Jandia, Spain - Some people smile when they see them, others find them annoyingly bourgeois and simply shake their head. Whatever reactions they provoke, the round rock shelters on the southern beaches of Fuerteventura, one of Spain's Canary Islands , are an integral part of many people's holidays and a second lodging for more than a few tourists. Roofless, about 2.5 metres in diameter, and fashioned from local volcanic rock, the shelters offer protection from the wind in addition to privacy for those inside them, most of whom prefer to sunbathe in the nude.
Murcia, Spain - The white bikini stood out brilliantly against the young Spanish woman's body, whose arms, legs, abdomen and face were almost black. Though the sun beats down mercilessly on Spain's Costa Calida, or "Warm Coast," the woman's colour was not a deep suntan. She and her girlfriends had come to Lo Pagan, on the Mar Menor, to cover themselves with medicinal mud.
Madrid - The militant separatist group ETA early Sunday warned the incoming Basque government to brace for attacks. In an ETA communique published in the Basque newspaper Gara on Sunday, the group designated the incoming prime minister Patxi Lopez and his government as the "priority target."
Madrid - The militant separatist group ETA early Sunday warned the incoming Basque government to brace for attacks. In an ETA-communique published in the Basque newspaper Gara on Sunday, the group designated the incoming prime minister Patxi Lopez and his government as the "priority target."
Vienna - Luis Echavarri, the head of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Paris, confirmed Thursday that he was Spain's official candidate to replace Mohamed Elbaradei as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
