Castilla-La Mancha, where Don Quixote mistook windmills for evil giants, and the site of a phantom airport planned in the 1990s. Photograph:...
I believe that Spain is close to imploding under austerity and a property bust
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Spain has followed the UK back into recession at the same time as a bleak global unemployment prediction was made by the International Labou...
Spanish Unemployment numbers soar
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The number of unemployed in Spain rose by 365,000 in the first quarter to reach a record 5,639,500. It means the unemployment rate has risen...
76 year old pensioner fined 20 € for chaining herself to her bank
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Ángeles Belmonte was protesting at being evicted. She now lives in the house as a squatterÁngeles Belmonte - Agency Photo A 76 year old w...
Pensioners will have to make a co-payment at the pharmacy, and then wait for up to six months for a rebate if entitled
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We now have more information on what pensioners will have to do when using the Spanish Health Centre. Pensioners who use any medicaments w...
Six MacAnthony Realty International directors declare in court in Marbella, including Darragh MacAnthony
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Six ex-Directors of MacAnthony Realty International, including Darragh MacAnthony, declared in Instruction Court 4 in Marbella today, after ...
The newly wealthy in Asia think nothing of spending big money on a big boat for prestige and fun but the region’s nascent yachting class may have trouble finding a berth in overcrowded marinas.
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Asia is home to less than 4 percent of the world’s 7,000 superyachts but interest has been taking off for the last five years and many buye...
Spanish king's privileges at risk after hunting gaffe
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Hunting was once standard practice for European kings, but in crisis-era Spain, with unprecedented public debt and a quarter of his subjects...
Reopen Madeleine case, police urge
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Scotland Yard has urged Portuguese authorities to reopen the search for Madeleine McCann as detectives said there are 195 potential leads to...
Insecure websites to be named and shamed after checks
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Companies that do not do enough to keep their websites secure are to be named and shamed to help improve security. The list of good and bad...
Anti-depressants likely do more harm than good, study suggests
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Commonly prescribed anti-depressants appear to be doing patients more harm than good, say researchers who have published a paper examining t...
Madeleine McCann, the British girl who went missing while on holiday in Portugal half a decade ago, could still be alive, Scotland Yard said on Wednesday.
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Madeleine McCann as she might look aged 9 Photo: Teri Blythe Detectives released a new “age progression” image of the toddler, which they s...
Dengue Fever Asian Mosquito Could Invade UK
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The mosquito can carry dengue and chikungunya viruses A mosquito that spreads tropical diseases including dengue fever may be poised to in...
Spanish Health Service ends coverage for certain foreigners from August 31
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Irregular immigrants will lose the use of the health service cards on August 31 as the government cracks down on ‘health tourism’. From that...
British Woman gets attacked by eagle as she walks her dogs
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A British woman, Suzanne Dodd, walking her two dogs in the campo of Benalmádena has been attacked by an eagle which she said tried to make o...
British woman arrested after hit and run on Gran Canaria
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British woman has been arrested after a hit and run accident on Monday afternoon in the south of Gran Canaria. The woman knocked a 57 year ...
exploding the common myths about which foods are good for us
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Myth: Salt in your diet causes high blood pressure In the 1940s, Walter Kempner, a researcher at Duke University, North Carolina, became fam...
Donaldson enjoyed a lavish lifestyle in Marbella and Tenerife, trafficking accused found hiding in loft with £70k in cash
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A SUSPECTED drug trafficker was found by police hiding in a farmhouse loft in Scotland with a bag stuffed with £70,000, a Spanish court wa...
Wayne Rooney launches phone-hacking claim
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Wayne Rooney and England rugby union World Cup winner Matt Dawson are among the new wave of high-profile figures suing Rupert Murdoch's ...
Anti-Corruption prosecutors to be strengthened in Málaga
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The State Attorney General, Eduardo Torres-Dulce, has said that there are plans to designate ‘one or two prosecutors’ more to the speciali...
Health Minister announces crackdown on foreigners using the Spanish Health Service
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The cabinet on Friday decided to crack down on foreigners using the Spanish Health Service as part of an additional 7 billion € of cuts. The...
Ryanair threatens surcharge on flights to Spain
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Millions of its passengers – who have already booked and paid for their flights in full – may now be asked to pay an extra fee upon depart...
Mike Tyson has for the first time revealed his lowest point ever in a searingly candid interview.
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Once known as the ‘baddest man on the planet’, his life has taken more than a few dark twists and turns. But now Mike Tyson has for the firs...
EU condemns Repsol state seizure
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The European Parliament has passed a resolution condemning a nationalisation that has strained relations between Spain and Argentina. Arg...
France and Germany want to suspend the Shengen Agreement
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They say they want a temporary suspension while the crisis continues. Spain will being introducing border restrictions during the European C...
Phone data shows romance 'driven by women'
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A study of mobile phone calls suggests that women call their spouse more than any other person. That changes as their daughters become ol...
10 things not to say to someone when they're ill
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'People really did feel the need to reassure me that my hideousness was plain to see.' Illustration: David McCoy for the Guardian Wh...
Marbella Police Commissioner moved to Madrid
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The Police Commissioner in Marbella, Agapito Hermés de Dios, is to be disciplined for spying on the Vice President of the Madrid region, I...
Two killed in light plane crash in Vélez-Málaga
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Two people have been killed in a light aircraft crash in Vélez-Málaga airdrome. It appears the craft fell into the Rio Seco at El Trapiche o...
Health Tourism debate continues as Spain says she is losing 1 billion € a year
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The debate on so-called ‘Health Tourism’ is continuing in Spain, and now the Ministry for Health has said that it is costing Spain one billi...
Juan Antonio Roca's lawyer questions the police investigation in court
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Rocio Amigo, the lawyer who is representing the man at the centre of the Malaya case, the ex Municipal Real Estate Assessor in Marbella Town...
Spain plans to strip regions of powers in bid to calm markets
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Officials said Madrid was ready to intervene if the regions continued to bust their budgets and hamper the central government's austerit...
Spain's King Juan Carlos under fire over elephant hunting trip
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While ordinary Spaniards cope with harsh austerity, recession and soaring unemployment, the country's royal family has been enjoying e...
Surf Air: Can an all-you-can-fly airline possibly work?
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SURF AIR, a Californian start-up, has a novel business model: for a monthly fee you can fly with the airline as much as you want. Is buffe...