Jailed Rodrigo Rato is the poster boy for ills of Spanish banksFormer IMF director one of 65 bank executives convicted in €12m ‘black card’ schemeSat Feb 25 2017 - 08:00
Alternative to independence is decline, says Catalan presidentRegional leader Carles Puigdemont outlines secessionist plans to Guy HedgecoeWed Feb 22 2017 - 20:40
Protest over paedophile priest set to embarrass Spanish churchJosé Manuel Ramos Gordón allowed to say Mass after admitting to abusing boys at seminaryFri Feb 17 2017 - 17:28
Basque street names fuel debate around historical memoryLess than impressed conservatives call for sign honouring nationalist to be removedThu Feb 16 2017 - 01:00
Spanish central bank officials in court over financial crisis roleThree senior bank employees step down to face probe into Bankia’s failed flotationWed Feb 15 2017 - 12:53
Podemos: Decisive vote for Iglesias cements position at helmSpanish anti-austerity party seeks to end damaging rift in leadershipSun Feb 12 2017 - 18:00
Spain’s Podemos faces reckoning at party’s national assemblyLeader Pablo Iglesias and his deputy are locked in a dispute over leftist group’s futureSat Feb 11 2017 - 01:00
Catalan separatists on trial over illegal independence voteTens of thousands expected to protest at Barcelona court in support of Artur MasMon Feb 06 2017 - 01:00
Doctor turns folk hero amid Granada’s healthcare conflictCharismatic Spanish medic Jesús Candel mobilises thousands against hospital mergerFri Jan 27 2017 - 01:00
Catalan independence leaders embark on EU charm offensiveSpanish conservatives liken secessionist project to far-right populist movementsTue Jan 24 2017 - 19:45
Heavy metal singer jailed for year for Twitter terrorism jokesWoman faces possible prison for tweets as Spain’s freedom of expression questionedThu Jan 19 2017 - 18:54
The British ex-gangster helping Irish criminals in SpainFormer bank robber Jason Coghlan says he is the lawyer ‘a Paddy’s going to call’Fri Jan 13 2017 - 20:00
Kenny discusses Brexit with Spanish prime ministerMariano Rajoy ‘well aware’ of circumstances pertaining to Ireland, says TaoiseachThu Jan 12 2017 - 18:43
Podemos leaders battle for party’s soul in search of winning formulaMadrid Letter: Pablo Iglesias wants to steer party to hard left, but his deputy disagreesThu Jan 12 2017 - 01:00
Portugal pays respects to Mário Soares’s ‘life of combat’Former socialist PM and president, who has died at 92, was key figure after dictatorshipSun Jan 08 2017 - 19:02
Spanish politician unleashes storm on anniversary of Muslim defeatSenior member of governing Popular Party tweeted ‘With Islam we would not be free’Tue Jan 03 2017 - 16:00
No more nymphs as Cádiz’s ‘sexist’ carnival gets a dressing-downAuthorities ban part of annual festival due to fears over stereotyping of young womenMon Jan 02 2017 - 16:39
Government says ECJ ruling has no bearing on Apple caseDepartment of Finance responds to ruling in relation to Spanish tax concession schemeWed Dec 21 2016 - 13:17
Catalan speaker prosecuted for allowing debate on secessionCarme Forcadell oversaw parliament session on independence despite it being forbiddenFri Dec 16 2016 - 17:05
Ex-hitman for Spanish death squad arrested for jihadist linksFormer member of anti-ETA group is suspected of planning terrorist attack for IsisThu Dec 15 2016 - 01:00
Man forced to return money after lying about sick daughterSpanish father who faked claims about daughter’s care raised €150,000 in donationsWed Dec 07 2016 - 20:15
Independence becomes a natural goal in the Catalan heartlandEconomic grievances and legal clashes with Madrid feed secessionist sentimentMon Dec 05 2016 - 13:09
Catalan unionists struggle to be heard amid separatist clamourRegion split on independence from Spain, but secessionists still dominating debateSat Dec 03 2016 - 01:00
‘Sniper’ who simulated assassination of Spain’s king faces jailGunman also had Real Madrid stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale in his sightsMon Nov 21 2016 - 15:30
Spain exhumes conspirators whose coup sparked civil warSanjurjo and Mola recalled as notorious figures who helped pave way for Franco’s ruleWed Nov 16 2016 - 19:00
