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Catalonia Crisis: Spain’s PM Mariano Rajoy to Address Campaign Meeting

Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will visit Catalonia for the first time since he imposed direct rule on the north-eastern…

7 years ago

Spain Suspends Catalonia’s Autonomy and Takes Charge of Its Government

Spain’s government has stripped Catalonia of its autonomy and taken charge of its government. The decision came into effect on…

7 years ago

Catalonia Independence: Spain’s PM Mariano Rajoy Unveils Plans to Remove Separatist Leaders

Spain’s PM Mariano Rajoy has unveiled plans to remove Catalonia's leaders and take control of the separatist region. Speaking after…

7 years ago

Spain Elections 2016: Polls Open for Second Vote

Spanish voters are going back to polls after the country’s four main parties failed to break the political deadlock from…

8 years ago

Spain Elections 2015: Podemos and Ciudadanos Win a Third of Seats

Spain faces political uncertainty after new movements Podemos and Ciudadanos won nearly a third of the seats in the country's…

9 years ago

Spain Elections 2015: More than Two Parties Compete for Power for First Time in Decades

Spanish voters are to go to the polls in a landmark election that will see more than two parties compete…

9 years ago

Catalonia Independence: Spanish Government Challenges Secession Bid

Spain’s government is to challenge in the Constitutional Court a motion passed in the Catalan parliament backing the region’s independence.…

9 years ago

Catalonia independence: Spain’s Constitutional Court suspends referendum

Catalonia's planned independence referendum has been suspended by Spain's Constitutional Court. Spain’s Constitutional Court said it first needed to consider…

10 years ago

Spain: Isabel Carrasco shot dead in Leon

Isabel Carrasco, head of the provincial government in the northern Spanish city of Leon, was shot several times by a…

11 years ago

Spain anti-austerity rally turns violent in Madrid

An anti-austerity protest attended by tens of thousands of people turned violent in Spain’s capital Madrid. Dozens of youths threw…

11 years ago

Mariano Rajoy admits making a mistake in Luis Barcenas case

Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy has admitted to MPs that he made a "mistake" in trusting disgraced former colleague Luis Barcenas.…

11 years ago

Francisco Jose Garzon Amo: Spanish train driver accused of reckless manslaughter

Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, the driver of Spanish train that derailed near Santiago de Compostela killing 78 people, has been…

11 years ago

Spain: PM Mariano Rajoy faces renewed calls to resign over texts sent to Luis Barcenas

Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy is facing renewed calls to resign after El Mundo newspaper published text messages allegedly linking him…

11 years ago

El Mundo: PM Mariano Rajoy and other top Spanish politicians received illicit payments in Barcenas affair

Spanish newspaper El Mundo has published what it alleges are documents showing PM Mariano Rajoy and other top politicians received…

11 years ago

PM Mariano Rajoy denies Spanish media corruption claims

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has strongly denied Spanish media claims that he and other members of the governing Popular Party…

12 years ago

Spain 2013 austerity budget to be set out today

Spain will set out today its austerity budget for 2013, against a backdrop of a deteriorating economy and 25% unemployment…

12 years ago

Catalonia asks for 5 billion-euro bailout from Spanish government

Spanish region of Catalonia has asked for a bailout of 5 billion euros ($6.3 billion) from the central government. This…

12 years ago

Spanish coal miners march in Madrid as Mariano Rajoy announces new austerity measures

Spanish coal miners came to march in Madrid with helmets on their heads and the worried look of men with…

12 years ago

Spain unveils new austerity measures

Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has begun addressing parliament, setting out a new raft of austerity measures aimed at balancing…

12 years ago

Spain to get 30 billion Euros to help its troubled banks

Eurozone finance ministers have decided to lend Spain 30 billion Euros ($37 billion) this month to help its troubled banks.…

12 years ago

Spain general strike: nationwide violent protests over government austerity measures

Spanish riot police have clashed with protesters in Barcelona on the day of a general strike called in protest at…

13 years ago