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Leroy said on Friday that the teenager decided to escape when his mother announced she was going to go to Finland

World

UK teen found in France heading to London

The 17-year-old boarded a KLM flight to the British capital, via Amsterdam, “accompanied by British police officers.”

AFPDecember 16, 2023

Jose Soriano left his job as a forest ranger to cultivate truffles full-time

Business

Black truffle production booms in Spain

Production of "tuber melanosporum", the scientific name for black truffles, has soared in recent years in Spain.

AFPDecember 15, 2023

In recent weeks, huge crowds of protesters have hit the streets in Spain to denounce the amnesty

World

Spain lawmakers begin debating divisive amnesty bill

Spanish lawmakers on Tuesday began debating a controversial bill to grant an amnesty to Catalan separatists that was pledged by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez...

AFPDecember 12, 2023

Spain's Economy Minister Nadia Calvino is fluent in English, French and German

Business

Spain finance chief Calvino to head EU’s lending arm

Spain’s Economy Minister Nadia Calvino, the newly-named European Investment Bank (EIB) chief, is a politician who is well-versed in EU lore and a pragmatist...

AFPDecember 8, 2023

The Prado exhibit looks at the reverse side of paintings such as 'The marriage of the Virgin' by an anonymous artist

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Madrid’s Prado museum throws spotlight on reverse side of paintings

A new exhibition at Madrid’s Prado museum is throwing a spotlight on the reverse side of paintings, letting visitors see labels, seals and sketches...

AFPDecember 8, 2023

Spain's Alejandro Cao de Benos, seen here in 2016 at his Pyongyang Cafe in the Mediterranean city of Tarragona, faces up to 20 years in jail in the United States if convicted of helping North Korea evade sanctions

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Spaniard arrested for helping N.Korea evade US sanctions

Spanish police on Friday said they had arrested a man wanted by Washington for allegedly conspiring with cryptocurrency experts to help North Korea evade...

AFPDecember 1, 2023

Spain's Ferrovial says it has reached a 2.37 billion pound ($3.01 billion) deal to sell its 25% stake in Heathrow Airport to Paris-based Ardian and Riyahd's Public Investment Fund (PIF)

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Spanish giant Ferrovial sells remaining stake in Heathrow

Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial announced it is offloading its remaining 25 percent stake in London’s Heathrow Airport to a French private equity group and...

AFPNovember 28, 2023

To win the support of two Catalan separatist parties, Sanchez agreed to grant an unpopular amnesty to people facing legal action over Catalonia's failed 2017 independence bid

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Spanish PM keeps most ministers in new cabinet

Spain’s Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, who was sworn in for another term last week by floating a controversial amnesty deal for separatists, unveiled...

AFPNovember 20, 2023