Latest News from Spain

YouTube footage lands fine for Madrid filmmakers
Disgruntled residents of Madrid’s red light district were fined for uploading videos which captured prostitutes and clients on the street.

Spaniards talk about the need to ride and cheat
While many say they don’t understand why, others say it’s the cyclist personality, the desire to be rich overnight, pressure and the fault of WHO.

Black outlook for Spain’s coastline
An environmental group says the number of polluted or soon-to-be- polluted beaches in Spain is up by 15 percent from 2007.

Segovia chases culture capital status as it opens music festival
The Castilian city’s opening of Segovia International Festival last weekend is expected to push forward its bid to be European City of Culture in 2016.

Zapatero and Rajoy strike ETA unity deal
Former bitter enemies rebuild political unity against the Basque terrorist group and also agree on reforms to judiciary on Wednesday.

YouTube to remove content of Spanish TV channel Telecinco
A Madrid court has ordered the internet video-hosting website to remove copyrighted content belonging to Telecinco.

Spanish Sastre wins 17th stage of Tour de France
The CSC rider may have won, but Austrian cyclist Evans remains in contention with his superior time trial skills.

Zapatero rejects Rajoy crisis plan ahead of meeting
Spain’s prime minister dismisses Popular Party’s proposal for 2009 budget cuts as doing little to help ahead of the meeting between the two leaders.

Barcelona refuses to cede Messi to Argentina for Olympics
The club refuses to release the star player as the Beijing games coincides with the Champion League tournament preliminary rounds.

Jellyfish lurks around Spain’s beaches
Swarms of jellyfish will hit Spain’s busy beaches despite the huge amount of spring rains in the past few weeks, says research.

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