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Spain's king calls for unity after inconclusive elections

Spain’s King Felipe has used his traditional Christmas message to call for unity after the country’s inconclusive election last Sunday. Political

Spain

El Gordo: Senegalese migrant rescued from Med shares top prize

Residents of Roquetas de Mar in southern Spain celebrated on Wednesday as news emerged that all 1,600 winning tickets in this year’s El Gordo lottery

Spain

Spain's political parties search for a deal to form a government

The political jigsaw pieces in Spain are left spread on the table. No clear picture has emerged despite the leader of the liberal Ciudadanos

Spain

Getting lucky with El Gordo

Spanish syndicate wins 'The Fat One'

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Spain

El Gordo: Spain goes crazy for "The Fat One"

Lottery prize fund tops 2.24 billion euros

Spain

After the elections Spain gears up for El Gordo

Organisers in Madrid on Monday night were putting the final touches to the preparations for the world’s richest lottery. Spain’s ‘El Gordo’ which

Spain

Rajoy claims mandate to start talks on forming new Spanish government

The People's Party won the most votes but not an absolute majority and will find it hard to cobble together a government

Economy

Spanish shares hit by inconclusive election outcome

The inconclusive Spanish election result hit the market in Madrid, where stocks hit their lowest levels in three months and government bonds rose

World News

Spain: sailing in uncharted political waters

"Historic compromises" ahead

World

Spain faces new era of political dialogue to avoid deadlock

The PP won the Spanish election, but appears unable to form a majority government. For the first time since the restoration of democracy, no-one can. Could a "loser's coalition" take over, or will we

Spain

Spain decides: 'Together We Can' emerges as big winner in Catalonia

There were cheers in Catalonia as the leftist coalition containing Pablo Iglesias’ Podemos party emerged as the region’s big election winner

Spain

Mariano Rajoy faces tough negotiations to form a coalition government

Mariano Rajoy’s Partido Popular may have come first in the voting but if he is to form a new government he may have to do it in a coalition with one

World News

Spain's future unclear as Rajoy loses majority

The political duopoly that has ruled Spain for decades has been broken as new parties split the vote in the country’s general election. Although

Spain

Independence issue weighs heavily on the minds of voters in Catalonia

The national parties have been struggling to come up with proposals to appease the separatist movement

Spain

Some 130 fires rage across northern Spain

More than 130 fires raged on Sunday (December 20) across northern Spain, where unusually warm and dry weather made it difficult to contain the

Spain

Only one thing certain in Spanish elections: the uncertainty of the outcome

Opinion polls suggest the incumbent prime minister of the conservative People's Party will scrape through, but without an absolute majority

Spain

Spain votes in tightest election in 40 years

Experts agree that Spain, which has been struggling economically, is seeing the end of a long-established two-party system.

Spain

Voting stations prepare for Sunday's election in Spain, the tightest in decades

It has been a day of reflection in Spain ahead of the country's tightest election in decades

Spain

Campaigning closes in Spain's tightest election race in decades

Campaigning has come to a close in the tightest general election race Spain has seen in decades. Polls suggest Sunday’s (December 20) vote will see

World

Mould-breaking election in Spain indicates four into two won't go

From being a two-party contest for the last 40 years Spain has four leading contenders going into Sunday's general election, with two newcomers threatening the Conservatives and Socialists' chances of