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• Survey says the French love Spain February 22, 2012
  The French love Spain... or so say the findings, released today, of a survey carried out by a market research company. According to the survey, 72% of French people surveyed said "Spain is the country they love". The study, released by ... […]
• Escaped prisoner run down on Madrid motorway February 22, 2012
  News has just been released of the death in a traffic accident of J.A., an escaped prisoner from Valdemoro jail near Madrid on February 8th. The prisoner, who had barely 20 euros in his pocket, escaped whilst on a tourist visit of Madrid ... […]
• 2012 kicks off with 4.6% rise in tourism February 22, 2012
  Almost 2.8 million foreign tourists came to Spain last month, a 4.6% increase on January 2011. These latest figures compiled by Frontur and released today by the Ministry of Industry show an increase of 122,000 foreign visitors in January ... […]
• Odyssey treasure to go on show in different places around Spain February 22, 2012
  The final destination for the treasure taken from the sunken wreck of the "Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes" by US marine exploration company Odyssey, will not be finally decided until it is back in Spain, said Education and Culture ... […]
• Government considers using ex-police bodyguards to protect victims of domestic violence February 22, 2012
  The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality is considering asking the Interior Ministry to transfer the bodyguards no longer needed to protect public figures in the Basque Country and other parts of Spain The police trade union ... […]
• Nationwide support for Valencia protestors February 21, 2012
  Thousands of people took to the streets in a number of cities across Spain on Tuesday night to show their support for the student protestors in Valencia. In Madrid, more than 2,500 people, most of them students, held a demonstration at ... […]
• Real throw away victory in Russia at the last minute February 21, 2012
  Real Madrid threw away victory right at the end of their UEFA Champions League last-16 tie in the Russian capital tonight, as CSKA Moscow snatched a last-minute equaliser to keep their competition hopes alive. Despite the freezing ... […]
• Gibraltar back on the agenda as Rajoy meets Cameron February 21, 2012
  The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, is in London today to hold talks with his British counterpart, David Cameron, in their first official meeting since Rajoy took over as Spain's leader in November last year. The Europe-wide ... […]
• Government refuses to be coerced by demonstrators over labour reform February 21, 2012
  Despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across Spain on Sunday against the government's radical labour reforms, and despite widespread cross-party opposition to the measures, the ruling Popular Party has adopted ... […]
• Minister admits police 'excesses' in Valencia February 21, 2012
  The interior minister, Jorge Fernandez Diaz, announced on Tuesday that he will appear in Congress to give an explanation for police charges against students in Valencia, admitting in advance that riot police might have committed ... […]