Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Spain's King Juan Carlos shook hands and chatted relaxedly Friday in a sign that relations had returned to normal eight months after the monarch told Chavez to shut up.
Big News Network.com Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:04:10 -0400

Madrid, July 25 (Xinhua) Iker Martinez and Xabi Fernandez, who won Olympic gold in Athens four years ago in the 49er class, said Thursday that they aim to do the same in China, but with a little help from the elements.
Big News Network.com Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:03:08 -0400

London, July 25 : Portuguese and Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly told one of his closest pals that he wants to join the Spanish football club Real Madrid.
Big News Network.com Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:02:28 -0400

Spanish police say they have found a cache of 220lbs of explosives belonging to Basque group ETA.Civil Guards found the explosives in the northern town of Santo Domingo de la Calzada. They were accomp...
Breaking News.ie Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:50:14 -0400

Madrid - Spanish police arrested 28 people in a series of raids targeting a suspected Nigerian fraudsters, the fourth such sweep since April, officers announced on Friday. The raids targeted what w...
IOL Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:36:29 -0400

As the Spanish government slashed its economic outlook for the year, three of the country's leading retail banks reported a sharp increase in bad loans in the first half of 2008, setting a precedent f...
Forbes Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:37:53 -0400

Madrid, July 25: Barcelona reaffirmed that it is not obligated to release Lionel Messi so that the Argentine striker can represent his national team at the Olympics next month as demanded by world foo...
Express India Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:37:43 -0400

ETA — considered a terrorist group by Spain, the European Union and the U.S. — has waged its armed campaign for an independent Basque state in northern Spain and western France since 1968....
USA Today Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:12:26 -0400

MADRID -- The remains of several unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber found in Spain...
Inquirer Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:32:42 -0400

New coach Pep Guardiola led Barcelona to a 6-0 friendly win over Scottish side Hibs on Thursday in his first match since taking over the Spanish side in June.
FIFA Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:27:45 -0400

Madrid - While Spanish is consolidating its position as one of the world's most international languages, a debate is raging in Spain on whether it is under attack in the country where it was born. A g...
Earth Times Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:21:38 -0400

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is due to meet Spain's king in Mallorca for the first time since they fell out at a conference in Chile last November. The row began when King Juan Carlos told Mr Cha...
BBC Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:08:03 -0400

Dubai: The UAE-based Al Habtoor Polo Team brought home victory from one of the most prestigious polo tournaments in Europe. At the Tonanejo Tournament in Marbella, Spain, from July 18th to 20th, Habt...
Gulf News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:20:26 -0400

LONDON, England -– (PRESS RELEASE) -- Following growing success at the CAP London and Amsterdam conferences, CanAffco will be hosting their next event on Saturday, September 27th at the CAP Barcelon...
Online Casino City Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:02:26 -0400

Darren Bent struck to earn Tottenham a 1-1 pre-season friendly draw with Hercules in Spain. Segunda Division side Hercules had taken the lead in the fifth minute as Addison scored.Liverpool target ...
Sky Sports Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:57:40 -0400

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez currently on a European tour is scheduled to meet Friday with Spain’s King Juan Carlos in Palma de Mallorca, where the royal family is enjoying their summer holi...
Merco Press Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:30:34 -0400

Iberia will increase its weekly seat capacity by 13% on the Madrid-Tel Aviv route by using large A340 aircraft on two of the 14 weekly flights, starting on September 1st. The A340s, which Iberia flies...
Europe, Middle East & Africa News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:53:32 -0400

MADRID (Thomson Financial) - The Spanish government on Thursday slashed its economic growth forecast for this year to 1.6 percent from its previous forecast of 2.3 percent, due to the country's sharp ...
Congoo Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:01:28 -0400

LONDON: The Italian babe Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo dumped his ex girlfriend Nereida Gallardo for has been revealed, and her name is Letizia Filippi.
KeralaNext Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:32:35 -0400

, recalling how his father made him sit through interminable fights in his youth, when Spain was a dictatorship."Who would have thought," Munoz Molina wrote, "that in this new century, something that ...
NPR Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:20:41 -0400

Is the third time the charm for Gas Natural? The natural gas company, based in Barcelona, said in a regulatory filing Thursday that it was competing to buy a controlling stake in a rival utility, Uni...
International Herald Tribune Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:40:55 -0400

Madrid, Jul 23, 2008 (CNA).- The governor of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, has announced that the dates for World Youth Day 2011 will be August 15-21. She also assured the public that local officials wou...
EWTN Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:43:31 -0400

Nico emerged as the hero as Spain beat Argentina 2-0 to reach the last four at Marseille 2008. The No6 scored both his side's goals as they set up a semi-final meeting with either France or Italy....
FIFA Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:38:03 -0400

Next meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Edward Nalbandian is scheduled on August 1. Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Khazar Ibrahim informed. He said t...
ANS Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:18:12 -0400

Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon revealed on Thursday that discussions with Madrid are ongoing and the player may arrive at Stamford Bridge. "The speculation surrounding Chelsea in any tra...
World Soccer News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:05:18 -0400

