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Ander Mendez and his friends were hoping they'd struck it rich when they came up with the idea of selling alcohol-infused gummy bears -- until they found themselves in the sights of sweet giant Haribo.
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The former police chief of Catalonia went on trial Monday over his role in the region's failed 2017 independence bid in a move that risks fanning tensions with Catalan separatists.
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Rescuers found a body at a chemical plant in northeastern Spain on Wednesday, raising to two the number of those killed when an explosion ripped through the facility, triggering a massive blaze which raged through the night.
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Strasbourg -
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont joined the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Monday and denounced Spain, which has issued a warrant for his arrest, for continuing to detain a former ally.
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Madrid -
Police in Spain and Gibraltar have smashed an unusual migrant-smuggling network which flew Moroccans into the tiny British territory then sneaked them over the border to Spain, arresting 47 people.
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Barcelona -
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's new government took office Monday facing the challenge of finding a solution to the Catalan crisis after controversially agreeing to start talks with the separatists.
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Strasbourg -
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont arrived at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Monday and denounced Spain, which has issued a warrant for his arrest, for continuing to detain a former ally.
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Madrid -
Spain's socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday promised that his new minority coalition with the radical left Podemos party was heading in the same direction, despite past differences between the two parties.
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Bilbao -
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the Basque Country on Saturday to demand prisoners linked to the former armed separatist group ETA be transferred to jails closer to the northern Spanish region.
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Apo -
The European Parliament declared Friday that jailed Catalan separatist Oriol Junqueras is no longer an MEP, stripping him of the immunity his supporters hoped would see him freed.
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Madrid -
Women experts and radical leftists looked set to play a dominant role in Spain's new coalition government as Pedro Sanchez Friday named a senior global trade expert as his top diplomat.
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Madrid -
Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday refused to recognise jailed Catalan separatist Oriol Junqueras as a European MP because of his October conviction over a failed 2017 independence bid.
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Madrid -
A baby that was born aboard a makeshift boat carrying migrants from Africa to the Canary Islands did not survive the journey, Spanish rescuers said on Wednesday after picking up the rickety vessel.
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Madrid -
Spain's parliament will vote Tuesday on whether to confirm Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez as prime minister at the helm of the country's first-ever coalition government.
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Madrid -
Spain's parliament on Tuesday narrowly confirmed Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez as premier for another term, paving the way for the country's first-ever coalition government since its return to democracy in the 1970s.
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Madrid -
Spain's parliament rejected Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez's bid to be reappointed prime minister on Sunday, but he appeared on track to win a second confidence vote later in the week.
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Madrid -
Spain's Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez, seeking a leftist political alliance to resume office as prime minister, Saturday made dialogue in restive Catalonia an "absolute priority"."Spain will not break up, nor will the Constitution.
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Madrid -
Spain's electoral board ordered Friday that Catalan separatist president Quim Torra be disqualified from being a member of Catalonia's regional parliament, meaning he would lose his presidential post.
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Barcelona -
A key Catalan separatist party said Thursday it would allow Spain's Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez another term as prime minister, paving the way to end months of political deadlock in the eurozone's fourth-largest economy.
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Apo -
A Belgian judge on Thursday suspended consideration of a Spanish warrant seeking the return of two Catalan separatist leaders to face trial, their lawyer said.
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La Paz -
Mexico's ambassador to Bolivia left the country Tuesday after being expelled by the interim government following a diplomatic row over her embassy's sheltering of officials linked to ex-president Evo Morales.
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Bolivia's interim president, Jeanine Anez, announced Monday that the country will expel Mexico's ambassador and two Spanish diplomats, drawing a tit-for-tat response from Madrid as a dispute over an alleged attempt to extract an ex-government aide esca...
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A Saudi court sentenced a Yemeni man to death Sunday for a knife attack on a Spanish theatre group, state television said, amid a controversial push to ease decades-old restrictions on entertainment.
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Apo -
A Saudi criminal court sentenced a Yemeni man to death Sunday for a knife attack on a Spanish theatre group performing in Riyadh last month, state television said.
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Madrid -
Around 100 migrants were rescued off the coast of Spain on Thursday, adding to around another 200 plucked off makeshift boats on Christmas Day, Spain's maritime rescue service said.
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Madrid -
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday testified in his legal case against a Spanish private security firm that he claims spied on him while he was holed up in the Ecuadoran embassy in London.
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Madrid -
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday testified in his legal case against a Spanish private security firm that he claims spied on him while he was holed up in the Ecuadoran embassy in London.
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Apo -
Two pro-independence Catalan politicians received accreditation to sit as members of the European Parliament on Friday after a court ruled that Spain had no right to block them.
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Barcelona -
A court in Spain on Thursday banned Catalonia's president Quim Torra from holding public office for 18 months after finding him guilty of disobedience for failing to remove separatist symbols from public buildings during an election campaign.
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Catalan separatist leaders won a dramatic victory in Europe's top court on Thursday, with a ruling that even jailed MEPs enjoy parliamentary immunity.
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Marea Verde T-shirt for public education for all.
Views of the Sanctuary of A Virxe de Barca, Muxía, Galicia, Spain - destroyed by fire on December 25, 2013. Mario Sánchez
International Fair in Fuengirola, Spain - Chilean citizens taking a break in the parade.
Scenes around Benalmadena Costa on the Costa del Sol in Southern Spain.
Scenes in and around Fuengirola, Spain - Escalator down to the platform.
Wind generators in Facinas (Tarifa, Cádiz, Spain). Dennis Murczak
Cast and crew of the Bollywood love story "Heart Attack" arrived in Fuengirola on October 2, 2013 for a 40 day tour.
16th Annual European HOG Rally in Fuengirola, Spain.
A stroll on the beachfront in Fuengirola, Spain.
Every April an international fair is held in Fuengirola, Spain - Argentina with a BIG flag.
Scenes of Los Boliches, Fuengirola, Spain
Fuengirola, Spain: Fuengirola, Spain: Fascism, never again (no more).
A British tourist was gored by a bull in a festival in the streets of Calpe, Spain. YouTube
File photo: Iker Casillas at Euro 2012 final Spain-Italy Wikipedia Commons
Café Yanx - Homemade frozen peanut butter pie with caramel sauce. Café Yanx
A stroll on the beachfront in Fuengirola, Spain.
US naval ships will be based at Rota in Spain near the Rock of Gibraltar
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