Ciaran Giles

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People walk past an advert calling for financial help to fight Ebola in Africa on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014 in Madrid downtown, Spain. A Spanish hospital official says the nursing assistant Teresa Romero, infected with Ebola, is "stable," hours after authorities described her condition as critical. Romero is the first person known to have caught the disease outside the outbreak zone in West Africa, contracting the virus while helping treat a Spanish missionary who became infected in West Africa, and later died. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

Spain PM visits hospital treating Ebola patient

Ciaran Giles · October 10, 2014 7:10 pm

Catalans seek legal case for secession vote

Ciaran Giles · October 3, 2014 5:48 pm

Some 1,400 migrants try to reach Spain from Africa

Ciaran Giles · August 12, 2014 3:30 pm

An ambulance transporting Miguel Pajares, a Spanish priest who was infected with the Ebola virus while working in Liberia, leaves the Military Air Base of Torrejon de Ardoz, near Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 after his arrival in Spain. A priest who has been confirmed as the first Spaniard to be infected by the current outbreak of the ebola virus has been brought back to Spain for treatment. Pajares, a missionary priest based in Liberia, is one of the 1,711 reported cases to have been confirmed since March, when the most deadly wave of the condition began. As well as Liberia, where Pajares was based, the epidemic is also affecting Sierra Leone and Nigeria, with nearly 932 deaths reported so far. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Spain priest with Ebola stable in Madrid hospital

Ciaran Giles · August 7, 2014 11:53 am

An ambulance transporting Miguel Pajares, a Spanish priest who was infected with the Ebola virus while working in Liberia, leaves the Military Air Base of Torrejon de Ardoz, near Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, after landing in Spain. The priest who has been confirmed as the first Spaniard to be infected by the current outbreak of the Ebola virus has been brought back to Spain for treatment. Pajares, a missionary priest based in Liberia, is one of the 1,711 reported cases to have been confirmed since March, when the most deadly wave of the condition began. At least 932 deaths in four countries have been blamed on the illness. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Priest with Ebola virus in stable condition

Ciaran Giles · August 7, 2014 9:49 am

Leaders of Spain, Catalonia hold secession talks

Ciaran Giles · July 30, 2014 2:53 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2014 file photo, Spain's Princess Cristina arrives at the courthouse in Palma de Mallorca, Spain after being named as a fraud and money laundering suspect. A Spanish judge on Wednesday June 25, 2014, has moved closer to indicting Princess Cristina, sister of newly proclaimed King Felipe, in a tax fraud and money laundering investigation centering on her husband. Wrapping up a four-year pre-trial investigation, Palma de Mallorca investigative magistrate Jose Castro kept Cristina on the list of suspects he thinks should stand trial, in her case for money laundering and tax fraud cooperation. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Court moves closer to indicting Spanish princess

Ciaran Giles · June 25, 2014 9:04 am

Jihadi supporters arrested in Spain, Germany

Jihadi supporters arrested in Spain, Germany

Ciaran Giles · June 16, 2014 2:27 pm

A riot police officer grabs a protestor who was shouting slogans against the monarchy, during a protest against the Monarchy near the parliament in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Dozens of riot police stopped and frisked protestors as they arrived near the Spanish parliament. Spain's Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of urgent government legislation allowing King Juan Carlos to abdicate this month and hand over his duties to Crown Prince Felipe. The legislation was approved by 299 lawmakers, while 19 voted against and 23 abstained. Several leftist deputies protested, holding up signs demanding a referendum on whether to scrap the monarchy. The Senate is expected to approve the legislation June 17, with 46-year-old Felipe being proclaimed king two days later. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Spain’s Parliament backs king’s abdication

Ciaran Giles · June 11, 2014 5:53 pm

People wait for a government-run unemployment registry office to open, in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Spain's National Statistics Institute said the unemployment rate edged up to 25.9 percent in the first three months of the year from 25.7 percent in the previous quarter, a sign the recovery is still weak. The institute said Tuesday the number of people out of work fell by 2,300 in the January-March period, leaving the total number of unemployed at a rounded 5.9 million. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Spain economic recovery ‘gathering pace’

Ciaran Giles · April 30, 2014 12:50 pm

Spain town with ‘Kill Jews’ in name mulls change

Spain town with ‘Kill Jews’ in name mulls change

Ciaran Giles · April 22, 2014 1:49 pm

Spanish Parliament rejects Catalonia bid

Spanish Parliament rejects Catalonia bid

Ciaran Giles · April 8, 2014 10:17 pm