News Archive for February 2016
Here you can find articles published in February 2016. Return to full archive here-
01 February
- Barcelona star Neymar in dock over dodgy transfer deal
- Southern Spain trembles as more earthquakes strike
- Tough new anti-pollution rules come into force in Madrid
- Adorable Messi fan in plastic bag shirt warms hero's heart
- 'Amateur dramatics is a great way to meet new people'
- Spain creates Europe's first underwater museum
- Ex-IMF chief Rodrigo Rato to stand trial for fraud in Spain
- US primaries: how to vote as an American expat in Spain
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02 February
- Spain to pay cyclist €720,000 for overturned doping ban
- New award to honour chefs who are changing the world
- Spain to send first ever song in English to Eurovision 2016
- The war on dog poo: Spanish town turns to DNA testing
- 25 migrants rescued from sinking boat off Spanish coast
- Bishop asks Spaniards to pray for rain after record dry spell
- Zika virus: Experts warn Spain to expect 200 cases this year
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03 February
- King asks Socialist leader to attempt to form government
- 7 reasons why San Sebastián is Spain's most romantic city
- Stricken ship arrives in port of Bilbao after high seas drama
- Protesters lose fight to save turkey from bell tower plunge
- UK rallies expats in Spain ahead of referendum on Brexit
- Ten-point guide: How to register to vote in the EU Referendum
- Secret to long life? Spaniard lived to 107 on 'red wine diet'
- Habit of a lifetime: Nun style fashion hits Spanish catwalk
- British holidaymaker died of heatstroke on Ibiza sunbed
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04 February
- Eta gang who 'planned' to kill Spain's former PM acquitted
- Man wins €200,000 damages for eye lost to rubber bullet
- Missing Spaniard's body parts fished out of Bangkok river
- Like father like son: Napkin proves matador paternity suit
- False alarm at Madrid airport after bomb threat on plane
- Giant plastic vagina to have day in court in southern Spain
- Spain welcomes first breast cancer gene-free baby girls
- Spanish royals cancel state visit to Britain amid govt woes
- Spain reports first European zika case in pregnant woman
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05 February
- Retrial ordered for Spaniard after 15 years on death row
- Could this be the last gasp for smoking in Spanish cinema?
- Misled shareholders file class action lawsuit against Bankia
- Australian hands over €100K to 'boyfriend' in Spanish scam
- Airbnb poses 'biggest threat' insists Spanish tourism chief
- Spanish government stuck in limbo as coalition talks stall
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08 February
- Spaniard held over grisly Bangkok river murder
- Giant nine-metre waves set to batter Spain's northern coast
- He scrubs up well! Firebrand dons tuxedo for film awards
- Wacky and whimsical: Spain goes carnival crazy
- Father and son seriously gored during bull run carnival
- Seven essential tips you need to know to date Spanish men
- Danger: Early toxic caterpillar plague creeps across Spain
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09 February
- Calls to free puppeteers held over staging satire in Madrid
- Barcelona metro fire causes rush-hour commuter ordeal
- Toddler swept off beach by giant wave in northern Spain
- Princess Cristina stands by her man as fraud trial resumes
- Ten essential tips you need to know to date Spanish women
- One dead and dozens ill after falling foul of dodgy tortilla
- Hapless man has FOUR steel rings cut off penis by firemen
- It's a dog's life: Madrid Metro to let muzzled mutts ride free
- 10 February
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11 February
- Victim of mistaken identity walks free after decade in jail
- Puppeteers held for 'glorifying terrorism' freed after outcry
- Now migrant hides inside car bumper to cross into Spain
- Six things the USA could learn from Spain
- Bid launched to rename towns honouring Francoist heroes
- Spain reigns as sunseekers shun terrorism-hit Med resorts
- Watch: This rare seahorse has just been discovered in Spain
- Spain busts gang trafficking rare falcons for racing in UAE
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12 February
- Police raid conservative party HQ in yet another graft probe
- Are these Spain's most romantic couples ever?
