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68 illegal immigrants land on uninhabited Spanish island A group of 68 illegal immigrants, including three minors, arrived Sunday at a tiny, uninhabited Spanish island located very close to Morocco.

03 September 2012

Standard & Poor's cuts Catalonia debt rating to junk status Standard & Poor's slashed Catalonia's debt to junk-bond status Friday, warning of looming financial tensions with Spain's central government.

02 September 2012

Moody's holds Spain rating pending eurozone moves Moody's said Thursday that it would hold its review of Spain's credit rating until late September as it waits for more clarity on the European Stability Mechanism and moves for a eurozone banking union.

01 September 2012

Arrests, breasts, chainsaws: Punk world backs Pussy Riot A topless Ukrainian feminist felled a cross with a chainsaw, balaclava-clad New Yorkers braved arrest to picket an Orthodox church and Bulgarian punks re-decorated a war memorial.

18 August 2012

Spain complains to Britain in Gibraltar fishing row Spain made a formal complaint to Britain Friday in a simmering dispute over fishing off the territory of Gibraltar.

18 August 2012

'Preferential shares' scandal ruins Spanish savers The bank called them "preferential stakes", but Inocencio Merino would prefer to have avoided them.

09 August 2012

AIDS cure may have two main pathways: experts Investigators are looking into two main paths toward a cure for AIDS, based on the stunning stories of a small group of people around the world who have been able to overcome the disease.

26 July 2012

Markets panic as eurozone faces turbulent summer The world market panic that started the week looked all too familiar: an alarming reminder of last summer's financial storm brought on by the eurozone debt crisis.

24 July 2012

Volunteers join firefighters battling Spain blaze Chugging along on tractors, brigades of volunteers rode to the aid of regular firefighters battling a deadly blaze in northeastern Spain on Monday.

24 July 2012

Three dead as wildfire sweeps northeast Spain A wildfire whipped up by strong winds in northeast Spain has left three people dead and more than 20 injured, closing roads and trapping thousands of residents indoors.

23 July 2012

Euro falls to lowest against yen in over a decade The euro tumbled below 95 yen for the first time in almost 12 years on Monday as dealers rushed to the safe-haven Japanese unit owing to growing fears about Spain's debt crisis.

23 July 2012

Oil strikes two-year high; soya scores record high Oil prices hit two-month highs this week, driven by Federal Reserve stimulus hopes and Middle East unrest, while soyabeans soared to a record high as US supplies were hit by drought.

22 July 2012

Police fire rubber bullets after huge Madrid crisis protest Spanish police fired rubber bullets and charged protestors in central Madrid early Friday at the end of a huge demonstration against economic crisis measures.

20 July 2012

More women run with charging bulls in Pamplona After years of dreaming about it, Oneika Raymond finally joined a growing band of women lured by the Spanish thrill of being chased by giant, fighting bulls through Pamplona.

11 July 2012

Four injured in quick Pamplona bull run Half-tonne fighting bulls trampled and knocked over runners on a break-neck bull run in Spain's San Fermin festival on Tuesday, injuring at least four people.

10 July 2012

Eurozone offers Spains 30 bn euros for banks Eurozone finance ministers agreed Tuesday to offer Spain 30 billion euros this month to help its distressed banks as they raced to stay ahead of market scepticism.

10 July 2012

Spain's disco island toils to make partying pay Sunburnt and full of beer and rum, thousands of Britons cheer as their national treasure Elton John takes the stage, in a glittery purple jacket under a Spanish sunset.

06 July 2012

Eight sick with Legionnaires' Disease at Spanish hotel Eight people, including three Belgians, have come down with Legionnaires' disease in a hotel on Spain's Mediterranean coast that was closed after an earlier outbreak killed three Britons this year.

05 July 2012

Football: Spain crush Italy to win historic Euro 2012 crown Spain confirmed their status as one of the greatest national teams in football history by overwhelming Italy 4-0 in Sunday's Euro 2012 final in Kiev to retain their European crown.

02 July 2012

Furious Spanish investors seek Bankia scalps Furious pensioners who lost savings through investments in ruined lender Bankia booed its managers Friday, branding them thieves, at the first shareholders' meeting since the bank's huge rescue.

01 July 2012

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