Spain’s Supreme Court bars chief prosecutor for two years for leaking confidential information
Álvaro García Ortiz has also been ordered to pay a fine to Alberto González Amador, who is the partner of the conservative premier of Madrid
Madrid’s growing popularity as a filming location: More benefits for the city, more grief for the residents
Over 1,000 movies were shot in the Spanish capital last year, most of them in the city center, partly because of low permit fees: ‘This occupation of our streets has become the norm in our daily lives’
Building collapses in downtown Madrid: ‘I felt a terrible tremor’
At least three people are injured and four others are missing. Sources say up to 40 individuals could have been inside the building, which was undergoing renovation to become a four-star hotel
No subway, no traffic lights, no elevators and no coverage in Madrid due to the blackout: ‘Can I borrow your phone to call my mom?’
The heart of Spain’s capital is filled with pedestrians looking for a way home, parents trying to pick up their children from school and traffic jams
The Pope who defied the extreme right worldwide
Francis’ positions on immigration, history, the economy, and the environment, and his refusal to place the Church at the service of cultural wars, made him enemies on the right
Does ‘liking’ everything mean you’re old?
Celebrities like Iker Casillas have become meme fodder over supposed overuse of a 15-year-old internet feature
When intellectuals cheer on fascism
Many thinkers supported fascist regimes in the 1930s, a precedent that is very disturbing today
Madrid’s Latino population surpasses one million
A significant milestone has been reached: the census reveals that 1,038,671 people born in Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas now reside in the region. Just 25 years ago, this number was only 81,552, highlighting the rapid pace of a wave that is reshaping the community
Argentina’s Milei tries to meet with king of Spain while keeping up insults against PM Sánchez
The right-wing leader will make his second trip to the Spanish capital in order to accept a prize from a neoliberal think tank and a medal from the regional government of Madrid
Powerful Spanish regional leader under pressure as court investigates her partner’s tax affairs
Madrid’s rightwing regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who is seen as a possible future party leader and prime ministerial candidate, has come under fire in recent months on several fronts
Madrid premier claims to be victim of political campaign over partner’s tax fraud charges: ‘As long as it is legal, I am free to get in that car or into that bed’
Isabel Díaz Ayuso says the million-euro commissions charged by Alberto González are being aired to cover up the Spanish central government’s own graft scandal, known as the ‘Koldo case’
Madrid’s media bubble and liberals with a trick up their sleeve
The rampant multiplication of digital media outlets with no journalistic value and offering hardly any information has a secret: funding with public money from the regional government
Hundreds of thousands of people protest amnesty deal between Spain’s PM and Catalan separatists
The conservative Popular Party called the rally on Sunday to demonstrate against the agreement that paves the way for Pedro Sánchez to return to power
Protest in Madrid against amnesty for Catalan separatists
Spain’s conservative Popular Party organized a rally in the capital to demonstrate against possible measures to clear those involved in the 2016 secession bid
Matteo Salvini: ‘The hypothesis of a center-right majority in the European Parliament is closer’
Italy’s deputy PM is promoting alliances that would unite the entire spectrum of the political right in Brussels to evict the left in the 2024 EU elections
Keep your grubby hands off punk
The far-right should stop appropriating a cultural movement that was against authoritarianism, racism and sexism
Spanish far-right party Vox campaigns on illegal immigration using manipulated data
A spokesman for the party attacked a proposal to outlaw hate speech in electoral discourse as an ‘attack on free speech’ after misinterpreting figures on crime in Catalonia