Posted on · Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was voted out of office by an absolute majority of Spain's parliament after a former treasurer of his party was found guilty in a bribery and money-laundering scandal.
Posted on · The Basque separatist group ETA publicly declared its dissolution, bringing an end to a campaign against Spain that saw more than 850 people killed over more than four decades of bombings and shootings
Posted on · Russia goes into its home World Cup ranked 65th in the world, the lowest-ranked of any of the 32 teams in the tournament
Posted on · Catalan lawmakers have voted to establish an independent republic. Meanwhile, the Spanish Senate has given Spain's prime minister the authority to institute direct rule of the semi-autonomous region
Posted on · The president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, asked regional lawmakers to debate options for responding to the takeover moves announced Saturday by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
Posted on · The constitutional law that Spain plans to invoke has never been used in the four decades
Posted on · Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy demanded Wednesday that the leader of Catalonia clarify whether he has declared the region's independence.
Posted on · Carles Puigdemont, the leader of Catalonia, said that he wants to hold official announcement to encourage dialogue.
Posted on · Catalonia's separatist camp has grown in recent years, strengthened by Spain's recent economic crisis.
Posted on · Catalonia’s leader on Monday called for international mediation and for the European Union “to stop looking the other way” in the region’s bid to secede from Spain.
Posted on · Regional police said officers shot a man wearing a possible explosives belt in Subirats, a small town 45 kilometers (28 miles) west of Barcelona.
Posted on · Spanish officials raised the death toll in the country's two vehicle attacks to 15 after learning that the fugitive carjacked a man and stabbed him to death Thursday night as he made his getaway.
Posted on · A senior police official in Spain says that a single police officer killed four of the suspects who carried out the attack in the Catalan seaside town of Cambrils.
Posted on · Ransomware attacks in the UK in Spain close down hospitals and endanger patient records
Posted on · Americans fought an eight-year war to get rid of their monarchy and establish a republic. More than two centuries on, royals are more popular here than ever. The Texas Renaissance Festival suggests some of the reasons.