Sánchez’s Catalan strategy angers adversaries and unsettles alliesWorryingly for the prime minister, there are now voices of dissent within his Socialist PartyFri Dec 21 2018 - 20:13
Angry scenes mar Spanish prime minister’s Barcelona visitMadrid government claims trip will boost chances of Catalan solutionFri Dec 21 2018 - 20:00
Barcelona prepares for ‘perfect storm’ as Spanish cabinet visitsA day of planned demonstrations in the city follows a year of turmoil for CataloniaFri Dec 21 2018 - 01:00
‘I’m in jail for fulfilling the mandate expressed by Catalan society’Interview: Imprisoned politician Josep Rull awaits trial for rebellionThu Dec 20 2018 - 01:00
Catalan leader under fire for invoking Slovenia’s ‘road to freedom’Quim Torra’s allusion to violent route to independence draws widespread criticismMon Dec 10 2018 - 18:35
Spanish parties court far-right support after Andalucía electionElection leaves conservatives seeking backing of Vox to form new governmentThu Dec 06 2018 - 14:50
New ruling on Spanish ‘Wolfpack’ sex assault sparks backlashFive men convicted of sexually abusing woman at Pamplona festival but absolved of rapeWed Dec 05 2018 - 18:38
Far-right breaks into Spanish mainstream with Andalusia electionVox party hails performance in Socialist stronghold as part of ‘Reconquest’ of SpainMon Dec 03 2018 - 13:43
Spain’s Socialists seek to retain southern strongholdKey Andalusia vote opens electoral cycle and may set tone for other poll outcomesSat Dec 01 2018 - 05:00
Spain opposes Brexit deal over Gibraltar doubtsPrime minister Pedro Sánchez says he will vote against document as it standsTue Nov 20 2018 - 12:41
Spain’s left seeking to dismantle Franco legacy with legal movesAnniversary of dictator’s death marked as exhumation controversy continues to rageMon Nov 19 2018 - 17:38
UK withdrawal boosts Madrid’s involvement in GibraltarSpain sees upside of draft Brexit dealFri Nov 16 2018 - 18:44
Spain’s judges back in spotlight after ‘lack of impartiality’ verdictSeveral recent cases have dealt a blow to the credibility of the Spanish judiciaryTue Nov 13 2018 - 01:00
Spanish borrowers not banks must pay mortgage tax, court rulesControversial legal U-turn made amid fears of homeowner lawsuits seeking backdatingWed Nov 07 2018 - 05:07
Catalan independence leaders could face up to 25 years in jailSpanish government accused of meddling in judicial processFri Nov 02 2018 - 18:27
Vatican denies Spanish claim about Franco burialMadrid hoped church would help solve conundrum over dictator’s exhumationTue Oct 30 2018 - 20:15
Spanish prime minister labelled coup-monger over Catalan conflictUpcoming trial of 18 independence leaders sparks tension in MadridFri Oct 26 2018 - 18:23
Spain in quandary over exhumation and reburial of dictatorFranco’s remains could end up in Madrid cathedral, making it a mecca for extremistsSat Oct 20 2018 - 05:01
Doctor at centre of Spain’s ‘stolen babies’ scandal walks freeEduardo Vela found guilty, but statute of limitations means he avoids jailMon Oct 08 2018 - 16:30
Cracks start to show in Catalan independence movementFate of jailed and exiled politicians highlights rift between leading secessionist partiesFri Oct 05 2018 - 18:53
Catalan leader threatens to bring down Spanish governmentMadrid must agree to binding independence poll by November, says Quim TorraTue Oct 02 2018 - 21:07
Catalans take to streets on anniversary of divisive voteSpanish region’s president Quim Torra criticised for praising separatist ‘pressure’Mon Oct 01 2018 - 18:30
‘This is not between Catalonia and Spain. It’s Catalans against Catalans’Spanish region is split between unionists and separatists, a year on from independence voteFri Sept 28 2018 - 02:00
‘We’re doing this to show we’re a republic’A year on from Catalan referendum, tensions still simmer over independence from MadridThu Sept 27 2018 - 02:00
Spanish minister’s ‘friendship in the sewers’ leaves government reelingString of scandals and U-turns puts pressure on Socialist PM Pedro SánchezWed Sept 26 2018 - 15:37
