Franco exhumation creates political row
For over 40 years the remains of dictator Francisco Franco have lain in the mausoleum outside Madrid known as the Valley of the Fallen. However,
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Migrants storm Morocco-Spain border, police injured
Over 100 African migrants forced their way into the Spanish territory of Ceuta on Wednesday after storming a barbed-wire border fence with Morocco and attacking
Spanish police smash Europe’s ‘biggest’ illegal turtle farm
Spanish police said Wednesday they had dismantled Europe’s biggest illegal turtle and tortoise farm, seizing over 1,100 of the animals, including several highly endangered species.
Rapper Valtonyc extradition decision postponed
Rapper Valtonyc will have to wait to find out whether Belgium will extradite him to Spain. A judge in Flanders decided to postpone the decision
Spain knife attacker was ‘gay and suicidal’
A man shot dead as he tried to attack a Mossos d’Esquadra police station had come out as gay and wanted to commit suicide, a
Anonymous hackers target Spain sites
Hackers from the collective known as ‘Anonymous‘ claimed responsibility for bringing down government websites in Spain on Monday in a protest against Madrid’s efforts to block
Political row over yellow ribbons
A group of activists was caught this weekend removing yellow ribbons, which has become the symbol showing solidarity with the political leaders jailed around Catalonia.
Knifeman killed in Mossos police attack
A police officer of the Catalonia regional police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, shot dead a man armed with a knife as he tried to attack a police station
Rush to visit Franco’s tomb before remains moved
‘Since they are going to remove Franco, I wanted to see it. It’s morbid curiosity,’ says Antonio Nevado, one of thousands of Spaniards who have
Quim Torra: ‘democracy always defeats terror’
Catalan President Quim Torra praised the official event on Friday in Barcelona honoring the victims of the 17 August terror attacks last year, calling the