News Archive for May 2014
Here you can find articles published in May 2014. Return to full archive here- 01 May
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02 May
- 140 migrants storm Spanish border in Melilla
- Tutankhamun's 'new' tomb: Made in Spain
- Spanish city to fine shirtless tourists €600
- Spain's recovery claims are 'propaganda': Unions
- Condom ad causes Mother's Day scandal
- Spanish region to tax owners of empty homes
- Top 10: Spanish romantic nicknames for lovers
- 03 May
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05 May
- Madrid bike scheme faces uphill battle
- Young Spaniards turn left in lead-up to EU poll
- Two Spanish 'poachers' arrested in Iran
- 'Shameful' teen mums taken out of school
- Brussels cautious on Spain's 'mild recovery'
- Gravediggers slammed for mocking the dead
- France is mocking Picasso: Artist's son
- 'They called me a monkey so I danced like one'
- Spanish team makes key breast cancer find
- Priest shocks Spain with wife-beater sermon
- Half of young Spaniards have no money coming in
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06 May
- Uefa slams Spain over racist football fans
- Corruption scam derails Spain's high-speed trains
- Jobless queues shrink by 111,565 in April
- Topless woman touts for bull-running festival
- Top tennis stars slam domestic abuse in Spain
- Spain must find third way on Catalonia: UK daily
- Albino snakes invade Spain's Canary Islands
- Fake oil tycoon tricked models into sex slavery
- Spanish PM 'open to debate' on abortion law
- Madrid restaurant owner hacked to death
- 'Dirty' cops summoned over Chinese mafia gifts
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07 May
- Spanish team could help find kidnapped Nigerians
- Cocaine-filled pineapples seized by Spain
- Repsol sells remaining stake in Argentina's YPF
- Guggenheim architect wins top Spanish prize
- New law lets phone firms 'steal' Spanish roof tops
- Spain's top 10 drinks: The ultimate guide
- Paris Picasso museum mired in new controversy
- Spanish 'wall of death' killing UK sharks
- Man poses as police officer to score free beer
- Spanish club fined €12K in racist 'banana row'
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08 May
- Real 'throw away' La Liga in dying minutes
- Picasso painting fetches €22 million in NY auction
- Police arrest man over cocaine sandwich
- Spain's carbon dioxide emissions plummet
- Spain's anti-evictions warrior bows out
- Barclays to shed 'non-core' Spanish business
- Spanish factories raise output in March
- Train bosses to face court over metro tragedy
- Women wield swords in Spain's Game of Thrones
- Surreal: George W. Bush paints Spain's ex-PM
- Spanish retail giant Dia to quit France
- 64% of Spaniards will vote in EU election: Poll
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09 May
- Five teens killed in tragic minibus crash
- Spain's best long jumper found dead at 36
- I'm staying! Spain's 104-year-old eviction fighter
- Court jails mum who torched daughter's rapist
- Smog-hit Madrid to wage war on cars
- Give banana-thrower his job back: Barça star
- Electoral video banned over king's hunting photo
- In Pictures: Seville's Flamenco Fair kicks off
- 10 May
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12 May
- Spain braces for tightest league finale ever
- Spain to 'spy' on 34 million bank accounts
- Spanish mayor feels heat over anti-gay tirade
- Nadal wins Madrid Open after Nishikori retires
- Maria Sharapova clinches Madrid Open crown
- Police arrest 313 over fake jobs scams
- Zero points: Spain fails Eurovision English test
- Spain's labour costs at virtual standstill
- Mum raises home birth cash with crowdfunding
- Spanish politician shot dead in 'revenge' killing
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13 May
- Greenpeace paints hotel black in coast demo
- Official quits over remark on politician's murder
- Spanish love affair with EU still going strong
- EU backs Spain over 'right to be forgotten'
- Police grill suspects over politician's murder
- Have this US team found Columbus's ship?
- The Local launches new site in Austria
- UK video offers health care guide to Spain
- Spain announces 30-man World Cup squad
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14 May
- Identified: Two 'new' Dali paintings in US
- Cop hands in gun used to murder politician
- 'Adultery' priest forced to quit by furious locals
- Mum confesses to killing of Spanish politician
- Blind man wins battle to become judge
- Spain's bank debt to EU plummets by a third
- Barça keeper Victor Valdés quits football
- Falling coffin injures six mourners at funeral
- Spain: One vacancy for every 110 jobseekers
- From bikinis to buskers: Spain's weirdest laws
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15 May
- Flag fail: Gibraltar prank backfires on journalist
- Sevilla crowned Europa League champions
- Spain tops clean beaches global rankings
- Lovers caught having sex in bank lobby
- Suspects in politician's murder held without bail
- Injured Thiago out of Spain's World Cup squad
- Named: Spain's most expensive city
- VIDEO: Footballers' kiss captures world attention
- Spanish women second longest-living in world
- Are Spaniards justifying politician's murder?
