Spanish police arrest 182 people at illegal cockfight
Spanish police said Monday they had arrested 182 people who took part in a ‘national’ cockfighting competition, an ancient sport that continues in some regions...
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Spain stops Open Arms rescue boat from setting sail
Rescue charity Proactiva Open Arms has said that the authorities are preventing its ship from setting sail from Barcelona to save migrants. ‘We are blocked...
Thousands demand transfers for ETA prisoners
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the Basque Country on Saturday demanding that prisoners linked to the former armed separatist group ETA be transferred to...
Spanish bank BBVA suspected of corporate spying
Spain’s second-largest bank BBVA is suspected of having used a disgraced former police chief to illegally tap the phones of journalists, politicians and businesspeople to...
ETA prisoners fate divides Spain
ETA may be history but the dilemma of what to do with prisoners linked to the former armed separatist group stirs passions in the Basque...
Spanish feminists face far-right backlash
After a year of massive mobilisation, Spain’s powerful feminist movement is facing a backlash with the emergence of far-right party Vox which wants to repeal...
Focus on Ciudadanos: ‘weather vane’ to ‘dangerous friendships’
Four years after it burst onto the national scene, Spain’s Ciudadanos (Cs) party is poised to govern a region for the first time, in a...
Vodafone wants to cut up to 1,200 jobs in Spain
Vodafone said Thursday it planned to cut up to 1,200 jobs in Spain as it streamlines its organisation to cope with a drop in revenue...
Far-right Vox forms agreement with PP
Far-right party Vox, which sent shockwaves through Spain after winning a surprise 12 seats in Andalusia last month, has said it would vote in favour...
Barça icon Iniesta apologises over blackface photo
Barça icon Andres Iniesta has apologised after posting a photo on social media with two people in blackface as part of Epiphany celebrations. The 34-year-old superstar...
