News Archive for August 2016

Here you can find articles published in August 2016. Return to full archive here

01 August
- British mum abandoned twins for night boozing in Benidorm
- Cheeky monkey! Endangered Mangabey born in Barcelona
- Pictured: Costa Blanca shark attack victim reveals wound
- What's on in Spain: August 2016
02 August
- Man gored to death during bull running festival in Spain
- Spaniard breaks record for Lake Geneva swim
- 'Send the navy to protect Gib from Spain during Brexit'
- Brit tourist passed out on roof of lifeguard tower in Magaluf
- Spain risks third elections as political deadlock continues
03 August
- Flashmob prank sparks 'terror attack' panic in Spanish resort
- Pokémon Go: Spanish man becomes first to 'catch 'em all'
- Croquemon Go: Spain invents twist on game to 'eat 'em all'
- Spanish parents win battle to name their newborn son 'Wolf'
04 August
- Six free apps to simplify your summer in Spain
- Germans held in Spain as flashmob sparks terror alert
- Drones patrol Spanish resorts amid jihadist attack fears
- Hundreds evacuated as forest fire rages on Canary Island
- German firestarter blames blaze on 'toilet paper mishap'
- In Spain as in Syria? Why do people fight in foreign wars?
05 August
- More than 2,500 forced from homes in La Palma wildfire
- Spain's royal family pose for holiday snaps in Mallorca
- Mallorca is one of world's best islands… and here's why
- British teenage girl raped in Tenerife after taking 'fake taxi'
06 August
- Real and imagined terror stalks a jittery Europe
- Briton among seven held in Spain over child porn
07 August
- German Canaries blaze suspect remanded
- Pyongyang Cafe, a Kim Jong-Un ally on the Spanish coast
08 August
- 'Pink Panther' gang busted during Barcelona jewel heist
- Dozens stranded at Madrid airport in Mexican airline con
- Five year-old dead in firework mishap at Spanish fiesta
- Spanish travel agencies cash in on 'Poketourism'
09 August
- Mallorca and Ibiza clampdown on rowdy tourist 'party boats'
- Ten top tips to avoid looking like a guiri when in Spain
- Spain is officially off the hook over budget deficit breach
- Desperate Ryanair passenger chases after missed flight
10 August
- Child pornography ring busted in Spain with 7 arrests
- Antonio Banderas launches his own fashion label
- Ciudadanos sets terms in bid to break the political deadlock
- Don't miss this spectacular meteor shower over Spain
11 August
- Spain's PP to vote on rival's proposals to end deadlock
- Spain wins first Olympic gold in Rio with 200m butterfly
- US drunk driving killer found in Spain after 3 years on run
- Revealed: The pickpocket scams to be aware of in Spain
12 August
- First medal for Spaniard who also happens to be a mother
- Two injured in Zaragoza shopping centre shooting
- Man found dead in swimming pool tied to bag of stones
13 August
- Hearts and kisses - Spanish lifter melts crowd in Rio
16 August
- It’s official: Costa del Sol is the sunniest spot in Spain
- Black actor refused entry at Malaga fair in 'racist slur'
- Ten classic films you never knew were shot in Spain
- Opera celebrates botched restoration of 'monkey jesus'
17 August
- Spain's Olympic kayak hero only just became 'Spanish'
- Two Brits found after five days lost in the Pyrenean foothills
- Seven-year-old girl gored by bull during Spanish fiesta
- Justin Bieber just bought an amazing new pad in Lanzarote
- Spain moves a step closer to ending political deadlock
18 August
- Eight reasons to spend your gap year exploring Spain
- Irishman shot in the back in gangland killing in Mallorca
- 'We won't ban burqinis on our beaches' insists Barcelona
- Argentine judge to probe murder of Spanish poet Lorca
- Holidaymaker held for leaving baby in hot car in Spain
- Rajoy agrees anti-corruption measures to end stalemate
19 August
- Rajoy to ask MPs: let me stay on despite deadlock
20 August
- Spain edged by USA in basketball semi-final
21 August
- Tiny Spanish publisher clones world's most mysterious book
- Spanish veteran Beitia wins high jump gold
22 August
- Referee stops Spanish league match over 'monkey chants'
- British dad drowns saving daughter on red flagged beach
- Ten brilliantly useful words English 'stole' from Spanish
23 August
- Ibiza flight scare after police officer accidentally fires gun
- Spain sizzles in last heatwave of the summer
- True cost of Spain's balcony-jumping craze revealed
- Italian mafia fugitive found on family holiday in Benidorm
24 August
- Ten fascinating museums in Spain you REALLY must visit
- What political deadlock? Spain economy forges ahead
- Police launch appeal for Costa Blanca hit and run driver
- Spanish town warns against texting while crossing roads
- Spanish court bars top Eta figure from Basque elections
25 August
- The ten most weird (and wonderful) museums in Spain
- Ethan Hawkes to be honoured with San Sebastián award
- Shocking video shows torture of young calf during fiesta
- Spanish economy continues to grow despite lack of govt
26 August
- Spanish newlywed named as victim in Italy earthquake
- Buy your own Mediterranean island paradise for just €5m
27 August
- Spanish police smash Chinese immigration ring
28 August
- Rajoy says forming new government ‘a wish’
29 August
- Costa del Sol beach closed over shark fears
- Expat Spain: Warm, friendly and brilliant for family life
- Madrid LGBT group takes action over ‘gay cure therapy’
30 August
- Christmas Day elections loom as opposition blocks govt deal
- Spain seeks return of Nazi gifts 'proving' Aryan origins
- Hapless thief caught after FOUR hours trapped in hot car
- Human bones from 'religious ritual' found in the Med
31 August
- Give Spain a government, Rajoy implores MPs
- Spain's crazy fiestas boom after tomato fight's success
- Spain's Rajoy faces doomed parliament vote to form govt
- Bull fatally gores Spaniard through the neck at fiesta
- Five reasons why Spain's Socialists won't back Rajoy