Politics

Germany-based Fresenius agrees to pay $231 million settlement in the US to avoid prosecution over corrupt practices in 17 countries

This week we discuss the antics that took place during the inaugural session of the lower house, and talk about the outrageous award given to a women’s squash team in Spain

Veteran Catalan politician José Zaragoza spent the inaugural session of Congress in the midst of Vox legislators, who had occupied the seats normally used by his own party

The parliament that emerged from the recent election reflects the highest gender parity in the entire EU. Some of the female deputies who were sworn in yesterday discuss what this means for Spain

While acting PM Pedro Sánchez wants to lead a minority administration, lack of support from Ciudadanos and recent events in Congress are prompting him to reconsider

Security footage shows Ignacio Echeverría jumping from his bicycle to defend the public from the knife-wielding terrorists in the London attack

A highly fragmented lower house elects a new speaker, but is more divided than ever over separatist deputies, four of whom are currently being held in custody while on trial

The anti-austerity party argues that the public health system should be funded by taxes and not from private contributions from business moguls such as Amancio Ortega

The new parliament is convening today, and will likely follow regulatory guidelines against the pro-independence leaders caught up in criminal proceedings

The far-right party is taking advantage of tension over undocumented migrants and unemployment to attract voters in the Spanish exclave in North Africa ahead of the local election on May 26

The five pro-independence leaders have completed the paperwork to assume office after the Supreme Court granted them permission to leave jail, where they are being held in custody for their role in the 2017 separatist drive

Before his arrest in the French Alps last week, the former leader of the Basque terrorist organization had spent 17 years on the run after participating in some of the group’s bloodiest attacks

More than 40% of drivers killed in traffic accidents had consumed alcohol or drugs, according to data from the Prosecutor General’s Office

Three people who emerged from the accident with minor injuries deny the money is theirs but will likely be fined for money laundering

Vallada is home to just over 3,000 people but is saddled with up to €37 million in debt thanks to a ruinous scheme put forward by the former mayor

Pedro Sánchez has been forced to name a new candidate for the upper house after Catalan separatist parties vetoed his first nominee, Miquel Iceta

Studies have detected excessive prescriptions of immediate-release fentanyl, a drug 100 times more powerful than morphine

This week we discuss a new law that forces all businesses in Spain to record worker schedules, and how the acting prime minister handled a protester who appeared at the mortuary chapel for Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba

Miquel Iceta received 25 votes in favor, 65 against and 39 abstentions despite warnings from Pedro Sánchez that vetoing his pick would hurt the spirit of dialogue

The ex-leader of the now-defunct Basque terror group fled Spain in 2002 to avoid being tried for an attack in Zaragoza that killed 11 people

Could a change in the law, and the nuns who run a residence for women with learning disabilities, have played a determining role on election results in Gotarrendura?

Temperatures that are currently 5ºC to 10ºC above average will dramatically plunge over the next few days, with storms likely to accompany a mass of cold air from the Atlantic

Basque nationalists also express puzzlement at decision by independence parties to veto Catalan Socialist Party’s Miquel Iceta as speaker of the upper house

Martha Osaro disappeared along with her twin sister Mary after they went out in the central neighborhood of La Latina to celebrate their birthday

The American embassy in Madrid has informally complained that the move to pull the ‘Méndez Núñez’ from a combat group in the Persian Gulf was communicated through military channels, not diplomatic ones

But all five, who are on trial for the 2017 secession bid, must return to prison after the opening sessions of parliament on May 21

Acting Defense Minister Margarita Robles insists the move is technical, not political, and that the ship will rejoin the fleet once it reaches the Indian Ocean