Catalonia's regional government is trying to gather separatist support among its large Moroccan population by offering Arabic and Islam lessons in the region's schools, a leading Spanish daily claims.
In a case of will she? won't she? Spanish politician Esperanza Aguirre, an influential figure in Spain's ruling Popular Party was on Friday finally charged with a crime over an April incident in which she knocked over a police motorbike.
A 13-year-old boy suffering from an aggressive form of cancer saw his footballing dream fulfilled on Thursday night when he scored a goal in a friendly match between his beloved Villarreal CF and Scottish football team Celtic.
The president of Spain's Catalonia region Artur Mas on Thursday attempted to calm regional business leaders by telling them a planned November vote on the issue of independence does not automatically mean secession from Spain.
Spain's Defence Secretary Alejandro Alvargonzález has ruled out imminent Spanish military involvement against the terrorist group Isis in Iraq, describing the issue as 'complicated' in the minds of the Spanish electorate.
Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernández Díaz on Wednesday said the Spanish government would consider including a ban on burqas as part of a packet of planned new security reforms.
The fall in Spanish salaries during the country's crisis, one of the largest in the OECD, could actually hamper the country's recovery by bringing on deflation and killing off consumer demand, the OECD has warned in a new report.
The best beach in Spain is not in Andalusia, or in Majorca, or even in Canary Islands, the results of a new poll published on Wednesday show. What do you think of the winner?
Spain is among the European countries hardest hit by the so-called 'brain drain' effect with thousands of professionals including nurses and teachers taking steps to leave the country in recent years, new figures from the European Union show.
Spain's economy minister Luis de Guindos, widely tipped by many to become the next leader of the Eurogroup forum of eurozone finance ministers, may have to wait for up to a year before he finds out if he has landed the role.
Ashya King, the five-year-old British boy with a brain tumour who was 'snatched' from hospital without medical consent, has been found with his parents in Spain, British and Spanish police said on Saturday evening.
Now that a new season of Spain's La Liga is just getting underway, The Local has put together some of the most intriguing facts about the best football league in the world and its history.
Catalonia's police force are investigating the theft of a separatist 'estelada' flag by none other than misbehaving officers belonging to another of Spain's law enforcement units, the paramilitary Civil Guard.
A leading figure in Catalonia's independence movement has warned Spain it faces a serious backlash from foreign investors if it doesn't allow the region to hold a planned November 9th independence vote.
UPDATED: 500 young Spaniards a year will soon be able to take advantage of Australia's Work and Holiday visa scheme to work in the Asia–Pacific nation, under a new agreement signed by Spain's foreign minister in the Australian capitial of Canberra.
The Spanish region of Catalonia is finalizing plans to legalize medical marijuana, a move authorities say will not only aid patients but also help the region to crack down on its booming cannabis club scene.
Spanish consumer prices fell again in August, dropping by 0.5 percent on an annual basis, preliminary figures from the national statistics institute showed Thursday, heightening concerns about deflation risk in the eurozone.
UPDATED: A 38-year-old from Guinea quarantined in Barcelona on Wednesday over fears he may test positive for the Ebola virus has been cleared of the disease.
The mayor of Barcelona has vowed to "get tough" on people who rent out illegal tourist apartments in the city's Barceloneta neighbourhood after demonstrations by locals against the unruly behaviour of tourists.
Argentine midfielder Ángel di María has claimed he never asked to leave Real Madrid after sealing his British transfer record £59.7 million ($98 million, €75 million) move to Manchester United.
UPDATED: The Spanish clothing giant Zara has apologized for selling a striped shirt for children which appears to resemble the clothes worn by prisoners in Nazi concentration camps.
The number of new mortgages in Spain in June was up nearly 20 percent on the same month in 2013, only the second such year-on-year rise in four years, official figures released on Wednesday show, but the credit crunch is far from over.
