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Just as Spain’s Ministry of Defense has seen its budget cut by some 30% as part of recent austerity measures, it turns out they have spent some $680 million on the design of a brand new S-80 class submarine. One big problem, the darn thing won't float.
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It's only May, and already the Spanish capital has had the highest number of European street protests, surpassing even Berlin, with 1,628 street demonstrations so far in 2013.
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During a performance at the Cuatro Vientos airfield, a vintage Saeta stunt plane crashed into a hanger, killing the 35-year-old pilot and injuring 18 people.
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As unemployment hits a record high of 27.2% and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is set to announce yet more austerity measures on Friday, a clash between protesters and the police broke out in Madrid, Spain.
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Astronomers were stunned by a huge fireball which lit the skies over central Spain this weekend. Apparently this was a fragment from a meteor which burst into flames.
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Humanist, writer and economist, José Luis Sampedro has passed away at the age of 96 in his home in Madrid. Well-known in Spain, he jumped generational barriers to become an icon to the Spanish youth and to the 15M movement.
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Spain marked the ninth anniversary of a 2004 terrorist attack with a memorial ceremony in Madrid yesterday morning. The attack, which involved the near simultaneous bombings of four passenger trains, claimed 191 lives and wounded 1,800.
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Tens of thousands of people from all walks of life hit the streets of Spain on Saturday in a "Citizen's Wave" anti-austerity demonstration.
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As protests against austerity measures, budget cuts and evictions continue in Spain on an almost daily basis, now staff from Iberia airline have started a five-day strike, grounding hundreds of flights.
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While Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy continues to strongly deny media claims that he and other PP members received secret payments, the people don't believe a word he says. (Includes video update of Málaga protest.)
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Occupy Congress, Madrid September 25, 2012
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