Spain’s new king to be monarch ‘for new times’Felipe appears to reach out to citizens in regions seeking independenceThu Jun 19 2014 - 21:48
Spain prepares for Felipe VI coronationDay of ceremonies and celebrations to attempt balance between pomp and austerityThu Jun 19 2014 - 01:00
Spain arrests nine suspect jihad recruitersNetwork leader had been detained in Guantánamo Bay and released for lack of evidence, says ministryTue Jun 17 2014 - 01:00
Felipe to take Spanish throne in midst of crisisOn his accession the new king must make himself useful to the countrySat Jun 14 2014 - 01:00
Spanish draft Bill to legalise royal succession approvedElevation of Prince Felipe to throne expected later this monthWed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
Spain’s Juan Carlos to abdicate after 40 years on throneChallenge for successor Prince Felipe is to restore credibility of monarchyTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
Spanish bankers jailed for financial abusesJail terms were cut after defendants agreed to give back €28.6mSat May 31 2014 - 01:00
Fledgling Podemos party makes major inroad into Spain’s political status quoParty operates on tiny budget but is fuelled by outrageTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Salvador Dalí painting found in junk shop unveiled‘The Intra-Uterine Birth of Salvador Dalí’ depicts painter’s creative birthSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Sexism rears ugly head in Spanish election debateConservative candidate claims he underperformed in TV debate because rival was a womanTue May 20 2014 - 01:00
Catalan singer raises chorus of controversy with independence commentsSymbol of rebellion Raimon triggers debate about freedom of speechSat May 17 2014 - 01:00
Austerity leaves Spanish suspicious of European projectFrustration and anger expected to be vented in European electionsMon May 12 2014 - 01:00
Row over airbrushing of Spain’s Federico García Lorca’s death in school bookStudy book for six-year-olds omits mention of poet’s violent death at hands of Franco supportersThu May 08 2014 - 01:01
Spanish authorities slip up with silence over banana throwing at Dani AlvesRecurring issue of racism in Spanish game comes sharply into focusWed Apr 30 2014 - 01:00
Catalonian feast day fuels Artur Mas in quest for independent regionWhether binding or not, November’s poll will gauge separatist views, says Catalan leaderThu Apr 24 2014 - 01:01
Stark reality for migrants seeking better life in SpainFrom all over Africa, people try to scale fences into Spanish enclaves in MoroccoSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Spanish Congress rejects Catalan independence referendumNationalists insist they will push ahead with independence campaign and referendumWed Apr 09 2014 - 01:01
Spanish Congress set to block Catalan referendum on independenceConservative central government says plan lacks legalityMon Apr 07 2014 - 19:13
Spanish historians claim to have found Holy GrailResearch suggests chalice from which Christ supposedly drunk is in León’s basilica of Saint IsidoreFri Mar 28 2014 - 11:42
Death of revered Adolfo Suárez highlights Spain’s current woesFormer prime minister a consensus-builder who modernised the countryTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
Desmond Tutu praises Eta move to disarmament as ‘brave’Nobel prizewinner likens Basque challenges to apartheid issue in his native South AfricaFri Mar 21 2014 - 01:00
Catalonia’s unwanted Crimean comparisonsSpanish unionists have been quick to draw parallels over planned referendumWed Mar 19 2014 - 01:05
Liver donors offered €40,000 by trafficking ring, say Spanish policeWealthy Lebanese man reportedly hired others when seeking illegal liver transplantThu Mar 13 2014 - 01:00
Spain marks 10th anniversary of Madrid train bombingsSeveral commemorative events held in Spanish capitalWed Mar 12 2014 - 01:00
Madrid bombing anniversary exposes divisions in Spanish societyTen years after bombing that claimed 191 victims there is little agreement on how to remember themMon Mar 10 2014 - 01:00
Exhumed bones from Franco period bring crimes of Spanish dictatorship back to surfaceMany in Spain feel it is best to let the country’s pre-democracy past rest in peaceSat Mar 08 2014 - 01:00
