News Archive for April 2014
Here you can find articles published in April 2014. Return to full archive here-
01 April
- Tenor turns stadium into giant solar park
- Leaders give Spain's 'best' PM final goodbye
- Sex and drugs equals no rock 'n' roll: expert
- Three die as ship crashes into fishing boat
- Spain spends big to keep eye on train drivers
- April Fool: The Local's day in gags
- Spain's teens not ready for the 'real' world: study
- Bull running and bribes: Spain in The Simpsons
- NGOs slam Spain for rejecting migrants
- Spanish rapper jailed for 'glorifying terrorism'
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02 April
- Spain's jobless numbers dip in March
- 'Holy Grail' faces Spanish inquisition
- Spain's crisis cuts traffic jams by two thirds
- Spanish bishop warns of new Civil War at funeral
- Tensions heat up in Spain–Italy olive oil war
- More than a third of Spanish kids bully: study
- Barça slapped with shock transfer ban
- Spain's ruling party had secret slush fund: Judge
- UK condemns Spain over new Gibraltar 'incursion'
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03 April
- Madrid backs bicycle use with new transport plan
- UK navy harassed boat off Gibraltar: Spain
- Spain's 'racist' food banks hard to swallow
- Dog poo detectives to patrol Spanish town
- Fifty-four cities in Spain to shout 'No more cuts!'
- Marks & Spencer eyes move back to Spain
- Man helps shark give birth
- 'Raising Spain's drinking age to 21 is absurd'
- Spanish ex-cop fights torture charges
- Top ten: Spain's best beaches 2014
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04 April
- Spaniards march against 'painful' austerity policies
- Spain's schools are failing immigrants: OECD
- Spain's 'Iron Lady' in hit-and-run scandal
- Spain's royals outraged by 'fictional' history book
- Barclays to sell Spanish business: Reports
- Pollution feminizing Spain's male fish
- Spanish army has right to invade Catalonia: Study
- Kidnapped UK fugitive found dead on beach
- Woman runs herself over in horror accident
- From Merkel to migrants: Spain's week in pics
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07 April
- Venezuela slams Spain over police gear ban
- Want to use the internet? Can I see your ID?
- Model wanted in murder of expat millionaire
- Spanish police bust Iran weapons material gang
- Spanish city becomes world albino capital
- Plane makes emergency landing after engine fails
- VIDEO: Pop duo mock 'phoney' politicians
- 1% of Spaniards positive about economy: survey
- Syrian boy smuggled into Spain under car seat
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08 April
- Madrid set to veto Catalonia vote plans
- Man hacks off fingers in insurance scam
- Fungal infections could help cause Alzheimer's
- Serial pest gatecrashes three TV shows in a week
- MPs call on Spain to open top secret files
- Tax 'cut' an anticlimax for Spain's working mums
- Drug suspects walk free as new laws kick in
- Housework tops gripes list for Spain's couples
- Pickpockets banned from Madrid's tourist hotspots
- Spain without Catalonia is inconceivable: PM
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09 April
- Spanish MPs reject Catalan referendum bid
- 'Franco street': Spanish town turns back clock
- Scammer kills herself after daughter's kidnap
- Deflation could kill off Spain's recovery: IMF
- Spain's property sales plummet in February
- Spain wakes up to Catalan-sized hangover
- 'Chorizo from hell' badly burns Dutch tourists
- Half of Spain's internet users download illegally
- Frustrated 'starchitect' ditches Madrid plans
- VIDEO: Madrid zoo premieres baby panda
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10 April
- Spanish bank feels heat over homes evictions
- Gang forces disabled Romanians to beg
- Spain's international aid spending at rock bottom
- Found: Proof Spain was home to giant hippos
- Email reveals how Spain exploits young workers
- Fake priest wanted to 'save Spain': Lawyer
- twitter test
- Spanish tax office sells bras for extra cash
- Top expat moans about Spain on Twitter
- Spanish ex-cop denies Franco-era torture claim
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11 April
- Protesters march against police violence in Spain
- Brits to take over Spanish olive oil giant
- 'Wanted: Busty women': Job ad sparks storm
- Spain's tight-knit families a thing of the past
- Spain's part-time workers among EU's unhappiest
- Abortion Travel agency: 'We should never exist'
- David Cameron to catch Easter sun in Spain
- Spain's school dropout rate highest in Europe
- 13 April
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14 April
- Spanish village holds 'independence vote'
- Spanish builders made 'slaves' by German firm
- 'Monkey Jesus' restorer to star in music video
- Expat house sales hit nine-year high in Spain
- Spain's 'Jew Killer' town eyes name change
- Easter pardon: Thieving banker walks free
- 'Out with the king': Demo to call for new republic
