Independence ‘on standby’ in Catalan heartlandsNationalist town watches events in Madrid with cautionFri Feb 16 2024 - 14:39
Spanish conservative leader under fire as Galicia votesRevelations that right-wing party considered amnesty dominate campaignThu Feb 15 2024 - 17:24
Farming protest highlights Spain’s rural conundrumIssue a political tightrope for left-wing government that won’t be solved with any future agreement on pro-farming measures in BrusselsSun Feb 11 2024 - 15:03
Rejection of Catalan amnesty underlines instability of Spanish governmentPro-independence party votes against controversial lawWed Jan 31 2024 - 17:00
Spanish judge’s terrorism investigation jeopardises Catalan amnestySeparatist leader Carles Puigdemont risks exclusion from controversial lawSun Jan 28 2024 - 14:00
Bittersweet birthday for Spain’s PodemosA decade after it was founded, left-wing party is struggling even if its impact on national debate is undeniableFri Jan 19 2024 - 14:00
Spain’s ex-PM Mariano Rajoy ran smear campaign against Catalan independence leaders, reports claimAllegations claim senior police officers created ‘informative notes’ using fabricated evidenceMon Jan 15 2024 - 18:02
Far-right expected to gather at Madrid monument despite outcryTribute to Romanian fascists the latest focal point for debate over Spain’s civil war legacy and Franco dictatorshipFri Jan 12 2024 - 19:27
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez survives knife-edge votesSpanish Socialists’ reliance on Catalan nationalists under scrutiny after tight parliament votesWed Jan 10 2024 - 20:22
Catalan nationalists threaten to block Spanish PM’s key economic package Pedro Sánchez keen to push through measures to ease price rises, as Catalan party seeks to punish companies that left region in 2017Tue Jan 09 2024 - 19:09
Pedro Sánchez faces challenge in 2024 to keep fragile majority togetherMadrid Letter: Socialist prime minister relies on pro-independence Catalans and Basques and faces strident opposition from the rightSat Dec 23 2023 - 05:00
Barcelona Airbnbs: Catalonia to vote on limiting number of lets for tourist apartmentsLaw is designed as an initiative to tackle region’s housing shortage and would see closure of 28,000 tourist properties, according to estimatesTue Dec 19 2023 - 18:15
Spanish conservatives label Socialists ‘scum’ over city hall dealBasque nationalists to take control of PamplonaFri Dec 15 2023 - 16:43
Spanish media launch lawsuit against MetaNews sites claim social media company flouted advertising rulesMon Dec 04 2023 - 16:13
Spain’s Sánchez forms governing majority amid amnesty crisisSocialist wins investiture with Catalan nationalist supportThu Nov 16 2023 - 19:00
Spain’s Sánchez headed for investiture victory amid unrest over amnesty dealSocialist leader faces hostile start to new legislature after reaching controversial deal with Catalan nationalistsWed Nov 15 2023 - 18:34
Catalan nationalist support paves way for new Sánchez coalitionSpanish Socialist expected to win investiture vote next weekThu Nov 09 2023 - 16:47
Right-wing protests against Spanish amnesty for Catalan nationalists turn violentSocialist Party leader Pedro Sánchez seeks to form new governmentWed Nov 08 2023 - 17:07
Portuguese prime minister resigns amid corruption inquiryAntónio Costa is being investigated over the awarding of green hydrogen and lithium exploitation contractsTue Nov 07 2023 - 18:00
Spain’s Sánchez seeks Catalan amnesty deal as investiture loomsLaw would benefit activists linked to 2017 independence bidFri Nov 03 2023 - 18:44
Hundreds of thousands suffered church abuse, Spanish inquiry saysReport following public inquiry criticises Catholic authorities for ‘cover-up’ cultureFri Oct 27 2023 - 18:59
Catalonia’s hardline separatist hero Puigdemont returns to the spotlightFormer regional president negotiating possible amnesty with Madrid, but stakes are high for both sidesThu Oct 26 2023 - 06:00
Gaza raises coexistence worries in Spain’s North African citiesPolice deployed to protect Jewish community in MelillaSun Oct 22 2023 - 14:40
Catalan government says ‘Scotland-style’ independence vote is workableMadrid says referendum would be unconstitutionalMon Oct 16 2023 - 18:59
Canary Island politicians warn of infrastructure ‘collapse’ due to migrant arrivalsEl Hierro politician calls for ‘governments of Canary Islands, Spain and Europe to take responsibility’Thu Oct 12 2023 - 05:00
