Spain's Health Ministry confirmed the country's first case of swine flu on Monday and said another 20 people are suspected of having the disease. It was the first confirmed swine flu case in Europe and the first outside of North America.
Spain's Royal Palace says Princess Cristina and her family are moving to Washington, D.C., because her husband has accepted a job there with telecommunications company Telefonica.
Spain grabbed world headlines a decade ago by indicting Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet, and has since probed alleged atrocities as far away as Tibet and Rwanda.
French police arrested the suspected leader of Basque separatist group ETA as part of joint cross-border raids, Spain's Interior Ministry said Sunday. He was among nine alleged ETA members arrested in recent days.
Three suspected members of the Basque separatist organization ETA have been arrested in southern France, including one considered to be the group's military leader, officials said Saturday.
"Gone With the Wind" actor Leslie Howard will be honored as a war hero with a monument in Spain near where his plane was shot down by Nazi fighter pilots during World War II, a historical association said Saturday.
A Spanish man accused of using veterinary equipment to perform cosmetic surgery is in the doghouse. Catalonian regional police said they arrested the 63-year-old Barcelona native for allegedly practicing medicine without a license in filthy conditions at his home.
Spain should not investigate allegations that six senior Bush administration officials gave legal cover for the torture of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Spanish prosecutors formally recommended Friday.
The armed Basque separatist group ETA considered assassinating King Juan Carlos by attacking his plane or helicopter with a surface-to-air missile, Spain's interior minister said Monday.
Corin Tellado, a well-known Spanish author of more than 4,000 romance novels, died Saturday while celebrating the Easter holidays with her family. She was 81.
Police officers overpowered a man suspected of being a master forger for Basque separatist group ETA after he drew his .357 Magnum revolver on a crowded Paris railway platform, Spain's Interior Ministry said Saturday.
Spain's prime minister shook up his government Tuesday by appointing six new Cabinet ministers, including a new economy minister to deal with the country's worsening financial crisis.
Two Spanish Holocaust survivors testified Monday about their Nazi concentration camp ordeals as a judge began gathering evidence in a lawsuit urging the United States to extradite four alleged former death camp guards for genocide.
Six former Bush administration officials accused in a Spanish complaint of sanctioning the torture of terror suspects should come to Spain to face justice, a human rights lawyer urged Monday.
A Spanish court has agreed to consider opening a criminal case against six former Bush administration officials, including former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, over allegations they gave legal cover for torture at Guantanamo Bay, a lawyer in the case said Saturday.
If he’s a pirate who’s made off with a half-billion-dollar booty haul, as Spain says he is, Greg Stemm didn’t look the part. Sporting a closely trimmed gray beard and wearing a sport coat with a black shirt and matching slacks, he never once said “Arrrr” or “matey.” He didn’t even have an eye patch or a parrot perched on his tweed-upholstered shoulder.
A Spanish restaurant grappling with hard economic times is wooing diners by letting them pay whatever they want for its daily special.
Lance Armstrong will race against the past two Tour de France winners when the five-day Vuelta of Castilla and Leon begins Monday.
In the good old days of a very recent past, construction worker Antonio Montoya could afford two cars and a nice duplex for his family of six, with a sunny patio and pet canaries singing away.
The United States is issuing unusually strong criticism of NATO ally Spain by expressing surprise at its decision to pull out its troops from the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.
Three Iberian lynx cubs have been born in a nature reserve in southern Spain, officials said Friday.
Spain will withdraw its hundreds of troops from the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Kosovo in the next few months, an official said Thursday.
Hollywood heartthrob Antonio Banderas has joined a growing number of celebrities whose passion for wine has led to ownership of Spanish vineyards, his winery co-owners say.
Spanish government plans to ease restrictions on abortion have triggered a new dispute with the Roman Catholic Church, with the clergy launching a campaign suggesting animals are better protected than unborn babies.
A Spanish official says a pregnant Iberian lynx, the world's most endangered cat, has been found dead in a nature reserve.
