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Basque election: leftwing coalition partly descended from Eta leads in polls
Surveys suggest EH Bildu’s focus on health, housing and employment is attracting younger votersA leftwing coalition...
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‘It’s eating what the sea provides’: Galicia’s Atlantic diet eclipses Mediterranean cousin
In Fisterra in north-west Spain, a diet rich in seafood, fruit and vegetables survives, and has...
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Luis Rubiales faces possible 30-month jail sentence for Jenni Hermoso kiss
Spanish prosecutors issue two charges against RubialesThree others alleged to have coerced HermosoLuis Rubiales could face...
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EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support
Brussels vote cancelled after it became clear law would not pass final stage with majority voteThe...
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Dani Alves leaves Spanish jail after paying €1m bail
Ex-Barcelona footballer on provisional release from prison term while he appeals against rape convictionThe former Brazil...
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Sagrada Familia in Barcelona ‘will be completed in 2026’
New date for Antoni Gaudí’s basilica announced but enormous, controversial stairway will take another eight yearsBarcelona’s...
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Missing migrants’ families say they were asked to pay hundreds for information on relatives
Families say they were promised details of relatives’ whereabouts after contacting people they thought were linked...
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Olive oil becomes most wanted item for shoplifters in Spain
Gangs steal ‘liquid gold’ amid shortages and surging prices after extreme weather damages harvestsOlive oil has...
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‘Extraordinary’: Islamic and Jewish science merge in 11th-century astrolabe
Instrument was adapted, translated and corrected by Muslim and Jewish users in Spain, north Africa and...
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Russian pilot who defected found dead in Spain, says Ukraine security agency
Maksim Kuzminov, who changed sides in secret operation, killed after allegedly moving to Alicante, reports suggestA...
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Spain’s conservatives retain absolute majority in Galicia election
Victory in regional election strengthens Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s position as Spain’s main opposition leaderSpain’s opposition conservative...
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Spain’s conservative party fears defeat in its Galician heartland
Close-run race could see PP ousted and Ana Pontón of BNG installed as area’s first female...
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‘The only option is to be patient’: Sudanese refugee waits on Spanish asylum claim filed from Morocco
Lawyers see Basir’s case as test of European policies that fail to provide safe routes to...
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Film about children living in darkness on Madrid’s doorstep up for award
Even Though it’s Night, which chronicles the conditions of Europe’s largest shantytown, Cañada Real, in running...
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Spain and EU to sign migration deal with Mauritania as people-smuggling rises
More than 7,000 people used route between west Africa and Canary Islands last month, up from...
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Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves denies rape as Spain trial wraps
Ex-Barcelona defender is accused of raping a woman in a nightclub in December 2022The former Brazil...
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Feminists attack Spain’s ‘sexist’ Eurovision entry as PM defends singers
Public opinion divided over lyrics to Zorra, usually used to mean ‘bitch’, by electropop duo Nebulossa...
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‘Respect – and honour’: the fight to save a Spanish civil war mass grave
Remains of 451 people believed to lie on proposed site of Madrid waste plant – including...
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Courts reprimand Spain, Greece and Hungary over treatment of child asylum seekers
Rights of lone minors were not protected, with some deported and others left homeless for monthsSpain,...
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Suspect allegedly involved in shooting of Spain Vox party co-founder is arrested in Colombia
Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a former vice-president of the European parliament and co-founder of Spain’s Vox party, was...
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Spain makes facemasks mandatory in hospitals as respiratory illnesses
Rules reintroduced as ‘commonsense measure’ despite opposition from some regional administrationsFace masks will be mandatory in...
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Mar Galcerán makes history as Spain’s first parliamentarian with Down’s syndrome
After being elected to Valencia’s regional assembly, Galcerán says she wants to be seen as a...
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Madrid investigates ‘racist’ Epiphany videos featuring blackface sent to children
City council hired firm to produce personalised messages as part of traditional 6 January festivitiesMadrid city...