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Tower of Hercules: The Oldest Lighthouse in the World
The world's oldest lighthouse, built in the days of ancient Rome, is on a small peninsula near the Spanish town of La Coruna.
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Spain Accused of Bullying Protesters With New ‘Gagging Law’
The Spanish parliament passed a controversial “gagging law” yesterday, sparking outrage among rights groups who accuse the government of “bullying” protestors and quashing freedom of expression. Demonstrators will now be hit with fines for committing a public order offence, which could be as high as €600,000 for unauthorized demonstrations outside certain buildings, including the Congress, Senate and regional legislative assemblies, nuclear power plants, docks and airports.
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Block Pirate Bay in 72 Hours, Spanish Court Tells ISPs
Infamous torrent site The Pirate Bay has a new European block to contend with after a judge in Spain handed down a ruling against the site today. Local ISPs now have 72 hours in which to block the site, the first instruction of its type under the country's so-called Sinde Law.
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John Lennon's First Wife Cynthia Lennon Dies at 75
John Lennon's first wife Cynthia Lennon died today at her home in Spain. She was 75.
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What Denmark, Sweden, and Spain could teach America about taxes
Tax Day doesn't have to suck — at least not this much. The IRS knows what you make. It knows if you typically take the standard deduction. For a lot of Americans, the IRS could just fill out their taxes for them. It would save billions of dollars in tax preparation fees and hundreds of millions of hours spent filling out tax forms.
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Spanish domestic football to be suspended
The Spanish football federation suspends all end-of-season games amid disputes with the government, including over TV rights.
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The £12 zipline that whisks you from Spain to Portugal at 50mph
There's no time to check your passport as you zip across the border from Andalucia in Spain, crossing the Guadiana River to arrive in Portugal.
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Gareth Bale won't be Real Madrid star unless Cristiano Ronaldo leaves, says Guillem Balague
In his latest column, Sky Sports’ Spanish football expert Guillem Balague discusses Gareth Bale’s team-mate problems, champions-elect Barcelona, and who might be best to replace Carlo Ancelotti if he goes...
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The Architecture of Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona
Four of the must-see works by modernist architect Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona, Spain.
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Six Year Old Boy With Diphtheria In Catalonia Dies
LATEST: Eight other children were found to be carrying diphtheria bacteria.
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Spain celebrates ten years of gay marriage
As the US supreme court makes same-sex marriage a right nationwide, Spain, which led the way for gay-rights, celebrates 10 years of same-sex marriage.
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Precarity in Paradise: the Barcelona model
Fusing gentrification, technology, tourism and anti-terrorism, the Barcelona model of urban redevelopment has sparked an upsurge of popular resistance.
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US now has more Spanish speakers than Spain – only Mexico has more
The United States is now the world’s second largest Spanish-speaking country after Mexico, according to a new study published by the prestigious Instituto Cervantes. The report says there are 41 million native Spanish speakers in the US plus a further 11.6 million who are bilingual, mainly the children of Spanish-speaking immigrants. This puts the US ahead of Colombia (48 million) and Spain (46 million) and second only to Mexico (121 million).
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San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Northern Spain
A Jandilla bull charges at a participant during the first "encierro" (bull-run) of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain.
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Spain Government Goes Full Police State; Enacts Law Forbidding Dissent, 'Unauthorized' Photography Of Law Enforcement
Well, Spain's officially a police state now.
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Gaudí’s Great Temple by Martin Filler
It was begun in 1882 using the conventional neo-Gothic designs of Francisco de Paula del Villar, who after two years of persistent quarrels with diocesan supervisors quit and handed the job over to his largely untested assistant Antoni Gaudí. Over the next four decades Gaudí worked toward a church that would be both intensely personal yet embracingly universal, startlingly unprecedented though rooted in tradition, and altogether far more rich and strange than anything del Villar ever dreamed of.
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Catholic group calls for sex-segregated beaches - The Local
A Catholic group in northern Spain has caused controversy after advising people not to visit mixed beaches this summer to avoid sins of the flesh.
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La Dura Complete: The Hardest Rock Climb In The World
Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra spent two years working together to climb La Dura Dura (5.15c / 9b+), the world's hardest climb. This film tells the story of their unique collaboration and shows Adam's historic first ascent and Chris' second ascent.
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Levante Beach in Benidorm in Eastern Spain
The recent terrorist incident in Tunisia has shifted many tourists away from African beaches to European ones.
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Bull rejects Spain's Pamplona run
One bull chosen to take part in Saturday's San Fermin festival took one look at thousands of thrill-seekers waiting to be chased down Pamplona's narrow streets and scampered back to the safety of his corral. In a scene that confounded revellers and experts - and could have been scripted by Munro Leaf, who wrote The Story of Ferdinand - a reticent bull named Curioso I barely ran 20 metres before heading back.
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