Provides the latest RSS feeds for Barcelona News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Barcelona News.net http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/cat/943ff37d8bcb6116/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 21:30:37 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:30:37 -0400 30 A cockroach that glows in the dark, a black fungus that's ruining prehistoric cave art and a frog smaller than a child's fingernail. These are three in a top-ten list of newly discovered species for 2012. An international committee of taxonomists announced their annual picks this week. Committee chairman Antonio Valdecasas, a Spanish biologist and research zoologist, says the committee ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214748426/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:15:07 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214748426/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Spanish football club Real Madrid has exercised its option of signing Sao Paulo loanee Casemiro on a permanent deal. The 21-year-old joined the Spanish giants on loan in January and made his Liga debut in a 3-1 victory over Real Betis at the Santiago Bernabeu April 19, reports Xinhua. A series of impressive performances for Real Madrid Castilla in Spain's second tier convinced club president ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214735963/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:40:01 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214735963/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 The head of the European golf tour has offered an apology for using the word 'coloured' during a live television interview in which he was referring to the spat between World No.1 Tiger Woods and Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia. European Tour CEO George O'Grady had said that 'most of Sergio's friends are colored athletes in the United States', the New York Post reports. According to the report, ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214735600/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:02 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214735600/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Europe during the offseason, his manager said today. Neymar's club, Santos, is in talks with officials from Spanish champion Barcelona, which wants the 21-year-old to move to Europe and join world player of the year Lionel Messi in its attack next season. "He's preparing to stay one year, but if some proposal is good for him he can change his mind," Neymar's ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214748098/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:34:48 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214748098/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 MADRID - Spanish officials say the pilot of a small plane carrying three passengers is the only person to survive a crash on the island of Mallorca. The Cessna 172 single-engine plane took off from the island's Son Bonet de Marratxi airfield just after 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) Friday, failed to gain altitude and crashed into a nearby field, a regional Interior Ministry spokesman said. Two men and ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214747598/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:26:29 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214747598/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Amnesty International criticized the country in two areas linked to its economic meltdown. They were "aggressiveness" by police confronting protest marches and forced evictions of people who have defaulted on mortgages or are living in squatter camps, ThinkSpain reported Thursday. The report cited two cases where police violence appears to have caused death or serious injury. Angela ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214746475/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:10:29 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214746475/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Spain's National Statistics Institute said Maria and Jose are the most common names in the country. The institute said about 7 million women in Spain are named Maria and about 2.89 million men are named Jose, ThinkSpain reported Friday. Other popular names for girls are Ana, Isabel and Dolores, while the most popular boys' names after Jose are Antonio, Juan and ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214746666/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:10:24 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214746666/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Bar Isabel offers a whole octopus for group dining or a single tentacle with new potatoes, stewed peppers and chorizo. (Fernando Morales/The Globe and ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214745682/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:35:40 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214745682/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Good news for everyone not at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona this weekend: several of the most anticipated performances will be broadcast ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214745605/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:32:26 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214745605/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 "Bilbao without San Mames would be like Paris without the Eiffel Tower," said former France and Athletic Bilbao midfielder Luis Fernandez recently, contemplating the last days of the stadium where he once played and ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214745606/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:25:39 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214745606/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 A junior-high school Spanish teacher was reportedly fired last year for using the word ';negro'; during class. The teacher, 65-year-old Petrona Smith, has filed a lawsuit against the school saying that she didn’t use the word ';negro'; in a racial context and that the entire incident was purely a ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214744367/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:03:21 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214744367/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Spain's government approved a plan to grant residency permits to foreigners who buy high-end homes, a step meant to breathe life into the country's moribund housing market.The measure, one of several announced Friday to encourage entrepreneurship, will award residency cards to those who spend at least EUR500,000 ($646,700) for real estate or invest at least EUR2 million in Spanish ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214743677/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:04 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214743677/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 MADRID | Fri May 24, 2013 1:43pm EDT MADRID May 24 (Reuters) - Spanish nationalised lender Bankia sold City National Bank of Florida to BCI of Chile on Friday for $883 million, the bank said in a statement. Bankia expects to book 180 million euros ($233 million) in net capital gains from the sale, it said. ($1 = 0.7734 euros) (Reporting By Sonya Dowsett; Editing by Rodrigo de ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214745383/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:43:59 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214745383/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 MADRID (AP) — The Catholic archdiocese in Madrid says it needs more exorcists to help some of its faithful cope with the devil.An archdiocese spokeswoman said Friday that Madrid only has one exorcist priest and that it is considering a plan to train more. She spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with archdiocese policy."The devil exists. That's a fact," she told The ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214742569/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:12:59 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214742569/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 has signed a new contract with BIC, a manufacturer of stationary products, lighters and shavers.Under the contract, which commenced in September 2012, CEVA provides BIC with logistics solutions for the Iberian market, including the handling and storage of BIC's products in Spain and Portugal at CEVA's hub in Ontigola, Spain. CEVA will focus on improving BIC's warehousing ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214742573/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:32 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214742573/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214742872/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:01:39 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214742872/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Princess Cristina, the youngest daughter of Spain's Juan Carlos, is to be investigated for possible tax fraud and other financial crimes in the latest twist in an embezzlement scandal plaguing the Spanish ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214741189/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:55:03 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214741189/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 MADRID - A Spanish judge has opened an investigation into Princess Cristina's tax returns after an earlier charge of being an accomplice in an embezzlement case against her husband was ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214740925/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:32:12 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214740925/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Spanish