News Archive for March 2018

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

01 March
- Pep Guardiola ready to give up 'yellow ribbon' Catalonia protest at City's request
- Discovering Madrid through the movies of Pedro Almodóvar
- Catalan parliament slams Madrid 'authoritarianism', defends Puigdemont
- Spain's Supreme Court exonerates woman for Twitter jokes
02 March
- Exiled Puigdemont abandons bid to return as Catalan leader
- Picasso's hidden mistress sells for record £50 million
- 'Stolen works' sentence of Picasso's electrician overturned
- Katy Perry under fire for using Spanish flag in Barcelona gig promo
- Spain boasts Europe's best beach in TripAdvisor ranking
- OBIT: Top Spanish conductor Jesus Lopez Cobos
03 March
- Shivering Europe hopes for weekend respite as deep freeze persists
- Spain jails second rapper for glorifying terror
- Spanish navy commander dies in Antarctica waters
- Catalan separatists hunt for new leader
- Catalonia's would-be president Puigdemont: from exile to abandon
04 March
- Two Spanish skiers killed in Pyrenees avalanche
05 March
- Anti-separatists in Catalonia march for fictional 'Tabarnia' region
- Women across Spain prepare 24-hour strike at work and in the home
- Islamophobia is on the rise in Spain
06 March
- Jailed separatist proposed as candidate for Catalan presidency
- Guardiola accepts FA charge over Catalonia ribbon
- Storm hits Cadiz and destroys cars, boats and buildings. But reveals long lost Roman ruins
- PSG ultras give Real Madrid players rude awakening at Paris hotel
07 March
- Police swoop in on Barcelona shop selling Harry Potter fakes
- Thousands of starfish wash up in Andalusia after 'Beast of the East'
- Everything you need to know about Spain's women’s strike
- 'These are the keys of this paradise': how 700 years of Muslim rule in Spain came to an end
08 March
- International Women's Day: Roads blocked and trains cancelled as women in Spain strike
- IN PICS: Spanish women stage unprecedented strike for rights
09 March
- GALLERY: Millions take to the streets for women's rights
- Barcelona revealed as Europe’s cocaine capital
- This is what happened when a Spanish bar tried to ban noisy children
- Puigdemont refuses to rule out fresh elections in Catalonia
10 March
- Ramos leaves Real match to go to the toilet
12 March
- 'Republic Now' march draws thousands in Barcelona
- Two Spanish women among dead in Iran hen party plane crash
- Missing boy found dead in stepmother's car in Spain
- 2017 worst year on record for violence against women in Spain
- Barcelona city hall ordered to hang Spanish king’s portrait
- Four teens run over by learner driver in Spain
13 March
- Spain’s counter-terror law crushes satire: Amnesty International
- Moderates are Catalonia's 'big losers': ex-minister
- Here’s how Brexit could help UK-Spain relations over Gibraltar
- 'You claim we're signing Barça's Iniesta and we'll sue': Chinese club
- Burning king’s photo is free speech: EU ruling warns Spain
- Video: Spanish police bust 'Barcelona to Britain' Chinese human trafficking ring
- Why working overtime in Spain isn’t worth it
- Prime murder suspect in Spain’s missing boy case confesses
14 March
- Banished Uber back in Barcelona with licensed service
- Sevilla make history by knocking Manchester United out of Champions League
- 'Don't shop online next week, we're going on strike': Spain's Amazon workers warn
- Boy sends message in a bottle from New Zealand, eight years later it's found in Spain
- Spanish cyclist mauled by five dogs as owner flees
- Spain's Inditex beats H&M in clothing profits ranking
- Catalan police suspends officer without pay for writing in Spanish
- Spain in the 60s: Seen through the eyes of British audiences
15 March
- Messi hits 100th Champions League goal as Barça knock out Chelsea
- Swiss federal model an option for Catalans in Spain: Puigdemont
- Spain launches world’s first government-run crowdfunding platform
- Spanish cities worst in Europe for dangerous chemsex trend