Spanish supreme court tells dismissed Ryanair employee to take case to IrelandSacked air steward told he cannot contest dismissal in Spain for eating sandwich on duty without payingThu Mar 06 2014 - 01:00
Spanish leader deems reforms and austerity measures a successRajoy pledges to stop any Catalan breakaway moveWed Feb 26 2014 - 01:00
Basque separatist group Eta decommissions some weaponsMove a symbolic step towards full disarmament, say inspectorsSat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00
Wild Geese: Conor O’Connor, chief executive, Hot Hotels, MálagaThe smart way to book a hotel roomFri Feb 21 2014 - 01:00
Two of Spain’s biggest newspapers sack their editors‘El País’ and ‘El Mundo’ made announcements within three weeks of each otherThu Feb 20 2014 - 01:00
Pressure on Spain over deaths of 15 African migrantsOpposition, NGOs and EU ask why tear gas and rubber bullets were fired at Sub-Saharans trying to cross from Morocco to CeutaTue Feb 18 2014 - 01:00
Protests in Spain over plan to reduce access to abortionMariano Rajoy’s government wants to limit terminations to when a woman is pregnant as the result of rape or if her health is at riskSat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00
Dispute at Panama Canal drags on as costs mountConstruction project to expand canal grinds to a halt over ‘unforeseen cost overruns’Fri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00
Córdoba mosque the subject of bitter dispute over its ownershipAttempt by Catholic Church to take building out of public hands seen as part of effort to suppress monument’s Islamic identityTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
Spanish princess denies all knowledge of alleged tax fraud by husbandPrincess Cristina undergoes five-hour interrogationSun Feb 09 2014 - 21:19
Judge to rule on whether Spanish princess does ‘walk of shame’Manner of Cristina’s arrival in court for corruption case triggers national debateFri Jan 31 2014 - 01:00
Spain at the sharp end of migrant debate as controversial fencing draws bloodRazor wire is used to protect two Spanish cities on north African coastMon Jan 27 2014 - 01:00
Spanish people have paid high price to save country’s banksFinancial institutions face uphill battle to restore public confidence as country exits bailoutFri Jan 24 2014 - 01:00
Huge demand for record Spanish €10 billion bond saleDemand for yesterday’s debt pushes yield on Spanish 10-year bonds below 3.7%Thu Jan 23 2014 - 01:00
Spanish property sector continues to struggle as home sales dropSales fell by 16% in November compared with the same month in 2012Wed Jan 15 2014 - 01:00
Spanish princess agrees to testify in tax fraud caseKing’s daughter will not appeal court order to answer money-laundering chargesSat Jan 11 2014 - 12:39
New bond issue will push Spanish government debt up to 100% of GDPTotal debt issued will rise to €242.4bn this year, but interest paid on bonds has fallenThu Jan 09 2014 - 01:00
What next for the beleaguered Spanish royals after princess Cristina corruption case?Support for the monarchy is waning with each new scandalWed Jan 08 2014 - 01:00
Spanish princess in corruption inquirySummons issued to Cristina, youngest daughter of King Juan Carlos, on suspicion of tax fraud and money launderingWed Jan 08 2014 - 01:00
Eta declares its rejection of violence as a methodPublic statement seen as serious move towards disarming and dissolutionSun Jan 05 2014 - 19:48
Eta’s legacy still divides as Spain awaits definite end to campaignSeparatist prisoners’ landmark statement evokes both support and scepticismSat Jan 04 2014 - 01:00
Catalan leaders agree vote on independenceReferendum planned for November 2014 will not take place, vows PM RajoyThu Dec 12 2013 - 20:03
‘Get married and be submissive’ book raises hackles in SpainPublication angers feminists and delights Catholic cheerleadersWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Madrid and London on different pages over independence voteIn remarks about Scotland, Spanish PM Rajoy was sending a message to CataloniaSat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
