Declassified documents in Spain lift shadow over former king Juan Carlos in 1981 coup
For more than four decades, Spain’s failed military coup of 1981 has cast a lingering cloud over the reputation of the former king, Juan Carlos...
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Post-Brexit Gibraltar agreement gives Spain new role in border and residency decisions
Spain will gain the authority to block British travellers from entering Gibraltar and to deny residency permits on security-related grounds under a post-Brexit treaty that...
Spain’s 1981 coup leader Antonio Tejero dies aged 93, on same day files are declassified
Antonio Tejero Molina, the former Spanish Civil Guard lieutenant colonel who led the failed military coup of 23 February 1981, has died at the age...
Yolanda Díaz steps aside from 2027 election, dealing further blow to Spain’s fractured left
Spain’s left-wing Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz said on Wednesday that she will not stand in the next general election, due in 2027, a move that...
Julio Iglesias seeks retraction and damages from Yolanda Díaz over ‘sexual abuser’ remarks
The lawyer of Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias has filed legal action against Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister and Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz, after she publicly referred...
Spain court halts ‘premature’ jury trial for PM’s wife, yet keeps investigation open
A Madrid court has overturned a decision requiring Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, to stand trial before a jury on...
Police arrest gang accused of scamming foreign property buyers in Alicante
Spain’s National Police have dismantled a criminal organisation in the province of Alicante (Valencia region) that allegedly defrauded foreign nationals seeking to buy property, leaving...
Spain to release classified files on failed 1981 coup attempt
Spain’s left-leaning coalition government said on Monday that it will declassify long-sealed documents linked to the failed 1981 coup attempt, a move Prime Minister Pedro...
Spain’s Constitutional Court rejects father’s bid to halt daughter’s euthanasia
Spain’s Constitutional Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the father of a 25-year-old paraplegic woman who opposes her access to euthanasia, the court said...
Spain seals its best-ever Winter Olympics with three-medal ski mountaineering breakthrough
Spain has rounded off its most successful Winter Olympic Games with an unprecedented haul of three medals, capped by a dramatic bronze in the inaugural...