MADRID: Barcelona has agreed to sign Brazilian defender Henrique on a five-year deal from Palmeiras for a fee of eight million euros ($12.74 million), but said the player will be loaned out to Bayer L...
People's Daily Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:06:56 -0400

A Spanish doctor was last week cuffed for installing a webcam in the toilet of his Barcelona consultancy, a nutritional centre frequented by the likes of motorcyclist Jorge Lorenzo and the sister of f...
The Register Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:00:54 -0400

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took to the airwaves in Spanish on Wednesday, airing a radio ad that emphasizes his life story. "Some people have power in connections," says ...
Las Vegas Review Journal Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:55:37 -0400

Batman star Christian Bale has greeted fans at The Dark Knight's Spanish premiere, but refused to comment about being questioned over assault claims. He spent half an hour signing autographs at the B...
BBC Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:49:47 -0400

Manchester United's Carlos Tevez has risked incurring the wrath of United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, by suggesting that Cristiano Ronaldo should be permitted to complete his dream move to Real Madrid.
World Soccer News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:38:10 -0400

The body of a Spanish Fork man missing for nearly a week was found Tuesday morning in a remote area of West Mountain. Spanish Fork police reported that Casey Alvey's body was found after his broth...
Daily Herald Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:27:11 -0400

Spain basketball coach Aito Garcia Reneses was satisfied with his side after it made it three wins out of three in its warm-up games for the Beijing Olympics, local newspaper reported on Wednesday. Sp...
People's Daily Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:10:09 -0400

Saunier Duval will pull its sponsorship of a Spanish cycling team after two of its riders tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs at the Tour de France.Vaillant, a German manufacturer of heati...
eTaiwan News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:39:35 -0400

As one of the survivors of FC Barcelona's offseason roster purge, Rafael Marquez now sees himself as one of the club's leaders."I am one of those who stayed," Marquez told reporters on a conference ca...
eTaiwan News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:44:21 -0400

Batman star Christian Bale has swept into Barcelona to attend a glittering Spanish premiere of "The Dark Knight."Bale came in a 15-car motorcade and appeared calm in the wake of allegations he assault...
eTaiwan News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:37:26 -0400

Spain's biggest banks are riding high amid the credit turmoil. Not only has Santander agreed a cut-price deal to buy Alliance & Leicester, but a rumour that Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria was mulling...
The Independent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:45:39 -0400

Crown Prince Naruhito returned to Tokyo early Wednesday after a weeklong official visit to Spain to attend an international water exposition in Zaragoza.
Japan Times Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:46:06 -0400

MADRID: Spanish First and Second Division football clubs owe players more than E38 million (RM194 million) in back pay for the 2007-08 season, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Spanish...
New Straits Times Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:39:31 -0400

More than 30,000 tourists are expected to attend the Olympics-style games which could pump 30 million euros (47.6 million US dollars) into the local economy, according to Barcelona gay sports group Pa...
Yahoo! News Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:52 -0400

Barcelona, Spain - Real Madrid's German coach Bern Schuster wants to sign Cameroonian international striker Samuel Eto'o from Barcelona, sports daily Mundo Deportivo reported on Wednesday. The 27-y...
IOL Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:32:22 -0400

By Ann Givens, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 23--A couple of roulette table workers at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut took a gamble themselves last September when the...
Hotel Online Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:27:33 -0400

The European Commission says more than 1,500 Spanish workers put out of work when Delphi Corp. closed a factory and moved the work to lower-wage Morocco will get $16.7 million to help pay for retraini...
Examiner Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:53:17 -0400

Madrid - Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and conservative opposition leader Mariano Rajoy reached an agreement on anti-terrorism policy at a Wednesday meeting, setting as...
Earth Times Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:33:14 -0400

The dates of the CONSUR B/NAWIRA play-off matches between Brazil and Trinidad & Tobago have been announced as the Rugby World Cup 2011 qualifying competition gathers pace.The first leg will be Trinida...
Planet Rugby Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:14:06 -0400

Madrid - A heatwave led Spain's national weather office on Wednesday to put seven provinces in the centre and south of the country on orange alert, the second-highest level of its four-alert scale. ...
IOL Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:46:04 -0400

Madrid - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Wednesday denied press reports that Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang had cancelled a visit to Spain because King Juan Carlos and ...
Earth Times Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:32:57 -0400

A man has been arrested in Spain in connection with a gangland shooting in a Salford pub in which two men died. The 40-year-old man was arrested by Spanish police under a European arrest warrant on...
BBC Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:25:39 -0400

AP Sign of a Europe-wide slowdown? Vodafone reduced its sales forecasts because of a fall in customer spending in Spain When Finnish handset maker Nokia came in with better than expected quarterl...
Spiegal Online Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:35:45 -0400

Liverpool have signed 18-year-old right-back Emmanuel Mendy on a free transfer from Spanish third division side Murcia Deportivo. The Spanish teenager, who can also play at left-back, is expected t...
BBC Sport Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:47:14 -0400

