Novel scheme helps Madrid cut the crap with dog ownersPeople who fail to pick up after animals can either pay fine or choose to clean city streetsWed Apr 27 2016 - 17:48
Catalonia’s Carles Puigdemont seeks independent state in EUSpain’s image would be improved internationally if referendum is staged – PuigdemontSat Apr 23 2016 - 01:00
Islamic past of Córdoba’s Mosque-Cathedral restoredCampaigners celebrate victory against Catholic Church in tourism brochures feudThu Apr 21 2016 - 01:00
Spanish parties meet in bid to end stalemateEighty per cent of voters say the political situation is ‘bad’ or ‘very bad’Thu Apr 07 2016 - 01:00
Primark makes its mark in Spain as turnover hits €1.17bnPrimark’s low-cost products have been popular with Spaniards seeking a bargainThu Mar 31 2016 - 01:00
Renewable energy giant Abengoa wins bankruptcy reprieveEnergy group avoids biggest Spanish corporate collapseMon Mar 28 2016 - 21:34
Students from six countries killed in bus crash in northern SpainWomen from Italy, Germany, France, Romania, Uzbekistan and Austria killedMon Mar 21 2016 - 15:20
At least 13 students killed in coach crash in northern SpainThree Irish students among 34 bus passengers treated in hospital after incidentMon Mar 21 2016 - 07:05
Podemos leaders under pressure over resignationsThe political party’s energy is dissipating as internal disputes pull it apartSat Mar 19 2016 - 01:00
Bullfighting debate enters arena of Spanish politicsControversial sport of bullfighting is lumped in with a past Spain’s left wing seeks to obliterateFri Mar 18 2016 - 01:00
Spanish police hunt thieves who stole Francis Bacon paintingsPaintings worth €30m were stolen from private home in Madrid in June 2015Mon Mar 14 2016 - 18:41
Spain remains in political limbo two months after electionSocialists’ attempts to forge new government have deepened divisions between partiesWed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
Basque leader Arnaldo Otegi freed from Spanish prisonOtegi likely to run for Basque regional premier for the EH Bildu coalition in electionsWed Mar 02 2016 - 01:00
Basque leader Arnaldo Otegi freed after 6 years in prisonOtegi (57) jailed in 2009 for trying to reform political party linked to terrorist group EtaTue Mar 01 2016 - 18:57
Catalan separatists confident of result despite challengesParties in Madrid still wrangling over formation of a new Spanish governmentSat Feb 27 2016 - 02:00
Spain fears election rerun from perspective of uneasy limboAs four factions fail to form a coalition, voters wonder if big picture is ignoredFri Feb 26 2016 - 01:00
Liberals back Pedro Sánchez to be Spanish leaderSocialists and Ciudadanos sign accord and look for support to form governmentWed Feb 24 2016 - 18:18
Many fear legacy of Cervantes in danger as 400th anniversary approachesSpain’s greatest writer mainly of interest to academics and cultural elite, say criticsWed Feb 24 2016 - 01:00
Spain remains global crime hub and haven for fugitivesDrugs, guns, explosives dominate scene in which ‘new life can be invented with ease’Fri Feb 19 2016 - 01:00
Spanish civil servant fined for missing work for six yearsEngineer in Cádiz was about to receive long service award when absence was noticedFri Feb 12 2016 - 14:42
Puppeteers’ arrest sparks debate on freedom of speech in SpainTwo men arrested for allegedly glorifying terrorism after complaints from viewersThu Feb 11 2016 - 17:38
Pedro Sánchez focusing on forming Spanish governmentSocialist leader Pedro Sánchez is directing energy at mustering support to become PMSat Feb 06 2016 - 02:00
Impatient Spaniards call for parties to reach agreementPoliticians are being urged by a frustrated electorate to get on with forming a governmentFri Jan 29 2016 - 01:01
Portugal’s centre-right president pledges to unite countryMarcelo Rebelo de Sousa signals some common ground with leftist governmentMon Jan 25 2016 - 20:00
Anti-austerity Podemos party proposes coalition of leftSpain’s acting prime minister Mariano Rajoy decides not to stay on due to lack of supportFri Jan 22 2016 - 20:00
