Catalan parliament strips president Torra of seatPro-independence parties at loggerheads over decision, with snap election possibleMon Jan 27 2020 - 19:07
Storm Gloria leaves 13 dead and large swathes of Spain floodedFour remain missing after days of torrential rain, hurricane-force gales and snowstormsThu Jan 23 2020 - 19:37
Spain’s far-right party blasts ‘erotic games’ for toddlersNew left-wing coalition under pressure amid controversy over parental authorisationTue Jan 21 2020 - 16:45
Language the winner as Basque poets face off for gloryTradition of improvised verse thrives in northern regionMon Jan 20 2020 - 17:00
Spain rejects European court’s ruling on Junqueras immunityJailed Catalan vice-president not allowed to take up MEP seatThu Jan 09 2020 - 18:31
Pedro Sánchez wins vote to form new Spanish governmentLeftist party alliance means Podemos will be part of first coalition of Spain’s modern eraTue Jan 07 2020 - 15:22
Spain’s left prepares to govern in controversial coalitionElectoral board ruling casts doubt on plan by Catalan nationalists to support SánchezFri Jan 03 2020 - 19:46
EU court backs jailed Catalan leader over immunityECJ rules Oriol Junqueras should have been released to take up European Parliament seatThu Dec 19 2019 - 18:11
Catalan crisis settles into slow-burning, long-term conflictTalks seek to end political stalemate but pro-independence Catalans remain frustratedTue Dec 17 2019 - 20:00
‘I’ve always maintained that the Irish are basically Spanish’ – Ian GibsonDublin-born Lorca biographer honoured with Granada and Irish awardsSun Dec 08 2019 - 19:00
Anti-immigrant rhetoric blamed for Spanish grenade incidentThe device was thrown into a shelter for foreign children in MadridThu Dec 05 2019 - 18:05
Spain’s Socialists seek Catalan nationalist support to governERC’s insistence on binding independence vote a likely hindrance to any agreementWed Nov 27 2019 - 20:01
Spanish Big Brother under fire over handling of alleged rapeA court is investigating a former contestant over an alleged assault on the show in 2017Tue Nov 26 2019 - 19:35
Amnesty International calls for release of jailed Catalan duoBut NGO says there is no evidence controversial trial was unjustTue Nov 19 2019 - 18:41
Leftist deal raises prospects of new Spanish governmentSocialists sign accord with Podemos two days after election as voter patience runs outTue Nov 12 2019 - 18:46
Spain’s Socialists make haste to form governmentParty rules out ‘grand coalition’ with conservatives after surge by far-right Vox partyMon Nov 11 2019 - 17:00
Spanish election win for Sánchez overshadowed by far-right surgeVox party more than doubles its seats to become Spain’s third political forceSun Nov 10 2019 - 22:24
Far right surging as Spaniards go to polls yet againCatalan instability overshadows Spain’s fourth election in four yearsSat Nov 09 2019 - 05:00
Spain’s Sánchez apologises after ‘Wild West’ extradition boastPM blames exhaustion for remarks on pursuit of exiled Catalan leader Carles PuigdemontThu Nov 07 2019 - 17:18
‘People in Catalonia are among the freest in the world’Spanish economy minister Nadia Calviño outines ‘proportionate’ approach to crisisWed Nov 06 2019 - 12:30
Outrage in Spain as five accused of raping girl convicted of lesser crimeCatalan court rules assault cannot be deemed rape because 14-year-old victim was inebriatedFri Nov 01 2019 - 17:08
Prison ‘a necessary step’ for independence, says jailed Catalan leaderJordi Cuixart says his nine-year term will help his region achieve self-determinationTue Oct 29 2019 - 18:00
Spain’s reckoning with its past shows Francoism is far from deadReburial of dictator’s remains has raised questions about the legacy of his regimeSat Oct 26 2019 - 06:00
Cries of ‘long live Franco!’ as remains of Spanish dictator exhumedGeneral’s body removed from state mausoleum and taken for reburial in cemetery near MadridThu Oct 24 2019 - 14:05
Spain finally deals with ‘black past’ as Franco faces exhumationDictator’s remains due to be transferred from mausoleum to cemeteryWed Oct 23 2019 - 18:00
