The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear an emergency application for a stay filed by a Florida deep-sea salvage company that wanted to maintain possession of a half billion dollars worth of gold and silver coins until a final decision is made about who owns them.
Richard Quest asks Spanish Economy and Competitiveness minister, Louis de Guindos about the future of Spain's Economy
Spain's economy and competitiveness minister concedes the country has no option but to enforce fiscal austerity measures if it is to address its economic problems.
A dispute over $500 million in sunken treasure from Spanish ship appears nearing an end. CNN's Al Goodman reports.
Spain has won a major victory in its long court battle with a Florida-based deep-sea salvage company over rights to an estimated $500 million in silver and gold coins, officials said Wednesday.
Here's a date for your diaries: March 27, 2012. That's the earliest that Real Madrid and FC Barcelona can meet each other again. That's when they will play if they get drawn together in the quarterfinal of the Champions League -- and if the first clash is on the Tuesday. If they meet in the semifinal, they cannot face each other until April 17. If that happens, they will play three times in eight days, or possibly maybe even three times in six, because the second league game will be on April 21 or 22.
Although Spain's unemployment numbers continue to grow, CNN's Al Goodman says it is not as bad as expected.
Things are looking up in Europe, at least for now, as borrowing costs in Italy and Spain eased Thursday following strong debt auctions.
CNN's Nadia Bilchik and E.D Hill discuss New Year customs from Scotland to Spain.
Spain's new government announced a series of spending cuts Friday intended to bring down the country's soaring deficit amid concerns over the European debt crisis.
CNN's Richard Quest talked to Belen Chiloeches about Spain's economic problems and the outlook for 2012.
Spain's royal family publicly revealed its finances for the first time Wednesday, as the nation faces an economic crisis and corruption allegations bring increased scrutiny to the monarchy.
Spain's new prime minister faces a financial crisis and pressure to fix the economy. CNN's Al Goodman reports.
Spain's world champions will begin the defense of their European title against fellow football superpowers Italy next June, after both were drawn in Group C on Friday.
ATP Champions Tour at Royal Albert Hall. The event runs through Sunday and features several past greats of the game.
Spain's newly-installed government has done little to restore faith in the country's economy so far, with the first post-election debt auctions drawing sales at their highest rates in years.
The victory of the opposition Popular Party in Spain's general election means that seven leaders or governments around the Mediterranean have been thrown out within the last year, amid an explosion of popular protest. Several more are fighting for their survival. Places often perceived as the cradle of civilization have become bywords for political chaos. The causes are various, but there are common strands that suggest the fallout from 2011 will be with us for many years to come.
Spain's conservatives triumph and inherit nation's deep economic crisis with 21.5% unemployment. Al Goodman reports
Americans don't usually pay a lot of attention to Spanish politics, but the election of 2004 proved an exception. The election that occurred Sunday should be a second.
Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy is poised to become the next prime minister of economically embattled Spain, with his ascension assured after the ruling Socialist Party's candidate conceded Sunday's national election.
CNN's Dan Rivers reports on an airport in Spain that symbolizes monumental waste in a struggling country.
For Laura Dominguez, nothing tastes more like home more than mate tea and dulce de leche, both typically Argentine flavors that she missed during the eight years she lived in Spain.
Argentine immigrants leave Spain as the country is slammed by poor economic conditions. CNN's Brian Byrnes reports.
Obtaining a job in Spain has become a challenge for an entire generation. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
The campaign for Spain's parliamentary elections was concluding late Friday under the shadow of financial markets that have hammered debt-ridden Spain in the run up to Sunday's vote.
Next up on the 2011 Europe Financial Calamity tour? Spain and France.
Demonstrators take to the streets of Madrid a week before voters elect a new government. CNN's Al Goodman reports.
Several thousand demonstrators took to the streets of the Spanish capital Sunday, protesting unemployment a week before voters elect a new government.
Spain's parliamentary campaign formally began Friday and will likely culminate with opposition candidate Mariano Rajoy as prime minister of the economically embattled nation.
"Wherever the olive tree grows, you won't find much tax being collected," the mayor of a small town in southern Spain told me a few years ago. He shrugged; such was life.
European and Spanish champions Barcelona dominate the shortlist for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or, the award given to the world's best footballer.
Spanish Interior Minister Antonio Camacho warned Friday that although the Basque separatist group ETA has declared an end to violence, the most difficult task still lies ahead -- ensuring no Spaniards suffer the threat of terror attacks in the future.
CNN's Al Goodman reports on what's behind ETA's decision to end its campaign of violence in Spain.
The Basque separatist group ETA announced Thursday a "definitive cessation of its armed activity" in a statement published on the website of Gara, a newspaper that the group has used to convey messages in the past.
CNN's John Defterios reports on the impact of the economic crisis on the people of Greece.
Moody's has cut Spain's sovereign credit rating, making it the last of the big three rating agency to take action in less than a month as confidence wanes over whether eurozone's fourth largest economy will be able to meet its ambitious deficit reduction targets.
