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Madrid's gay penguins about to become parents The two birds have been in love for six months and have been given an egg in adoption.
Ex Mayor of Casares leaves prison after finding bail There have been two more arrests in the Magestic Case
Brussels sending experts to Spain to check the sums It comes after Spain has increased the deficit forecast for the end of the year, after some regional government revised their figures.
Scottish man stabbed to death in Lloret street fight The man has been named as 26 year old Craig Mallon who was in the town for his brother's stag party.
Ex Marbella Mayor, Julián Muñoz, has to pay 50 million € His appeal to the Supreme Court against a ruling from the Tribunal de Cuentas has been rejected
Carlos Fabra admits the ceremony to open Castellón Airport was an electioneering exercise The opening in March 2011 was of an airport with no planes, and it is still to see any planes.
Final closure of the Yak-42 case The transport plane was carrying 42 Spanish soldiers, all of whom were killed when it came down on a Turkish mountain.
Bank worker walks out with a million Euro A worker at a branch of La Caixa in Pontevedra has taken a million € from the bank, and nobody knows where he is
Spain Business Brief - Friday May 18 2012 More economic figures and a recovery in Bankia shares
European judges association ask for a pardon for Baltasar Garzón The ex National Court judge has been given an 11 year ban from office for ordering recordings in prison in the Gürtel case.
29 immigrants rescued off the Almería coast They are all adults and were in good health
Spain Papers Review - Friday May 18 2012 Bankia and the economy dominates the papers again.
Ex Mayor of Casares finds bail Juan Sánchez is alleged to have been dealing with the Russian Mafia in real estate deals and money laundering.
Spain Weather - Friday May 18 2012 Locally heavy showers in the NE of the mainland.
The British are still flooding to Benidorm There were more foriegn tourists in the town in teh first two weeks of May than national visitors
Moody's downgrades 16 Spanish banks, including Santander and BBVA It follows a downgrade of 26 Italian banks last Monday, and Moody's cut in the ranking of Spain's sovereign debt on February 13.
Two National Police fined 600 € for death of man under their guard The Nigerian man was being repatriated by plane when he died.
Gibraltar's First Minister responds to the decision to stop Queen Sofía travelling to London Fabian Picardo said what has happened is as if from the 18th century.
Moody's put Cataluña and Murcia at Junk Bond Level They join Valencia and Castilla La Mancha whose regional governments are considered to offer junk bonds.
Hacienda accepts the Andalucía budget Andalucía made a deal just before Hacienda's deadline, but Asturias is the only region not to reach agreement.

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