Spanish credit card scandal hits politicians and union leadersUp to €15.5m allegedly spent by senior figures, some of it on clothes and travelFri Oct 3 2014 - 16:59
Catalonia suspends campaign on independenceCourt decision to accept Spanish appeal against referendum has led to its automatic suspensionWed Oct 1 2014 - 06:41
Catalan vote faces legal action by SpainCatalonia’s non-binding independence referendum may be derailed by courtsMon Sep 29 2014 - 01:00
Rajoy withdraws abortion Bill over its ‘divisive’ natureSpanish PM scraps deeply unpopular reform that would have tightened abortion lawWed Sep 24 2014 - 01:00
Madrid celebrates as Catalonia looks for positivesRajoy says Scottish people made right choice but Artur Mas admits result is setbackSat Sep 20 2014 - 01:00
Crowds throng Barcelona in support of referendumDay marked 300th anniversary of loss of sovereignty to SpainFri Sep 12 2014 - 01:00
Catalans to take to streets today over independence pollThe Spanish state has deemed a type of ‘referendum’ to be illegalThu Sep 11 2014 - 01:00
Botin’s daughter takes over SantanderAna Patricia Botin was approved as the new boss of bankWed Sep 10 2014 - 22:55
Barcelona demonstrates against ‘booze tourism’Residents in parts of city angry over noisy tourists and offensive behaviourMon Sep 1 2014 - 01:00
Catalonia may suspend independence referendumFear that turnout could be adversely affected if court, as expected, rules vote is illegalWed Aug 27 2014 - 01:00
Spanish mayor compared to Hitler over immigrant claimsJavier Maroto accused of stirring up tensions by saying North Africans abuse systemTue Aug 26 2014 - 01:01
Political pressure stops Spain from putting Basque conflict behind itViolence has ended but reconciliation still a long way offFri Aug 15 2014 - 01:00
Catalan nationalist’s tax fraud overshadows independence campaignFormer regional president Jordi Pujol admits to hiding inheritance in tax havensMon Aug 11 2014 - 01:00
Pressure on Catalans and Spain government to end standoffAlarm at lack of political discussion between sides on Catalan questionWed Jul 23 2014 - 01:00
Economist Sánchez voted Spain’s new socialist leader after resounding victorySánchez, until recently a relative unknown, vows to unseat conservative governmentTue Jul 15 2014 - 01:00
Spanish hotel’s sinister past shocks guestThe parador in León does not advertise the fact that, during the civil war, it was a concentration camp for leftist RepublicansMon Jul 14 2014 - 01:00
Spanish Socialist Party to choose its new leaderThe two leading candidates, Madina and Sánchez, offer generational changeSat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00
Portugal tries to reassure bank customersTrading in Banco Espírito Santo shares suspended after fall of 17% on ThursdaySat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00
Spain’s pro-choice movement takes to the screenDocumentary aims to raise awareness about abortion restrictionsFri Jul 11 2014 - 01:00
Spain to restructure its stock market after Gowex scandalGowex opened bankruptcy proceedings after CEO admitted falsifying company resultsThu Jul 10 2014 - 15:22
Gowex fall casts doubt on Spain’s credibilityFalsification of results raises doubts about efficiency of market regulation in SpainWed Jul 9 2014 - 12:40
Spain’s Princess Cristina could face criminal trialSister of new king named as suspect in corruption investigationThu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
Spain's abortion legislation 'changed after protests'Newspaper says planned law would now allow termination if foetus is malformedTue Jun 24 2014 - 01:00
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 4 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 3 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 8 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 9 2014 - 01:01
Spanish Congress set to block Catalan referendum on independenceConservative central government says plan lacks legalityMon Apr 7 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 8 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 6 2014 - 01:00