Spanish unionists plan protest against Catalan amnestyActing prime minister Pedro Sánchez considers measure in exchange for nationalist support in government formationFri Oct 06 2023 - 19:01
Spanish conservative faces failure in vote to become PM over strident unionist stanceAlberto Núñez Feijóo short of votes needed as far-right Vox support keeps regional moderates awayTue Sept 26 2023 - 05:05
Eta documentary under fire for ‘whitewashing’ terrorismFestival director insists that critics should watch film firstThu Sept 14 2023 - 16:34
Policeman denounces ‘non-consensual’ kiss from female demonstratorEpisode took place during 2017 Catalan independence referendumWed Sept 13 2023 - 17:58
Former Catalan president demands amnesty for independence leadersCarles Puigdemont seeks deal in exchange for support for either of Spain’s two main political forces as they compete to form a governmentTue Sept 05 2023 - 17:46
Mid-summer ballot pays off for Spain’s Pedro SánchezSocialist thwarts right and has narrow chance of forming new governmentMon Jul 24 2023 - 18:11
Spain election inconclusive as Socialist party performs better than expectedThe conservative Popular Party of Alberto Núñez Feijóo makes substantial gainsSun Jul 23 2023 - 21:55
Spain heads to the polls after rancorous campaignLeft warns of far right’s ambitions to enter coalitionSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
Spanish election front-runner faces questions over link to drug traffickerAlberto Nunez Feijoo’s friendship with cocaine smuggler under scrutinyWed Jul 19 2023 - 04:50
Irish man arrested over suspected murder of Irish woman in SpainPolice found woman lying on a hotel floor in the coastal resort of Salou on Sunday nightMon Jul 03 2023 - 14:38
Controversy over hanging LGBTQ+ flags brings Spanish far-right into focusVox party could form national coalition with conservativesSun Jul 02 2023 - 09:13
Eta is dead so why do Spanish politicians never stop talking about it?For many observers, an obsession with the defunct terrorist organisation has become a caricature of Spain’s warped politicsFri Jun 16 2023 - 11:50
Spain’s far right reaches deals with conservativesAgreements suggest parties could form national coalition after electionThu Jun 15 2023 - 16:54
Exhumation of civil war victims begins from Spain’s biggest mass graveValley of the Fallen is the largest and most controversial reminder of Franco’s dictatorshipMon Jun 12 2023 - 17:15
Fractious Spanish left seeks unity ahead of July election New Sumar party attempts to unite multiple parties of the leftThu Jun 08 2023 - 20:12
Catalan bullfighting fans demand return of tradition to region Increase in subsidies has helped to boost the number of bullfights in other areas of SpainWed Jun 07 2023 - 19:34
Spain’s Sánchez gambles on snap election after local vote disasterJuly vote follows reversal for left-wing coalition in regional pollsMon May 29 2023 - 15:38
Spain’s Vinicius crisis could mark a new anti-racist era Broader debate has been triggered on whether the country is inherently racistFri May 26 2023 - 16:47
‘We don’t want to be Venice’: Barcelona battles an influx of touristsCity’s left-wing activist mayor Ada Colau is seeking re-election in a tight race while presiding over a city with a host of problemsFri May 26 2023 - 05:00
Candidates with terrorist past bring Eta into Spanish campaignForty-four of those running in Basque elections linked to groupFri May 12 2023 - 15:24
Spain battles record-breaking drought with emergency measuresFarmers among those hit hardest by dry spellThu May 11 2023 - 16:27
Abortion reform approved by Spain’s highest court Legislation was introduced in 2010 but has created political division and eroded the judiciary’s credibilityTue May 09 2023 - 19:10
Jesuit’s diary of sexual abuse prompts investigations in Bolivia Missionary Alfonso Pedrajas appears to confess to paedophilia, in a diary discovered by his nephewSun May 07 2023 - 19:25
Spain exhumes fascist leader in drive to tackle legacy of civil war Falange party founder José Antonio Primo de Rivera was executed in 1936Mon Apr 24 2023 - 16:02
Spanish parliament probes deep-state attempts to smear Catalan separatistsFormer prime minister Mariano Rajoy faces calls to testifyMon Apr 17 2023 - 00:01