FC Barcelona announced on Tuesday that they have reached an agreement with Ajax to transfer defender Oleguer Presas to the Dutch side. "Barcelona will receive 3 million Euros and a variable of 2....
People's Daily Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:33:41 -0400

· Sarin blames migrant effect for revenue decline · Telecoms sector finds it is not immune to slowdown The Guardian , Vodafone became the latest victim of the slowdown yesterday as the mobile gr...
Congoo Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:46:05 -0400

MADRID, Spain -- Manu Ginobili missed a key free throw and Spain edged Olympic champion Argentina 90-88 on Tuesday. World champion Spain improved to 3-0 in Olympic warmup games. Jose Calderon led Spa...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:20:46 -0400

Manu Ginobili missed a key free throw and Spain hung on to beat Olympic champion Argentina 90-88 on Tuesday in a matchup of two sides expected to contend for the gold medal at Beijing.World champion S...
eTaiwan News Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:32:57 -0400

Benjamin scored three goals and led Brazil to a 7-1 victory over Mexico on Tuesday, completing the quarterfinal field at the Beach Soccer World Cup with Spain and Russia.Spain beat Japan 6-1 and Russi...
eTaiwan News Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:32:01 -0400

First the banks, then housebuilders, retailers and leisure, and now even telecoms, previously thought largely immune to the slowdown – the chill winds blowing from America's sub-prime lending cr...
The Independent Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:01:47 -0400

Gov. Charlie Crist is coming home after wrapping up a 10-day European at a photovoltaic solar power plant near Madrid and announcing plans for a similar plant in Florida.Crist announced an agreement b...
Examiner Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:01:25 -0400

Karate Some six Iranian athletes from Tabriz will leave for Spain to participate in the International Karate Competition in Barcelona. The team includes Hossein Qolizadeh, Yashar Khairollah Khani, Moh...
IRNA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:02:58 -0400

MADRID - Police in Spain brought the Basque separatist group ETA to the brink of total collapse Tuesday after dismantling what was described as its most active cell, and perhaps the only one left afte...
IPS Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:44:46 -0400

MADRID -- A murder mystery and a slapstick comedy fueled a surge in attendance in the first half of the year for Spanish films, which doubled their boxoffice business, taking in 39.2 million euros ...
Hollywood Reporter Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:59:07 -0400

Amarelle produced a master-class performance to inspire Spain to a 6-1 defeat of Japan and a place in the quarter-finals. The eye-catching No10 scored three times to end the Asians' challenge. It...
FIFA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:56:48 -0400

'Daring cell' Goikoetxea, 28, was one of the most wanted men in Spain. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Rubalcaba said: "We can't say this is the only Eta cell, but it was the most active, ...
Al Jazeera Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:46:52 -0400

MADRID (AFP) - Spanish police dismantled Tuesday the most active cell of the armed Basque separatist group ETA with the detention of nine suspected members of the group, the government said.
Yahoo Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:45:10 -0400

Further fuel for the touchscreen versus buttons debate was offered today at the British Motor Show, as Spanish car-tech newcomer IFR Automotive showed off its new, one-size-fits-all motocomputer kit. ...
The Register Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:16:47 -0400

OTTAWA, July 22 /CNW Telbec/ - In competition with students from 96 other countries, Canadian high school students have done extremely well with all six students winning medals, two silver and four ...
CNW Group Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:09:08 -0400

Arkaitz Goikoetxea, center, the alleged leader of a guerrilla cell of Basque separatist group ETA, is led away by Spanish civil guards during an operation in Bilbao on Tuesday.
MSNBC Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:05:08 -0400

ZARAGOZA, Spain, July 22 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito left Zaragoza on Tuesday for Japan, ending a weeklong official visit to Spain to attend an international water exposition cu...
Breitbart Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:17:16 -0400

Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said leader Arkaitz Goikoetxea and his cell, arrested during police raids in two towns near the northern Basque city of...
Examiner Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:05:05 -0400

BILBAO, Spain – The alleged leader of a Basque separatist cell believed responsible for a string of recent bomb attacks in Spain was arrested Tuesday along with eight other cell members, authori...
San Diego Union-Tribune Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:13:01 -0400

MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona have agreed to sign Brazilian defender Henrique on a five-year deal from Palmeiras for a fee of eight million euros, but said the player will be loaned out to Bayer Leverk...
Congoo Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:07:28 -0400

Bilbao, Spain - Spanish police dismantled the most active cell of the militant Basque separatist group ETA on Tuesday, detaining at least nine people, police said. The detainees included Arkaitz Goiko...
Earth Times Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:40:46 -0400

Madrid - Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has suspended a visit to Spain because he was not going to be received by Spain's prime minister and king, top-selling daily El Pais report...
IOL Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:31:04 -0400

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Robinho was dropped from the Brazilian Olympic team Monday after Real Madrid said a medical examination discovered the striker has a groin injury.
Khaleej Times Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:48:03 -0400

BARCELONA, Portugal, July 21, 2008. Hesperia is to open a new Sagrada Familia Sport & Spa hotel in Barcelona. The hotel, scheduled to open in September 2008, will boast a sports and Metropolitan h...
Hospitality Newswire Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:43:23 -0400