Heavy rain caused chaos in the Canary Island city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on Sunday with one woman dying after she found herself trapped underneath a parked car during flash flooding.
A dozen chauffeurs working for two major Spanish banks were issued company credit cards so that drivers could make luxury purchases on the behalf of top executives, a Spanish newspaper reported on Monday, part of a scandal which has rocked Spain.
Spain’s royal language watchdog, the RAE, has just published its massive new dictionary. Here The Local lists ten of the best words appearing for the very first time for your reading pleasure.
Spanish fashion giant Mango has been slammed in Germany for selling a shirt the design of which contains motifs that some claim look like the insignia of the Nazi's secret police, the SS.
The viral load of Teresa Romero, the Spanish nursing assistant with Ebola, "has lowered appreciably", while she is she showing signs of "getting over the infection", a doctor said on Thursday morning.
Expats registered as living in Spain's Catalonia region will be able to vote in the upcoming unofficial poll on independence for the region, with the process now easier than ever, officials have told The Local.
Want to know which Spanish region has the best and worst healthcare? Or the highest and lowest incomes? And what about housing quality? Read on to discover the best (and worst) that Spain's regions have to offer.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday talked down the importance of a newly announced unofficial November 9th independence poll in Catalonia, saying now was the time for sensible dialogue on the issue.
A spokesperson for Spain's ruling Popular Party has described the Catalan government's new plans for a "participatory" vote on independence as "nonsense" and "legal fraud", while the party's regional leader dismissed the poll as a "big survey".
Doctors have their fingers crossed for Teresa Romero, the Spanish nursing assistant with Ebola, after she experienced a better night on Monday, while the number of people being monitored after possible contract with her has risen to nearly 100.
The President of Catalonia Artur Mas should call regional elections which would act as a plebiscite on the issue of independence, in the wake of his decision to scrap a planned November 9th vote, a top adviser said on Tuesday.
Spanish actress Penélope Cruz has been named the sexiest woman alive in 2014 by the US magazine Esquire, just months about being derided as 'the fool of the week' by conservative US television channel Fox News.
The European Court of Human Rights has slammed Spain for failing to properly investigate claims of police torture of prisoners, imposing stiff fines and telling the country to do more to protect the human rights of people in detention.
Spain will grow faster than any other country in 2015 in the European Union but unemployment will remain stubbornly high, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
Spain is one of the worst offenders when it comes to incorrectly adopting and applying European Union laws, with only Italy ranking higher in the disobedience stakes, a new European Commission report reveals.
Limited use of English could help explain why only one Spanish university, Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra, is among the top 200 in the world, the editor of the newly published Times Higher Education rankings has told The Local.
Spain foreign minister José Manuel García-Margallo on Wednesday said Spain would would neither send troops to Iraq nor participate in aerial attacks against the terrorist group Isis.
A Spanish judge has ruled it would be “beneficial” for a four-year-old girl to receive monthly visits from her imprisoned father, a police officer who stands accused of murdering her mother in cold blood and making it look like a suicide.
Spain's Constitutional Court on Monday suspended an independence referendum called by Catalonia for November 9th, although leaders of the rich north-eastern region vowed to press ahead anyway with preparations for the vote.
Madrid has chosen Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger as its first tourism ambassador for his promotion and close links to the Spanish capital, the place where his hit movie Conan the Barbarian was filmed.
The scandal-hit former President of Catalonia Jordi Pujol has denied claims of corruption during a highly anticipated appearance in the region's parliament.
Updated: The Spanish government revised up its economic growth forecast on Friday, saying the economy would grow by 1.3 percent in 2014 and two percent in 2015, while promising nearly 350,000 new jobs next year.
A Catholic missionary died in hospital from the Ebola virus in Spain on Thursday, four days after being flown back from Sierra Leone several days earlier, officials said.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Thursday made his first visit to China, meeting with top officials in Beijing on a trip aimed at expanding trade with the Asian giant.
A top Spanish news agency has apologized after accidentally using a hashtag containing a colloquial term for homosexual in a tweet about Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