Standard & Poor's downgraded Spain's credit rating Friday, blaming economic malaise and dim prospects.
In the latest blow to the European banking sector, Standard & Poor's on Tuesday announced negative rating actions on 15 Spanish banks.
Spain's Duchess of Alba marries a civil servant 24 years her junior
A new solar plant in southern Spain can produce electricity at all hours, even when the sun goes down. Al Goodman reports
Typical solar power plants stop working when the sun sets, but a new one in southern Spain, called Gemasolar, can stay awake all night.
A Spanish judge released from prison Saturday five Algerian men arrested for suspected Islamic terrorist activities, but ordered them to report to authorities twice a month and not leave Spain, according to a copy of the court order viewed by CNN.
Why doesn't José Antonio Reyes get a call-up for the Spanish national team?
Civil Guards arrested five Algerian men early Tuesday in northern Spain on suspicion of providing logistical and financial support for Islamic terrorist activities, Spain's interior ministry said.
In the sandy arena of Catalonia's La Monumental bullring, the traditional bugle signaled the end of an era Sunday as Barcelona hosted its last bullfight.
It was Fernando Roig who said it best, explaining the truth that lies behind the Spanish League or the LFP. "You go to a league meeting and you discuss things, you explain, you talk about your position for half an hour," the Villarreal president told the radio station Cadena Cope, "and then it turns out to be completely worthless. There you are making proposals, analyzing the situation and it means nothing because the decision has been taken by in some restaurant the day before the meeting. You can talk, but the decision has been made and there is nothing you can do."
Europe default risks are on the rise. Take one look at the market for credit default swaps, and the probability that Greece will default on its $345 billion in debt is near 100%. Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Italy aren't too far behind.
Two games, 11 goals and one mighty familiar looking league table. A player's strike denied the Spanish league its opening round of games and put everything back by seven days, turning Week Two into Week One, but it only delayed the inevitable. And the inevitable still arrived with indecent haste, not even hanging on for a fortnight or two. When it did, it brought with it laments and arguments.
Peace came via a punch up. Spain came from two goals down to win 3-2 against Chile on Sept. 2, Cesc Fàbregas scored twice to make it five goals in four matches, and Andres Iniesta was so good that one newspaper gave him four marks out of three, the Chile coach saying: "he destroyed us." But that was not the best thing that happened. The best thing that happened was a fight.
Pope Benedict XVI is in Madrid, Spain for World Youth Day. CNN's Al Goodman reports.
Rio de Janeiro will host the next World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI announced Sunday to hundreds of thousands of young Roman Catholic pilgrims at the close of this year's event in Madrid.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Madrid for World Youth Day, but demonstrators protest over the cost of the pontiff's visit.
Catholic youths should not hide their beliefs from their peers, Pope Benedict XVI told them in a World Youth Day speech delivered Thursday in Spain.
Scientists in Spain say they have developed an electronic "tongue" that can identify different types of the Spanish sparkling wine cava -- a task more usually left to the skilled palate of the sommelier.
Moody's Investors Service downgraded six regions of Spain on Friday, and warned that other regions could also face a downgrade.
Authorities in Spain and the United States have busted an international drug money-laundering ring and seized buildings, cars and cash valued at more than $140 million, the Spanish National Police said Monday.
Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer talks Europe's economy and the U.S. debt crisis.
A 24-year-old Australian man was gored in the thigh Friday, the second day of the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
British police arrested a man wanted for an attempt to assassinate the king of Spain more than a decade ago, they announced Thursday.
CNN's Al Goodman reports on protesters in Spain rallying against economic changes.
Tens of thousands of protesters converged on central Madrid Sunday as the so-called May 15 movement pushing for political and social change in Spain again took to the streets.
Spain is expelling the Libyan ambassador to Madrid and three other Libyan diplomats here, the Spanish Foreign Ministry said in a statement Thursday.
Four more people have died in Germany, health officials said Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths from an E. coli outbreak to 35.
Protesters dismantled a sprawling tent camp in Madrid's central Puerta del Sol plaza on Sunday, nearly a month after it sparked large nationwide demonstrations and similar encampments in other cities to demand changes in Spain's political and economic system.
Three thoughts after Spain's 4-0 win against the United States on Saturday in Foxboro, Mass.:
FOXBORO, Mass. -- Saturday's game beween the U.S. national team and Spain is expected to draw a crowd of over 60,000. Spain of course, is the reigning World Cup champion and has brought a strong squad, although its missing playmaker Xavi and inspirational defender Carles Puyol. The last time these two nations met was in the 2009 Confederations Cup tournament when the U.S. pulled off a huge upset by winning 2-0 and ending Spain's then 35-game unbeaten streak. Spain's playersare a little tired after a long campaign, but expect both teams to play most of their starters for at least the first half.
It would be time for revenge if they knew what time it was -- and if there weren't other things on their minds. This time, Spain's most difficult opponents are not on the other team; they are the men supposedly on their own.
