News Archive for December 2015

Here you can find articles published in December 2015. Return to full archive here

01 December
- Spain's gaffe prone Prime Minister spurns first pre-election debate
- Moroccan arrested in Pamplona for planning to join Isis and go to Syria
- Dead nurse lay undiscovered in apartment bedroom for five years
- China's richest man eyes up €1.2 bn stake in 'Las Vegas of Spain' resort
- DNA confirms endangered lynx has returned to Madrid after 40 years
- Spanish farmer used EU agriculture subsidies to build motocross track
02 December
- Lack of consensus leaves Catalonia without government until year end
- Spain's PM faces stiff challenge in tightest electoral race in decades
- Oops! Little boy shuts down Madrid metro with wayward balloon
- Father and daughter incest couple protest as newborn taken into care
- Spain unemployment drop provides government boost ahead of election
- Spain has most inflexible working conditions in the European Union
- Michelin star chefs design gourmet Christmas feast for soup kitchens
- Spain's Constitutional Court annuls Catalan independence motion
03 December
- Spain's fishermen have a new catch of the day with fashion for plastic
- Woman's attempted suicide jump kills pensioner seated on bench
- Protestor fined €5,000 for chaining himself to road sign at bull event
- Inditex pulls 'anorexic mannequins' after tens of thousands sign petition
- We all love Spain! 2015 sets new tourism record with 60m visitors
- 10 unbelievable questions I've been asked as a Black woman in Spain
- Thirty-five Basque activists accused of links to Eta go on trial in Spain
- The startup revolutionizing the Spanish banking experience
- Spanish royals to embark on State Visit to the United Kingdom
04 December
- Spanish PM launches re-election campaign in tightest race ever
- Clear skies and clogged highways forecast for Spain's long weekend
- 'I thought it was a trapped kitten': Woman finds baby dumped in bin
- Spain considers ban on dubbing in bid to boost English language skills
- Instagram: Spain's ten most photographed places in 2015
- The Spain drain: Number moving abroad increases despite recovery
- Eduardo Scissorhands? Hairdresser styles with swords and fire in Spain
- Arise Dame Ana Botin! Santander chief awarded honours by Queen
05 December
- Spain arrests two prison inmates for spreading Isis propaganda
06 December
- As Spanish polls near, the disillusioned jobless struggle on
- Colombia finds Spanish treasure galleon, ending 300-year mystery
07 December
- Struggle of Spanish firm Abengoa puts thousands of jobs at risk
- Spanish anti-jihadist hotline turns up 29 'suspects' in first 24 hours
- In pics: Protesters strip for 'blood-soaked' anti-leather demo in Spain
- Sewer drones set to take over one of the smelliest jobs in Barcelona
- Spanish coastguard rescues dozens of migrants off Canary Islands
- Spanish bullfighting should have Unesco protection: pro-bulls group
- Spain's little princesses star in oh-so-cute royal family Christmas card
08 December
- Aragon: Northeastern region could be a bellwether for general election
- Man and woman suspected of recruiting for Isis arrested in Spain
09 December
- Spanish graffiti artists crushed on tracks while spray painting train
- The bodies of 11 drowned migrants have been found off Canary Islands
- Father wins right to take child to nursery in landmark case for Spain
- Basque terrorists made 3 attempts to kill ex-PM with defective missile
- Sexist advert showing housewives doing housework banned in Spain
- Good Samaritan: Shop worker finds €68k cash in trolley and hands it in
10 December
- Inditex profits surge as online boosts high street fashion sales
- Large family of the year: Spanish pair defied doctors to have 18 kids
- Corruption in Spain: Graft scandals could cost traditional parties dear
- Darth Vader leaves the Dark Side to join Spanish election campaign
- Vigilantes join special police teams to combat Spain’s olive oil thieves
- British expat granny takes Spain by storm with incredible dancing stunt
11 December
- Mother commits suicide after throwing daughters from 13th floor
- Spanish teen jihadist tried to indoctrinate 4-yr-old sister into Isis
- Debate fiasco sends struggling socialists plummeting in the polls
- Meet Spain's lost generation: The drop outs facing a bleak future
- Madrid cuts bullfight subsidies to fund domestic violence campaign
- Police swoop in on British drug kingpin in luxury Costa del Sol villa
- Jihadist who planned attack on Swedish cartoonist held in Spain
- Wedding crashers: Spanish friends turn up at wrong reception party
- Two Spanish policeman killed in Taliban attack near Kabul embassy
12 December
- Spanish police seize 1,400 kgs of cocaine disguised as wooden pallets
- Suspected Isis group recruiter arrested in Spain’s Ceuta
13 December
- Spain wants to make up for lost ground in renewable energy
- Spain captures alleged Colombian rebel 'abortion doctor'
14 December
- Spain at odds with Colombia over who owns $2 billion treasure trove
- Could Europe's human rights court kill off Spain's 'anti-protest' law?
- Not so sweet: Christmas biscuits renamed to scrap 'bull torture' link
- Teenager predicted the collapse of Spain's green energy giant Abengoa
- Spanish windmills set to become new home for German supermarket
- WATCH: Scottish cyclist in death-defying ride across Spain's rooftops
- Final polls predict election win for Spanish government in tight race
15 December
- Centrist party shakes up Spanish politics with social media army
- 'I'm an honest politician' insists PM in televised head-to-head with rival
- Soprano Montserrat Caballé given six month sentence for tax evasion
- Room with a view? Skyscraper in Benidorm for sale to highest bidder
- Black actor to replace 'blacked up' politican in Christmas kings parade
- Bullfighters battle to stay in ring as animal rights movement grows
- Madrid church recreates nativity scene with drowned refugee child
16 December
- Rajoy's Spain: From the edge of the abyss to the road to recovery?