- German jobs scheme shuts door on Spaniards
- Seven surprising facts about Spain's Holy Week
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15 April
- Anti-royal protesters march in Madrid
- Police face prison after torturing Brits
- Spain to open first gay old people's home
- Young Spaniards scrape by in ruthless London
- Found: Stunning Gaudí stained glass windows
- 36.3%: Andalusia has EU's highest jobless rate
- Spanish tax returns: A handy expat guide
- Independent Catalonia can stay in EU: Report
- Man signs up as organ donor then kills himself
- One in three Spanish kids 'at risk of poverty'
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16 April
- 'Guantanamo Bay torture case still open': Judge
- Catalan report is wrong on independence: EU
- Spain's 'corruption king' turns violent in prison
- Immigrants gatecrash 'forgotten' Spanish isle
- Spanish restaurant to be world's most expensive
- Punches thrown during packed Easter parade
- Spanish king's plane breaks down again
- Fake terrorist jailed for extorting businessmen
- Rising imports boost Spain's trade deficit
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22 April
- Smash hit comedy plays with Spanish stereotypes
- Politician quits after cocaine pic goes viral
- Spain calls in experts as corruption crisis grows
- 10 million guests: Spain's tourism boom continues
- Spain rated world's most gay-friendly country
- British expats flee from crisis-hit Spain
- Spanish art scammer fights US extradition
- Police nab Spain's 'Willy Wonka' drug chef
- Spain loses asylum seeker deportation battle
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23 April
- Want citizenship? Take the Spanish culture test
- Moody's backs Spain's 'improving' economy
- Lost Spanish temple reveals scientific secrets
- VIDEO: Virgin falls from float in Easter fail
- Spain revises up growth forecast for 2014–15
- Hamster-sized deer born at Spanish zoo
- Police chief sacked over Madrid demo turned ugly
- Top Ten: Spain's most expensive streets
- Barcelona book day hit by author strike
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24 April
- Memory loss in mice with Alzheimer's reversed
- Catalonia chief vows to call independence poll
- Dad smuggles girl into Spain in suitcase
- Spain records highest growth figure in six years
- Spanish fascists make Euro election bid
- Spain 'fiddles numbers' to shave jobless rate
- Martial arts tourists tackle Spanish mugger
- What's on in Spain: May
- It's official: Drinking makes you 'blind'
- Amnesty International slams Spain on protests
- Argentina approves $5b Repsol compensation
- Spain's CaixaBank reports profits halved
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25 April
- Al-Qaeda's 'librarian' denies terror charges
- Spain jails kidnapper who posed as priest
- Meet Spain's first gay-friendly rugby club
- Mortgage numbers drop for 46th straight month
- Spanish team finds hidden 'tomb of Jesus'
- Gibraltar police deny injuring Spanish cop
- VIDEO: Easter antics land 'drunk' teen in trouble
- Sagrada Família falcons welcome new chicks
- Radar search could help reveal Cervantes grave
- Spain blocks extradition of Franco-era 'torturer'
- 26 April
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28 April
- Bouncy castle accident injures 23
- Train company's illiterate tweet goes viral
- Dancer puts new twist on Picasso painting
- Law could force Spanish kids to do housework
- Women behind bars: Spain tops EU table
- Spain to set up UK-style paedophile register
- Spain goes bananas for anti-racism campaign
- Politician punched by 'fanatical' Catalan woman
- 'A good tour is like a novel: spoilers included'
- 'I did it for his own good': Dad who killed baby
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29 April
- Spanish restaurant lose 'world's best' crown
- Spain's jobless rate rises in first quarter of 2014
- 'The Dummies' Guide to texting in Spanish
- Bankia profits soar 50 percent in first quarter
- 'The murder of your loved ones brings us joy'
- Seven of the best: Spain's top restaurants
- Good Samaritan fined for helping injured biker
- Struggling Swedes beg in Spain's tourist hotspots
- Spain scores biggest drop in road deaths in EU
- Brit with amnesia found dead in Spain
- Spanish opera singer faces music over fraud
- Is now the right time to leave Spain?
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30 April
- Surge in migrant arrivals in Spanish territory
- Real Madrid storm into Champions League final
- VIDEO: Spanish driver causes havoc in Belgium
- Spain confirms fastest growth in six years
- Santander makes €4.7 billion bid for Brazil unit
- Arrested: Man who threw banana at Dani Alves
- ''Worst rout ever': Spain gloats after Madrid win
- Embattled Catalan police roll out rubber bullet ban
- Bullish Spain promises 600,000 jobs in two years
- Half of all Catalans want out of Spain: poll
- Man drowns trying to save dog from well