Spanish News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sat, 29 Jul 2017 11:01:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Spanish News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Spain’s first post-Franco PM Adolfo Suarez dies https://www.theinfostride.com/spains-first-post-franco-pm-adolfo-suarez-dies/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:00:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30301 Adolfo Suarez, the prime minister who led post-Franco Spain to democracy, died on Sunday at a Madrid hospital, his family's spokesman said. He was 81. "Adolfo Suarez has died," the spokesman Fermin Urbiola told reporters at the Cemtro hospital where…

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]]> Spanish police arrest 24 in Madrid after anti-austerity demo https://www.theinfostride.com/spanish-police-arrest-24-in-madrid-after-anti-austerity-demo/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 14:54:25 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30285 Spanish police detained 24 people during street violence late on Saturday following a large anti-austerity demonstration in Madrid in which dozens were injured, a police spokesman said. Tens of thousands of people, some having walked from the farthest…

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]]> Horses leap fires in a centuries-old Spanish festival https://www.theinfostride.com/horses-leap-fires-in-a-centuries-old-spanish-festival/ Fri, 17 Jan 2014 01:55:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=11116 More than 100 horses and riders leapt the flames of roaring bonfires in a small Spanish town in a centuries-old festival that has raised the ire of animal rights activists. Smoke and flames filled the night in San Bartolome de Pinares, a central Spanish…

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]]> Suspected Qaeda Syria militant remanded in custody in Spain https://www.theinfostride.com/suspected-qaeda-syria-militant-remanded-in-custody-in-spain/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:32:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8847 A Spanish judge on Tuesday remanded in custody a man suspected of belonging to an Al-Qaeda linked militant group taking part in the Syrian conflict. The judge ordered Abdelwahid Sadik Mohamed, 28, to be held in custody while he is investigated for the…

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]]> Del Bosque warns Spain not to gloat ahead of World Cup https://www.theinfostride.com/del-bosque-warns-spain-not-to-gloat-ahead-of-world-cup/ Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:23:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7117 Spain coach Vicente del Bosque says his only fear for the 2014 World Cup is players gloating over past victories and failing to be humble in the face of the great challenge ahead in Brazil. "We have to forget the past and not gloat over what we have…

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]]> Volkswagen XL1 unveiled at EVS27 in Barcelona (VIDEO and PICS) https://www.theinfostride.com/volkswagen-xl1-unveiled-at-evs27-in-barcelona-video-and-pics/ Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:25:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6981 We’ve written a few times about the wickedly efficient (perhaps most efficient car in the world) Volkswagen XL1. I recently got to see the car over at EVS27 in Barcelona. Of course, I didn’t miss the opportunity to take a video and snap a few pics…

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]]> Spain’s government approves tightening of abortion law https://www.theinfostride.com/spains-government-approves-tightening-of-abortion-law/ Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:03:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5829 Spain's government on Friday approved a tightening of the abortion law that would overturn women's right to abort freely up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, ministers said. The government adopted a draft bill for a law which would allow abortion only in cases…

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]]> Spain watchdog fines Google for privacy ‘violations’ https://www.theinfostride.com/spain-watchdog-fines-google-for-privacy-violations/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 22:11:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5716 Spain's data protection watchdog ordered US Internet giant Google on Thursday to pay a 900,000-euro fine for "serious violations" of users' privacy. The Spanish Data Protection Agency accused the popular search provider of "illegal processing of personal…

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]]> Spanish judge demands Barca hand over Neymar contracts https://www.theinfostride.com/spanish-judge-demands-barca-hand-over-neymar-contracts/ Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:27:32 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5500 A Spanish judge has ruled that Barcelona must submit the contracts that brought Brazilian star Neymar to the club in May to ascertain if president Sandro Rosell has a case to answer for misappropriation of funds. Barcelona have publicly stated that…

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]]> Spanish hospital to trial new HIV treatment https://www.theinfostride.com/spanish-hospital-to-trial-new-hiv-treatment/ Mon, 09 Dec 2013 20:40:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=4189 Researchers at a Spanish hospital announced Monday they will start trials next year of a therapeutic vaccine for patients who already have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. A therapeutic vaccine treats a disease rather than preventing it. Barcelona's…

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]]> Barcelona leads growing global bike share peloton https://www.theinfostride.com/barcelona-leads-growing-global-bike-share-peloton/ Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:42:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=3694 Barcelona boasts the world's most successful bike share program, according to a report Thursday that lays out the secrets of getting more people out and about on two wheels. The Spanish Mediterranean city's Bicing system averages 10.8 trips per bike…

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