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Madrid protects bullfighting as an art form

Mar 6, 2010 4:06pm

Spain's capital and its great rival, Barcelona, are taking opposite sides in a cultural battle over the fate of the corridaIn a clear provocation to its great rival Barcelona, Spain's capital city of Madrid has officially elevated bullfighting to the status of a protected art form, as matadors, philosophers and...

Cruise ship tourists' terror as two die in freak waves

Mar 5, 2010 2:13am

Passengers killed by broken glass and debris as 10-metre waves batter pleasure boatPassengers have described their terror as freak waves smashed into a Mediterranean cruise ship, killing two people as cabins flooded and windows shattered.Claude Cremex, 73, of Marseille, France, said he was in his cabin resting because of rough...

Video: Moment killer waves hit cruise ship

Mar 5, 2010 1:56am

Amateur video shows freak wave crashing through the window of a cruise ship in the Mediterranean, in an incident which killed two passengers ...

Alleged controllers of 'Mariposa' botnet arrested in Spain

Mar 3, 2010 10:12am

'Mariposa' botnet, which infected 12.7m computers, run by 'normal people earning a lot of money', say policeSpanish investigators have arrested three alleged ringleaders of the so-called "Mariposa" botnet, which had infected and controlled up to 12.7m PCs, including more than 500 of the US Fortune 1,000 companies and more than...

Israeli embassy complains over 'antisemitic' postcards from Spanish children

Mar 2, 2010 11:08am

Spokesman voices anger after Valencia primary schoolchildren sent 'disturbing' messages about war, money and killing childrenIsrael has complained to the Spanish authorities after its embassy in Madrid received postcards from nine-year-old schoolchildren accusing it of killing Palestinian babies and waging war for money.A spokesman accused the Spanish government of allowing...

Hugo Chávez 'terrorist link' sparks diplomatic row between Spain and Venezuela

Mar 1, 2010 5:53pm

A Spanish judge has accused the Venezuelan government of involvement with the Basque terrorist group EtaA Spanish judge yesterday accused the government of president Hugo Chávez in Venezuela of involvement with the Basque terrorist group Eta, sparking a diplomatic row between the two countries.The allegations, made in a court document...

Storms sweep through western Europe

Mar 1, 2010 5:05am

1 March 2010: Storms swept through western Europe over the weekend, killing at least 40 people in France. The storm, named Xynthia, blew into France early on Sunday, flooding ports, destroying homes and leaving 1 million homes without electricity ...

St David's Day celebrated around the world - and on Google

Feb 28, 2010 6:09pm

St David's Day is the feast of the patron saint of WalesIf you're online today, you may notice that the Google Doodle has acquired a castle. And a flag. And a dragon.The search engine has again changed its famous icon - this time in recognition of Saint David's Day, the...

Suspected Eta leader arrested in France, Spanish officials say

Feb 28, 2010 4:50am

Ibon Gogeascoechea and two other suspected Eta members taken into custody by French police in village of CahanThe suspected leader of the Basque separatist group Eta was arrested by police in north-western France today, the Spanish government has said.Ibon Gogeascoechea and two other suspected Eta members were taken into custody...

An end to Eta terror | Gerry Adams

Feb 27, 2010 1:00am

Elements of the Irish process are echoed in a new Basque strategy with peace at its coreThere is a long affinity between Irish republicans and the Basque people. Each year, large numbers of Basque activists travel to Ireland to meet republican activists and to discuss the situation here and in...

Journalism's first saint | John Hooper

Feb 25, 2010 5:30am

For the first time in history, a professional journalist is to be made a saint. So what kind of man was Manuel Lozano Garrido?I think we can all agree – can't we? – that journalists are not a particularly saintly crowd. Better known for bad language and heavy drinking than...

The agonies of the eurozone reflect a far more significant hidden deficit | Timothy Garton Ash

Feb 24, 2010 12:00pm

The spirit that once led Europeans into union has vanished, just as we now face the euro's widely predicted flawsSo Antigone had a part in this tragedy too. That's Antigone Loudiadis of Goldman Sachs, who arranged a complex currency swap deal that helped Greece to conceal the scale of its...

Mervyn King: Quantitative easing may have to restart

Feb 23, 2010 2:53am

• Bank of England governor tells MPs scheme could be extended if economy deteriorates• Fears over the eurozone, the UK's major trading partner, causing 'particular concern'Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, warned today that the weakness of the eurozone is jeopardising the UK's recovery, and the emergency...

Spain braced for general strike as Zapatero tries to force labour law reform

Feb 22, 2010 2:03pm

Trade unionists to take to streets as PM faces first rebellion over employment reforms designed to jump-start country out of recessionSpanish trade unionists will pour on to the streets tomorrow to protest against Socialist prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's attempts to reform a moribund economy that has left one...

Basque separatists call on Eta to end terror campaign

Feb 20, 2010 4:10pm

Leaders of political wing say 40-year conflict must stop before peace talks can beginThe political wing of Eta, the Basque separatist group, will today make a historic call for the organisation to lay down its arms after 40 years, so that peace negotiators can get to work.The call is a...