Typically Spanish News from Madrid


Madrid Mayor will not ask his party again to include him as a candidate for Congress
Gallardón's requests to be included on the Partido Popular lists for last year's general election were turned down after opposition from his party rival, the President of the Madrid Region

52 arrested for squatting in Madrid Casino video
The protest came from the Rompamos el Silenco group

Madrid opens new massive station at Puerta de Sol video
It brings local train lines into the centre of the capital for the first time and has cost 570 million €

57 injured in commuter train crash in Madrid video
There are no reports of anybody seriously hurt in the collision in Aluche this morning

Mayor of Madrid refuses to speculate on his future
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón is in Lausanne to defend the Madrid bid for the 2016 Olympics

84 year old kills his wife in Madrid
The man then hanged himself in the family home in Parla

Naked cyclists take the streets of Madrid video
More 100 riders demonstrated that they feel 'naked in traffic'

New way to sell illegal Mp3 files found in Madrid
Cheap players were sold with the music files already pre-loaded

Francisco Correa given 183 contracts in Madrid
The man at the centre of the Gürtel corruption allegations obtained contracts from the Madrid region worth 2.3 million

Anti-bullfighting protest at Las Ventas video
The protest, outside the Madrid bullring, comes during the San Isidro fiestas