Infectious disease detectives worldwide rushed Thursday to find the cause of an outbreak of a rare strain of E. coli that has spread to 10 countries and is blamed for at least 16 deaths and hundreds of illnesses.
Jorg Debatin of Hamburg Medical Center discusses how doctors are responding to the latest E.coli cases.
The European Commission on Wednesday rescinded its health warning against cucumbers from Spain, according to a statement from the Spanish Health Ministry.
Spanish officials have been denying accusations their country was the cause of a deadly E. coli outbreak.
Economic and political protests, fueled by social media networks, continue ahead of elections. CNN's Al Goodman reports.
Spain's opposition conservatives were heading to victory Sunday over the ruling Socialists in local and regional elections, with 84% of the vote counted, according to official results.
Protesters occupy Puerta del Sol in Madrid to call attention to Spain's 21% unemployment rate. CNN's Al Goodman reports.
Spaniards voted Sunday in local and municipal elections forecast to inflict deep losses to the ruling Socialists as a week-long protest over mass unemployment continued.
Spain's supreme court on Friday rejected an appeal to overturn the electoral board's order banning demonstrations on Saturday, a spokesman for the court told CNN, confirming Spanish media reports.
Economic and political protests continue ahead of Sunday elections in Spain. CNN's Al Goodman reports.
Protests against Spain's economic crisis took a new turn Wednesday as social media networks fueled calls for demonstrators to take to the streets before local elections a few days away.
Residents on Thursday surveyed damage and tried to take in what is being called the worst earthquake to hit Spain in 30 years.
An earthquake has killed several people. CNN's Al Goodman reports.
Thousands of residents of the southeastern Spanish city of Lorca slept outside Wednesday night, hours after the city of about 80,000 was struck by an earthquake that killed eight people, state radio reported, citing authorities.
A 5.3-magnitude quake struck southeastern Spain Wednesday, about 218 miles south-southeast of Madrid. Atlas TV reports.
Spain's sea rescue service pulled 29 sub-Saharan African migrants from a capsized boat early Friday off the coast of southern Spain, but 22 others who were also aboard are missing, a rescue official told CNN.
Spain denies it has officially recognized the Libyan rebels' transitional council as the legitimate leadership of Libya, despite sending a diplomat to talk to them, a Spanish Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Thursday.
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Spain's unemployment rate rose nearly a point to 21.29%, with 4.9 million jobless for the first quarter of 2011, the government reported Friday, as the prolonged economic crisis continues to squeeze the nation.
MADRID -- In the immediate aftermath of a tense and often fractious clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga on April 16, something terrible happened. It was just before midnight and the final whistle, barely audible over a deafening din, had been blown. Down in the tunnel, away from watchful eyes, beyond the public gaze, a Barcelona player and a Real Madrid player turned and began to head straight for each other. Face to face they came. And then ...
A 25-year-old Spanish man has been ordered by a judge to leave home and look for a job after he took his parents to court for stopping his allowance money.
A total of 37 former Cuban political prisoners landed in Madrid on Friday from Havana, boosting to 115 the number of former Cuban prisoners who have come to Spain since last July, a Spanish Foreign Ministry statement said.
CNN's John Defterios investigates Spain's economy, following Portugal's admission it needs financial aid.
As Madrid marks the anniversary of the 2004 train bombings, an emergency worker returns to the scene for the first time.
Four suspected Islamic militants are due to go on trial Thursday afternoon in Madrid for allegedly aiding fugitives from the Madrid train bombings of 2004, a National Court spokesman told CNN.
MADRID -- Jose Mourinho was fighting a losing battle Wednesday night. Not on the pitch, but off it. Real Madrid finally won a knockout tie in the Champions League, the competition that it likes to think it has a hold of and the one that certainly has a hold over it. After six years of failure, it finally reached the quarterfinal, a huge roar greeting the final whistle as it defeated Lyon 3-0. By its own measure -- and the European Cup is the team's measure -- the biggest club of all had stopped being a big club at all. Now, at last, it is back.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Wednesday ordered a review of his country's nuclear power plants in light of the crisis unfolding in Japan, where workers are battling to contain radioactive materials at a plant after an massive earthquake and tsunami.
Friday marks the seventh anniversary of the Madrid train bombings -- coordinated attacks on four morning-rush commuter trains that killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800.
In advance of the seventh anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, ambulance technician Esther Lopez went back for the first time to the scene where she aided the wounded and transported the bodies of the dead.
Asian markets fell sharply and stocks in Europe were also under pressure Thursday, following China's surprise trade deficit and another downgrade of Spain's credit rating.
Moody's Investor Service downgraded Spain on Thursday over concerns about its sluggish economy and the central government's questionable ability to control finances throughout the country.
Police in Spain found the body of missing U.S. college student Austin Taylor Bice, 22 early Tuesday in Madrid, authorities said.
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