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Italian drug trafficker fails to escape from prison in Spain in a Zeppelin balloon video
Police intercepted the delivery of the four metre long inflatable

Massive hailstorm hits Vitoria in northern Spain video
It came as much of eastern Spain was on alert for high temperatures

Let there be (digital) light!
A Málaga church is introducing SMS messaging to light a candle to the virgen

8 - 15 people die in Spain from bee and wasp stings every year
There is now a vaccine but its administration is quite complicated

Spain extends the Robinson List scheme
You can now opt out from receiving commericial calls and messages to your land line or mobile phone in Spain

23 Spanish provinces on high temperature alert
The province of Jaén is the only one on Orange alert today

Girls washing tractors raises eyebrows in village fiesta video
The Socialists in the village of San Pedro de la Viña describe the fiesta as sexist

Spain's Prince and Princess of Asturias get stuck in the lift
The royal couple and four others were stuck together for some 20 minutes in the Auditorio-Palau in Girona

New York protest against the San Fermin fiestas
Animal rights protesters stripped off in Times Square

Valencia students design windowless aircraft in aviation design competition
The team reached the top five finalists in the Airbus Fly Your Ideas challenge

All aboard in Barcelona for Oprah Winfrey birthday bash
The US talk show host is taking more than 1,700 guests on a Mediterranean cruise

Throwaway mobile phone arrives in Spain
The Bic Phone is marketed under the name of the French company which invented the first disposable pen

Sunshine across most of Spain on Tuesday
Bright sunshine across all of Spain is the forecast today, with yet another hot day for most of us.

Don’t put on your high heels, says Murcia court
A woman who walked on a new floor in metallic stiletto heels has been ordered to pay 900 Euro towards the damage

Málaga milestone makes the museum
The milestone will be put on show in the Historical Archive of the province