SPANISH troops in north-east Afghanistan are trying to agree with their Italian counterparts over joint protection of the ‘Lithium Route.’

A 79-YEAR-OLD grandmother is taking her transsexual son-in-law to court for allegedly not allowing her to see her granddaughters.

Spanair, the financially troubled 26 year old Spanish airline, went belly-up last weekend stranding an estimated 23,000 travellers and leaving over 3,000 bewildered employees up in the air over their futures.

SPAIN made more internet searches for the file-sharing site Megaupload than any other country in the world.

ENGLISH Actress, Kate Beckinsale was today (Wednesday) in Madrid to attend a photocall to promote the latest installment of the Underworld films, Underworld: Awakening.

A MAN, 71, from Villarrobledo – a town located between Alicante and Madrid – has been convicted of sexually abusing a girl.

British heartthrob, James Bond star Daniel Craig (Mikael Blomkvist) and Rooney Mara (Lisbeth Salander) visited Madrid with director David Fincher to attend the premiere of the highly anticipated Hollywood film adaptation of crime novel The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

THE body of a woman, 53, was found tied to a bed in her home in Sevilla.

Spain has started 2012 firmly at the head of the jobless charts with double the EU average.

AS the clock struck mid-night last Saturday in Spain, millions of people were popping 12 grapes into their mouths.

THREE people were arrested in Lora del Rio, Sevilla, for allegedly blackmailing a man, accusing him of having sex with minors.

RESIDENTS in Tarifa are searching for 27-year-old Ivan Silva, who was last seen in the Bolonia area on December 17.

SALES of Spain’s typical Christmas sweet ‘turron’ (similar to nougat) have risen by 2 per cent this year despite the financial crisis.

A MAN who killed his wife in Girona – northeastern Spain - in 2005 had been receiving a widower’s pension ever since.

AN ETA hideaway with explosives was found by the Basque police in the Vizcaya area of Duranguesado.