- Spanish restaurant chain can't trademark 'Mafia' name, EU rules
- Spain votes against life sentences despite recent child murder
- Spanish police raid Catalan government HQ in referendum probe
16 March
- Protesters riot in Madrid's Lavapiés after immigrant street vendor death
- 'Don't slap Spanish olives with Trump import tax': EU urges US
- Spanish police seize 2.5 tonnes of 'Godfather' cocaine
- Marseille fans injure two security guards in Spain
- Sculpture of two boys kissing destroyed ahead of Spain's Fallas festival
- Luxemburg family buy Spanish islet in the Balearics for €18million
- Six arrested in Madrid protest over migrant death
17 March
- African, EU states focus anti-trafficking efforts at source
- Dalí's remains finally re-buried after paternity test
18 March
- Germany's Henkell takes majority stake in Spain's Freixenet
- Spaniards rally for better pensions
- Zara shores up defences as internet threatens
- Puigdemont: Waiting to declare Catalonia independence 'was a trap'
19 March
- Spain cry foul over Romanian ref after Rugby World Cup qualifier defeat
- Spring delayed in Spain with promise of fresh snow
- Selfie gone wrong: Police rescue Barcelona teenager stuck on rooftop ledge
- Spanish NGO ship seized by Italy for saving migrants from Libya return
20 March
- Police free Mali consul's wife held hostage in Barcelona
- 'English cheddar will have more free movement rights': Brits in Europe slam latest Brexit agreement
- What the death of street hawker tells us about Madrid's Lavapiés
- Three arrested in Spain over glorifying dead ETA member
21 March
- Spanish police union files complaint over Lavapiés clashes
- Jailed Catalan separatist mulls dropping leadership bid
- Spain demand rematch in rugby World Cup qualifying controversy
- Amazon workers in Spain deliver first strike to demand better pay and conditions
- IN PICS: Valencia's Las Fallas festival comes to explosive end
- Supreme Court summons Catalan separatists as trial nears
22 March
- Catalan parliament to vote on new president
- Xabi Alonso faces five years in jail over tax fraud
- Woman dies in Spain after 'bee sting' alternative therapy
- Woman kicked to the ground in Barcelona video prank wins €60K compensation
- Avalanche kills two in Catalonia's Aran Valley
- Easter weather: Spain set for rain on the parades
23 March
- Catalan separatist candidate fails to win regional presidency
- Family launch fresh appeal and £100K reward for Lisa Brown missing from Costa del Sol since 2015
- Catalan separatists face rebellion charge as another key figure flees abroad
- Brexit: Spanish PM promises deal over Gibraltar
24 March
- Protests in Catalonia after independence leaders held
- Barcelona's Pique recalls tough love at Manchester United from Ferguson and Keane
- S&P upgrades Spain's rating to 'A-' citing growth
- Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont has left Finland despite arrest warrant: lawyer
25 March
- Puigdemont to face court in Germany after arrest at Danish border
26 March
- WATCH: Angry protest in Barcelona after ex-Catalan leader arrested
- Wanted ex-Catalan minister set to surrender to Scottish police
- The survivor's guide to renting in Madrid
27 March
- UN experts register claim Spain abusing Puigdemont's rights
- Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont remanded in custody by German court
- Mastermind behind €1 billion cyber bank robbery arrested in Spain
- IN PICS: Roads blocked in Catalonia in Pro-Puigdemont protests
- The Puigdemont files: what you need to know about the case
28 March
- How sporting glory is a dream come true for migrants in Spain
- Crowdfund in Scotland raises £100K to fight Clara Ponsati extradition
- Catalonia separatist movement risks taking radical path
29 March
- Spain detains Catalan policemen with Puigdemont in Germany
- Antiques looted in Libya by Isis sold in Spain, two experts arrested
- Spanish migrant rescuers hit out at Italian boat seizure
- What next for deadlocked Catalonia?
30 March
- Zidane: 'Yes, I would like to stay as Real Madrid coach'