Tag: Spain
Spain buys €6.5bn oil from Nigeria
The Spanish Government on Tuesday said it bought oil and gas worth 6.5 billion Euros from Nigeria in 2014. The…
Spain charges Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau with crimes against humanity
MADRID May 28 (Reuters) – Spain’s state prosecutor charged the leader of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau,…
Student kills teacher at Spanish school
A young teenage student was in police custody on suspicion of killing a teacher and wounding four other people at…
Spanish court drops charges against 11 clerical sex abuse case
A Spanish court dropped charges against 11 out of 12 suspects in the country’s biggest ever clerical sex abuse scandal…
Ten dead, 13 injured in Greek fighter jet crash in Spain
A Greek fighter jet crashed Monday on takeoff at a military airbase in Spain housing a NATO training centre for…
Spain arrests four suspected jihadists
Police on Saturday arrested four suspected Islamist extremists in the Spanish territory of Ceuta bordering Morocco and were investigating whether…
Spain bomb attack station evacuated after false alert
Madrid’s Atocha station, the scene of the worst terror attack in Spanish history, was evacuated Friday after a false alert…
Copa Lagos Beach Soccer Begins
The 2014 Copa Lagos Beach Soccer gets underway at the Eko Atlantic Bar Beach, Victoria Island with teams from Nigeria,…
Germany beat Spain in ‘clash of titans’
Germany edged the big match between the last two World Cup winners on Tuesday as Toni Kroos’s last-gasp goal handed…
Schuerrle to miss Gibraltar, Spain matches
Chelsea’s Germany winger Andre Schuerrle has been ruled out of Friday’s Euro 2016 qualifier against minnows Gibraltar and the friendly…
Catalonia defies Spain to hold independence vote
Spain’s Catalonia region voted in a symbolic ballot Sunday on whether to break away as an independent state, defying fierce…
Twelve dead in Spain’s worst coach crash
Twelve people died when a coach plunged into a ravine in the Murcia region of southeast Spain, in the worst…
Uche Makes History In Spain
Though he has been out of favour in his country’s national team, as the Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi overlooked him…
US soldiers under Ebola quarantine in Italy sent packing
Veneto President Luca Zaia on Wednesday said Italy should not allow US soldiers returning from Ebola-stricken Liberia to be quarantined…
Spain court summons 17 suspects in corruption scandal
A Madrid court summoned 17 suspects including five mayors and a French energy executive for questioning in a corruption scandal…
Rwanda ends Ebola checks on travellers from US, Spain
Rwanda lifted Thursday Ebola travel restrictions on travellers who had been in the United States and Spain after the president…
Mourinho furious with Spain after Costa breaks down
Jose Mourinho has criticised the treatment of some of his Chelsea players on international duty after the manager revealed Diego…
Costa scores at last as Spain beat Luxembourg
Diego Costa bagged his first goal for Spain as the champions got the defence of their European title back on…
Ebola situation ‘complex and difficult’ – Spanish PM
Spain launched a crisis committee Friday to tackle the “complex and difficult” Ebola situation in the country, after drawing criticism…
Madrid stocks plunge over first Ebola case outside Africa
The Madrid stock market sank on Tuesday following the announcement of the first case of the Ebola virus outside of…
EU demands explanation from Spain on Ebola case
The European Union said Tuesday it has asked Spain to explain how a nurse treating Ebola patients in Madrid contracted…
Spain battles Ebola as nurse is infected
An assistant nurse at a Madrid hospital in Spain, where two Ebola patients died is infected with the virus herself,…
Spain kicks against Catalonia independence vote
The Spanish government Saturday said Catalonia would not be allowed to hold an independence referendum, shortly after the region’s leader…
Striking problems confront Spain’s attempted revolution
Spain’s bid to put right a disastrous defence of the World Cup gets underway in the modest surrounds of Levante’s…
Del Bosque takes positives in defeat for Spain
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque saw plenty of positives in defeat as the deposed world champions began a new era…
UK to drop arrest warrant against tumour boy’s parents
British prosecutors said Tuesday that they were “taking steps to withdraw” an arrest warrant against the parents of Ashya King…
UK parents of tumour boy held in Spain as sympathy grows
A Spanish judge on Monday extended the detention of a British couple arrested for taking their seriously ill son out…
Alonso announces international retirement
Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso has announced his retirement from international football. “I want to announce that my time with…
Spanish duo Chico, Hernandez leave Swansea
Spanish pair Chico Flores and Pablo Hernandez have both left Swansea City for teams in Qatar, the Premier League club…
Spain, Italy struggle with increase in illegal African migrants
Spain and Italy said on Wednesday they had rescued more than 2,300 African immigrants in just over 24 hours, plucking…