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More than 20,000 baby chicks abandoned at Madrid Airport
Some 20,000 chicks were discovered abandoned at Madrid airport by police three days after being left without food or water. A video released by Spanish police shows the birds shut in small cardboard boxes which were placed on pallets as their high pitch chirp rings out. One officer can be heard saying “my god” as the discovery is made.
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Shakespeare play found in Scots college in Spain
A rare edition of The Two Noble Kinsmen was found in a volume dating from 1634.
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Pizza restaurant launches Spain's first virtual waiter app
A restaurant on Spain’s northeastern Mediterranean coast is pioneering a dining experience that allows customers to avoid most face-to-face contact with staff and minimise the risk of coronavirus contagion. Customers at Funky Pizza, in Palafrugell on the Costa Brava popular with tourists, can browse the menu, order and pay via the “Funky Pay” app on their phones - the first time a purpose-designed app has been integrated into a restaurant’s ordering system in Spain.
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Spanish porn star held by police after man dies at his house from inhaling poisonous toad fumes
Investigators said that the inhaling of toad venom fumes was a habitual activity at Mr Vidal’s household
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Spanish dig unearths human remains in hunt for Irish rebel lord
Spanish archaeologists may have uncovered the final resting place of an Irish nobleman whose bloody 16th-century rebellion almost toppled Ireland's English rulers.
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Spain is deploying a basic income to citizens to ease the coronavirus impact
Spain has approved the first nationwide basic income, but there are doubts the initiative will reduce high levels of unemployment and inequality.
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Could lockdown be the death of bullfighting in Spain?
For months the ranchers had laid the groundwork; grazing and exercising a select crop of half-tonne fighting bulls to be transported to arenas and festivals across the country. Then – just as Spain’s bullfighting season was set to kick off – the country was plunged into lockdown. “It was dreadful,” said Victorino Martín, a second-generation breeder of fighting bulls. “The coronavirus came at the worst possible moment.”
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First brown bear for 150 years seen in national park in northern Spain
A brown bear has been spotted traversing a rugged and sparsely populated area of north-west Spain for the first time in 150 years thanks to a set of camera traps and a bit of luck. Images of the animal were captured on cameras set up by a crew shooting the film Montaña ou Morte (Mountain or Death) in the Invernadeiro national park in Galicia’s Ourense province.
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France, Italy and Spain prepare to ease coronavirus lockdowns
Several other EU countries have already announced a tentative easing of restrictions
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Kids in Spain allowed out as downward death toll trend continues
Spain's daily coronavirus death toll dropped to 288 on Sunday, the lowest since March 20, as the country eased its lockdown to allow children outside for the first time in six weeks. The health ministry said the figure dropped from 378 on Saturday and brought Spain's total toll to 23,190, the third highest number of deaths after the United States and Italy. In total, nearly 100,000 people have recovered. Spain has confirmed, via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, a total of more than 207,000 cases.
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Spain to become first country in Europe to roll out a universal basic income
Government plans to keep payments ‘a permanent instrument’ after pandemic is over
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Spain’s coronavirus death toll rises by 838 overnight to 6,528
Spain prepared to enter its third week under near-total lockdown on Sunday, as the government approved a strengthening of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus and the death toll rose by 838 cases overnight to 6,528.
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Italians vs Spanish vs english
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Apple closes all retail stores in Spain as coronavirus concerns grow
Apple has indefinitely closed all 11 of its retail stores in Spain amid the worsening coronavirus outbreak. The measures come on the same day Spain declared a national state of emergency. Sanitation and social distancing measures have been enacted at Apple Stores around the world.
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How to repopulate rural Spain? Sell its villages
Rural depopulation has hit the Spanish region of Galicia hard. Now some of its thousands of abandoned villages are being marketed for sale.
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Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco's Remains Can Be Moved, Court Rules
Spain's high court handed a victory to the ruling Socialist party, which has been pushing for the fascist leader to be moved from from the Valley of the Fallen near Madrid.
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Spain’s Attempt to Atone for a 500-Year-Old Sin
The country is offering citizenship to Jews whose families it expelled in the 15th century.
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Barcelona's car-free 'superblocks' could save hundreds of lives
Report predicts radical scheme could cut air pollution by a quarter as other cities including Seattle prepare to follow suit
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Strange 'Werewolf Syndrome' Appeared in Multiple Spanish Infants
Spanish pharmaceutical manufacturer Farma-Química Sur is facing trial for their role in an outbreak of unusual hair growth in infants across the country.
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Boar wars: how wild hogs are trashing European cities
The long read: They have become a menace in European cities. In Barcelona, where wild boar are jostling tourists and raiding rubbish bins, the fightback has begun
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