News Archive for April 2017

Here you can find articles published in April 2017. Return to full archive here

02 April
- 'Gibraltar not for sale': Britain's Johnson
- Spain shocked by violent parents at youth football games
03 April
- Spain won't close the border with Gibraltar after Brexit, says foreign minister
- Theresa May says she will 'never' cede Gibraltar to Spain
- Spain 'surprised' by Britain's belligerent tone on Gibraltar
- Picasso's darkness on display in major new Madrid show
04 April
- Seven reasons why Spain won’t go to war over Gibraltar
- Spanish police raid luxury Costa del Sol properties linked to Syria's Assad
- The Sun’s Gibraltar campaign is wrong in so many ways
- 'Keep calm' over Gibraltar, EU's Brexit negotiator tells Britain
- Football coach detained in Spain in match-fixing probe
- Britain to protest unlawful incursion by Spanish warship in Gibraltar waters
05 April
- 'We live in societies in which women are still not respected the way they should be'
- Teenager arrested over death of two girls and a man in cave fire
- Justice for all? Spanish lessons on corruption and 'draining the swamp'
- Spanish football federation launches match-fixing probe
- Spanish police seize half a tonne of cocaine hidden in bricks
06 April
- Gibraltar: Traffic jams at the border as Brexit row heats up
- Farmer found guilty of murdering US pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago
- Easter weather: Sunny Semana Santa forecast across Spain
- Gibraltar: a history of ill will over the Rock
07 April
- Basque terrorist group Eta to hand over weapons
- Video: Europe’s tallest and fastest rollercoaster just opened in Spain
08 April
- Basque group Eta gives France list of arms caches
- Spain demands that Eta apologise and disband
09 April
- France finds tonnes of Eta weapons after disarmament vow; Spain promises 'no favours' to group
10 April
- Russian hacker arrested in Spain over 'links to Trump victory'
- Spain's match-fixing scandal is the tip of the iceberg
- Twins born to 64-year-old Spanish mother are taken into care
- Finally! Spain hails favourite golfer Sergio Garcia
- Spain's first female defence minister found dead in Madrid aged 46
11 April
- King of Spam: Russian hacker arrested in Spain
- Video: Pigeon slams into thrillseeker’s face on Europe’s fastest rollercoaster
- Spanish farmer jailed for 23 years for murder of American pilgrim
- Spanish policewoman sparks row with menstruation toilet break
- Spanish academics charged for selling 'fake' cancer drug
12 April
- Trump settles lawsuit against Spanish celebrity chef
- Spanish court acquits Granada priest accused of sexually abusing teenage altar boys
- Leicester City ‘hooligans’ arrested ahead of Madrid Champions League clash
- Three migrants drown and 39 others rescued off Spain
13 April
- Refugee rescue group accuses EU border agency of plotting against them
14 April
- Eight Leicester fans handed four-month jail terms
- Outbreak of panic mars Spanish Good Friday processions
15 April
- Two Brits held after police uncover drugs '80 times stronger' than cannabis
16 April
- Spanish woman jailed over Twitter terrorism jokes
- ANALYSIS: 'Spain's freedom of speech repression is no joke'
17 April
- ETA launches internal debate after unilateral disarmament
- 115-year-old Spaniard claims title of oldest woman in Europe
- How Spain became the world leader in organ transplants
- Mystery solved: Photographer of exquisite archive found in Barcelona flea market identified
18 April
- Madrid school in sexism row over knitting for girls and football for boys
- Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy called to tesitfy in corruption trial
- Police break up international online child porn network
- Spanish police boost security ahead of Bayern-Real Madrid match
19 April
- Gibraltar 'coming home' with new stadium deal
- Spain braced for storms and high winds bringing end to warm spell
- Why a Swedish gift to Barcelona is still causing a fuss 90 years later
- Long-term Brits in Spain to be denied vote in another UK election
- Bayern file UEFA complaint over Madrid police 'attack'
20 April
- Spain's ruling conservatives hit by yet more graft allegations
- British father arrested in Spain after attacking his sleeping son with a hammer
- Six Spanish secrets on how to live to the age of a hundred
- 'Blood, sweat and tears' not enough for beaten Barça
- Spanish royal visit to UK postponed until July due to snap election
21 April
- This ancient reptile patrolled the river beds of the Spanish Pyrenees, scientists believe
- Thai court sentences Spanish man to death for grisly murder
- Spain bumps up its growth forecast as tourism and exports thrive
22 April
- US indicts Russian suspect in huge botnet takedown
- Spain's Rajoy still unscathed from corruption scandals
23 April
- Fascist salutes as Franco minister is buried in Spain
- Spain's Canary Islands battle slick after ferry accident
24 April
- Messi strikes at the death as Barcelona beat Real Madrid in five-goal thriller
- Boy killed in karting accident in Spain
- Woman dies in stampede at Ceuta-Morocco border
25 April
- 'New era' for Spanish investments in Brazil
- UN asks Switzerland not to extradite militant to Spain after torture claims
- Jihadi suspects arrested in Barcelona over links to Brussels attack
26 April
- Lost Velazquez painting fetches €8 million in Madrid
- Spain's gag law slammed in press freedom report
- 80 years on, Picasso's powerful anti-war Guernica still resonates
- Two jihadists linked to Islamic State arrested in Spain
- Three women could face jail over giant plastic vagina protest
- 80 years on from the Guernica bombing and Spain is still struggling to honour historical memory
27 April
- Basque town of Guernica marks 80th anniversary of bombings
- Jihadi suspect held in Barcelona spotted at Eagles of Death Metal concert
- Overseas voters urged to have their say in the UK general election
- Spain's unemployment rate rises for first time in a year
- Cautious optimism as Spain graft-busters gain ground
28 April
- Two alleged jihadists arrested in Barcelona admit being at Brussels airport during attack
- Spaniard born and raised in Switzerland faces deportation
- Ebola nurse loses lawsuit against Spanish authorities over ‘execution’ of pet dog Excalibur
- Spain notches up steady economic growth
- Madrid on 'high risk' security alert for European derby
30 April
- Spain arrests Swedish citizen on Peru’s behalf
- British woman falls to her death from flat in Spain
- Spain says no Gibraltar 'red lines' in Brexit
- Vacant apartments held for ransom in Spain