British expats could lose right to live and work in Spain after Brexit vote, Rajoy warns Spain's acting prime minister issues stark warning over EU referendum 2 Jun, 2016 @ 09:39 Lead·Politics
Spain raises age of marriage and consent The changes come after pressure from children’s rights organisations 17 Jul, 2015 @ 10:38 Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News·Other News·Politics
Spain’s Rajoy brings in new education minister to try to save party’s reputation Inigo Mendez de Vigo, 59, was previously Secretary of State for the European Union 13 Jul, 2015 @ 17:43 Education·National News
European Union investigating dangerous river claims in Estepona High levels of methane have reportedly been detected in a river which could be a fire risk as well as a typhoid health hazard 11 Jul, 2015 @ 10:00 Environment·Lead·Malaga·Politics
Spain to pay EU billions back in bailout loans ahead of schedule The economy ministry has announced that €2.5 billion will be transferred to the European Union 21 May, 2015 @ 13:23 Business & Finance·Lead·National News
Madrid sixth most-polluted European big city Green group Ecologists in Actions claims air pollution causes 2,000 deaths a year in the capital 12 Feb, 2015 @ 13:00 Environment·National News
Spain’s CaixaBank reports massive €620 million earnings for 2014 CaixaBank has reported booming earnings of €620 million in 2014 5 Feb, 2015 @ 16:28 Business & Finance
Price of freedom Spain is setting a precedent for tracking European jihadis 24 Jan, 2015 @ 09:00 Columnists·Mario Alegria - Our Man in Madrid
Madrid pushes for border control to stem ‘tide of Islamic militants’ Europe reacts to fear of further terror attacks after France 12 Jan, 2015 @ 18:07 Lead·National News
Spanish below average for speaking foreign languages The average European Union citizen of working age speaks three languages 28 Nov, 2014 @ 20:00 Education
Spanish teachers suffer massive pay cuts Compared to EU neighbours, Spanish teachers are seeing massive pay cuts 26 Oct, 2014 @ 09:00 Lead·National News
Spain arrests nine Islamic State fighters as European jihadist support rises dramatically The EU anti-terrorism chief adds that air strikes will only increase the risk of retaliation 26 Sep, 2014 @ 15:40 Lead·National News
Controversial Spanish MEP becomes EU energy chief Miguel Arias Canete's sexist comments during a political debate went viral 14 Sep, 2014 @ 09:30 Business & Finance·Other News
Farmers dump thousands of potatoes outside Granada Carrefour in Russian protest EU sanctions are putting the squeeze on suppliers 8 Sep, 2014 @ 16:00 Granada
ECB cuts rates causing euro to weaken dramatically The changes are aimed at forcing banks to lend 5 Sep, 2014 @ 10:58 Business & Finance·Other News
Spain facing €580 million losses after Russia bans EU food Small farms are bearing the brunt of the sanctions 15 Aug, 2014 @ 13:15 Lead·National News
Spanish farmers at war with French over cheap peaches The French accused Spanish growers of 'dumping' low-cost fruits in their stores 3 Aug, 2014 @ 11:30
Spain slammed by Amnesty for putting borders before people Spain spends 30 times more on defending its borders than on improving conditions for would-be migrants 10 Jul, 2014 @ 14:11 National News
Anti-Europe UKIP party takes seats in British local elections Early results indicate European Parliament elections could go the same way 23 May, 2014 @ 10:35 Lead·National News
Massive drop-out rate in Spanish schools Spain has highest drop-out rate in the EU for the third year in a row, according to new report 2 May, 2014 @ 08:30 Education·Lead·Other News
Mediterranean Group ministers meet to discuss ‘burning issue’ of immigration The seven Foreign Affairs ministers have met for the first time in Alicante in Spain 17 Apr, 2014 @ 15:01 Lead
Truth of Spanish gender-violence revealed in ground-breaking survey Disturbing stats and spate of Andalucian domestic murders casts a dark shadow over International Women's Day 7 Mar, 2014 @ 17:11 Lead
Anti-bullfight petition gathers 85,000 signatures The petition has been handed to the country's leaders in Madrid 20 Sep, 2013 @ 13:28 Lead
Spaniards flock to Germany to escape recession Soaring unemployment has driven a record number of Spaniards to leave the country 10 May, 2013 @ 10:47 Lead
Mediterranean Corridor hits the buffers PP plan to redirect rail line along coast is turned down by EU 8 Apr, 2012 @ 09:30
Review of 2011… from the mountains Here’s Paul Whitelock’s personal review of the year – of events which have affected Spain in general and the Serranía de Ronda, where he lives, 31 Dec, 2011 @ 23:59 Paul Whitelock's View From The Mountains