Spain

Global professional investors have largely replaced families as major shareholders in recent decades. BlackRock, Vanguard and Norway’s sovereign wealth fund hold stakes valued at €113 billion

The president’s scheduled meeting with King Felipe IV represents a distancing from her predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador, though not a complete break with his legacy. The move also carries a political component in response to pressure from Trump

A new distribution map confirms stable populations beyond Andalusia, including Murcia, Alicante and Valencia

Next Thursday’s meeting at the National Palace between President Claudia Sheinbaum and King Felipe IV will showcase the normalization of diplomatic relations after seven years of tension

Two aides to the disgraced official also received prison sentences over corruption during the Covid pandemic. The ruling increases the pressure on the government of Pedro Sánchez, which is dealing with several high-profile probes

Over 600,000 people have received around €22.2 billion over the past 50 years in pensions and compensation, according to a report by the government’s technical commission

Move over, Barrio de Salamanca. This downtown area overlooking Retiro Park has long been a favorite destination for expats with money. But the richest of the rich have found an even more secluded spot to live and play: La Moraleja

The prestigious Spanish prize goes to the ‘first woman to travel to the Moon, holder of numerous records, honored for her role in space exploration,’ including the Artemis 2 mission

An animal welfare group that filed a private complaint says it is the first time expulsion has been ordered for violence committed against a pet

The administration of Pedro Sánchez, a socialist, sees vindication of its progressive policies as it grapples with the fallout of several high-profile legal probes

The suspect, who has Italian and Swiss citizenship, has been on the run since 2024. His victim is sure that he will do the same thing to another woman

‘Wherever a person is discriminated against because of their origin, the principle of the equal dignity of all human beings is violated,’ he told a joint session of both houses, where he received a long ovation

Now under investigation back home on influence-peddling and money laundering charges, the ex-prime minister of Spain defends his risky mediation with Chavismo and the opposition by noting the number of political prisoners he helped free

A population boom due to immigration, plus the 100 million tourists who arrive each year, underscore the need to increase spending in numerous sectors for the country to function properly

A study documents how these playful cetaceans allow themselves to be touched, an unusual relationship that can pose a danger to their welfare and to the people they interact with

Applicants for residency in Spain denounce a huge backlog to secure criminal records, scams to get appointments and problems from power outages

The average weekly working time in Spain is 36.3 hours, compared with Germany’s 33.9. Differences between countries are explained by the weight of part‑time employment and by shorter full‑time weeks

Benjamín León Jr underscored the ‘frustration’ felt by Trump at the fact that the Spanish government is not spending 5% of GDP on defense as agreed by NATO

Europe’s biggest saltwater lagoon made world headlines following contamination that led to a massive die-off of fish. Remarkable progress has been made since then on restoration, but the natural space remains in an unstable balance

The government’s appeal focuses on whether intermittent travel — so‑called sporadic absences — should count when determining tax residence

He is the first former head of government to be formally accused after leaving office with an unblemished record

A judge from Spain’s High Court has lifted the seal on the investigation he has been leading for months with the Anti-Corruption Attorney General’s Office

The ex-prime minister is accused of receiving $2 million linked to the public bailout of the airline Plus Ultra

The National Court has ruled that the singer was not a tax resident in Spain in 2011 and has annulled the penalties imposed on her; the decision does not affect her existing criminal conviction

Experts are calling for an updated official inventory to fully understand the state of the fortifications and halt their progressive deterioration: more than half are in danger of collapsing

EL PAÍS reconstructs how a special unit of Spain’s Civil Guard, tipped off by the DEA and Dutch police, boarded a vessel carrying a record 30 tons of drugs, and arrested its armed guards