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Bank aid money arrives in Spain
The Spanish government said Wednesday that the €39.5 billion ($51.3 billion) in bailout funds approved by European authorities for the country's ...
Zara owner Inditex sees 9-month profit up 27 pct
Spanish clothes retailer Inditex, which owns the Zara store chain, has posted a 27 percent increase in net profit for the first nine months of 2012 ...
Messi edges Falcao at top of AP soccer rankings
Lionel Messi narrowly stayed on top of AP's Global Soccer Rankings this week despite breaking the record for goals in a calendar year. The Barcelona ...
Spaniards hope for eviction reprieve amid crisis
Irene Gonzalez is desperately waiting to hear if she'll benefit from an emergency government decree that protects Spaniards such as her from being ...
Barcelona soccer club defends use of Catalan
Long a symbol of Catalan identity, Barcelona soccer club added its voice Wednesday to a simmering political dispute between the region of Catalonia ...
Class of 2012: Young Europeans trapped by language
Maria Menendez, a 25-year-old caught in Spain's job-destroying economic crisis, would love to work in Germany as a veterinarian. Germany, facing an ...
Spain shipwreck treasure shown for the first time
Spanish cultural officials allowed a first peek Friday at some of the 16 tons (14.5 metric tons) of shipwreck treasure worth an estimated $500 million ...
Spain's Halloween dance stampede claims 5th victim
A fifth young woman has died from injuries sustained in a stampede during a Halloween dance party in Madrid arena. Spanish National Radio said ...
Messi, Ronaldo, Wambach up for FIFA awards
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta are the finalists for FIFA's world player of the year award. They were picked from a list of 23 ...
Spain's bailed-out banks to slash size by 60 pct
European Union authorities have approved the payment of €37 billion ($47.96 billion) in bailout loans to four of Spain's struggling banks — provided ...
Messi back at top of AP rankings, Iniesta 3rd
Lionel Messi moved back to the top of the AP Global Soccer rankings, and Barcelona stayed No. 1 in the team poll after a 4-0 win over Levante in the ...
Independence drive falters for Spain's Catalonia
Voters in Spain's Catalonia region favored the right to decide on possible independence but split their ballots between fractious parties, making the ...
Spain's Catalonia punishes pro-referendum leader
Voters in the economically powerful region of Catalonia on Sunday punished the leader who made a referendum over breaking away from Spain a central ...
Spanish police protest govt cuts hitting them
Police officers from across Spain are protesting the government austerity measures affecting them, including frozen pensions and the elimination of ...
Austerity protests stall several European nations
Hundreds of thousands of Europe's beleaguered citizens went on strike or snarled the streets of several capitals Wednesday, at times clashing with ...
Europe strikes: What might they accomplish?
In the three years since the European debt crisis began, millions of people have taken to the streets and gone on strike to protest government budget ...
Spanish banks halt evictions amid growing protests
Spain's major banks agreed on Monday to suspend some evictions of homeowners unable to pay their mortgages after hundreds of thousands of Spaniards ...
Spain completes year's financing with $6B auction
Spain's government has met its financing needs for the year after raising €4.76 billion ($6.07 billion) in a bond auction on Thursday. The Treasury ...
Spain: 3 dead, 2 hurt in Halloween party stampede
A stampede in an arena where thousands of people were attending a Halloween dance party killed three women and critically injured two others early ...
Messi leads inaugural AP soccer poll
The Associated Press has released its inaugural AP Global Soccer 10 rankings, with Lionel Messi voted the best soccer player in the world and his ...
Spain's Rajoy rules out imminent request for help
Spain has no immediate need to ask for outside aid to help deal with its debts, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy insisted Monday. Spain, which is in ...
More than ever, Barca more than club for Catalans
Nearly 20 minutes into the latest clash between Spain's most popular football teams, Barcelona's 98,000-seat Camp Nou stadium erupted into a deafening ...
2,000 sheep led through streets of Spain's capital
Spanish shepherds led a flock of more than 2,000 sheep through central Madrid on Sunday in defense of ancient grazing, migration and droving rights ...
Spain: French police arrest top Basque ETA leader
A member of the Basque separatist group ETA responsible for its arms and explosives caches was arrested in eastern France on Sunday, officials said.
Cuban dissident Eloy Gutierrez-Menoyo dies at 77
Eloy Gutierrez-Menoyo, who went from rebel commander fighting alongside Fidel Castro to a foe launching commando raids against the island before ...