Spain
UK man arrested in Tenerife after girlfriend dies in fall from balconyAccused detained by police after questioning, as neighbours allegedly describe hearing argument and loud crash
- Lionel Messi misses opening of tax evasion trial in BarcelonaThe injured Argentina striker and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, are accused of defrauding the Spanish government of £3m but the footballer’s lawyer says he will appear on Thursday
- Slovakian model jailed for 15 years for murdering British businessmanMayka Kukucova shot millionaire jewellery store owner Andrew Bush before fleeing in his Hummer, Spanish jury ruled
- Lionel Messi goes on trial over €4.1m unpaid taxesBarcelona star and his father accused of using tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal €10m earned in image rights
- Campaign for Barcelona museum to tell at last full story of Spain’s civil warHistorians say unprecedented national centre would help future generations understand a conflict that tore country apart 80 years ago
- Eighty years on, Spain may at last be able to confront the ghosts of civil warThe conflict between Republicans and Nationalists that erupted in 1936 was distorted by Franco and largely neglected by later governments. Now a campaign is under way to open the first international museum telling all sides of the story
- Back to the Costas: terror fear sees travel industry return to its rootsAfter a litany of deadly attacks, the package holiday market has collapsed in Egypt and Tunisia – but familiar resorts in the western Med are booming again
- Spanish police make arrests over stolen Francis Bacon worksSeven held over five paintings and other valuables that were taken in burglary of Madrid home last summer
- Is this the world’s most radical mayor?The Long Read: When Ada Colau was elected mayor of Barcelona, she became a figurehead of the new leftwing politics sweeping Spain. The question she now faces is a vital one for the left across Europe – can she really put her ideas into practice?
- Man wanted for murder in Spain arrested at Chichester marina55-year-old Briton held on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration held with 17 Albanian men on south coast
- Across Europe, distrust of mainstream political parties is on the riseThe far right is gaining support in some corners of Europe, but more marked is the rejection by voters of the political establishment
- Riots erupt in Barcelona after squatters evicted – videoVideo recorded by witnesses show police and protesters clashing in Barcelona, after squatters were evicted from a former bank
- Riots in Barcelona after squatters evicted from former bankHousing activist-turned-mayor Ada Colau faces ire of natural constituents as she refuses to engage in private dispute
- Barcelona fans can wave Catalan flags at cup final in Madrid, says judgeSpanish government decision to ban fans carrying pro-independence flags at Copa del Rey cup final is ruled unconstitutional
- Pedro Almodóvar condemns Hollywood's 'diabolical sexism'Spanish director tells Cannes film festival that US film industry is ‘losing an enormous opportunity by not creating good roles for women of all ages’
- Bull spearing outlawed by Spanish regional governmentDecision by Castile and León authorities could end killing of bulls by horsemen at annual Toro de la Vega festival
- European commission delays decision on Spain and Portugal deficitsEuropean economics commissioner Pierre Moscovici postpones decision on countries breaking budget rules until July
- Superblocks to the rescue: Barcelona’s plan to give streets back to residentsThe Catalan capital’s radical new strategy will restrict traffic to a number of big roads, drastically reducing pollution and turning secondary streets into ‘citizen spaces’ for culture, leisure and the community
- Don’t let drink limits destroy our pubsLetters: It is very easy to detect the joyless hand of the anti-alcohol lobby behind these guidelines
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