News Archive for October 2016

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

02 October
- Dozens hurt in café gas blast on Costa del Sol
03 October
- Farewell Pedro Sanchez, Spain's fallen Socialist chief
- Socialist bloodletting opens way for Spanish solution
- Drought threatens Spain's wild bears with starvation
- Amazing photos of Catalonia's 'human tower' contest
- What's on in Spain: October 2016
04 October
- Spain's PP under spotlight at start of huge corruption trial
- Ex-Catalan chief faces public office ban over referendum
- Spain: Brexit Britain must pay for expats' healthcare
05 October
- All 'legal', ex-IMF head Rato says in embezzlement trial
- Chorizo in paella? Go back to cooking school Jamie Oliver
- Don't panic: Tenerife insists volcano ISN'T about to erupt
- 'Psychotic' nephew suspected in grisly murder of family
06 October
- Spanish boy racks up €100K bill in bid for YouTube fame
- 'No way, Jose! You'll never get your hands on our Rock'
- F-18s scrambled to intercept Russian bombers off Bilbao
- Lifeguards ignored drowning tourist 'for not waving enough'
- Migrants flee detention centre in Spain after staging 'mutiny'
- Blood-curdling screams alert police to exorcism in Oviedo
07 October
- Spanish grandfather kidnaps his own family at gunpoint
- Watch: Costa del Sol hotel swamped in 60-foot geyser
- Stag do drunks arrested after scuffle on flight to Spain
- Saloufest calls time on drunken student parties
- Britain to allow ALL citizens living abroad the right to vote
09 October
- More than 100 migrants rescued off Spain in one day
10 October
- Pets or pests? Quaker parrots invade Madrid parks
- Controversial Pique to quit Spain after 2018 World Cup
- Hunters find body of British hiker missing since June
- 'Man bun' jibes spark drunken brawl on flight to Alicante
- Badalona cancels Columbus holiday 'glorifying genocide'
11 October
- Telefonica issues 2-bln-euro bonds after IPO flop
- Spain's long summer to end with rainy bank holiday
- Elderly deaf and dumb couple face eviction over son's debt
- Activist tells 8-yr-old matador wannabe with cancer 'just die'
- Police arrest two Isis members in northern Spain
12 October
- Spain seizes drugs shipment destined to fund terrorism
- King to make last minute push to avoid third vote in Spain
- Real Madrid relaunch bid to revamp their stadium
13 October
- Terror probe leads to raid in Costa Blanca resort
- British PM flies to Madrid to discuss Brexit roadmap
- Spanish woman gives birth to 'miracle' baby at age of 62
- Migrants jump Spain-Morocco border fence in heavy rain
- One dead as violent storms hit northeastern Spain
- Ex-Catalan chief to stand trial for independence referendum
- Rajoy's message to the Brits: 'Keep calm and carry on'
14 October
- 14,000-year-old rock paintings found in Spanish resort town
- Suspect in Spain graft trial 'gave gifts' to conservatives
- Disney announces plans for Don Quixote action movie
- Gerard Pique wants to be president of Barcelona
17 October
- Spain admits it will miss budget deficit targets... Again
- Fury after kids told to bring their own loo roll to school
- Thousands run with dogs in Madrid to fight against cruelty
- Spain says Brexit deal to be modelled on EU-Canada pact
- Real Madrid boss furious over Hollande's Benzema jibe
18 October
- New Franco sculptures get egged in Barcelona
- BlaBlaCar drivers threatened with fines in Spain
- Dutchman wrongly jailed for 12 years in Spain sues for €6m
- Madrid parish church faces fine over 'too noisy' bells
- Celebrate expat life at Madrid’s THRIVE convention
- Three Polish fans arrested ahead of Real Madrid clash
19 October
- Migrants stage rooftop protest at Madrid detention centre
- Fan violence mars Real Madrid win against Legia
- Women in Spain will 'work for free' from October 21st
- Napflix: Spaniards launch very boring TV channel for siestas
- Spain approves equal parental leave for fathers
20 October
- Brazilian suspect in grisly Madrid murder turns self in
- Hunt for ten most wanted Brit fugitives hiding out in Spain
- Eta 'not dead' but Spain focus moves onto jihadism
- Out of the dark: Five years on from Eta ceasefire
- Spain's top court overturns bullfighting ban in Catalonia
- Dine in the buff at Spain's first nudist restaurant
21 October
- 'Cubism and War' show opens at Barcelona Picasso Museum
- Spain's parliament approves deficit reduction measures
- Brit 'paedo' held on Costa del Sol after Most Wanted appeal
- Spanish 'La Mafia' restaurants banned after Italian complaint
22 October
- Spain's 'Napflix' aims to bore viewers to sleep
23 October
- Spain's Socialists lift veto on Rajoy to break deadlock
- Spain worries about tourism future
24 October
- Clock ticking as Spain races to avoid third elections
- Malaga: Police probe bizarre 'sex death' of homeless Brit
- Man attacked by racist thug in UK street for talking Spanish
- Eight very creepy Halloween costumes ideas from Spain
- Spain faces crucial week as conservatives re-take power
- Man rescued from bin after climbing in to find old clothes
25 October
- Brazilian had 'uncontrollable desire to kill': Spain police
- Balearic Islands choose to keep summertime forever
- Two imams arrested in Ibiza resort over 'Isis support'
- Spain's Rajoy says king has tasked him with forming govt
26 October
- Most wanted: Fugitive rapist arrested in Tenerife
- Spain under pressure to stop refuel of Russian warships
- Two-headed shark born in Spanish laboratory
- Bulls replace guard dogs at scrap yard in Valencia
- Russia withdraws request to refuel warships in Ceuta
27 October
- Tough road ahead, Spain PM warns before return to power
- 'Saints not ghouls' insists Spanish church for Halloween
- Spain jobless drops below 20% for first time in six years
- Wildlife ranger accused over decapitated bison in Valencia
- Spain's Podemos sees golden opportunity in Socialist woes
28 October
- Spain's Socialists refuse to go easy on Rajoy once in power
- Southern Spain will become a desert with global warming
- Halloween weekend: Sunny skies and nightmare traffic
29 October
- Spain's conservatives set to re-take power
- Swiss woman held kids captive in Spain
- Spain finally has a govt as Rajoy voted back to power
31 October
- It's official: Mariano Rajoy sworn in as prime minister
- Homeless Brit killed by fellow tramp after row over food
- Happy 115th Birthday to Spain's oldest woman ever
- Eight Spanish films to truly terrify you this Halloween
- Son faked his own kidnap to get €600 from his mother
- Gareth Bale signs new bumper deal with Real Madrid