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Dalata Hotel Group is to open its first hotel in Madrid in 2029

Dalata Hotel Group to open its first hotel in Spain

Dalata Hotel Group, the country's biggest hotel group, has today announced a deal which will see its first hotel open in Spain.

Business • 30 Apr

The grim discovery was made in the Madrid district of Ventas in February 2019

Spanish man on trial for murdering and eating mother

Spanish prosecutors are demanding a 15-year sentence for a man who is accused of strangling his mother and eating her remains.

Europe • 22 Apr 21

Police urged people to behave responsibly

Madrid police arrest lockdown flouters hiding under bed

Partygoers hid under mattresses and in a wardrobe at a packed house in Madrid on Saturday in an attempt to avoid police at one of 227 illegal parties raided in the city over the weekend for breaches of Covid-19 restrictions.

News Lens • 22 Feb 21

Initial investigations suggest the blast was caused by a gas leak

Three dead after blast at religious complex in Madrid

At least three people died and six were injured when a building in central Madrid belonging to the Catholic Church was blown apart by an explosion, local authorities said.

Europe • 20 Jan 21

Despite an unprecedented lockdown imposed on 14 March, both deaths and infections have continued to mount

Spain seeks NATO help as virus death toll nears 2,700

Spain's armed forces have asked NATO for humanitarian assistance to fight the novel coronavirus as the national death toll touched 2,700 and infections soared towards 40,000.

News • 24 Mar 20

European shares shed their earlier gains today despite another dramatic round of monetary stimulus by the European Central Bank

World stocks turn lower again despite ECB measures

The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones opened lower on Wall Street today as another round of sweeping emergency action from policymakers across the globe failed to convince panic-stricken stock markets that a global recession could be averted

Business • 19 Mar 20

All banned vehicles will be allowed to enter the city 10 times a year

Barcelona bans older cars to tackle air pollution

Barcelona has imposed a ban on older, more polluting vehicles during most of the day in a bid to reduce air pollution in Spain's second largest city.

World • 02 Jan 20

The talks are expected to continue until tomorrow

Deadlock reported at UN climate talks in Madrid

United Nations climate negotiations in Madrid are set to wrap up with even the best-case outcome likely to fall well short of what science says is needed to avert a future ravaged by global warming.

Environment • 13 Dec 19

Richard Bruton says Ireland is implementing Climate Action Plan

Ireland determined to play its part on climate - Bruton

Minister for the Environment Richard Bruton will tell a climate summit in Madrid that Ireland is determined to play its part.

Environment • 11 Dec 19

Greta Thunberg set sail from Virginia on 13 November

Greta Thunberg sails in for climate summit

Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg has arrived at a port in Portugal after crossing the Atlantic in a catamaran to attend a UN climate change summit in Madrid.

Environment • 03 Dec 19

Sheep farmers pay a nominal charge in symbolic acknowledgement of a 1418 agreement

Thousands of sheep pass through central Madrid

Sheep replaced traffic on the streets of Madrid on Sunday as shepherds steered their flocks through the heart of the Spanish capital, following ancient migration routes.

News Lens • 21 Oct 19

The two women are described as being 1.75m (5'8) tall, with dark eyes and dark wavy hair

Search under way for Carlow woman missing in Madrid

A search is under way for a Carlow woman who is missing in Madrid since last Thursday.

Europe • 14 May 19

Protest organisers put the turnout at 120,000 while police gave a figure of 18,000

Thousands protest in Madrid over Catalan leaders' trial

Thousands of supporters of Catalan independence have marched through central Madrid in protest at the ongoing trial of 12 separatist leaders who face years in prison for their role in organising a failed independence bid from Spain in 2017.

World • 16 Mar 19

Protesters wave Spanish flags during a demonstration against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Colon Square, Madrid

Protest over Spanish PM's talks with Catalan parties

Tens of thousands of people waving Spanish flags joined a protest rally in Madrid today against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez over his negotiations with Catalan separatists.

Europe • 10 Feb 19

People attend a demonstration called by the far-right party VOX against Catalan separatists

Thousands demonstrate in Madrid for Spanish unity

Thousands of people waving Spanish flags have rallied in Madrid in support of national unity and against Catalonia's ongoing campaign to secede from Spain.

World • 01 Dec 18

Madrid hopes to catch up with other European capitals that are already imposing traffic restrictions to improve air quality

Madrid restricts traffic in city to combat pollution

Madrid banned most petrol and diesel cars from the heart of the city today as it tries to improve the air quality, in what is one of Europe's most polluted capitals.

World • 30 Nov 18

Opponents of Franco have called for his remains to be removed from the mausoleum

Spanish politicians approve move to exhume Franco

Spanish politicians have approved a decree by the Socialist government authorising the exhumation of late dictator Francisco Franco.

Spain • 13 Sep 18

Carles Puigdemont faces arrest and possibly decades in jail if he returns to Spain

Catalan MPs elect separatist as parliamentary speaker

Catalan MPs have elected a separatist as parliamentary speaker, a first step in a plan by pro-independence deputies to get regional leader Carles Puigdemont, in self-exile in Belgium, back into power.

Catalonia • 17 Jan 18

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is ready to invoke article 155 over Catalonia's bid for independence

Leaders at odds as Catalan deadline approaches

Catalonia's regional president has told a meeting of his party he would formally declare independence if Spain starts the process of suspending the region's autonomy tomorrow, a Catalan government source has said.

Europe • 18 Oct 17

Paintings were stolen from the home of a friend of Francis Bacon

Spanish police recover three stolen Bacon paintings

Spanish police have recovered three of five paintings by artist Francis Bacon that were stolen from a Madrid apartment in 2015.

Europe • 20 Jul 17

Smoke rises after the Greek F-16 aircraft crashed at Los Llanos air base in Albacete, eastern Spain

Ten killed as Greek fighter plane crashes in Spain

Ten people have been killed and another 13 injured after a Greek fighter plane crashed during NATO training in Spain.

News • 26 Jan 15

It was the third time in five days that protesters have taken to the steets of the Spanish capital

Thousands protest in Spain & Portugal over cuts

Huge rallies have taken place in the Spanish and Portuguese capitals in protest at the countries' austerity measures.

News • 30 Sep 12

Critical Spanish budget aims to offset crisis

Spain has announced a detailed timetable for economic reforms and a tough 2013 budget based mostly on spending cuts.

News • 27 Sep 12

Protesters were surrounded by barricades, police trucks and more than 1,500 police in riot gear

Rubber bullets fired during Madrid protests

Protesters clashed with police in Spain's capital as the government prepares a new round of unpopular austerity measures for the 2013 budget that will be announced on Thursday.

News • 26 Sep 12

Five hour glitch at Spanish stock exchange

Five hour blackout on Spanish market

Trading on Madrid's stock exchange has resumed after a five-hour blackout that was blamed on a technical glitch.

Business • 06 Aug 12