Strong showing for moderates could ease Catalan talks with Madrid

Socialists win Sunday’s Catalonia elections but nationalists increase their majority

Spanish small-town mayors face flak for getting coronavirus vaccine

Politicians received Covid-19 jab despite not being high risk

Spain’s new memory law to help search for Franco’s victims

Law will make state responsible for identifying victims and pave way for probes into abuses

Spanish regional elections see nationalists surge

Win for moderate in Galicia raises questions about opposition leader’s hardline style

Coronavirus upheaval leaves Spain’s Pedro Sánchez struggling

Minority government wins vote to extend state of emergency but alienates Catalan nationalists

Leftist deal raises prospects of new Spanish government

Socialists sign accord with Podemos two days after election as voter patience runs out

Spain’s reckoning with its past shows Francoism is far from dead

Reburial of dictator’s remains has raised questions about the legacy of his regime

Elections round-up: how people voted across the EU

Country-by-country guide to elections that saw modest gains for the far-right in many member states

Spain’s right-wing ‘prince’ divides a nation ahead of election

Popular Party’s Pablo Casado has ramped up his fiery rhetoric in a bid to become PM

Sánchez’s Catalan strategy angers adversaries and unsettles allies

Worryingly for the prime minister, there are now voices of dissent within his Socialist Party

Angry scenes mar Spanish prime minister’s Barcelona visit

Madrid government claims trip will boost chances of Catalan solution

Spain’s opposition leader hit by scandal over masters degree

Magistrate finds evidence that Pablo Casado’s degree was a ‘gift’ because of political connections

New Spanish opposition leader to take tough line on Catalonia and abortion

Pablo Casado promises a return to traditional conservative values for Popular Party

Spanish conservatives elect hardline new leader

Popular Party chooses traditionalist Pablo Casado following divisive leadership contest

Spain’s once-dominant conservatives face an existential crisis

As the Popular Party chooses a new leader, members grapple with a threat of extinction

Pedro Sánchez ousts Rajoy to become Spain’s prime minister

Socialist becomes the new PM with the support of a ‘Frankenstein coalition’

Endgame for Spain’s Rajoy as parliament turns against him

Leader could resign ahead of no-confidence vote amid torrent of corruption allegations

‘I think the Irish are Spaniards who got lost’

Ian Gibson has lived in Spain for decades and is best known for his work on the poet Federico García Lorca

Women’s protest at Spanish broadcaster reflects feminist tide

Journalists wear black and share claims of manipulation by superiors

Madrid region president quits over video of face cream theft

Cristina Cifuentes of Popular Party resigns after footage emerges of supermarket incident

Pro-independence parties take control of Catalan parliament

Regional election deals stunning blow to Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy

Catalan election: How Inés Arrimadas became rising star of Spanish unionism

Ciudadanos leader seeks victory in Catalan election but presidency may still be elusive

Pro-union Catalans mix festivity with calls for Puigdemont’s jailing

‘You have to take sides and that makes more and more people go to the extremes’

Catalonia’s independence referendum: How did we get to this?

Sunday’s vote caps decade of misunderstanding between Madrid and its restive region

The Catalan schoolmistress who took a stand against independence

Dolores Agenjo has become a provocative symbol of resistance to Catalan nationalism

Spanish PM survives budget test but corruption scandals linger

Opposition party Podemos demanding no-confidence vote against Mariano Rajoy

Catalan politicians declare commitment to independence referendum

Secessionist movement in Spain seeks to end infighting with support for vote

Spain: Corruption scandals corner Rajoy six months into term

Prime minister summoned to testify in court as new cases dominate headlines

Investigators claim Spanish politicians used Irish company as a front

Two men alleged to have been paid €3.3m via Emerald Business Consulting

Basque street names fuel debate around historical memory

Less than impressed conservatives call for sign honouring nationalist to be removed

Spanish central bank officials in court over financial crisis role

Three senior bank employees step down to face probe into Bankia’s failed flotation

Catalan mayor arrested over flying of independence flag

Detention of Montserrat Venturós angers separatists, heartens unionists

Spain’s political deadlock broken as Socialists back Rajoy

End to 10-month stalemate but abstention in vote may prove costly among grassroots

Catalonia’s president Puigdemont wins confidence vote

Outcome keeps on track plan for referendum on independence from Spain next year

Rajoy’s bid to retain power boosted by weekend elections

Results of regional polls strengthen position of Spain’s governing Popular Party

Basque regional elections will be a crucial test for struggling Podemos

Party hopes to do well as voters focus on jobs and regeneration rather than independence

Regional polls could help break Spanish political deadlock

Galicia and Basque elections could boost Mariano Rajoy’s attempts to stay on as PM

Row over World Bank post threatens efforts to form government in Spain

Former minister disgraced by Panama Papers recommended for lucrative job

Mariano Rajoy likely to fail in bid to form Spanish government

Eight-month stalemate continues with likelihood of third general election in 12 months

Deadline nears for end to Spanish government deadlock

Acting PM Mariano Rajoy describes prospect of third election in a year as ‘madness’

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