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ARTICLES BY CIARÁN GILES

Madrid digs way out of post-storm garbage, damaged trees

MADRID — (AP) — With piles of ice and snow still covering most streets of Madrid, the Spanish capital began Thursday grappling with the problem of garbage piled in the streets and tens of thousands of trees and branches blocking the pavement less than a week after Storm Filomena.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Spain: Snow adds to misery in Madrid slum area without power

MADRID (AP) — As record snowfall and sub-freezing temperatures enveloped much of normally temperate Spain, few residents suffered as severely as the thousands who live in La Cañada Real Galiana, a mega-shantytown outside Madrid that is ranked as one of the biggest slum areas in Europe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

4 die as migrant boat reaches Spain’s Canary Islands

MADRID (AP) — Three men died in a boat carrying more than 40 migrants and another died upon reaching shore on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands on Tuesday, authorities said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery doles out big prizes

MADRID (AP) — Fortune shined Tuesday on the lucky holders of tickets with the number 72897 that took top prize in the Spain’s huge Christmas lottery, known as “El Gordo” (The Fat One).
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Spain Christmas lottery top prize goes to number 72897

MADRID (AP) — Fortune shined Tuesday on the lucky holders of tickets with the number 72897 that took top prize in the Spain’s huge Christmas lottery, known as “EL Gordo” (The Fat One).
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Spain: Military chief dismisses far-right ex-military chats

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s armed forces chief has dismissed as ‘’not representative” leaked chats by retired military officers allegedly talking about shooting political adversaries and praising late dictator Gen. Francisco Franco.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

8 migrants die as boat overturns near Spanish island

MADRID (AP) — At least eight people died after a migrant boat carrying more than 30 people hit rocks close to a small port on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spanish rescue services said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

The show goes on at Madrid´s opera house despite pandemic

MADRID (AP) — No one performing onstage in Spain’s Teatro Real opera house is masked, and that alone looks odd these days amid a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

The show goes on at Madrid´s opera house despite pandemic

MADRID (AP) — No one performing onstage in Spain’s Teatro Real opera house is masked, and that alone looks odd these days amid a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

The show goes on at Madrid´s opera house despite pandemic

MADRID (AP) — No one performing onstage in Spain’s Teatro Real opera house is masked, and that alone looks odd these days amid a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

The show goes on at Madrid´s opera house despite pandemic

MADRID (AP) — No one performing onstage in Spain’s Teatro Real opera house is masked, and that alone looks odd these days amid a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

The show goes on at Madrid´s opera house despite pandemic

MADRID (AP) — No one performing onstage in Spain’s Teatro Real opera house is masked, and that alone looks odd these days amid a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Sculpture restoration work draws laughs, memories in Spain

MADRID (AP) — Restoration work on a sculpture in northern Spain has resurrected memories of a restored Christ fresco in another Spanish city eight years ago that drew ridicule as well as tourists.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Sculpture restoration work draws laughs, memories in Spain

MADRID (AP) — Restoration work on a sculpture in northern Spain has resurrected memories of a restored Christ fresco in another Spanish city eight years ago that drew ridicule as well as tourists.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Sculpture restoration work draws laughs, memories in Spain

MADRID (AP) — Restoration work on a sculpture in northern Spain has resurrected memories of a restored Christ fresco in another Spanish city eight years ago that drew ridicule as well as tourists.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

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