News Archive for October 2015
Here you can find articles published in October 2015. Return to full archive here-
01 October
- Eta 'maintains its commitment' to peace following arrests in France
- Goooool! Cristiano Ronaldo makes history as Real Madrid top scorer
- Bodies found of two British women swept away during late night swim
- Spain's ten best veggie restaurants
- Barcelona FC's Javier Mascherano summoned to court over tax fraud
- Spanish mother takes stand over killing adopted Chinese daughter
- Spanish air traffic controllers call off strikes after union reaches deal
- Migrant found squeezed into spare wheel well of car to cross into Spain
- PM Rajoy confirms Spain's election will take place on December 20th
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02 October
- Spain finds 300 kilos of cocaine in banana shipment from Costa Rica
- Tributes paid to two British women swept away during late night swim
- Could you pass the new Spanish citizenship test?
- Good dog! Labrador graduates with honours from Spanish university
- Spain fast-tracks citizenship for descendents of Sephardic Jews
- University students in Madrid told to 'sweep the streets' to learn ethics
- DNA clue leads to arrest over brutal murder of teenage girl 18 years ago
- Spain jails jihadist recruiter gang that sent suicide bombers to Syria
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05 October
- Pentagon chief arrives in Madrid amid Syrian and Afghan crises
- Italian cycling champ comes clean over hitching a lift in Tour of Spain
- 'We keep a typewriter at the back for customers to punch out poems'
- Venture capitalists flock to invest in Spain's flourishing startup scene
- 7 essential steps to buying in Spain
- British buyers are leading the way in Spain's foreign property market
- Sex attacker caught in Spain after posting elevator selfie on Facebook
- Danish tourists encouraged to come to Spanish holiday isles to fornicate
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06 October
- Spanish lesbian couple win artificial insemination case against hospital
- British murder fugitive arrested in Mallorca after skipping parole
- 12-year-old girl dies, four days after parents won 'dignified death' plea
- January court date set for Infanta Cristina and husband in fraud case
- Spain at risk of EU reprimand for overspending ahead of the election
- Judge withdraws passport of ex-IMF chief Rato in corruption case
- It's official: These are Spain's most beautiful and charming small towns
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07 October
- Messi tax fraud charges dropped but father faces 18 month sentence
- Pragmatic Podemos vows to fight on to end political corruption
- Amazing new study reveals unborn babies 'sing and dance' to music
- Catalan patient goes on hunger strike in bid for free hospital Wi-Fi
- Julio Iglesias dumps Trump: 'He's a clown! And my apologies to clowns'
- Spain's King Felipe VI pleads with Europe to be 'generous' to refugees
- Politician fired for claiming costs of council meeting commute from US
- PM Rajoy is 'the greatest dancer' insists his 'dancing queen' deputy
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08 October
- Train driver 'on phone' will be only defendant in Spanish disaster probe
- Santander tried to delay news of fine over money laundering breach
- Train network stalled in Catalonia in a suspected act of sabotage
- The surprising Spanish startup that is playing Google at its own game
- Rebel editor launches crowdfunded digital newspaper El Español
- Video shows 'too close for comfort' Costa Rica landing of Iberia plane
- Messi will stand trial for tax fraud alongside father and faces jail term
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09 October
- Children of Spain's unconventional 'Red Duchess' do battle over estate
- Spanish police find Albanian man hidden in car boarding ferry to UK
- Spanish Ebola nurse protests a year after authorities 'executed' her dog
- Six unmissable dishes from Toledo, Spain's 2016 Capital of Gastronomy
- Wow! Yay! Love! Facebook unveils new 'reaction' emojis in Spain trial
- Why Spain needs to learn to value the sharing economy
- Picasso's morose masterpiece with a hidden secret to go up for auction
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13 October
- Spain send Ukraine to Euro 2016 play-offs despite missing penalty
- Penelope Cruz to make directorial debut with film on childhood illness
- Court case against Spain-based HSBC whistleblower adjourned
- Spanish royals celebrate national day military parade amid protests
- Spanish CEO rockets up corporate leader rankings to world number 3
- Catalan politicians in court over staging 'illegal' independence vote
- Spanish taxi-booking app Cabify secures funding for expansion
- Spain 'very confident' deficit targets will be met in face of EU scepticism
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14 October
- Madrid striker Ronaldo wins fourth Golden Boot as Europe's top scorer
- Controversial Spanish starchitect wins European Architecture Prize
- Only one Spaniard has broken the one billion view barrier on YouTube
- Spain's Nazi-built airfield will be 'cutting edge' drone research centre
- Daughter of maid sacked for affair with landowner wins recognition
- Spanish archbishop warns against 'Trojan horse' threat from refugees
- Inside the Spanish startup world: 13 takeaways from the ecosystem
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15 October
- Mas accepts 'full responsibility' for staging Catalan independence vote
- Getafe football fans get own dating app to make a match and procreate
- Primark opens brand new Madrid flagship store...and it's GIGANTIC!
