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
Row as Portuguese president tries to block leftist coalitionCavaco Silva accused of acting beyond his brief in blocking formation of left-wing coalitionTue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00
Spain struggles to exorcise Eta’s ghostsIt’s four years since the terrorist group ended its armed campaign for an independent Basque state. But the legacy of violence is still felt in the region’s politicsSat Oct 24 2015 - 02:00
Catalan leader Artur Mas’s court appearance heightens tensionsHundreds on streets in Barcelona waving region’s flag and chanting ‘independence’Thu Oct 15 2015 - 19:28
Call for Spain to do more for Syrian refugees in ‘prison city’Many try to reach Europe via highly policed Spanish territory of Melilla in north AfricaThu Oct 08 2015 - 20:28
Loss of majority in Portuguese election a headache for coalitionCentre-right partnership received 38.5% of the votes – but it will have to read carefullyMon Oct 05 2015 - 19:49
Portuguese PM confident of re-election despite troika austerityPassos Coelho’s Social Democratic Party goes into weekend election with four-point leadSat Oct 03 2015 - 03:00
Separatists unite after Catalan president accusedArtur Mas faces charges over disobeying ruling on 2014 independence referendumWed Sept 30 2015 - 18:57
Breakaway Catalan parties develop secession ‘road map’Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy refuses to give any ground to the separatistsTue Sept 29 2015 - 01:00
Catalonia takes decisive step towards secessionIndependence from Spain was the key issue in yesterday’s regional electionsMon Sept 28 2015 - 14:42
Pro-independence parties win election in CataloniaGovernment waves legal stick to warn against moves towards independenceSun Sept 27 2015 - 22:55
Flag scuffle highlights tensions in Catalan electionNationalist parties are threatening to secede from Spain depending on results of voteSat Sept 26 2015 - 01:00
Economic uncertainties of an independent Catalonia‘Propaganda war’ between separatists and unionists pivots on EU membershipThu Sept 24 2015 - 16:35
Photographer’s fanciful scenes from Catalan independenceDoctored images in ‘The Book of Marvels’ poke fun at customary triumphalismMon Sept 21 2015 - 13:19
Tripped-up Syrian refugee given football coaching job in SpainHungarian camera operator who stuck her foot out in front of migrants dismissedFri Sept 18 2015 - 01:00
Thousands rally for independence in BarcelonaCatalans mark national day and the beginning of an election campaignSat Sept 12 2015 - 01:00
Catalonia’s national day taken over by political agendaCatalan nationalists use the Diada to campaign for independenceFri Sept 11 2015 - 01:00
Spanish pensioner offers firms €5,000 in return for jobSpanish recovery yet to really dent unemployment as classified advertisement showsFri Sept 04 2015 - 13:14
Legal barriers, potential scandal hinder Catalan independencePolls indicate election will be tightly foughtThu Sept 03 2015 - 01:00
Corrupt Mayor Clicker game pokes fun at Spanish scandalsApp inspired by real-life scenarios such as arrest of former minister Rodrigo Rato for fraudTue Aug 11 2015 - 17:02
Spanish activists see red over bullfights as tide starts to turnAnimal rights group takes legal action over killing of bull amid changing attitudesSat Aug 08 2015 - 02:00
Spain tense ahead of Catalan electionIf Artur Mas and allies win, they plan to have independent Catalan state by 2016 or 2017Tue Aug 04 2015 - 01:00
Spanish communist student joins fight against Islamic StateTwo men who fought alongside Kurds face terrorism charges after returning homeSat Jul 25 2015 - 02:00
Male-dominated domain of bullfighting engulfed in gender controversyImage on Toros magazine sparks row over ‘feminised’ image of bullfighterThu Jul 23 2015 - 19:17
Spanish unemployment rate drops to lowest level since 2011At 22.4%, the rate is just below the level when prime minister Mariano Rajoy took officeThu Jul 23 2015 - 16:41
Anniversaries spark interest in buried history of Spanish civil warState policy of ‘don’t mention the war’ now challenged by growing curiosityTue Jul 21 2015 - 01:00
Official intolerance in Morocco stokes civil liberties debateRecent incidents involving minorities and women suggest rising conservatismSun Jul 19 2015 - 17:29
Catalan pro-independence groups propose election with no politiciansSupporters say plan would ‘create a photograph of Catalan society’Mon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00
Greek crisis fuelling anxiety as contagion concerns spreadSpain keen to be seen as the ‘good student’ in the euro zone classroomThu Jul 02 2015 - 01:00
Spanish government positive despite market rumblingsHowever observers say that Spain is not immune to contagionMon Jun 29 2015 - 18:02
Accusations fly over flag as Spanish Socialist leader confirms candidacyPedro Sánchez’s use of national ensign at Madrid election address causes controversyMon Jun 29 2015 - 01:00
Spanish aristocrat to be exhumed for paternity test, orders judgeLatest twist in extraordinary story of ‘Red Duchess’ of Media SidoniaWed Jun 24 2015 - 22:18
Former monk draws parallels to Gaudí with cathedral of recycled materialsJusto Gallego’s work is divinely inspired or an eyesore, depending on your perspectiveFri Jun 19 2015 - 15:46