Spanish PM threatens legal action over plagiarism claimsPedro Sánchez’s doctoral thesis is ‘a piece of rubbish’, says newspaperThu Sept 13 2018 - 15:25
Pro-independence Catalans demand release of jailed leadersNational day celebrations, known as Diada, bring hundreds of thousands on to streetsTue Sept 11 2018 - 18:18
Catalan leader demands independence referendum in defiant speechTorra references Martin Luther King and calls on Catalans to take to the streetsTue Sept 04 2018 - 20:59
Childcare: the European experienceSeventy per cent of under-threes in Spain are not in child careTue Sept 04 2018 - 15:09
Spanish government criticised over response to immigrationPerceived U-turn prompts left to condemn Socialist policy while EU’s far right approvesSun Sept 02 2018 - 17:47
Catalonia remains divided as battle of symbols ragesPro-independence ribbons in public places prompt fears of political violence in SpainWed Aug 29 2018 - 01:00
Venezuelan voice on his way to the Royal Irish AcademyOpera singer Luis Magallanes: ‘I’ve gone from a humanitarian crisis to being here’Tue Aug 28 2018 - 00:20
Spain grapples with difficult past by agreeing to exhume FrancoDecree means dictator’s remains will be removed from Valley of Fallen mausoleumMon Aug 27 2018 - 01:00
Spanish authorities struggle to counter ‘balconing’ trendNumber of young people falling to their deaths when attempting to jump from balconiesWed Aug 08 2018 - 04:00
Catalonia crisis: ‘Spain can go down a different road’Spanish minister Meritxell Batet on her government’s detente with Catalan leadersWed Aug 01 2018 - 01:00
New Spanish opposition leader to take tough line on Catalonia and abortionPablo Casado promises a return to traditional conservative values for Popular PartySun Jul 22 2018 - 16:00
Spain’s once-dominant conservatives face an existential crisisAs the Popular Party chooses a new leader, members grapple with a threat of extinctionFri Jul 20 2018 - 01:00
Spain drops extradition request for former Catalan leaderSpanish supreme court backtracks in Carles Puigdemont case following German rulingThu Jul 19 2018 - 17:39
Basque language defies globalisation and enjoys resurgenceEuskera speakers on the rise, although some see it as politically taintedMon Jul 16 2018 - 05:00
Catalan ex-president cannot face rebellion charge, says German courtCarles Puigdemont could be extradited to face trial for misuse of public fundsThu Jul 12 2018 - 13:04
Spain’s Sánchez offers to improve Catalonia’s autonomous powersPrime minister meets with region’s leader Quim Torra in MadridMon Jul 09 2018 - 19:00
Spanish woman and baby freed from ‘sect’ in Peruvian jungleMan arrested after allegedly keeping women as slavesFri Jul 06 2018 - 13:43
Madrid seeks to cool Catalan crisis by moving jailed leaders closer to homePedro Sánchez tries to reduce negative view of capital held by independence movementsSat Jun 30 2018 - 05:01
Court case seeks to shed light on Spain’s stolen babiesDoctor accused of involvement in illegal adoption racket during dictatorshipMon Jun 25 2018 - 17:19
Bullfighting could be banned in Pamplona, says city’s mayorSpanish bullfighting industry and fans criticise comments ahead of bull-running festivalThu Jun 21 2018 - 18:50
Leo marks reign in Spain with a gallery visitTaoiseach fits in trip to view Picasso’s Guernica after meeting new Spanish PMThu Jun 14 2018 - 18:43
Rescue ship carrying 600 migrants to be allowed to dock in SpainAquarius and passengers accepted by new PM Pedro Sánchez after Italian crackdownMon Jun 11 2018 - 14:42
New Spanish leader lifts direct control of Catalan financesEleven out of 18 ministers in Pedro Sánchez’s cabinet are womenFri Jun 08 2018 - 16:53
Spanish port of Bilbao a new ‘Jungle’ for UK-bound migrantsSecurity tightened around terminal in bid to thwart increasingly ‘desperate’ stowawaysThu Jun 07 2018 - 20:00
‘Bar brawl’ sentence rejects terror theory but sparks outrageCourt found that youths in Spanish town of Alsasua targeted civil guards in attackTue Jun 05 2018 - 20:00