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16 May
- 'Spanish league set for spectacular finale'
- 'I'll kill all the politicians': Teen held over tweets
- 'I was easy on her to not seem sexist': EU debate
- Spain set to start privatizing train routes
- Mentally disabled man wins right to vote
- Spain's 'black' economy worth 25 percent of GDP
- Messi signs off on new Barcelona deal
- Double take: Conchita lookalike wows Spain
- Drug lord leaves mule to die then cuts cocaine out
- 17 May
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19 May
- Abstention to hit all time high in Euro poll: survey
- Doctor Who crash-lands in Spain's Canary Islands
- Mega dry spell Spain's worst in 150 years
- Spain's 'golden visa' suffers shaky start
- 'Caveman' candidate shocks world press
- Spanish uni home to 250 'forgotten' corpses
- 'Spain's Pyrenees are a must for trail runners'
- Spain's employment rate third worst in EU
- 'Barça's fans will decide my future': Messi
- Home safety campaign 'not racist': Government
- 50,000 Spanish families lose homes in 2013
- 20 May
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21 May
- Spain falls in popularity for immigrants
- Tax axe finally falls on fraudulent royal
- Euro candidate 'sorry' over sexist remarks
- VIDEO: Bulls wreak havoc in horror bullfight
- Spanish mayors fight over Columbus story
- Spain's royals unveil 'polite' Twitter account
- Football fan excused from election duties
- Half-naked 'secret agent' hijacks ambulance
- Ex-head of German Nazi party opens bar in Spain
- Why the EU elections actually matter to Spain
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22 May
- Spain's Princess Letizia 'needs to smile more'
- Game of Thrones looks to Spain for Season Five
- Politicians attacked on Euro campaign trail
- Amazon launches online clothes shop in Spain
- Tourists flock to Spain in 'never-ending' boom
- China slams Spanish TV show over 'racist' sign
- Spanish police join hunt for kidnapped Nigerians
- Euro Elections: Ten key figures you need to know
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23 May
- $200 oil painting certified as early Dali original
- 500,000 Spaniards have given up job hunt
- Snake slithers out of toilet to bite woman's backside
- What's on in Spain: June
- It's official: Lady Di and Superman live in Spain
- Spanish mayor 'sorry' for 'anti-immigrant' outburst
- Real or Atleti: Which team should you back?
- 'The EU elections are the only chance I get to vote'
- 24 May
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26 May
- Separatist party wins EU vote in Catalonia
- Who won what: EU elections breakdown
- Ruling party declares victory in EU elections
- Three Spanish airmen injured in Djibouti blast
- Barcelona's Antoni Gaudí to be made saint
- EU elections: What the press are saying
- Justin Bieber snubbed by Spanish race driver
- Spanish migrants flock to Germany in 2013
- Spain's opposition leader to step down
- Soccer dad attacks three kids during game
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27 May
- Protesters clash with police over squat eviction
- Pope slams 'inhumane' jobless rate in Spain
- 30 speedboats seized on Spain's 'drugs highway'
- Faulty tablet leaves major parties voteless
- Spain's recovery 'here to stay': IMF
- Spain's 'Jew killer' town says yes to name change
- 'Hippy' politician stuns Spain's political elite
- Eight of the best: Topless Ronaldo memes
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28 May
- Police bust fake Viagra ring in Spain
- 1,000 migrants storm Spain's African border
- Catalan police chief quits amid rubber bullet row
- IN PICTURES: Barcelona squat demo turns violent
- Spain remains top in EU cocaine rankings
- Spain one of Europe's terror hotspots: Report
- Russian museum to open €5m branch in Spain
- Spain slammed over home evictions record
- Spain won't win World Cup: Goldman Sachs
- Top 10 videos: How not to speak Spanish
- Police make arrests over Barcelona eviction riots
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29 May
- Mortgage numbers rise as credit outlook lifts
- Spain grows 0.4 percent from January to March
- Jailed: Politician who stole Haiti charity money
- Emergency landing for Ryanair in Mallorca
- Unveiled: Top pet names in Spain's Catalonia
- 30 arrests after third night of Barcelona riots
- A quarter of Spaniards have never used Internet
- Spanish police smash illegal horsemeat ring
- Bankers walk free despite landmark guilty verdict
- Rising star slammed by Spain's political elite
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30 May
- Spain okays oil and gas search off Canary Islands
- Spanish city's 'virgin' hotline angers locals
- Six terror suspects arrested in Spain raids
- Bedbug plague spreads across Spain
- Spain reports weak inflation in May
- Shock winner: Spain's best wrinkle cream
- Real Madrid punished over racist fans
- Top 10: Spain's hottest male celebrities
- 31 May