- Meet the Spanish team that helped prove Einstein's theory
- Spanish civil servant takes six years off work. No-one notices
- Balearic Islands break with tradition with ban on bullfights
- Two Spanish teenagers face jail time over cheating in exam
- 13 February
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15 February
- Spain: Six injured in Valentine Day showing of The Revenant
- Adios Esperanza: Spain's 'Iron Lady' quits amid graft scandal
- 'The best foodie places are around Madrid's back streets'
- Big freeze: Red alert as severe storms sweep across Spain
- Spanish police make Valentine joke. Internet gets very angry
- March 2nd: Socialist chief to seek approval to lead Spain
- Prisoners outraged at mouse poo served in breakfast rolls
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16 February
- Teenage hooligan jailed for killing rival fan during brawl
- The Boss is coming: Bruce Springsteen to play Spain gigs
- Two pregnant women in Spain now infected with Zika virus
- D'oh! Man steals police car in Spain to cross into Gibraltar
- Spain arrests vets and hunters for cutting dogs' ears and tails
- Spanish necrophilia movie is surprise hit in the Philippines
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17 February
- Spanish kingpin behind huge art fraud to face trial in USA
- Spain's salad growers demand end to exploitation
- Madrid police chiefs forced to hide from mob of angry cops
- Spanish police raid Chinese bank in €300m fraud probe
- Five brilliant apps to help improve your Spanish
- British man arrested in Spain after posing as Interpol officer
- Spain's bailed-out lender to pay back small investors
- Vagina poem based on Lord's Prayer sparks blasphemy row
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18 February
- Gareth Bale's record-breaking transfer deal facing probe
- Spain under pressure from China over ICBC bank raid
- Brrrrrrrrrr! Snow and ice turn Spain into winter wonderland
- No sex please, we're German: Spain stages Wagner comedy
- Spanish study reveals sordid secrets of early human sex life
- Fraud allegations wipe smile from Spain's 'McDentist'
- Seven people arrested each day in Spain for corruption
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19 February
- June 26th: Rajoy lets slip date 'most likely' for new elections
- Madrid cabbies stage protest over Uber-type competition
- Metro strike to hit Barcelona during Mobile World Congress
- Lefty mayor faces chop over hair-raising expenses claim
- Six arrested on Costa del Sol over Salford gangland feud
- Madrid official on trial for bare breasted protest in church
- This is the very best beach in Europe. And here's why...
- 20 February
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22 February
- Assad wants to be known as the 'man who saved Syria'
- Metro strike brings queues and chaos across Barcelona
- Virtual reality and rolling bots: This is Mobile World Congress
- The insider's guide to the best wine bars in Barcelona
- Couple arrested in Spain over graveyard 'voodoo' love ritual
- Benidorm's Sticky Vicky, 72, retires from sexy magic show
- Spain's Socialists struggle to form pact for government
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23 February
- Spain's conservative party is 'fed up' with corruption
- 'Great Balls of Fire' whoosh through skies in south Spain
- 'In Spain I missed being able to buy decent birthday cards'
- Two endangered Iberian lynx killed on roads within a week
- Mars, Snickers and Milky Way bars recalled across Spain
- Fart sparks shoot out between rival Spanish gypsy clans
- Picasso Museum overturns 'art risk' breastfeeding ban
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24 February
- Former Guantanamo detainee among jihadists held in Spain
- Spain's Socialists announce end to political deadlock
- Six reasons why Spain is failing on human rights
- Spaniards' AMAZING supercut of The Simpsons goes viral
- Rajoy achieves in hometown what Hitler and Stalin didn't
- Barcelona cracks down on 'visual pollution' of billboards
- Podemos stick to their guns and suspend Socialist talks
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25 February
- Hapless ham thief leads cops to door with trail of fat
- Global leader Spain carries out its 100,000th transplant
- Seductress thief who targeted elderly men arrested in Spain
- Spanish energy giant loses €1.2 billion in oil price plunge
- Nul points! Spain's academics slam English Eurovision song
- Signed Messi shirt is dream come true for Afghan boy
- British expats rush to register to have their say over Brexit
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26 February
- Six takeaways from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
- Spain faces long difficult road to form new government
- Two Spaniards face jail over snapping car crash corpse
- Is it time Spain turned back the clocks?
- Ten classic movies you never knew were filmed in Spain
- Queen Letizia's fav designer stuns with Madrid comeback
- Let it snow! 30 provinces across Spain put on alert
- 27 February
- 28 February