Outcome of 23 July election could raise Catalan independence tensions again
Spain’s right wing, in power under former pemier Mariano Rajoy during Catalonia’s failed 2017 independence bid, is trying to regain ground in the vote-rich region...
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Trial starts in Madrid of British ex-rapper and Isis suspect
The trial of a former British rapper and suspected Islamic State (IS) figjter, Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, has started in Madrid. The 32-year-old from west London, who...
Pamplona’s San Fermín bull running festival ends with 35 injured
Six men were injured on Friday during the eighth and final bull run of Spain’s famous San Fermín festival, bringing to 35 the total number of...
Sánchez and Feijóo clash in unruly and chaotic TV election debate
Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the main opposition party, the right-wing People’s Party (PP), took part in a...
Spain endures its second heatwave of the year, with record temperatures in sight
Large areas of Spain are on alert again for extreme heat as the country endures its second heatwave of the year, with the national weather...
Latest polls show PP and Vox have lost some ground ahead of general election
Latest polls ahead of the general election in Spain due to be held on 23 July show that the country’s right-wing and far-right parties have...
Puigdemont claims PSOE offered him a pardon in exchange for surrendering to Spanish justice
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has revealed in a radio interview with Catalan station RAC1 that ‘people from the PSOE’, the socialist party led by...
Andalusia seeks €90m from Swedish mining group for toxic spill 25 years ago
Twenty five years after one of Spain’s worst ecological disasters, a court case against the Swedish mining company involved opened on Tuesday in the southern...
Spain calls an end to obligatory use of face masks in hospitals, pharmacies
The Spanish government on Tuesday declared an end to the health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and said that people will no longer have...
Sánchez reiterates that the EU wants a deal on migrant policy by end of 2023
The EU wants an agreement in place by the end of 2023 on how to handle the thousands of migrants heading for the continent, despite...
