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Catalan president Artur Mas charged with organising illegal independence referendum

29/09/2015

Sport

Champions League day two match preview

The champions league returns on Tuesday night with eight matches across Europe, among them Bayern Munich, riding high after scoring three and

28/09/2015

World

Catalonia looks to the future after regional elections

Catalonia may have voted, but despite the fact that the separatist groups won 72 seats, uncertainties remain. The grouping Junts pel Si or Togther

28/09/2015

Spain

Rajoy rejects Catalan independence after separatists' election win

Spain’s Prime Minister has ruled out independence talks for Catalonia after separatist parties won an absolute majority in Sunday’s regional

28/09/2015

Spain

Significant regional election victory for Catalan separatists

The independence movement in Catalonia has secured a significant victory in regional elections. Pro-secession parties in Catalonia win landmark vote

28/09/2015

Spain

Catalonia: Pro-unity party plays down separatist vote

Among those parties opposed to Catalan independence, Ciudadanos emerged as the only winner. They garnered 18 percent of the vote – a substantial

28/09/2015

Spain

Catalan separatists celebrate major win in regional poll

Celebrations in Barcelona as pro-independence parties win a clear majority of seats in Catalonia’s regional parliament. In what was billed as a

28/09/2015

Spain

Catalan separatists on collision course with Madrid after election victory

There were celebrations in Barcelona after pro-independence parties won an absolute majority of seats in Catalonia’s 135-strong regional parliament

27/09/2015

Sport

Gary Hunt wins Cliff Diving Championship in Bilbao

Great Britain’s Gary Hunt won this season’s Red Bull Cliff Diving Championship. He had already sealed the title before the 50th event in seven years

27/09/2015

Spain

Catalonia: separatist parties on collision course with Madrid after election win

Independence parties gain majority in regional parliament but narrowly fail to secure crucial 50% of popular vote.

27/09/2015

Spain

Opinions split in Madrid about Catalan regional vote

If the pro-independence bloc wins Sunday’s (September 28) regional election in Spain’s Catalonia region, it has said it will start a process that

27/09/2015

Spain

Pro-separatist bloc expected to win Catalonia vote

Pro-separatist parties are expected to win control of Catalonia’s regional parliament after today’s (September 27) election. They consider it a

27/09/2015

Spain

Catalonia decides between pro and anti independence parties in regional election

Voting is underway across the Spanish region of Catalonia in an election that is considered by pro-separatist parties as a proxy-vote on

27/09/2015

Spain

Icelandic director wins "Golden Shell" at San Sebastian film festival

The “Golden Shell”, the top prize at the 63rd San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain has been awarded to Icelandic director Runar Runarsson for

27/09/2015

Sport

Barcelona star Messi faces two months on the sidelines

Lionel Messi could be out for up to eight weeks after suffering a knee injury just minutes into Barcelona’s match with Las Palmas on Saturday. The

26/09/2015

Spain

Catalans ready to vote in the Spanish region's parliamentary elections

Five-and-a-half million Catalans are set to vote in the Spanish region’s parliamentary elections. Sunday’s ballot has been framed by separatist

26/09/2015

Spain

Catalan election campaign ends ahead of Sunday's vote

Campaigning has come to an end in the Spanish region of Catalonia ahead of Sunday’s decisive elections. Many consider the poll a proxy vote on

26/09/2015

Spain

Catalan election campaign ends ahead of Sunday's vote

Campaigning has come to an end in the Spanish region of Catalonia ahead of Sunday’s decisive elections. The pro-independence coalition, which

26/09/2015

Spain

First step to independence? Catalonia's big stakes poll approaches

Catalonia goes to the polls on Sunday in local elections that some hope could set the ball rolling towards independence from Spain. That is certainly

24/09/2015

Business Series

Seat in Spain used 'tampered' VW diesel engines

Reports from Spain say Volkswagen’s subsidiary Seat may have equipped over half a million cars with tampered diesel engines. According to the

24/09/2015

Spain

'More important than football': Catalonia's elections explained

Sunday September 27 could mark the beginning of the end of Spain as we know it. The northeastern region of Catalonia will hold local elections, which

23/09/2015

Spain

Catalonia split from Spain 'inevitable' without referendum, says Mas

Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region holds local elections on Sunday (September 27). Many national parties see it as a proxy vote on breaking away

22/09/2015

Sport

Fiesta in Madrid as basketball champs celebrate

Spain’s basketball team have returned to Madrid to a heroes welcome after winning Eurobasket 2015. The side depleted by the loss of a number of its

21/09/2015

Spain

Refugee tripped up in Hungary gets football job in Spain

17/09/2015

Spain

Migrant tripped up in Hungary gets Spanish football job

A Syrian refugee who was filmed being deliberately tripped up by a camerawoman as he fled police in Hungary with his young son has been offered a job

16/09/2015

Spain

Angry scenes at Spanish bull-running event

There have been angry scenes at a controversial annual festival in a town in Northern Spain. In the town of Tordesillas in the province of

15/09/2015