- Fat chance: The ultimate guide to El Gordo - Spain's Christmas lottery
- Dreaming of a white Christmas… dream on! Spain set for warm spell
- Want to know the secret to living a happy expat life in Spain?
- Google reveals Spain's most popular searches in 2015
- Star Wars or Titanic? Film choices could determine how Spain votes
- Abandoned church transformed into amazing colourful skate park
17 December
- 125 million-year-old dinosaur with hump discovered in northern Spain
- Spain's rail workers call off strike to great relief of Christmas travellers
- Spanish musician plays saxophone as surgeons remove brain tumour
- Spanish general election: the key players
- Italian mafia fugitive arrested while running pizza restaurant in Spain
- Seven of the quirkiest Christmas nativity scenes on display in Spain
- Spain's PM punched in the face by his wife's teenage cousin
18 December
- Six months in junior jail for teenager who punched PM in face
- Podemos brings 'indignados' to the doors of Spain's parliament
- Spanish banks vow to keep stricken energy firm Abengoa afloat, for now
- Spain sets world record for most organ donations made in one day
- Post election scenarios: Who will be Spain's next Prime Minister?
- Suspense as Spain's most eventful election campaign draws to a close
19 December
- Ronaldo welcomes Beirut bombings orphan at Real Madrid's Bernabeu
- Catalonia's independence bid: the 'hot potato' of Spanish elections
20 December
- Spain's voters head to ballot boxes in 'tectonic shift' general election
- Wildfires rage across northern Spain closing roads and railway
- As it happened: Ruling PP wins but falls far short of absolute majority
- 'Out with the old': Many Spanish voters opt to cast ballot for change
21 December
- Spanish voters give old guard a kicking as leftists ride high
- Rajoy will first try to form govt but deadlock could see new elections
- Children of Spain's 'Red Duchess' win claim over disputed inheritance
- Surf's up: Dozens of Santas take to the waves in Barcelona
- Spanish beauty queen claims crown at Miss World pageant in China
- And the real winners of the Spanish general election are...women
- Seven reasons why forming a new government is mission impossible
- The weird and wonderful Christmas traditions celebrated across Spain
- Podemos insists 'Spain will never again be subordinate to Germany'
22 December
- Airbnb fined for offering lodgings without permits in Barcelona
- Spanish PM offers dialogue with other parties to form government
- On location in Spain: Ten amazing facts about film classic Dr Zhivago
- Madrid banishes ghosts of Franco from its streets with name changes
- Seaside town in southern Spain nets the big Christmas lottery win
- Spain economy outlook 'better than expected' with GDP growth forecast
23 December
- Catalan separatist parties attempt final deal to form government
- Bullfighting isn't barbaric: What I found in a year on breeding estates
- Spain PM to meet Socialist leader to discuss forming new government
- Fury as Madrid puts woman in traditional 'Three Kings' parade
- African migrant saved from sinking boat wins big in Spanish lottery
- Spain's Ciudadanos calls for pact with conservatives and Socialists
- Spain's Socialists refuse to back Rajoy bid to form new government
24 December
- Helicopter crashes battling wildfire in northern Spain killing pilot
- Domestic hits deliver box office highs as Spanish cinema booms
- Blind puppy and the brother that protected her find Christmas home
25 December
- Madrid lays on Christmas Eve feast for two hundred homeless people
- Spain’s King Felipe VI appeals for national unity after elections
- Two dead as migrants storm Spain's African border at Ceuta
26 December
- Migrants riot in Spanish beach town after African stabbed
- Spain's Socialists will lose support whoever they back: analysts
27 December
- Catalan leftists vote on whether to back new separatist government
- Spain sends out water-dropping planes in bid to control wildfires
28 December
- Separatists in deadlock as latest bid to form Catalan government fails
- Star Wars hero was asked to 'say something' in Spanish. So he did
- Tourist bitten by shark during Christmas swim off Gran Canaria
- Twelve of the best festivals in Spain
- Spain's Podemos rules out helping any party form new government
29 December
- Arsonists blamed as 130 wildfires raze northern Spain natural parks
- Barça fires striker after just seven hours for old tweets against club
- Pimp who branded prostitutes with barcode jailed for 44 years in Spain
- Drones to keep watchful eye in the sky over endangered Iberian lynx
- Police seize cannabis worth €2m hidden in fuel tank of Spanish truck
- Rain in Spain finally comes to the rescue in battle against wildfires
- Spain's strangest stories from 2015
- Pair arrested for keeping brother in hovel under 'inhuman conditions'
- Spanish town celebrates crazy festival with flour and egg battle
30 December
- Spanish PM will battle to form government despite lack of support
- Madrid closes iconic Sol metro station to beef up New Year security
- Spaniard used Facebook to call on jihadists to kill traffic wardens
- Nine brilliant tips to help you land your dream job in Spain in 2016
- What's on in Spain: The best New Year events across the country
- Spain's biggest news stories of 2015
31 December
- The year in photos: Spain 2015
- Former Catalan chief to go to court over alleged money laundering
- Record-breaking 13,000 asylum seekers arrive in Spain in 2015
- Happy new year! Clear skies forecast as Spain rings in 2016
- Spain’s public holidays in 2016: Official list
- 'Our kids were banned from Madrid Magi parade for being Catholic'
- Ten resolutions to make the most of life in Spain in 2016