
Spanish PM announces legal changes to make banks pay mortgage tax
Pedro Sánchez vows that “Spaniards will never again” pay the levy, but experts warn that lenders will simply raise interest rates

Pedro Sánchez vows that “Spaniards will never again” pay the levy, but experts warn that lenders will simply raise interest rates

Testimony has emerged from Ana Julia Quezada, the self-confessed killer of the eight-year-old boy in southern Spain, who was caught by police while moving his body

In a 15 to 13 vote, justices from one of Spain’s top tribunals reversed a decision to make banks pay, triggering loud protests from society and calls for street demonstrations

Following reports of UK and Irish citizens dying after being prescribed Nolotil in Spain, agency says visitors should not take it as they cannot be monitored for adverse effects

Authorities are racing to stop dictator’s family from reburying him at a popular cathedral in Madrid

Prosecution seeks 25-year prison term against ex-deputy premier Oriol Junqueras, but Solicitor General rules out rebellion and seeks 12 years for sedition and misuse of funds

The Civil Guard detained Enrique Tenreiro, a Galician artist, after he painted a dove and wrote the words “for freedom” on the gravestone in the Valley of the Fallen monument

The 50-year-old was killed on Tuesday night while trying to cross the River Seco in the municipality of Vélez-Málaga

Historical memory groups say they will march on the streets if the Spanish government does not fulfill its promise to stop the remains from being transferred to La Almudena cathedral

After meeting with Vatican secretary of state on Monday, Carmen Calvo does U-turn and says government will “use Historical Memory Law” to impede his transfer to central Madrid

Around 53,000 properties left without electricity in Menorca and Asturias, with 1,300 students forced to stay home and problems on the roads due to snow drifts

With 99.49% of votes now counted, former army official Jair Bolsonaro has been elected the new president of Brazil with 55.21% of the ballots

Relatives of José Ignacio Soto, who died from a heart attack last week, are outraged at the “degrading” way his remains have been treated

Noam Chomsky, Bernard Henri-Lévy and others highlight the danger to Latin America's largest country if the far-right candidate wins the runoff on Sunday

Rodrigo Rato today began his four-and-a-half year sentence in connection with a corporate credit card scandal involving €12.5 million in embezzled money

Daylight Saving Time ends on October 28, but the European Union has proposed abolishing the practice in 2019

Spain’s AESA state air safety agency will also be investigating, after a man was caught on video on a Barcelona-Stansted flight verbally abusing a 77-year-old disabled woman

Government expresses consternation at the journalist’s death but cites Saudi prosecutors’ information

Around 30 people were rescued from their cars as torrential rain batters the country, causing flooding, traffic problems and road closures
The map shows the likely arrival of showers, winds and other phenomena over the next 12 hours across the Iberian peninsula

The east of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands have been battered by persistent and torrential downpours

Verónica Casado was awarded the prize by the World Organization of Family Doctors for her excellence in communication, patient care and leadership

Isabel Preysler is the latest celebrity to be immortalized in the capital’s Museo de Cera, a place where likenesses are not always guaranteed

The family of Artur, whose mother was killed in last week’s extreme weather, has sent out a message of thanks to the authorities and citizens who have taken part in the search

Emergency and rescue services continue to work on the Balearic Island, and are searching for five people who were seen close to the danger area during the flood

Spain’s national weather service has put out yellow and orange alerts after nine people were killed in flash flooding in Mallorca

The Spanish model says she wants to meet Miss Colombia despite her comments that the “pageant is for women who are born women”