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If a BBVA/Sabadell deal goes ahead, the new bank would have nearly €600 billion in assets in Spain

BBVA-Sabadell talks to create Spain's 2nd biggest bank

Business • 17 Nov

Today's deal has prompted speculation BBVA could now use the cash to buy up a rival bank in its domestic market

Spain's BBVA to sell US banking arm to PNC

Business • 16 Nov

The biggest disturbances were in Madrid where demonstrators torched rubbish bins and set up makeshift barricades

Dozens arrested after Spanish Covid-19 protests

Coronavirus • 01 Nov

Bankia today reported a net profit of €37m for the three months from July to September

Bankia Q3 net profit falls 79% on Covid-19 provisions

Business • 28 Oct

Santander's executive chairman Ana Botin

Santander sees better core profits for 2020

Business • 27 Oct

Taxis parked on Piazza Castello square in Turin during a strike to protest against Covid-19 restrictions

Anger in Italy over restrictions to 'save Christmas'

Coronavirus • 26 Oct

The deserted Main Square in Leon, Spain, at the 10pm curfew last night

New state of emergency in Spain as infections soar

Coronavirus • 25 Oct

People wearing masks on a public bus in Spain

Row erupts after Spain puts Madrid under lockdown

Coronavirus • 01 Oct

Gloved officers in white hazmat suits marched the handcuffed woman off the beach in the northern city of San Sebastian (Pic: @JavierSanz)

Spanish police arrest virus-infected surfer

News Lens • 09 Sep

Inhabitants of the village of Sant Joan de les Abadesses wait to be tested for Covid-19, in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, today

Covid-19 cases in Spain cross half a million mark

World • 07 Sep

The Spanish state holds a stake of over 60% in Bankia

Spanish banks Caixabank and Bankia in talks to merge

Business • 04 Sep

The Pazo de Meiras mansion in northwestern Spain

Franco family ordered to return mansion by court

Europe • 02 Sep

Spain's PM, Pedro Sanchez said the rise in infections was 'worrying'

Spanish military to assist in tracking Covid-19 cases

Coronavirus • 25 Aug

$The number of foreign visitors rose from just 114,667 in June to 1.1 million in July but remains just a fraction of 6.45 million the same time last year$

Spain visitor numbers still a fraction of 2019 levels

Business • 24 Aug

Juan Carlos had said on 3 August he would leave Spain after controversial aspects of his past private life came to light

Spain's ex-king Juan Carlos in UAE since 3 August

World • 17 Aug

A healthcare worker collects a sample at a temporary testing centre for the coronavirus in Madrid

New virus crackdown extended to more Spanish regions

Europe • 17 Aug

A woman waits at a tempory test centre in the Spanish Basque city of Azpeitia

New virus restrictions in force in two Spanish regions

Coronavirus • 16 Aug

The outdoor smoking ban comes into effect this Friday

Canary Islands to ban outdoor smoking to tackle virus

World • 13 Aug

Spain's health ministry says there are more than 500 outbreak clusters in the country

Spain at 'critical' moment as Covid-19 cases rise

World • 11 Aug

The royal palace has refused to reveal where Juan Carlos is living

Former Spanish king Juan Carlos in Abu Dhabi - report

World • 07 Aug

Juan Carlos pictured in May 2016

Dominican Republic: Ex-Spanish king not in country

Europe • 04 Aug

Spain's former king Juan Carlos revealed he would leave the country in a letter to his son

Spain's ex-king Juan Carlos to leave his country

World • 04 Aug

Tourism, a pillar of the Spanish economy and accounting for 12% of GDP, suffered a 60% drop in revenues in the second quarter

Spain in recession as GDP tumbles by 18.5%

Business • 31 Jul

Santander Chairman Ana Botin

Santander books record €11 billion loss on impairments

Business • 29 Jul

Tourists and locals at Figueretas beach on the Spanish island of Ibiza

Virus surge in Spain worries European neighbours

Coronavirus • 28 Jul

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