Spanish PM and Catalan leader at odds over recent riotsPedro Sánchez refuses to meet Quim Torra as independence movement calls for talksMon Oct 21 2019 - 18:22
Catalonia's independence project struggles to establish clear roadmapSome extreme incidents have overshadowed the movement’s many peaceful demonstrationsFri Oct 18 2019 - 19:00
Opposition urges Sánchez to clamp down in CataloniaWave of protests against sedition convictions for independence leaders continuesWed Oct 16 2019 - 20:36
Pro-independence Catalans willing to play long game in wake of verdictTheir anger is voiced through continuing wave of demonstrations that began MondayTue Oct 15 2019 - 20:00
Protesters take to Catalan streets and flights cancelledSentences for independence leaders deemed ‘atrocity’ and provoke anger and chaosMon Oct 14 2019 - 22:11
Catalonia verdicts mean no end in sight to stand-off with MadridHopes of calmer phase in Spain’s territorial crisis are dead after independence leaders jailedMon Oct 14 2019 - 20:45
Praise and condemnation as Catalan separatists given lengthy jail termsProtesters take to streets to condemn Spanish court's `politically motivated' verdictMon Oct 14 2019 - 20:31
Verdict due on politically charged Catalan court caseSocial backlash and Madrid clampdown expected as leaks suggest tough jail sentencesSun Oct 13 2019 - 16:33
Portugal’s PM eyes new leftist partnership after election successSocialist leader António Costa given huge endorsement with 37% of Sunday’s voteMon Oct 07 2019 - 20:49
Memory and a strong left keep Portugal free of far-right forcesImmigration barely figures in debate ahead of Sunday’s electionSat Oct 05 2019 - 06:00
Portugal’s Socialist miracle offers lessons for a divided SpainBoth Iberian states face general elections. Only one can currently expect a stable outcomeWed Oct 02 2019 - 20:00
Catalans mark bitter anniversary as tensions with Madrid rise againArrest of independence activists ahead of trial verdict sparks fears of backlashMon Sept 30 2019 - 20:03
Franco’s body can be exhumed, Spanish court rulesSpain’s supreme court dismisses objections of dictator’s family to reburialTue Sept 24 2019 - 16:16
Spanish judges to rule on Franco exhumationUnder government plan, dictator’s body would be reburied in a less divisive siteMon Sept 23 2019 - 20:30
Spain to hold fourth election in four years after talks failVoters will go to polls in November after Socialist leader unable to drum up supportTue Sept 17 2019 - 20:50
Election deadline looms as Spain’s left struggles to agree on governmentKing Felipe due to decide if Socialist Sánchez will face new investiture voteFri Sept 13 2019 - 16:27
Catalan independence cause divided as fiery autumn beckonsRiven factions urged to fill streets in ‘Diada’ celebrations despite political differencesTue Sept 10 2019 - 17:39
Plácido Domingo fighting new wave of sexual harassment claimsString of concerts cancelled as 11 women come forward to accuse opera starFri Sept 06 2019 - 14:52
Spanish leader confident of forming leftist minority governmentSocialist Sánchez has three weeks before new elections are calledMon Sept 02 2019 - 18:45
Migrant vessel denied mooring by Italy warns of ‘critical situation’Spain offers two safe ports but Open Arms refuses as anchored off island of LampedusaMon Aug 19 2019 - 17:11
Welcome to ‘Paddyville’: Is Torremolinos the most Irish spot in southern Europe?The view from the Irish pub: A new summer series begins with a trip to Spain, where Costa living has lured Irish people in search of a new startSat Aug 03 2019 - 06:00
Spain edges towards election as Pedro Sánchez fails to form governmentSocialists lose parliamentary vote amid disagreement with Podemos on coalition postsThu Jul 25 2019 - 15:21
Spanish investiture goes down to wireSocialist Sánchez seeks Podemos backing ahead of crunch votesMon Jul 22 2019 - 19:56
Spanish intelligence knew of terror cell ahead of Barcelona attack, say reportsImam who masterminded the 2017 strike had been acting as an informantWed Jul 17 2019 - 18:47
Repeat elections loom in Spain as left and right in stalematesPolitical in-fighting threatens the formation of national and Madrid administrationsWed Jul 10 2019 - 17:37
