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Public Fund SETT Drives a 521 Million Dollar Push to Build Major Spanish Audiovisual Groups

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Spain's State Society for Technological Transformation has combined 215.6 million euros in public investment with a further 230 million in private capital to back a dozen Spanish studios and production companies under the Spain Audiovisual Hub plan.

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Spain Said to Be Open to Italian Group Coricelli Buying Deoleo, Bloomberg Reports

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Spain Doubles Down on Quantum Computing With New Clean Room in Barcelona

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Government Unblocks 17.9 Billion Euros to Strengthen the Power Grid Through 2030

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Sanchez Denies Being Blackmailed by Morocco and Rules Out Solid Evidence Against Rabat

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EU Grants Spain 114.7 Million Euros for Ceuta in a Gesture of Solidarity

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Trump Warns 'Spain Will Be a Ruined Country' Over the Ceuta Crisis

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Ceuta Day Becomes a Nationwide March With More Than 260 Municipalities Mobilized

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At Least Five Dead and Dozens Missing After Migrant Boat Found Adrift Near Canary Islands

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Spain's Government in Disarray Over Leaked Report on Morocco's Role in Ceuta

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Tens of Thousands Protest in Spain Over Ceuta's Migration Crisis

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Intermediate Care: The Investment Spain Needs to Age Better

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Emma Thomas, the Producer Behind Christopher Nolan's Success and The Odyssey

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Why Billionaires Are Spending Fortunes on Sports Teams

Analysis:Sanchez Has One Year Until Spain's Election Deadline, and the Odds Are Against Him

Analysis:Government Approves 165 Million Euro Package for Ceuta After Migration Crisis

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Trump-Aligned Morocco Dials Up Political Heat on Spain's Sanchez

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Spain Faces Risk of Another Major Earthquake in Granada, Experts Warn

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Izan Guevara Finishes Second on the Podium at the Moto2 Aragon Grand Prix

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More Young People Are Fleeing Spanish Cities Over Housing Costs

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Mother and Daughter Die After Wall Collapse in Tarragona Flooding

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Spain Cracks Down on Irregular Migrants

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'Brown Challenge' Forces Pool Closures Across Spain This Summer

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More Than 63,000 People Have Been Moved by This Fire Season, and the Danger Period Is Getting Longer

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Santander Has Taken TSB Off Sabadell, and British Retail Banking Now Has a Spanish Shape

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Spain Grew 0.7 Percent in the Second Quarter, and This Time Investment Did the Work

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The Bank of Spain Held Its Growth Call at 2.3 Percent and Raised the Number That Matters More

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Spanish Banks Are Having Their Best Run in a Decade, and the Regulator Has Noticed

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Iberia Has Announced 10.5 Gigawatts of Data Centres and Can Actually Deliver 4.5

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Spain Is Auctioning Grid Access at Beariz, Which Is a Quiet Change in How Capacity Gets Allocated

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Wall Street Has Stopped Piloting Tokenization and Started Selling It, With 37.7 Billion Dollars Already Moved Onto Blockchains

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Florentino Perez Has Raised His ACS Stake Twice in Two Months, and the Company's Own Numbers Explain Why

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The World Added Nearly 1 Million New Millionaires in 2025, UBS Finds

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Larry Ellison Passed Jensen Huang on the Rich List in a Single Trading Session, and the Numbers Show Why It Barely Matters

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The Ibex Keeps Setting Records, and Banks Are Doing Most of the Lifting

Politics

Oceanographer Carl Wunsch warns: "The consequences of Trump are terrible, funding is denied because they say our research is a hoax"

Oceanographer Carl Wunsch warns: "The consequences of Trump are terrible, funding is denied because they say our research is a hoax"

Araújo Tapped for Washington as De la Espriella Bets on Colombia-US Reset

Araújo Tapped for Washington as De la Espriella Bets on Colombia-US Reset

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UK eVisa Glitch Leaves Woman Stranded in Spain After She Is Mixed Up With Her Twin Sister

Six months of economic war: Washington fails to strangle Iran's economy

Six months of economic war: Washington fails to strangle Iran's economy

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Fresh Tremors Rattle Granada, Alhambra Shut as Three Hurt

Sports

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Hispania Shares the Lead After Day One of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE, With the King Himself at the Helm

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Three Canteranos Started Mourinho's First Madrid Team, and One of Them Scored

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Spain's Sports Minister Says the Country Deserves the 2030 World Cup Final, Not Morocco

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A Party Inside Spain's Own Government Has Asked It to Reconsider the 2030 World Cup

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Mourinho's Real Madrid Led Fiorentina by Two and Drew, Which Is a Recognisable Start

Culture

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Angel Leon Says He Will Only Be Afraid the Day the Sea Stops Being Enough for Him

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The Art of Reinvention: How Irina Biss Is Redefining Success for a New Generation of Women

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Alhambra Reopens After Granada Quakes, but Alcazaba Stays Shut

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