Madrid - Constant intermarriage between relatives was the main cause of the extinction of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain, which it ruled from 1516 to 1700, press reports Wednesday quoted a new study as saying.
Described as the first to apply genetics to a Spanish royal dynasty, the study confirms earlier hypotheses by many historians.
Spain's last Habsburg king, Chlares II, was unable to have children.
Gerona, Spain - Dog owners who do not take their pets for walks face fines of up to 400 euros (534 dollars) in the north-eastern Spanish city of Gerona, the daily El Periodico reported Wednesday.
Gerona, Spain - The north-eastern Spanish region of Catalonia will restore the birth house of surrealist master Salvador Dali (1904-89) and turn it into a museum, media reports Wednesday quoted officials as saying.
Madrid - Villarreal midfield anchorman Marcos Senna will be out of action for around three weeks with a thigh injury, the Spanish football club announced on Wednesday.
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.
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.
