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Strikes across Spain over education cuts

TEACHERS and students across Spain have gone on strike in protest of the changes to the education system.
Demonstrators want a full repeal of the law for the Improvement in the Quality of Education...Read More

Boy steals €10,000 from grandmother and shares it with his schoolmates

A PRIMARY school pupil from the Montbui School in Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, has shared out more than €10,000 he took from his family home amongst his schoolmates.
On Tuesday, the parents...Read More

JD Sports announces potential merger with Sport Zone in Spain and Portugal

JD SPORTS has unveiled plans to combine its businesses in Spain and Portugal with Sonae-owned Sport Zone.
In an announcement to the stock market this morning, UK-based JD Sports said it has...Read More

Hideout filled with explosives found in Basque Country

THE Guardia Civil have found a hideout which was possibly used by the terrorist group ETA in Irun, Basque Country.
The site contained seven drums of explosive material, although there is no...Read More

UK state visit for Spain's King Felipe VI in June

KING FELIPE VI of Spain has rescheduled his state visit to the UK to June 2017.
The King will give a speech at Parliament, dine with London’s mayor Sadiq Aman Khan, and hold meetings...Read More

Guardia Civil dismantle cocaine smuggling group in the Canary Islands

THE Canary Islands were being used as a staging post for drug trafficking and money laundering according to a report from the Guardia Civil which has been involved in the arrest of 12 people in Las Palmas...Read More

The Real Marigold Hotel

THE BBC has enjoyed considerable success with a programme entitled the Real Marigold Hotel based on the concept of the popular movie which saw a number of elderly people retiring to live in a hotel in...Read More

Little Girl challenges the mighty Wall Street Charging Bull

AS a reminder of the concepts behind International Women’s Day, advertising agency McCann on behalf of Boston based State Street Global Advisors has placed a statue of a young girl directly in front...Read More

Spain crowned Algarve Cup women's football champions

SPAIN'S national women's football team will not forget International Women's Day 2017 anytime soon after they won the Algarve Cup, the prestigious invitational tournament.
Remarkably, it was...Read More

Malaga football club sack Romero and appoint Míchel Gonzalez as head coach

STRUGGLING La Liga side Malaga have sacked coach Marcelo Romero and replaced him with Míchel Gonzalez who takes over immediately.
The club said Michel's appointment will run for the remainder...Read More