Two buses on lines 14 and 41 in Barcelona have been displaying slogans similar to those used in London recently, namely: Dios probablemente no existe. No te preocupes y disfruta de la vida. (God probably doesn’t exist. Don’t worry and enjoy life.) In Madrid, one bus on the Fuenlabrada Leganés-Aluche route has been going round with the slogan: ‘Dios sí …
Madrid airport reopens
Madrid’s Barajas airport reopened at 17:00 on Friday afternoon, five hours after having to suspend all flights due to heavy snow. Roads were absolutely blocked around the capital and the only way to get to the airport was by metro.
Snow causes temporary suspension of flights at Barajas airport in Madrid
Madrid’s Barajas airport suspended operations at 11:50 this morning due to adverse weather conditions including heavy snowfalls. The suspension is only temporary and measures are being taken to clear away the snow, but anyone flying from Barajas today should check with their travel agent to confirm the latest situation.
Prison without bail for Madrid bouncers
The three Madrid bouncers who were detained after the death of a youth outside El Balcón de Rosales discoteque have been sent to prison without bail. The Magistrate’s Court in Madrid heard declarations from numerous witnesses during a three hour hearing yesterday before ordering the detainees to be remanded in custody without bail. The three men are being charged with …
Three arrested after disco death in Madrid
Three bouncers at a Madrid nightclub have been detained following the death of an 18 year old boy. The Emergency Services were called to El Balcón de Rosales discoteque in the paseo del Pintor Rosales at around 05:30 on Saturday morning after someone called to report a fight. When the medics arrived, the boy was lying on the ground in …
Barajas crash – Wing flaps wrongly deployed
The preliminary report into the tragic crash of Spanair flight 5022 at Barajas airport, in which 154 people lost their lives, concludes that the plane’s wing flaps were wrongly positioned, but a warning system failed to alert the pilots. The plane, an MD-82, reached an altitude of just 12 metres before crashing and bursting into flames, killing all but 18 …
Domestic fatality in Madrid
A 34 year old Bolivian man died on Sunday in the Puente de Vallecas district of Madrid after being stabbed by his partner.
26 arrests after Madrid train brawl
An argument between two Rumanians and a group of South Americans on a Madrid local train turned into a fullscale fight and ended up with 26 people being arrested.
Emotional farewell to the plane crash victims
More than 2,000 people attended an emotional Mass at La Almudena cathedral in Madrid yesterday for the 154 victims of Spanair flight JK5022 which crashed at Madrid’s Barajas airport on August 20th 2008.
Madrid airport tragedy, conflicting reports
As the investigation continues into the tragic crash of Spanair flight JK5022 at Madrid’s Barajas airport on August 20th in which 154 people lost their lives, media attention is currently focusing on whether the airline thought about changing planes just before the crash.