teacher has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was fired from P.S. 211 in the Bronx in March 2012 because of a misunderstanding over the word ';negro.'; The non-tenured teacher, ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214739527/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:40:45 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214739527/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 "Spain Refinery Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. Spain oil refining industry research work is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the Spain refining sector. It provides all the key trends and analyzes the drivers and restraints of investing and operating ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214739528/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:40:40 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214739528/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Wembley hosts its seventh European Cup/Champions League final when Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund contest the 2013 showpiece event, so talkSPORT is looking back at the previous six games staged at the legendary home of English football. On Monday, we ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214739565/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:39:42 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214739565/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Rio de Janeiro: Barcelona have reportedly made a final offer of 23 million euros to sign Brazil international striker Neymar during the European summer transfer window.The Catalan club's football director Raul Sanllehi returned to Spain Thursday after a week of negotiations with Neymar's club Santos and his representatives, Estado de S.Paulo newspaper reported.The Brazilian outfit has ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214739566/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:39:40 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214739566/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Jose Castro on Friday asked tax authorities for information regarding Cristina's property and investments as well as finances relating to her partnership with her ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214738654/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:45:26 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214738654/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Lionel Messi, left, and Andrs Iniesta wear their European Cup winner's medals after Barcelona beat Manchester United in 2011. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214737713/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:02:19 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214737713/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 The total number of unemployed people in Spain has now passed the six million figure, although the rate of the increase has slowed. The figures underline Spain’s struggle to emerge from an economic crisis which began five years ago. A big demonstration in Madrid is being planned against the austerity measures. On Friday, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will unveil fiscal and policy measures ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214735594/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:10:44 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214735594/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has been included in an experienced Spain squad for June's European Under-21 Championship in Israel. The 22-year-old is one of five players named in the 23 who ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214735656/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:10:37 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214735656/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Regardless of pain, social class or age, a woman is more likely to be prescribed pain-relieving drugs. A study published in Gaceta Sanitaria (Spanish health scientific journal) affirms that this phenomenon is influenced by socioeconomic inequality between genders in the Autonomous Community in which the patient resides. In 1999, a researcher at the University of Harvard, Ishiro Kawachi, ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214733481/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:04 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214733481/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 King Edward VIII before his abdication and paid key Spanish leaders to keep the country neutral. The documents also include a letter describing a long night Prime ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214730811/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:19:31 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214730811/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley believes Spain's blueprint of blending youth with experience is the way forward for England.The Spaniards are aiming for their fourth consecutive major trophy in Brazil next year - with two European Championships and one World Cup so far - something no other nation has ever done.And Cleverley believes emulating Vicente del Bosque's approach of ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214729688/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:32:05 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214729688/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 RIO DE JANEIRO, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Barcelona has reportedly made a final offer of 23 million euros to sign Brazil international striker Neymar during the European summer transfer window. The Catalan club's football director Raul Sanllehi returned to Spain on Thursday after a week of negotiations ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214729314/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:45 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214729314/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Animal rights activists pretending to be bulls stuck through with banderillas lie on the ground covered with mock blood during a protest against bullfighting in Barcelona May 23, 2013. The activists collected signatures to present to the government in protest against a draft law currently in parliament that would protect bullfighting as part of Spain's heritage and national interest. ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214729164/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:14 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214729164/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Those interested in serving as a host family can contact Elizabeth Frescura for an application and more information at 724-689-8567 or email her at ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214729273/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:42:27 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214729273/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 MADRID (Reuters) - Small investors in shares of in Spain's nationalised lender Bankia suffered new massive losses on Thursday as the stock plunged by more than 50 percent amid an abnormally high volume of trading which the stock market regulator said would be looked at closely.Tens of thousands of small savers, who were often missold preference shares and hybrid debt in Bankia, swapped their ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214726030/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:21 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214726030/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Archaeologists are reporting the discovery of nearly 5,000 cave paintings at 11 different sites in Mexico, likely created by early hunter-gatherers. The red, white, black and yellow images discovered near Burgos in eastern central Mexico depict humans engaged in hunting, fishing and gathering, and animals such as deer, lizards and centipedes. The paintings are as yet undated but archaeologists ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214726075/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:12:25 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214726075/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 La Rojita will be hoping for a vast improvement to their Under-23 Olympic campaign last summer, when they were dumped out at the group stage featuring many players who have been named for the tournament in Israel in June.Five players have been called up that were included in the victorious Spain side two years ago, including current captain David de Gea, whose performances in the tournament ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214723397/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:01:12 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214723397/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 MADRID | Thu May 23, 2013 2:54pm EDT MADRID May 23 (Reuters) - Spain's stock market regulator on Thursday said it would investigate if the abnormally high volume of trading in nationalised lender Bankia shares during the day was in breach of market rules. Close to 50 million shares in Bankia changed hands on Thursday, or about 42 times the average daily volume over the last three ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214723126/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:54:57 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214723126/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 TAIPEI -- Taiwan has been chosen as the theme country of the 10th Asian Summer Film Festival in Spain to be held July 9-14, the Ministry of Culture said ... http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214721563/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:53:20 -0400 http://www.barcelonanews.net/index.php/sid/214721563/scat/943ff37d8bcb6116