Over 4,000 new bus shelters being fitted across the Spanish capital have been described by critics as 'anti-homeless' because of a divider on the seat that prevents people sleeping on them.
A pin oak tree, imported at a cost of €104,000 ($134,000) during an all-expenses-paid trip to Belgium by officials of a suburb of the Spanish capital, is "half-dead and rotting".
Police in Spain have arrested 52 people alleged to have swindled over €15 million ($19.5 million) from 150,000 self-employed workers and small businesses over a 14-year period by pretending to be official police representatives.
A study has revealed that Spanish people spend an average of 10.1 hours each week watching or reading about sports, more than any other European nation.
Opponents and supporters of the notorious Toro de la Vega festival, in which Spanish villagers armed with lances chase down and slaughter a bull, threw stones at each other during violent clashes.
The driver of a shuttle bus service between Barcelona's airport and city centre is facing disciplinary action after a passenger videoed him sending WhatsApp messages on his mobile phone while steering through traffic.
The Spanish capital became the first city in the world to name a square after Margaret Thatcher, the controversial former British Prime Minister whose political legacy still divides opinion.
A Dutchman convicted of sexually assaulting three women in Spain has been in prison for the last 11 years despite DNA results 7 years ago suggesting he wasn't the culprit.
A type of tornado known as a waterspout surprised bathers on a famous nudist beach near the Catalan city of Tarragona on Sunday when it swirled close to the shore in a spectacular vortex of wind and water.
Eight people were each fined €101 ($130) last Wednesday for playing the Ludo board game late at night in Malaga by police who had received complaints from neighbours about the "noise made by the dice".
A study by travel website TripAdvisor has concluded that Barcelona is the most expensive place to visit in Spain, with average costs for accommodation, taxis and entertainment almost double those of the cheapest city, Lugo.
An association of Spanish judges has warned Catalan president Artur Mas that he could face up to 15 years imprisonment for prevarication, disobedience and sedition if he goes ahead with a planned vote on Catalan independence in November.
Nine British citizens have been arrested in eight raids in Majorca's controversial Magaluf resort, with a total of €24,000 ($31,000) in cash and cash being seized.
Thousands in the towns of Dénia and Xàbia, both in the eastern Spanish province of Alicante, have been forced to flee from their homes to escape the path of an inferno as it moves across the area.
The presidents of El Corte Inglés, Isidoro Álvarez, and Sabadell Bank, Josep Oliu, were rushed to hospital after suffering health scares on the same day that Santander Group president Emilio Botín died of a heart attack.
Police were called on Tuesday to investigate the loud screams heard by neighbours in a quiet Barcelona neighbourhood only to find a local resident watching an porn movie at top volume with his windows open.
Three Valencia schools have allowed their pupils to come to school in swimwear and sandals as a protest against 31ºC temperatures inside its classrooms which parents say make studying difficult.
More young people in Spain are NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training) than anywhere else in the EU, with graduate unemployment also tripling the OECD average, a new report shows.
A driver in Madrid on Monday panicked and floored the accelerator instead of hitting the brake pedal, causing her car to crash through the second-floor wall of a car park and land on its roof in the street below, crushing two other vehicles.
Residents of the tiny village of Pontenova in the north-west of Spain have refused to carry a statue of the Virgin Mary in the traditional annual parade because they claim that a local parish priest has swapped the original for a fake copy and pocketed all the decorative jewels.
Two thousand participants in the 'Survival Zombie' roleplaying game invaded the streets of Collado Villaba near Madrid on Saturday, many dressed in full undead make-up and costumes.
Two masked gunmen stormed into a quiet shopping centre near Marbella on Saturday evening and shot Gerard 'Hatchet' Kavanagh, nine times in the back and head in what is believed to be a drugs-gang related incident.