Spanish parliament meets amid impasse over governmentNew era requiring consensus between disparate groups unlikely to last longWed Jan 13 2016 - 19:54
Accession of new Catalan premier keeps secession plan alive‘This is not a time for cowards,’ says strident separatist premier Carles PuigdemontMon Jan 11 2016 - 01:00
Spain’s Princess Cristina faces historic tax fraud trialCristina de Borbón (50) is the first Spanish royal to face criminal proceedingsMon Jan 11 2016 - 01:00
Madrid’s modern ‘Three Kings’ parade annoys traditionalistsParade takes place during eve of the Epiphany and marks end of the Christmas festivitiesSat Jan 09 2016 - 01:00
Spanish election: Pressure on Socialists to resolve crisisWith ruling conservatives lacking a majority, the pressure is on left-leaning parties to uniteThu Dec 31 2015 - 01:00
Catalan independence bid on hold after failure to elect leaderSeparatist premier Artur Mas struggles to gain vital support of left-wing CUP partySun Dec 27 2015 - 20:48
Political uncertainty mounts in wake of Spanish electionSocialists unwilling to back PP and are set to vote against ‘investiture of Mariano Rajoy’Tue Dec 22 2015 - 01:00
Spanish PM falls short on overall majorityMariano Rajoy’s Popular Party wins 122 seats in Spain’s 350-seat chamberMon Dec 21 2015 - 08:18
Spain’s political landscape changes even as Popular Party wins electionFour-way race represents ‘watershed’, says socialist leaderMon Dec 21 2015 - 01:00
Man in the middle aims to show Spaniards the third wayAs Spain goes to polls, Ciudadanos’s Albert Rivera may become kingmaker, if not PMSat Dec 19 2015 - 05:00
Corruption dominates lead-up to Spanish electionScandal-plagued prime minister Mariano Rajoy is still favourite to win in Sunday’s voteThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
Profligate past colours debate as Spain gears up for electionDespite four years of cutbacks and tax hikes Popular Party government holds poll leadSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
Podemos may have peaked too soon as election nearsLeftist Spanish party a victim of its own success as many voters no longer believe it canFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:04
Spain’s deputy PM conspicuous by her presencePopular Party’s number two could be more acceptable if a coalition has to be negotiatedWed Dec 09 2015 - 01:01
Spain in election mode with four parties in changed landscapeCampaign for December 20th general election marked by an end to bi-party systemFri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00
Spain: Pamplona seeks investigation into abuses in Franco eraCity is expected to approve criminal investigation into human rights abusesFri Nov 27 2015 - 01:00
Forty years since Franco: how Spain has reinvented itselfEconomic and social progress brought great confidence before a harsh reality checkFri Nov 20 2015 - 18:00
Spain remembers dictator Franco and his victimsGeneral’s principles still lauded by supporters on 40th anniversary of his deathFri Nov 20 2015 - 08:55
Standoff puts Catalonia’s independence plans in jeopardyTensions within separatist movement may stall ‘democratic disconnection’ from SpainWed Nov 18 2015 - 19:37
Catalan independence resolution draws swift retort from MadridRegion is taking the first steps towards seceding from SpainTue Nov 10 2015 - 01:00
Migrants endure agonising wait at Spanish gateway to EUTensions as refugee centre overflows with ever more long-term residentsSat Nov 07 2015 - 01:00
Volkswagen to pay back millions in subsidies to Spanish governmentSome estimate reimbursement linked to emissions scandal could amount to €50mThu Nov 05 2015 - 14:41
Former missionary denounces religious order over ‘sexual slavery’Man writes to pope and takes case to VaticanWed Nov 04 2015 - 01:00
Spain’s political parties combine to oppose Catalan secessionPrime minister Mariano Rajoy to meet leaders of Ciudadanos and Podemos partiesThu Oct 29 2015 - 16:32
Fighting talk from Spain PM Rajoy on Catalan breakawayPM suggests he may use courts to block move as separatists eye quick seceessionWed Oct 28 2015 - 01:00
