News Archive for January 2018

Here you can find articles published in January 2018. Return to full archive here

01 January
- Spanish foreign minister says Catalan crisis cost '€1 bn'
02 January
- Twelve epic festivals in Spain to attend in 2018
- Spain's festive cake brings promise of big prizes
- More than 480 people drowned in Spain during 2017
- Outrage as Madrid chooses drag queen for traditional Three Kings parade
03 January
- Ten resolutions to make the most of life in Spain in 2018
- Police brutality? Calls for probe into migrant death in Spain
- Spain's jobless rate dropped nearly 8 percent in 2017
- VIDEO: Fed up Ryanair passenger exits onto wing at Malaga airport
04 January
- Ten 'English' words adopted and adapted into Spanish
- Jailed Catalan ex-vice president in court to seek release
- King Juan Carlos to stage comeback for birthday celebrations
05 January
- Algeria opens probe into migrant death at Spanish detention centre
- IN PICS: Key moments in the life of King Juan Carlos
- Spain’s public holidays in 2018: Official list
- Too fat to fight: Spanish Legion soldiers put on diet
07 January
- Spanish army called in as snow traps motorists
08 January
- More than 200 migrants storm Morocco-Spain border
- Big freeze continues across Spain with 30 provinces on alert
- Puigdemont or not? Catalan independence camp has to choose
- Football: Coutinho completes 'dream' Barcelona move
09 January
- Racy Spanish magazine born after fall of Franco to close
- IN PICS: Big freeze transforms southern Spain into Costa del Snow
- Corte Inglés fires sales assistant for revealing Santa’s true identity
10 January
- Football: Accused of fraud, Real Madrid's Modric pays €1 million
- Troll convicted over Facebook post calling for ‘gang rape’ of Catalan politician
- Concern as Spanish activist probed for saving drowning migrants
11 January
- Spain transfers migrants from jail after suicide
- Spain beat USA as 2017 tourist destination
- Catalan parliament speaker latest separatist to step down
- Spain is the undisputed world leader in organ transplants
12 January
- Spain to oppose ex-Catalan leader being re-elected from Belgium exile
13 January
- Ex-Catalan leader's party pledges to re-elect him remotely
- Football: Spain choose Krasnodar as World Cup base
14 January
- Real Madrid misery after Villarreal's first win at Bernabeu
- Spanish tax authorities scrutinise Messi's foundation
15 January
- Football: Spain striker Aspas accused of racist abuse
- Four migrants discovered hidden inside boot, bonnet and dashboard at Melilla border
- Eleven very good reasons to be happy you live in Spain
- Two 'mule women' die in stampede at Spanish border
- Madrid to keep control of Catalonia if Puigdemont tries to govern remotely
16 January
- Seven migrants die trying to reach Lanzarote
- Catalan separatist party funded itself illegally, court rules
17 January
- Pro-separatist Catalan parties back ex-leader for top job
- Direct ferry route announced between Ireland and Spain
- Catalan parliament meets as sacked leader seeks comeback
- Blessed are the animals: Madrid church welcomes four-legged friends
18 January
- IN PICS: Horses 'purified' with fire in controversial Spanish ritual
- Baby milk products pulled in Spain amid Salmonella fears
- Football: Man arrested after Atletico Madrid fan stabbed
19 January
- Spain detains two smugglers over migrant deaths
- Talks underway in Catalonia to pick regional leader
- Madrid wins bid to takeover Galileo support centre from UK post-Brexit
- Ex-Catalan leader insists he CAN govern from Belgium exile
- Madrid’s Atocha railway station is about to lose its famous turtles
- Heated debate on Catalonia (and tortilla) as BBC World Questions comes to Madrid
- Sacked Catalan leader to travel to Denmark from Belgium
20 January
- Spain's credit rating gets upgrade thanks to rosier economy
- Europe brings on charm and blue skies to lure Chinese tourists
- Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont says he can govern from Belgium
21 January
- 'Smart' hotels and virtual reality tours: Madrid fair previews the future of tourism
- Spain wants exiled ex-Catalan leader arrested if he travels to Denmark
22 January
- Sacked Catalan leader arrives in Denmark despite arrest threat
- Women demand Woody Allen statue removed in Oviedo after sex assault allegations
- Sacked Catalan leader vows to lead despite Spain 'threats'
- Beware: toxic caterpillar plague arrives early in Spain
- One dead and several injured in stampede at Morocco-Spain border
- 'Grab 'em by the patriarchy': Madrid joins global Women's March
23 January
- Waka Waka: Shakira faces tax probe in Spain
- Meeting with Puigdemont not an endorsement: Danish politician
- Spain on alert in case Puigdemont 'sneaks home in car boot'
- VIDEO: This is what Puigdemont did when presented with a Spanish flag in Denmark
24 January
- Trump hikes import tax on Spanish olives in deal to make America great again
- 2017 was a great year for cocaine busts in Spain
- Balearics move to ban disposable plastics in bid to clean up coast
- King Felipe VI defends Spain's image amid Catalan crisis
25 January
- Spain to boost defence budget
- Enrique Iglesias sues record label over streaming revenue
- Spain says migrant who died in jail had 'instigated' riot
- Spain's jobless queue shortens in 2017 thanks to tourism
- Spain takes step to block Puigdemont's Catalan comeback bid
- Spain's ruling party apologises over 'illegal financing'
26 January
- Russian meddling in Catalonia polls 'unacceptable' and taken 'very seriously' by NATO
- Venezuela expels Spanish ambassador
- Snow warnings issued for drivers ahead of weekend freeze
- Islamic State terror cell planned Paris-style attack for Barcelona
- Why Barcelona ISN'T the travel destination to avoid in 2018
27 January
- Spain turns to court to block Puigdemont's Catalan comeback bid
- Spanish tourists 'raped, robbed' in southern Senegal
28 January
- Court pressures fugitive Catalan leader to return to Spain
29 January
- Ten great Spanish films you need to watch now
- Seven facts that show the dark reality of Spain's economic recovery
- What next for Catalonia? Uncertainty swirls around Puigdemont investiture vote
30 January
- King Felipe VI celebrates 50th birthday with intimate glimpse of family life
- World's oldest man dies aged 113 in Spanish village where he lived his whole life
- Ousted Catalan leader's comeback bid delayed as vote postponed
- 'Brexit Day': Brits could have until December 2020 to make move to Spain
- Orange thieves caught red handed with car full of stolen fruit
31 January
- Spain risks downgrade to 'flawed democracy' over Catalonia
- Man plummets to death when abseiling into 6th floor apartment from roof because he forgot his keys
- What's on in Spain: Ten things to do in February
- Cadiz FC director arrested in money laundering probe
- Puigdemont admits defeat in private messages caught on camera