to tackle thieves
- Tasty Spain: top regional food and drink (Part 2)
- Cops nab elderly Spanish 'tomb raider'
- 21 August
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22 August
- Neymar rescues Barca as injured Messi limps off
- Spanish climber sets new Matterhorn record
- Tourist numbers in Spain 'highest since 1995'
- Most Spaniards under 30 'too poor' to flee the nest
- Three-quarters of Spain 'at extreme risk' of fires
- Tampon ad slammed for 'high sexual content'
- Export boom set to erase Spain's trade deficit
- 'Go private!': Protesters to injured politician
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23 August
- Real put shirts of transfer target Bale on sale
- Firefighters battle wild blazes across Spain
- Video: British tourist gored by bull in Spain
- Top ten things that shock Spaniards in the UK
- Spanish cops arrest gang who killed seven-year-old
- French 'fight club' holds mass brawls in Spain
- Madrid rejects Russia's 'homophobic' law
- Metal detector bees give gold mine green light
- 24 August
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26 August
- Messi-less Barça still too much for Malaga
- 'Time for the credit to flow' to Spanish SMEs
- Record waiting periods hit Spanish patients
- Cops catch naked 'sleazy rider' after 25km chase
- 'Robin Hoods' rescue homes with 700kg stash
- Spanish cops smash 'cross-country' coke lab
- Telefonica bid wins billionaire Slim's backing
- Wi-Fi-seeking man dies in balcony plunge
- Mystery 'meteor' flashes over Canary Islands
- Princess's Swiss move to cost €480k a year
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27 August
- Benzema helps Real grind out Granada win
- Jellyfish plague stings Spain's beachgoers
- Spain tops non-European Union worker rankings
- Police smoke out mega marijuana plantation
- Catalan census links burqas with terror threat
- Galicia blaze sends residents fleeing
- Rogue JPMorgan trader arrested in Spain
- Spain's blind chimp has cataract surgery
- Bullfights stage free-to-air TV comeback
- VIDEO: Qatar Airways launches 'Barça Land' ad
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28 August
- Spain's 2012 growth figures revised down
- Spanish mayor posts 'Gibraltar invasion pic'
- 'Madrid is ready for Olympics': NBA's Gasol
- Spain's PM 'saved' from testifying in court
- 'Dizzy' bullfighter fined for refusing to kill
- 'Textbooks should be like desks: always free'
- Missing victim stalls Spanish paedophile trial
- 'Expats are nervous about losing their assets'
- Spain's Tomatina festival 2013: Top photos
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29 August
- Barça clinch Super Cup on away goals
- Madrid hails export-led recession ease-up
- Government slams door on 'Facebook fascists'
- Critics slam foreigner fee at Barcelona's Park Güell
- Wary Spain waits on Syria stance
- Spanish town: 'We need Gibraltarians' money'
- Spanish police arrest British sex offender
- Spain's medical system in rude health: Study
- Socialist golden girl takes US timeout
- 'Spain's brain drain is no empty cliché'
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30 August
- Champions League draw kind to Spanish sides
- Missile flingers turn up heat in Gibraltar row
- Water thief leaves fun park high and dry
- Ruling party 'trashes' corruption case laptops
- Firefighters control massive Galicia blaze
- Cross-bearing Spaniard marches on Gibraltar
- Spanish fastest-growing expat group in UK
- Socialists crash and bash in school loot raid
- Spain bags rare current account surplus
- Top ten: TV shows Spain should have
- 31 August