- Opera singer Placido Domingo cancels shows to undergo surgery
- Economic recovery? Nearly one in three Spaniards at risk of poverty
- Spanish company launches watch to measure prowess in the bedroom
- Spanish police bust gang of night-flying helicopter hashish smugglers
- Amazing drone footage over desert of Western Sahara drilling protest
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16 October
- Spanish court closes Ceuta probe into police over migrant drownings
- 'Deeper reforms needed in Spain to seal long-term economic recovery'
- Travel chaos threat as train drivers begin series of strikes across Spain
- Spain rejects EU's 'permanent and binding' refugee relocation quota
- Spanish university welcomes new students with very messy initiation
- 'Women put their babies into our arms begging us to keep them safe'
- Spanish Civil War refugees given memorial at French camp of shame
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19 October
- Spain scoops world wine tasting competition but USA comes last
- Hunter bleeds to death after being gored by injured wild boar in Spain
- US agrees to clean up site of 1966 nuclear accident in southern Spain
- Spain's taxi drivers take legal action in bid to block rival service Cabify
- Lost for words? Composer writes lyrics for Spain's national anthem
- Spot the difference: When Pablo was mistaken for Julio Iglesias
- Teenager electrocuted while taking selfie on roof of Barcelona train
- Spain's public prosecutor calls for fraud investigation into Volkswagen
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20 October
- Madrid city hall considers court challenge to interest-rate swaps
- Get ready to binge watch: At long last Netflix has arrived in Spain
- Spanish woman, 22, held at Madrid airport on way to join Isis in Syria
- Wife sentenced to jail for snooping on husband’s emails wins appeal
- Free Wi-Fi now offered to travellers at a dozen airports across Spain
- Spanish surf dudes rule the waves with world's first jet-powered board
- Death knell sounds for Eta four years after end of Spain violence
- 10 stunning autumn shots of Spain
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21 October
- Spain eases spending constraints as 'reward' following years of austerity
- Tech-savvy Spaniards rank fifth in world for mobile commerce use
- Madrid metro workers call strikes during rush hours on Thursday
- Schools closed and roads flooded as fierce storms batter southern Spain
- Judge questions 'good Catholic girl' who converted into a 'bride of Isis'
- USA boosts its military presence at Spain base to avoid Benghazi repeat
- Police arrest treasurer of Catalonia separatist party in corruption probe
- Madrid and Barcelona rank among top 15 startup cities across Europe
- Drones could be used to patrol traffic hotspots on Spanish roads
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22 October
- B Movie: Spanish ruling party slush fund scandal hits the silver screen
- Spanish artist to draw controversial Millennium spin off comic books
- Football referee launches legal complaint against 'anti-Barça plot'
- Jobless rate drops to 4-year low in further sign of economic recovery
- Huge crowds and long queues as Madrid shoppers go Primark crazy
- Central spire will make the Sagrada Familia tallest church in the world
- Police arrest woman who faked own kidnap to get money from mother
- Spain's PM concerned over possible leftist government pact in Portugal
- Man who beat a racehorse to death is jailed in landmark case for Spain
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23 October
- Trial ends of mother accused of killing adopted Chinese daughter
- Spain's left-wing Podemos runs out of steam ahead of general election
- Spain starts ambitious trial to cure HIV using umbilical cord stem cells
- One fifth of Spanish potato crisps have too high levels of carcinogens
- Spanish fashion tycoon overtakes Bill Gates to top world's rich list
- Spanish schools have introduced chess class to boost maths learning
- Adios 'Jew killer': Town named after massacre gets new roadsign
- Canary Islands battered by fierce storms and torrential rain
- Miss Spain hopeful aims for beauty pageant history as first transgender
- Catalonia leader defends his govt in 'witchhunt' corruption probe
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26 October
- Barcelona to take Uefa to court over fine for Catalan independence flags
- Spanish artist unveils 'masterpiece' to commemorate 70 years of UN
- Gran Canaria calls for 'catastrophe' status in aftermath of fierce storms
- The end of the expat? Europe's cities fight for 'Inpats'
- Guinean migrant drowns as rickety boat capsizes trying to reach Ceuta
- Barcelona ranked among top ten most reputable cities in the world
- Jamón and chorizo rank alongside cigarettes as potential cancer cause
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27 October
- Catalan parliament opens with pro-independence majority but no chief
- Thousands of Spaniards compete to share glimpse of lives in new film
- Political candidates given youthful makeovers in Greenpeace campaign
- Will it be third time lucky in quest to solve mystery of Lorca's grave?
- PM vows 'all political, legal means' to block Catalan independence bid
- Neymar's mother to face fraud charges over Barça FC transfer deal
- Roaming charges across Europe to finally be outlawed in June 2017
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28 October
- Driver in fatal Santiago train crash faces up to four years in prison
- Spain charges suspected Eta leaders with crimes against humanity
- 'Barça is welcome in French league post-independence' says French PM
- Spain PM to meet with opposition over Catalan independence drive
- Spain ranks among worst nations to start a business despite reforms
- Majority of Spaniards want to welcome more refugees into Spain
- Spanish court launches probe into possible fraud over VW emissions
- EU votes to put end to bullfighting subsidies in animal rights victory
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29 October
- Cabin of crashed military helicopter found as search continues for crew
- Sacked priest accuses Vatican of making life 'hell' for homosexuals
- Justin Bieber walks out of painfully awkward live interview in Madrid
- FC Barcelona's Javier Mascherano admits to two counts of tax fraud
- Spaniard who starved dog to death sent to prison in 'message to others'
- Madrid ranked most segregated city in Europe between rich and poor
- Man plunges onto metro rails when Madrid cycling stunt goes wrong
- Santander profits surge as bank rides high on Spain's recovery
- Spain PM to meet Podemos leader over Catalonia independence drive
- Coastguard search for 39 migrants missing from boat en route to Spain
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30 October
- Lost in translation? Iberia sparks 'Palestine' row on Tel Aviv flight
- Spain calls for dialogue with Bashar al-Assad to resolve Syria crisis
- Police launch hunt for motorbike wheelie daredevil in Canary Islands
- Spanish couple guilty of murdering their adopted Chinese daughter
- Spain is ready to give up cancer-causing jamón... and pigs might fly
- Spanish bishop forbids Halloween after branding it a 'satanic festival'
- Ciudadanos proposes pact with PM to combat Catalan separatist drive
- 31 October