Geography of Spain

BELGRADE - More than 50 cave etchings thought to be around 14,500 years old have been found in the northern Spanish town of Lekeitio, Associated Press reported.

Bizkaia regional official Unai Rementeria announced the discovery in a press conference on Thursday, saying the etchings were a "treasure of mankind", and "of exceptional technical quality and visibility".

Two hearing impaired Turkish students and one teacher were drowned on April 13 in the Spanish resort of Marbella, where they had been involved in an education program.

?akir Çelik, 19, Serdar Fidan, 18, and computer teacher Ümit Nalbant, 30, were drowned at sea, while 17-year-old student Hur?it Özbay was rescued by lifeguards at the last minute. 

Athens was one of five cities to win the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2014 Mayors Challenge on Thursday.

The Greek capital won the 1-million-euro award for the City of Athens’s Synathina online platform connecting the local authority with civil society.

Barcelona, Kirklees, Stockholm and Warsaw were the other winners.

By Stathis Kousounis

Ten of the Mediterranean’s 30 most popular island vacation destinations this summer are Greek, according to searches made on Trivago’s 47 online booking platforms between April 1 and June 30.

Regional Parliament in Spain's Basque Country (Pais Vasco) approved a resolution proclaiming the province's "right to self-determination".

The symbolic text adopted Thursday was backed by 48 out of 75 Basque lawmakers.