Police have arrested four members of anarchist groups suspected of plotting to set fire to a bank ahead of a demonstration planned on Thursday in Madrid against the economic crisis, the government said
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Real Madrid are the subject of a European Commission investigation following allegations they have received illegal state aid, the decision on which is overdue and will be of great interest to the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea, under pressure to conform to Uefa Financial Fair Play regulations.
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This might just be the final drop in the bucket. You can take a Spaniards money, but not his soccer. (Historical note; Emperors have been killed for trying to clamp down on popular sports in their time)
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Police are investigating the death of a Libyan diplomat in Madrid whose body showed clear signs of violence.
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Police arrested 45 people following Saturday’s mass demonstration in Madrid, in which thousands of protestors took to the streets calling for an end to the government’s austerity measures and demanding quick solutions to outstanding cases of public corruption.
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Police arrested 45 people following Saturday’s mass demonstration in Madrid, in which thousands of protestors took to the streets calling for an end to the government’s austerity measures and demanding quick solutions to outstanding cases of public corruption.
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The leaders of Catalonia’s two biggest political forces signed a pact on Wednesday to overcome their enormous divide on economic and social issues and defy Madrid by holding a referendum on secession from Spain in 2014.
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Like all Spanish civil service employees, police officers are taking the full blow of the austerity measures brought in by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s right-wing government. This is not clever. The police are the thing standing between the rulers and the angry mob.
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Cordoned off by police riot vans, the crowd outside the government headquarters in Madrid yelled slogans lambasting further austerity measures and political corruption, demanding the resignations of the deputies of both the ruling conservative Popular Party and the opposition Socialists.
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The popular protest was assembled via social media. A huge banner was unfurled, calling for the government to resign.
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