Spain hosts meeting to discuss Israel-Palestinian two-state solution
Ministers from Muslim and European countries along with the European Union’s foreign affairs chief gathered on Friday in Madrid to discuss how to advance a...
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Political spat between Gibraltar and Spain over return of stolen concrete block
A block of concrete that was stolen from an artificial reef in British waters over a decade ago has sparked a political spat between Gibraltar...
Muted ‘Diada’ rallies underline loss of political strength of Catalan independence movement
Catalan independence supporters on Wednesday marked ‘La Diada’ – the National Day of Catalonia – but with the pro-independence parties deeply divided and out of...
Guardia Civil seize over a million ecstasy pills, with nine arrests in Ibiza & Malaga
Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Tuesday that they had seized more than one million ecstasy pills and other narcotics worth more than €25 million....
Pedro Sánchez visits China to bolster trade and cultural ties, following tariff row
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top officials on Monday, during his second trip to China in a...
Almodóvar’s first English-language feature wins top prize in Venice
#UPDATED at 13h on 8 September. Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’, the Spanish director’s first film in English, has won the Golden Lion, the...
Opposition presidential candidate González flees Venezuela for asylum in Spain
Former opposition presidential candidate in Venezuela, Edmundo González Urrutia, has fled into exile after being granted asylum in Spain, delivering a major blow to millions...
Two workers dead, four injured after cranes collapse at port in Gijón, Asturias
Two workers died and at least four others were injured on Thursday after two cranes collapsed in the northern port of Gijón (Asturias), emergency services...
Spanish PM appoints minister as new central bank chief, causing backlash
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has appointed his minister for digital affairs José Luis Escrivá as the Bank of Spain’s new governor, raising concerns about...
Colombian pop star Shakira compares Spanish tax office to ‘the Inquisition’
Colombian pop star Shakira has accused Spain’s tax office of confiscating all the income she earned when she lived there, comparing the institution to ‘the...
