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Russians shun Spain as Ukraine crisis bites
Spain has experienced a boom in the number of tourists from Russia in recent years, but fears are growing that the crisis in the Ukraine and a weak rouble could spell the end of the bonanza.
Ukraine crisis: Putin hits Spain with sanctions
Russia on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting food exports from the European Union and the US, in a move the EU has described as "clearly politically motivated", and one which could cost Spain hundreds of millions of euros.
Spain calls for answers on Malaysian jet crash
UPDATED The Spanish prime minister said on Friday "the world has a right to know" who fired the missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines plane in pro-Russian separatist territory in eastern Ukraine.
Russian museum to open €5m branch in Spain
Gold icons and expressionist paintings from one of Russia's top art museums will go on permanent show in an old tobacco factory in the Spanish city of Malaga, officials said on Wednesday.
Map fail: News show puts Germany in wrong spot
A Spanish television station has been left with egg on its face after misplacing several European countries on a map used in a report on Ukraine's crisis.
'Ukraine crisis won't affect Spain's gas supply'
Spain's foreign minister said on Monday the political crisis in the Ukraine would have no affect on the country's gas supply and criticized the European Union for not looking at alternative supplies in northern Africa.
'Lie low': Spanish skater tells Sochi's gay athletes
Spain's main representative and flag bearer at the Sochi Winter Olympics has been widely criticized after he told a Spanish newspaper on Friday that "it's better if homosexuals (athletes) keep a low profile at the Games".
Putin slams Spain's human rights record
Russia's Foreign Affairs Ministry has issued a critical report damning Spain and all other 28 EU nations for their human rights breaches.
Greenpeace 'hijacks' Spain's Sagrada Familia
Members of the environmental group Greenpeace have suspended themselves with ropes from the top of Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia Cathedral demanding the immediate release of thirty activists arrested on a Gazprom oil rig in the Russian Arctic.
Russian oral sex schools to spice up Spain
A handful of oral sex schools may soon be opening their doors across Spain after the successful teachings of a pioneering "training camp" in Moscow have taken Russia by storm.