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A hung parliament means that regional parties like the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya could play an outsized role in negotiations

What now for Spain amid electoral gridlock?

A Catalan pro-independence party could hold the key to unlocking Spain's political gridlock after a national election ended in a hung parliament.

Europe • 24 Jul 23

A woman casts her ballot during the general elections in Granada, Spain

Left and right neck-and-neck in Spain election count

Widely expected to win Sunday's snap election, the right-wing Popular Party was only a handful of votes ahead of the Socialists with two-thirds of the votes counted.

World • 23 Jul 23

With 99% of votes counted the opposition People's Party had 136 seats

Hung parliament likely following Spanish election

Spain was heading for a hung parliament, with neither left nor right likely to secure a majority in the general election, paving the way for drawn-out and potentially fruitless negotiations to form a government.

World • 24 Jul 23

A polling station in Getafe, Madrid, ready for the Spanish general election

Who are the candidates in Spain's general election?

Europe • 22 Jul 23

The Waterworld park in Lloret de Mar, Spain

Spain's drought-hit tourism sector seeks to save water

With Spain at the forefront of the climate crisis in Europe, its key tourism sector is facing growing pressure to reduce its environmental impact and become more sustainable.

Climate Change • 24 Jul 23

The baby girl's body was found on a beach in Tarragona last week

Baby's body found on Spain beach from migrant shipwreck

A baby's body that washed up on a Spanish beach last week is that of the eight-month-old girl from a shipwreck that killed all 15 migrants aboard, police said today.

World • 18 Jul 23

Blaze has forced the evacuation of La Palma

Thousands evacuated as La Palma wildfire out of control

At least 4,000 people have been evacuated as a forest fire burned out of control on the Spanish island of La Palma, authorities have said, as Europe struggled to cope with a heatwave.

World • 16 Jul 23

Participants run ahead of bulls during the 'encierro' (bull-run) of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain

San Fermin bull runs wrap up with 35 injured

Six men were injured today during the eighth and final bull run of Spain's famed San Fermin festival, bringing to 35 the total number of daredevils wounded during this year's fiesta.

Spain • 14 Jul 23

Rescuers said the boat is 'very likely' the same boat the coast guard had been looking for (File image)

86 people rescued from migrant boat off Canary Islands

Spain's coastguard said it had rescued 86 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa from a boat off the Canary Islands that had been spotted earlier in the day by a rescue plane.

World • 10 Jul 23

The festival attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists each year but animal rights activists say it is cruel

Six hurt in first bull run of San Fermin festival

Six people were injured this morning, none of them seriously, in the first bull running race of Spain's San Fermin festival, medics said.

World • 07 Jul 23

Kirsty Ward died at a hotel in Salou last Sunday night

Family of murdered Irish woman appeals for privacy

Gardaí have appointed a family liaison officer to help the family of an Irish woman murdered in Spain earlier this week.

Crime • 07 Jul 23

Spanish Police said they were questioning a 30-year-old man who was arrested at the scene

Minute's silence for Irish woman killed in Spain

A minute's silence has been held in the Spanish coastal town of Salou as a mark of respect after the death of a 36-year-old Irish woman.

Crime • 03 Jul 23

The hot conditions are expected to last until Wednesday

Up to 44C recorded in Spain's first summer heatwave

Areas of southern Spain such as Seville and Cordoba have registered temperatures of up to 44 degrees as the country experiences its first heatwave of the summer.

Weather • 26 Jun 23

Spain was the European country hardest hit by the pandemic

Spain's economy returns to pre-pandemic levels

Spain's economy grew by 0.6% in the first quarter from the previous three months, official data showed today, slightly beating a preliminary estimate and bucking a downturn in the euro zone as a whole.

Business • 23 Jun 23

Dozens of rescued migrants arriving at a port in the Canary Islands earlier this year (file pic)

Ombudsman to probe if Spain delayed migrant rescue

Spain's ombudsman is to investigate the sinking of a dinghy headed to the Canary Islands from Morocco on Wednesday in which more than 30 migrants are feared dead.

World • 23 Jun 23

A picture taken on 11 March shows a detail of PLD Space's 'Miura-1' suborbital rocket

Spain's PLD Space halts test rocket launch

Spanish startup PLD Space aborted a test launch of its reusable Miura-1 rocket at the last moment early this morning, a live webcast showed, in the latest setback to European attempts to develop mainland launch capacity for small payloads.

World • 17 Jun 23

A practically empty reservoir in Cordoba, pictured last month

Spain records its 'hottest spring on record'

Spain has registered its hottest spring since records began, with average temperatures almost two degrees higher than average, the AEMET national weather agency said.

Europe • 07 Jun 23

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's party suffered a major setback in local and regional polls yesterday

Spanish PM calls snap general election in July

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called a surprise snap election for 23 July, a day after his Socialists suffered a major setback in local and regional polls.

Europe • 29 May 23

The group managed to depart and were eventually recovered 12 nautical miles south of Gran Canaria on Thursday night (file image)

Spain investigates reports of gunfire in migrant voyage

Spain said it was investigating reports of casualties among a group of migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands from Africa, after a charity cited survivors as saying Moroccan soldiers opened fire killing at least one of them.

World • 27 May 23

Up to 260 firefighters and 165 soldiers were fighting the blaze, authorities said

Villagers evacuated as wildfire blazes in western Spain

Emergency crews have evacuated around 600 villagers in western Spain overnight as a wildfire blamed on arsonists ravaged up to 8,000 hectares near the border with Portugal, officials said.

Europe • 19 May 23

The proposal passed with 176 votes in favour to 167 against and one abstention in the 350-seat chamber

Spain passes key housing law ahead of elections

Spanish politicians have approved a housing bill aimed at capping soaring rents and addressing dire social housing shortages as the government seeks to bolster the right to affordable homes.

World • 27 Apr 23

A woman gives water from a fountain to her dog in Seville

Spain set for record-breaking 40C April temperatures

Spain is set for a week of temperatures as high as 40C that are forecast to shatter records for April.

Weather • 26 Apr 23

Spain's Santander is the euro zone's second-biggest lender by market value

Santander Q1 net profit up on Europe, offsetting Brazil

Spain's Santander has today reported a 1% rise in first-quarter net profit on higher lending income, especially in Europe, which offset a weaker performance in Brazil.

Business • 25 Apr 23

Spain's inflation rate slowed to 3.3% in March, its weakest annual rate since August 2021

Spain's inflation falls more than expected to 3.3%

Spain's consumer price inflation slowed to 3.3% in March, its weakest annual rate since August 2021 and down from 6.0% in February, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute showed today.

Business • 30 Mar 23

Thomas Hahlin Ahlinder President & CEO of Kerry Europe and Juan Soto, Vice President & General Manager of Kerry in Southern Europe

Kerry opens Southern Europe Innovation Centre in Spain

Food technology and ingredients company Kerry Group has officially opened its Southern Europe Innovation Centre in Barcelona in Spain, as part of company's expansion of its presence in the region serving Spain, Portugal, Italy and France.

Business • 24 Mar 23

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