This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldMural discovered last year is thought to depict a zoomorphic, knife-wielding spider god associated with rain and fertilityLast modified on Thu 25 Mar 2021 16.29 EDTArchaeologists in northern Peru have identified a 3,200-year-old mural painted on the side of an ancient adobe temple that is thought to depict associated with rain and fertility.The mural – applied in ochre, yellow, grey and white paint to the wall of the 15m x 5m mud brick structure in the Virú province of Peru’s La Libertad region – was discovered last...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldMural discovered last year is thought to depict a zoomorphic, knife-wielding spider god associated with rain and fertilityLast modified on Thu 25 Mar 2021 16.29 EDTArchaeologists in northern Peru have identified a 3,200-year-old mural painted on the side of an ancient adobe temple that is thought to depict associated with rain and fertility.The mural – applied in ochre, yellow, grey and white paint to the wall of the 15m x 5m mud brick structure in the Virú province of Peru’s La Libertad region – was discovered last...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldSpanish police release video and photos of people from north Africa found in trucks and containersLast modified on Mon 22 Feb 2021 10.16 ESTSpanish police have released photographs and video footage of people trying to reach Europe from north by hiding in containers of broken bottles and in sealed bags of toxic ash.Last Friday, officers from Spain’s Guardia Civil rescued 41 people who were trying to enter via the port in the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa. The migrants were found in trucks, containers and...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldSpanish police release video and photos of people from north Africa found in trucks and containersLast modified on Mon 22 Feb 2021 10.16 ESTSpanish police have released photographs and video footage of people trying to reach Europe from north by hiding in containers of broken bottles and in sealed bags of toxic ash.Last Friday, officers from Spain’s Guardia Civil rescued 41 people who were trying to enter via the port in the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa. The migrants were found in trucks, containers and...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldPablo Hasél had barricaded himself in Lleida university to avoid prison sentence on charges of glorifying terrorismFirst published on Tue 16 Feb 2021 03.15 ESTRiot police entered a university in the north-eastern Spanish city of Lleida on Tuesday to arrest a rapper who had barricaded himself inside the building to avoid serving a prison sentence for glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty and the police in his lyrics and on social media.The arrest of Pablo Rivadulla, known as Pablo Hasél, triggered angry protests and...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldPablo Hasél had barricaded himself in Lleida university to avoid prison sentence on charges of glorifying terrorismFirst published on Tue 16 Feb 2021 03.15 ESTRiot police entered a university in the north-eastern Spanish city of Lleida on Tuesday to arrest a rapper who had barricaded himself inside the building to avoid serving a prison sentence for glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty and the police in his lyrics and on social media.The arrest of Pablo Rivadulla, known as Pablo Hasél, triggered angry protests and...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldCorinna Larsen tells court ‘chilling’ warning to her and her children came on the orders of King Juan CarlosLast modified on Fri 15 Jan 2021 23.37 ESTThe ex-lover of Spain’s former king Juan Carlos has told a court in Madrid of the “chilling” moment when she claimed the head of the country’s intelligence services threatened her and her children on the monarch’s orders.Corinna Larsen told the court Félix Sanz Roldán met her in London after her relationship with the king had ended to warn her that if she did not follow...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldCorinna Larsen tells court ‘chilling’ warning to her and her children came on the orders of King Juan CarlosLast modified on Fri 15 Jan 2021 23.37 ESTThe ex-lover of Spain’s former king Juan Carlos has told a court in Madrid of the “chilling” moment when she claimed the head of the country’s intelligence services threatened her and her children on the monarch’s orders.Corinna Larsen told the court Félix Sanz Roldán met her in London after her relationship with the king had ended to warn her that if she did not follow...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldPublic urged to stay at home as Storm Filomena traps motorists and brings Madrid to standstillFirst published on Sat 9 Jan 2021 05.04 ESTThe Spanish government has urged people to stay at home after at least three people died during the worst snowstorm to strike the country in 50 years. Madrid and the surrounding region were brought to a frozen standstill, and hundreds of motorists were left trapped in their cars.Storm Filomena hit on Friday, bringing snowfalls not seen in Madrid since 1971, according to the state...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldPublic urged to stay at home as Storm Filomena traps motorists and brings Madrid to standstillFirst published on Sat 9 Jan 2021 05.04 ESTThe Spanish government has urged people to stay at home after at least three people died during the worst snowstorm to strike the country in 50 years. Madrid and the surrounding region were brought to a frozen standstill, and hundreds of motorists were left trapped in their cars.Storm Filomena hit on Friday, bringing snowfalls not seen in Madrid since 1971, according to the state...