Podemos fends off Trump parallels as Spain debates populismPablo Iglesias strongly rejects ‘ignorant’ comparisons following US election resultMon Nov 14 2016 - 12:59
Rap music provides release for Spanish prisonersHip-hop trio Flow Kaló make history by recording CD while imprisoned in Burgos jailThu Nov 10 2016 - 01:00
Catalan mayor arrested over flying of independence flagDetention of Montserrat Venturós angers separatists, heartens unionistsFri Nov 04 2016 - 16:39
How do Garda earnings compare with their counterparts elsewhere in Europe?Police in France and Spain have staged protests and withdrawn from some dutiesThu Nov 03 2016 - 16:37
Protests over death of fish seller remind Moroccans of Arab SpringDemonstrators have blamed police for death of Mouhcine Fikri, killed by garbage truck grinderThu Nov 03 2016 - 15:26
Rajoy faces rocky ride despite end to Spain’s political deadlockPodemos and crisis-ridden Socialist Party poised to resist conservative governmentSun Oct 30 2016 - 16:35
Spain’s political deadlock broken as Socialists back RajoyEnd to 10-month stalemate but abstention in vote may prove costly among grassrootsSun Oct 23 2016 - 16:08
Spanish court overturns bullfighting ban in CataloniaAnimal rights groups and Catalan nationalists up in arms over rulingThu Oct 20 2016 - 15:10
Basques enjoy peace but still seek reconciliationRegion marks fifth anniversary of Eta ceasefire after four decades of separatist violenceThu Oct 20 2016 - 01:00
Conflict in prospect as Catalans advance independence planMadrid expected to reject Catalonia’s Scotland-style referendum slated for 2017Sat Oct 15 2016 - 02:00
Spanish Twitter storm over cancer victim’s bullfighting dreamSick eight-year-old boy is targeted on social media as animal rights debate heats upTue Oct 11 2016 - 16:14
Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez resignsParty deposed secretary general over refusal to allow Mariano Rajoy to form governmentSun Oct 02 2016 - 18:21
Revolt in socialists party over leader’s refusal to end Spain’s political deadlockAll-out, very public war unleashed in heart of party over Sánchez stanceSat Oct 01 2016 - 02:00
Catalonia’s president Puigdemont wins confidence voteOutcome keeps on track plan for referendum on independence from Spain next yearThu Sept 29 2016 - 19:04
The story of Guernica’s darkest day reaches the cinema screen‘There are still two versions of what happened that day,’ says film’s director Koldo SerraThu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00
Rajoy’s bid to retain power boosted by weekend electionsResults of regional polls strengthen position of Spain’s governing Popular PartyMon Sept 26 2016 - 18:18
Basque regional elections will be a crucial test for struggling PodemosParty hopes to do well as voters focus on jobs and regeneration rather than independenceSat Sept 24 2016 - 01:00
Spain’s bloodless fiesta a travesty of tradition, say criticsA new decree that ‘protects’ the bull in Tordesillas has left locals unimpressedWed Sept 14 2016 - 01:00
Regional polls could help break Spanish political deadlockGalicia and Basque elections could boost Mariano Rajoy’s attempts to stay on as PMMon Sept 12 2016 - 17:51
Independence day in Catalonia as secession moves closerThe Catalan national day is dominated by four-year long drive to break away from MadridSat Sept 10 2016 - 02:00
Row over World Bank post threatens efforts to form government in SpainFormer minister disgraced by Panama Papers recommended for lucrative jobMon Sept 05 2016 - 18:20
Mariano Rajoy likely to fail in bid to form Spanish governmentEight-month stalemate continues with likelihood of third general election in 12 monthsFri Sept 02 2016 - 01:00
Deadline nears for end to Spanish government deadlockActing PM Mariano Rajoy describes prospect of third election in a year as ‘madness’Sat Aug 27 2016 - 01:00
Pro-independence Basque leader’s candidacy blockedElectoral body in Spanish region says Arnaldo Otegi cannot run due to Eta convictionWed Aug 24 2016 - 16:55
Spanish village with 800 residents up for sale for €122mMining firm that went bust is selling Ciñera de Gordón – including houses and a cinemaWed Aug 24 2016 - 01:00