News Archive for April 2018

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

01 April
- Three Spaniards die in Swiss avalanche
- Hundreds rally in Berlin calling for Puigdemont's release
02 April
- Four migrants found dead off Spain as another makeshift boat capsizes
- Solar seeks its place under the Spanish sun
- Man gored to death by bull during fiesta in southern Spain
- Madrid’s police dogs are learning to relax with Mozart
03 April
- Elephant killed when circus truck overturns on Spanish motorway
- Puigdemont launches appeal against prosecution for secession bid
- GALLERY: This is how Easter was celebrated across Spain
- German prosecutors apply for Puigdemont to be deported to Spain
04 April
- Sevilla curse their luck after letting Bayern lead slip
- Right royal bust-up: Viral video shows Queen Letizia clashing with mother-in-law
- Seven fantastic events going on in Spain in April 2018
- HSBC 'whistleblower' Falciani arrested in Spain on Swiss warrant
05 April
- Two own-goals help Barça take charge of quarter-final against Roma
- Police boost security in Catalonia as more protests loom
- Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem film to open Cannes festival
- Sports betting fuelling online Spanish boom
- British boy, 8, killed in freak accident playing football on Alicante beach
- Spanish judge charges ex-Catalan police chief with sedition
06 April
- Puigdemont freed on bail after German court ruling
- Madrid's regional president accused of forging grades for degree
- Spanish police seize over eight tonnes of hashish
- ANALYSIS: How fake degree scandal is provoking a new crisis in Spain's government
- VIDEO: Drone captures incredible footage of whales off Barcelona coast
- Puigdemont walks free from German jail and demands dialogue
07 April
- Saudi prince to visit Spain as part of global charm offensive
- Spain mulls appealing Germany's Puigdemont extradition ruling to EU court
- Spain's debt rating gets another upgrade
- Barcelona's Senegalese street vendors present own clothing line
- 'Day to remember' at Davis Cup as Spain draws level with Germany
- Second attempt to make jailed Catalan activist regional president
08 April
- Rafa to the rescue? Nadal to face Germany's Zverev with Spain fate in his hands
- Messi hat-trick helps Barcelona equal record unbeaten streak
- Nadal beats Zverev to set Spain up for Davis Cup decider with Germany
- Catalan ex-minister confident Scotland will reject Spain's extradition demand
- Basques mull reconciliation as ETA dissolution nears
09 April
- Clean seas campaign launched on Spanish coast after sperm whale beached full of plastic
- 10 phrases to discuss the weather like a true Spaniard
- “I don’t believe in Swiss justice”: HSBC whistleblower Falciani
- Spanish king backs judges during Catalonia visit
- Messi named 'responsible tourism ambassador' by UN body
10 April
- Puigdemont is allowed to stay in Berlin while case is heard
- New series on Spanish Civil War planned by creators of 'The Wire'
- Court probes Catalan independence activists for 'terrorism'
- Storm warnings in place across Spain (including the islands)
- Ten sentenced to jail for planned Barcelona attacks
11 April
- NGOs urge Spain not to sell warships to Saudi Arabia
- Spain is world’s biggest wine exporter but why does it sell its vino so cheap?
12 April
- Ronaldo rescues Real Madrid after sensational Juventus comeback
- False diploma row deepens at the heart of ruling Popular Party
- Catalan assembly speaker urges release of jailed presidential candidate
- Smiles all round: Saudi crown prince visits Spain to sign €2.2 billion arms deal
- Spain court rules proposed Catalan leader must stay in jail
13 April
- A new life in Switzerland for Catalan separatist Marta Rovira
- Spain gives Germany new Puigdemont info for extradition
- VIDEO: Civil Guard hero saves drowning migrants off Ceuta
14 April
- Spain's debt rating raised again on growth hopes
15 April
- Barça set new La Liga record after 39 games unbeaten
- Spanish olives threatened by looming trade war with US
- Massive march in Barcelona against jailing of separatist leaders
- Spain police smash 'juvenile detention' prostitution ring
16 April
- Narcopisos: 'Drug flats' blight the heart of Spanish cities
- IN PICS: Seville celebrates Feria de Abril
- Top 10 sure signs you've gone native in Spain
- Syria air strikes: What Spain thinks
- Judge orders release of Spanish NGO boat seized in Sicily
- New crackdown on British holidaymakers who fake food poisoning
17 April
- Controversial Spain 'terror' bar brawl trial opens
- Dodgy mussels blamed for norovirus outbreak in Spain
- Derision as Madrid leader 'gives up' scandal-hit degree
18 April
- Five Spanish rugby players banned over row with referee
- Trolleys bring relief for Moroccan 'mule women' at Spanish border
- ETA militants jailed for 535 years jail for 45 terrorist murder attempts
- Fresh elections not in the interest of Catalonia, insists parliament speaker
19 April
- How The Local can help recruit your dream colleague
- Thousands of farm animals left to drown as River Ebro burst its banks
- Where is home? A Londoner-turned-Madrileña reflects
- At last! Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote film will premiere at Cannes (20 years after project was started)
20 April
- ETA begs forgiveness for 'pain and harm' it caused victims and families
- Spain accuses CaixaBank of laundering Chinese money
- Could a mural in Galicia be the first Banksy artwork in Spain?
21 April
- No economic risk for Spain from Catalan dispute: IMF
22 April
- Andres Iniesta says 'emotional' final may be his last for Barça
- Thousands rally for ETA prisoners in Basque city
- Spanish authorities under fire over cup final yellow ban
23 April
- Barcelona air traffic controllers announce summer of strikes
- #MeToo: Dozens come forward with stories of sexual assault by Spanish tour guide
24 April
- Spain begins to exhume bodies from Valley of the Fallen
- IN PICS: Sant Jordi Day marked with yellow ‘protest’ roses
- The things I miss most about teaching in Madrid
25 April
- Healing wounds in Spain's Basque Country after ETA
- Palma becomes first Spanish city to ban holiday rentals
- Cifuentes resigns over face cream shoplifting video
- Vueling pilots go on strike, 246 flights cancelled
26 April
- ETA hand over more weapons as dissolution dawns
- 280 suspected jihadists apprehended by Spanish police since 2015
- Spain and Catalonia take rift to reefs
- As it happened: Spain expresses outrage as 'wolf pack' aggressors given only nine-year sentence
- Five migrants found dead en route to Spain as police arrest 19 smugglers
- Spanish man says he saved his daughter from Madeleine McCann's alleged kidnapper
27 April
- South European cities and stakeholders join forces against mass tourism
- Thousands attend demonstrations in Spain in protest at judges' refusal to sentence 'The Pack' for rape
- 'No deal' Brexit could leave British pensioners in Spain reliant on NHS
- Bird's eye view: Drones are the Spanish traffic police's latest recruits
- Madrid begins renaming streets that honour Franco regime
- Barcelona legend Iniesta announces he will leave club at the end of the season
- The curse of abandoned horses in the town of Lugo in northwestern Spain
28 April
- FOCUS: Gang rape acquittal fires up huge crowds in Spain
29 April
- Tens of thousands protest in Spain over gang rape acquittal
30 April
- ANALYSIS: Why Catalan and Basque separatists are going different ways
- Rafa Nadal wins 11th Barcelona Open title
- #Cuéntalo: Spanish women launch their own #Metoo movement
- Barcelona beaches invaded by swarms of strange blue sea creatures