Pais Vasco, Spain News

"With over 450 Europeans dying every day from work-related causes, workplace health and safety cannot be regarded as a luxury in these times of economic crisis." That was the message of Jukka Takala, Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work , at the closing of the latest round of the world's largest occupational health and ...

Spain's bishops are alarmed by ambitious plans to recreate the city of Cordoba - once the heart of the ancient Islamic kingdom of al-Andalus - as a pilgrimage site for Muslims throughout Europe.

The UK's Guardian has chosen the best ten buildings of the last decade from around the world.

An independent theatre company that had once planned to move to ground zero will get a new home designed by famed architect Frank Gehry in New York City's theatre district.

Winter is officially here at 6,47pm today, but much of Spain has already suffered the effects of wintery conditions with sub-zero temperatures across much of the country on Sunday, and even snow on the beach in San Sebastian, in the north.

El Mundo notes that the Socialist party in Spain has changed direction and is now supporting a referendum for the Western Sahara.

A cat who went missing from his home sent his owners into a panic, only to turn up three days later in Spain.

A cat that went missing in Hampshire turned up on a cross-channel ferry as it arrived in Bilbao, Spain.

WHEN a Hampshire couple lost their cat the last thing they expected was to get a call from seafarers in Spain.

The Astoria 7 Hotel has 102 rooms each featuring classic film stars from both present and past.

The San Sebastian Film Festival, the largest sprocket opera in the Spanish-speaking world, looks to have found broad financial stability after cost-cutting this year.

One woman was killed and two children seriously injured when a bomb in a toy car exploded at the Spanish beach resort of San Sebastian on Monday.

Mr Gehry is in Sydney to outline his vision . Map: Sydney 2000 Australia is set to get its first taste of the creative mind of world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, who has been asked to design a building for Sydney's University of Technology .

Spain, where foam became a culinary art form, laid the foundation stone on Wednesday for its first scientific university for chefs, complete with a research lab to explore the mysterious chemistry of taste.

BBVA boosts Citic Bank holding to 15pc with 1b stake acquisition Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Spain's second-biggest bank, agreed to pay about 1 billion to boost its investment in Citic Group to strengthen its foothold in Asia.

Actor Brad Pitt arrives at the Maria Cristina Hotel during the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival on September 18, 2009 in San Sebastian, Spain.

In Bilbao, Spain, there is a green meadow with hills made of fluctuating triangles.

It's an abandoned coal mining site in a depressed corner of northern France that was pummeled by the two world wars.

Bullrings and fake Eiffel Towers may not be enough to hold back the tide of surging unemployment in Spain, Europea s one-time engine of job growth.

Parte Viejo is ground zero for the fantastic Basque bar cuisine of pintxos , so I elbowed my way into the orgy and moved with the crowd from bar to bar.