Leader of People’s party Pablo Casado’s appearance at service for dictator called a ‘coincidence’Leftwing parties in Spain have demanded explanations after the leader of the rightwing People’s party (PP) “inadvertently” attended a mass over the weekend…
Basque leader says Eta terror deaths ‘should never have happened’
Arnaldo Otegi’s statement before 10th anniversary of end of campaign goes further than previous apologiesA leading leftwing Basque nationalist politician and former Eta member has said the violence the terrorist group used in its quest for independence…
Archbishop apologises for steamy video filmed in Spanish cathedral
Video shows rapper C Tangana and singer Nathy Peluso grind against each other inside Toledo CathedralThe archbishop of Toledo has apologised to offended Roman Catholics after one of Spain’s most famous cathedrals was used as a location for a raunchy vi…
Gibraltar cave chamber discovery could shed light on Neanderthals’ culture
Researchers find space in Gorham’s Cave complex that has been closed off for at least 40,000 yearsResearchers excavating a cave network on the Rock of Gibraltar have discovered a new chamber, sealed off from the world for at least 40,000 years, that co…
‘A feeling of deja vu’: author Sergio Ramírez on ex-comrade Ortega and Nicaraguan history repeating
The country’s greatest living writer feels ‘surprised, bewildered and assaulted’ after the president issued a warrant for his arrest and seized copies of his new novel about the 2018 uprisingSergio Ramírez, Nicaragua’s best-known living writer, hero of…
‘A more human LinkedIn’: Spain media project helping Covid jobless
Un Mismo Equipo allows unemployed and often homeless people to advertise their skills to potential employers The Covid crisis came scything through Alejandro’s* life with a speed, ferocity and vindictive thoroughness that stuns him to this day. Almost …
Man ‘subjected to homophobic assault’ in Madrid says injuries were consensual
LGBTI protests against hate crime in Spain will still go aheadA Spanish man who said he had been attacked by a masked gang who subjected him to a homophobic assault at knifepoint and carved the word “faggot” into one of his buttocks has now told police…
Spanish woman raised by wrong family seeks damages for baby swap mistake
Now 19 years old, the woman was accidentally switched with another baby in a hospital in La RiojaA woman is seeking €3m in damages from a regional health department in northern Spain after it emerged that she and another baby were accidentally handed t…