Divided and election-weary, Spain heads to the polls
A bitterly divided Spain goes to the polls on Sunday for its second parliamentary election in just over six months, likely to deliver an even...
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Spain jails leaders of Catalan secession bid for sedition
By Isla Binnie and Emma Pinedo MADRID, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine separatist leaders from Catalonia to between nine...
Spain to hold snap election on Nov. 10 after party talks fail
Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday called a snap election for Nov. 10, Spain’s fourth in as many years, after failing to secure support...
Spanish NGO boat seeks safe port for 124 people rescued in Mediterranean
A Spanish charity rescue boat sought safe port on Friday after Italy rejected its request to disembark 124 people saved from two migrant rafts in...
Spanish man dies after being swept away by floods
One man’s body has been found after a river burst its banks during sudden, torrential rain in the northern Spanish region of Navarra on Monday...
Spain’s PM calls snap election for April 28 (Update)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday called a snap national election for April 28, potentially spelling months of uncertainty in the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy,...
Cyprus and Spain committed to upgrading bilateral relations
Spain and Cyprus are committed to upgrading bilateral relations, the foreign ministers of both countries pledged after talks on Wednesday in Nicosia. In his remarks,...
Spanish rescuers find body of toddler trapped in well
Spanish rescuers on Saturday found the dead body of a two-year-old boy who had fallen into a deep narrow well in southern Spain on Jan. 13, a Spanish official said....
Catalan separatists seethe at Spanish cabinet visit (Update 2)
Police dragged Catalan separatists off roads and arrested 11 during protests on Friday as Spain‘s government brought a cabinet meeting to regional capital Barcelona in both...
Spain threatens to send national police to Catalonia after protests
MADRID, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Spain’s interior minister said he would send national police to Catalonia if local authorities did not do more to stop...
Spain rules ‘stolen baby’ doctor guilty but he cannot be punished
A Spanish doctor accused of stealing and selling a baby during the dictatorship is guilty of all charges but cannot be punished due to the...
Catalonia crisis could flare again, with political and economic fall-out
Monday will mark one year since a banned referendum in Catalonia on whether to separate from the rest of Spain. At the height of the...
A group of Conservative lawmakers discuss ousting UK PM May
A group of about 50 lawmakers in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government who oppose her proposals for a post-Brexit deal with the European Union...
Spain’s govt passes decree to exhume remains of dictator Franco
Spain‘s government passed a decree on Friday to smooth the way for the relocation of the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco with the aim...
Spain’s conservatives swing to the right as new leader chosen
Spain’s conservatives took a swing to the right on Saturday, less than two months after being ousted from office, as they elected a traditionalist to...
Spain drops Catalan leader extradition after Germany bars rebellion charge
Spain’s Supreme Court dropped a European arrest warrant for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Thursday after Germany refused to extradite him to face a...
Anastasiades congratulates Conte and Sanchez
President Nicos Anastasiades sent congratulatory messages on Thursday to the new prime ministers of Spain and Italy expressing his wishes for enhancement of bilateral relations...
Spain’s new prime minister names cabinet with women in majority
Spain‘s new Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez named his cabinet on Wednesday, with women taking most of the posts at the top of government for the...
Catalan nationalists back in power, target secession
Nationalists regained control of Catalonia’s government on Saturday and immediately pledged to seek independence for the wealthy region, posing a swift challenge to new Spanish...
Pedro Sanchez sworn in as new Spanish prime minister
Socialist Pedro Sanchez was sworn in on Saturday as Spain’s seventh head of government since its return to democracy in the late 1970s, taking over...
