News Archive for April 2015
Here you can find articles published in April 2015. Return to full archive here-
01 April
- Deal ´possible´ but not before Easter: EU pres
- Benidorm to ban 'Full English' breakfasts
- Spain's incredible Holy Week processions
- Unemployment at lowest rate since 2012
- April Fool! The Local's day in gags
- Uber files EU complaint over Spain ban
- Prison without bail for mother of jihad twins
- Spanish Civil War ends, Franco moves to power
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06 April
- Sole survivor rescued in Atlas, two cavers dead.
- Peacekeepers 'targeted' by Israel in Lebanon
- Rockers pen 'We don't love Ryanair' ballad
- Unemployment falls in 'best ever' data
- Mystery of 19,000-year-old Spanish 'red lady'
- First house sold by lottery ticket in Spain
- King admits receiving traffic fine ‘years ago’
- Spain's PM Rajoy says he will seek re-election
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08 April
- King Felipe in Lebanon after peacekeeper death
- Survivor of Atlas caving tragedy returns home
- 11 arrested 'planning Catalonia attack'
- Barcelona bans tourists from famous market
- Holding court? Call for Spain's kings to testify
- Olives and vino at risk from climate change
- Olé! Madonna orders tour bullfighting suits
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09 April
- Spain's 'Citizens' party fires up voters
- Extradition bid for El Salvador colonel
- 'Hello everybody!' - meet Spain's Eurovision entry
- Catalan leader jumps on 'Yes we can' bandwagon
- 'No pooing': village tells pilgrims in north Spain
- Location tours start for 'Game of Thrones' fans
- Spanish 'caravan of love' slammed as sexist
- Man jailed for branding lover with cattle iron
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13 April
- Podemos support has stagnated: new poll
- Atletico seek Real revenge in quarter final
- Catalonia in bid to ban skinny models
- More than 6,000 have left Europe for Isis jihad: EU
- Germanwings memorial held in Barcelona
- Rajoy: 'Islamic world is also a victim of terrorism'
- Last ditch plea for UK expats to register to vote
- One in five Spaniards are 'convinced atheists'
- Teacher drowned trying to save deaf students
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14 April
- Spain to propose that UN set up terrorism court
- Rabat 'conscience clear' on Western Sahara
- Mafia boss arrested in Costa del Sol post office
- Günter Grass: world is 'sleepwalking' into war
- Pablo Iglesias to face awkward meet with King
- Spain illegal immigration jumps by two-thirds
- Top of the mops: world's first to be auctioned
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15 April
- Gays are biggest targets in Spain's hate crimes
- Eta killer to be extradited from UK to Spain
- Podemos sack election candidates for fraud
- Drownings fuel calls for full-time lifeguards
- King Felipe VI given unusual gift by Podemos
- Russian trawler sinks off Canary Islands
- Transparency: Spain ranks among worst in EU
- Doh! Socialist leader presses wrong button
- 16 April
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17 April
- Germany mourns victims of Alps plane crash
- Home of Ex-IMF chief searched in fraud probe
- Spain must allow asylum requests at border: EU
- Assad warns that Spain attack was 'tip of iceberg'
- Italian dad on run with newborn found in Spain
- Spaniards have highest life expectancy in Europe
- British expats fall victim to NHS clampdown
- Ibiza animal lover in dog house over 101 pets
- Two 'most wanted' Brits nabbed within 24 hrs
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20 April
- Rajoy urges EU to take action after latest tragedy
- Nobel writer Vargas Llosa backs Islam critic
- Expats face deadline to register for UK election
- Student kills teacher with crossbow in Barcelona
- Yanis Varoufakis: 'I am a reluctant politician'
- 'If the surf's up I head straight to the beach'
- What we know about the crossbow killer
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21 April
- PSG hope for miracle against Barcelona
- Bomb explodes outside Spain's embassy in Libya
- Spanish tourists killed in Dom Republic air crash
- Off with her hair! Queen Letizia debuts new do
- Meat grinder clue in serial killer probe
- Tributes paid to hero teacher slain at school
- Benidorm: Cultural wonder of the world?
- Spain still holds one of highest deficits in EU
- Ten best UNESCO world heritage sites in Spain
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22 April
- Foreigners abandon Spain over lack of jobs
- All the fun of the fair: Seville's Feria de Abril
- 'C's and Podemos belong to same change'
- Death mask could hold key in Dali paternity suit
- Spain ambassador to Venezuela recalled
- Spaniards love to party (more than the French)
- Andalusia is worst region in EU for unemployment
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23 April
- King Juan Carlos led 'double-life' with lover
- Sunken trawler found leaking fuel off Canaries
- New documents shed light on Lorca’s death
- Spain sees increase in first quarter jobless
- Meat grinder was used to dispose of victim
- Spaniards join call for more action in Med
- Femen protestor corners Spain's interior minister
- Pamplona sees red over 'Strictly Come Running'
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24 April
- Spain rejects extradition of 'London Whale' trader
- EU leaders triple rescue mission funds
- A quarter of Spaniards believe Sun orbits Earth
- Face of the week: Edurne
- Dolphins affected in Canary Islands oil spill
- Shocking footage of police beating deportee
- Is Spanish politics all about stripping off?
- Dancing deputy kicks up her heels at Seville fair
- Ban on skyscraper plan for Atletico stadium
- 26 April
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27 April
- Broken pinky disaster for Marquez in MotoGP
- 'I've made a few enemies, even in Spain'
- Sagrada Familia mass for Germanwings victims
- Spaniards still missing in Nepal after earthquake
- Spain's arms firms fail to meet grade on ethics
- PM: Recovery threatened by political instability
- Woofs and wifi: Is this world's coolest church?
- Wine: China overtakes France but Spain reigns
- Ciudadanos gains as Podemos wanes
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28 April
- Royals attend memorial for Germanwings victims
- King abdication post one of world's top tweets
- Appeal: American pilgrim missing on Camino
- Santander profits jump with economic recovery
- Five things to improve Madrid for tourists
- Life's better in Spain, say expat mothers
- Cheese thieves caught...(and they're not mice)
- Evacuation as ferry catches fire off Valencia
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29 April
- Spain's shoe sector shines in black economy
- Outrage as parents beat coach, 17, in soccer row
- Madrid shamed as 'dirtiest' city in Spain
- Real Madrid and Atletico could face transfer bans
- UK is top study abroad destination for Spaniards
- What’s on in Spain: May 2015
- First quake survivors arrive back in Spain
- Iceland revokes order to 'kill Basques on sight'
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30 April
- Spain's state broadcaster accused of political bias
- Hallelujah! Spanish priest sings like an angel
- Shocking video sends nursery teacher to jail
- Spain's economy growth jumps in first quarter
- Madrid's iconic 'four towers' to become five
- Shaolin slayer jailed for brutal double murder
- Chef saves life of man choking on a sausage