A row is simmering in the kitchens of Europe after an American newspaper suggested that French cuisine had fallen behind the times.
The EU has warned travellers on Monday to stay away from Mexico and the US as governments worldwide moved to contain the spread of swine flu, and the first confirmed cases of the disease were reported in Europe.
From the article: Spain's jobless rate rose sharply, to 17.36 percent in the first quarter, with just over 4 million people out of work, the government said Friday. The collapse of the real estate boom in Spain has driven unemployment rates to record levels.
Today is Saint George's Day in several parts of Spain (Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia), as well as in England and Portugal. Here in Barcelona el Día de San Jorge (Spanish) / la Diada de Sant Jordi (Catalan) is a sort of Valentines-like celebration involving roses and books.
The latest offer from a property company in Huelva province in southwestern Spain promises a free divorce lawyer to couples who buy one of their three bedroom houses for 68,000 euros (£61,000).
India and Spain Wednesday signed cooperation agreements in the fields of renewable energy, tourism and agriculture that will give Asia's third largest economy greater access to Spanish technology and expertise.
U.N. rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak: President Barack Obama's decision not to prosecute CIA interrogators who used waterboarding on terrorism suspects amounts to a breach of international law.
The president says he wants to improve the USA's image in the world. So he must stand up against Spain, which wants to damage America.
The Spanish Civil War "remains very much a burning issue of contemporary political significance," an audience at the British Academy heard Professor Paul Preston of the London School of Economics say introducing an evening discussion entitled "Civil War and Foreign Interven …
The French police arrested Jurdan Martitegi Lizaso, thought to be the leader and military chief of ETA, near the southern French city of Perpignan on Saturday as part of a joint sweep with Spanish authorities, said the Spanish interior minister, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba.
But in a sign of warming ties, Mr Obama shook hands with President Chavez at the summit, and accepted a book from the Venezuelan leader.
His idea is making him famous. Ecuadorian Mauricio Coyago 41 is now a familiar face through many Spanish media sources.
Last month, torture advocate Bill O'Reilly launched a "boycott" of Spain after Spanish prosecutors were considering a probe of Bush administration officials who gave legal cover for torture. "There will be a boycott and there will be ill will towards Spain.
A Spanish judge moved Friday to keep alive an investigation into six former Bush administration officials for alleged torture of prisoners at the U.S. detention camp for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Lets go spend $13Billion on building high speed trains just like Spain has done.
The official story is that Spain has decided not to prosecute Bush's torture lawyers. Yet the known facts suggest something else entirely...
The Bush Six labored at length to create a legal black hole in which they could implement their policies safe from the scrutiny of American courts and the American media. Perhaps they achieved much of their objective, but the law of unintended consequences has kicked in. If U.S.
Spain is finally sobering up. Candido Conde-Pumpido, Spains Top Law Enforcement Guy:
Spanish prosecutors will seek criminal charges against Alberto Gonzales and five high-ranking Bush administration officials for sanctioning torture at Guantanamo.
Manuel Vázquez, a Spanish man who had previously been condemned by a Barcelona court to two years for kidnapping his sister's boyfriend, has had 6 months added to his sentence by Spain's Supreme Court.
IT'S Easter, but judging from some of the photographs in the world's media this weekend, one could be forgiven for thinking hallowe'en had arrived a lot earlier than scheduled.
You've got to love the underdog. It doesn't matter who they are or whether or not they're good at all, we just want the little guy to win--because in the real world, he usually doesn't.
The Spanish government is considering an asylum request from an albino African who claims he might be killed in a witchcraft ritual if sent home.
The British barrister responsible for prosecuting Pinochet says former Bush administration officials are likely at risk of arrest internationally for their complicity in torture.
Spanish National Court Judge Fernando Andreu says he will redouble his probe of seven top Israeli military and government officials for suspected "crimes against humanity." He made the decision after determining that documents forwarded by the Israeli Embassy in Madrid show t …