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldLocal authorities yet to establish source of infections of barber and 14 customers after group tripLast modified on Sun 20 Dec 2020 23.36 ESTHealth authorities in south-west are investigating a cluster of Covid infections that erupted after a barber and 17 of his customers in a small town in Extremadura tested positive following a group trip to Turkey for hair transplants.Manuel Parada, a 36-year-old barber from Calamonte, organised the three-day treatment visit earlier this month.By last Thursday, – including Parada...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldLocal authorities yet to establish source of infections of barber and 14 customers after group tripLast modified on Sun 20 Dec 2020 23.36 ESTHealth authorities in south-west are investigating a cluster of Covid infections that erupted after a barber and 17 of his customers in a small town in Extremadura tested positive following a group trip to Turkey for hair transplants.Manuel Parada, a 36-year-old barber from Calamonte, organised the three-day treatment visit earlier this month.By last Thursday, – including Parada...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldSpanish archipelago has received 20,000 migrants and refugees this year, 8,000 in the last monthLast modified on Sun 29 Nov 2020 13.28 ESTIn the Canary Islands, 2020 will be remembered as more than just the year of the coronavirus.The streets of Arguineguín, a small town on the island of Gran Canaria, are thronged not with tourists in search of winter warmth, but with police officers, health workers and journalists, all scurrying to and from the crowded dock, which has become the newest symbol of an old...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldSpanish archipelago has received 20,000 migrants and refugees this year, 8,000 in the last monthLast modified on Sun 29 Nov 2020 13.28 ESTIn the Canary Islands, 2020 will be remembered as more than just the year of the coronavirus.The streets of Arguineguín, a small town on the island of Gran Canaria, are thronged not with tourists in search of winter warmth, but with police officers, health workers and journalists, all scurrying to and from the crowded dock, which has become the newest symbol of an old...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldAuthorities in Canary Islands move hundreds of people from Arguineguín campLast modified on Mon 30 Nov 2020 08.42 ESTSpanish authorities on the island of Gran Canaria have emptied and begun dismantling the , as the Canary Islands continue to struggle with a huge rise in migration.The makeshift camp was set up in the town of Arguineguín in August amid a surge in the number of people making the dangerous Atlantic journey from Africa to . So far this year, about 20,000 people have arrived by sea in the Canary Islands –...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldAuthorities in Canary Islands move hundreds of people from Arguineguín campLast modified on Mon 30 Nov 2020 08.42 ESTSpanish authorities on the island of Gran Canaria have emptied and begun dismantling the , as the Canary Islands continue to struggle with a huge rise in migration.The makeshift camp was set up in the town of Arguineguín in August amid a surge in the number of people making the dangerous Atlantic journey from Africa to . So far this year, about 20,000 people have arrived by sea in the Canary Islands –...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldBrazilian officers had already seized 1.5 tonnes before vessel slipped out of São SebastiãoLast modified on Tue 3 Nov 2020 17.16 ESTSpanish police have seized more than 1.2 tonnes of cocaine on a ship carrying corn from , two weeks after their Brazilian counterparts confiscated 1.5 tonnes of the drug from the same vessel.A team of customs agents and Guardia Civil and national police officers intercepted the Unispirit 50 nautical miles off the island of Gran Canaria on 16 October, and after escorting the vessel into port...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldBrazilian officers had already seized 1.5 tonnes before vessel slipped out of São SebastiãoLast modified on Tue 3 Nov 2020 17.16 ESTSpanish police have seized more than 1.2 tonnes of cocaine on a ship carrying corn from , two weeks after their Brazilian counterparts confiscated 1.5 tonnes of the drug from the same vessel.A team of customs agents and Guardia Civil and national police officers intercepted the Unispirit 50 nautical miles off the island of Gran Canaria on 16 October, and after escorting the vessel into port...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldSpanish government imposes export ban on oil painting as experts study it to determine authorshipFirst published on Thu 8 Apr 2021 09.18 EDTBefore it was pulled from sale, lot 229, a small but luminous oil painting of the scourged Christ attributed to the circle of the 17th-century Spanish artist , had been due to go under the hammer in Madrid on Thursday with a guide price of €1,500 (£1,300).Closer inspection, however, has raised suspicions that the Crowning with Thorns may be the rather more valuable work of the...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldSpanish government imposes export ban on oil painting as experts study it to determine authorshipFirst published on Thu 8 Apr 2021 09.18 EDTBefore it was pulled from sale, lot 229, a small but luminous oil painting of the scourged Christ attributed to the circle of the 17th-century Spanish artist , had been due to go under the hammer in Madrid on Thursday with a guide price of €1,500 (£1,300).Closer inspection, however, has raised suspicions that the Crowning with Thorns may be the rather more valuable work of the...WW…