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How an elderly Madrid womanâs eviction became a new flashpoint in Spainâs housing âcrisis (opens the original)
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A wave of protests triggered by the eviction from her home of an elderly woman has pushed Spainâs housing crisis to the top of the countryâs political agenda, leaving the government scrambling for a solution. Over the weekend, protesters pitched their tents in Puerta del Sol square in central Madrid, demanding a response to grievances about a rental market whose prices have soared in recent years. [ Spanish government says it has agreed measures to address housing crisisOpens in new window ]
Cataloniaâs rebel-in-exile prepares for return (opens the original)
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Nine years after he fled abroad having led a failed attempt at secession by his Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont, public enemy number one for many Spaniards, is believed to be on the verge of returning from self-exile. The former Catalan president, Puigdemont has been based in Waterloo, Belgium, since overseeing an outlawed independence referendum in 2017. From there he has fought an exhaustive legal battle against the Spanish courts, which have tried to extradite him to face trial. That batt
Real Madrid trio face backlash over migrant crisis T-shirt tribute (opens the original)
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Three of Real Madrid football clubâs biggest stars have been drawn into an increasingly fierce debate surrounding a migrant crisis, after they refused to take part fully in a prematch gesture alongside their team-mates. Real Madridâs players took to the pitch in advance of their league game against Elche this week wearing T-shirts that expressed support for âMackerelsâ, a nickname for the people of Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa. On July 30-31st, more than 70,000 migrants cross
Irish trio who posed as tourists for âsob-storyâ scam wanted by Spanish police (opens the original)
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Spanish police are investigating three Irish nationals posing as tourists who are believed to have stolen thousands of euros with a âsob-storyâ scam. The Catalan police force said that the men, aged between 19 and 35, had been operating in Barcelona, pretending they were holidaymakers who were unable to return home because they could not withdraw cash. They asked passersby for money, which they offered to repay immediately via bank transfer. âThe perpetrators show a receipt on their mobile
Deaths of Irish woman and husband in hot tub in Spain may have been accidental (opens the original)
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Investigators believe that the deaths of an Irish woman and her husband in a hot tub in a Spanish resort are likely to have been accidental. Thomasina Tobin, who was 51 and from Castleblayney in Co Monaghan, and her husband, Patrick Tobin, who was 48 and originally from New Zealand, died on Tuesday in a rented villa in Cullera, near the city of Valencia. The coupleâs teenage children found their bodies and raised the alarm. The homicide unit of the civil guard has been investigating the deaths
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