Politics

Ministers have called for more time to discuss measure, which Brussels wanted to introduce next March

Grandchildren of the Spanish dictator say they will fight to rebury his body in the landmark La Almudena cathedral if they cannot stop the exhumation

The Civil Guard detained Enrique Tenreiro, a Galician artist, after he painted a dove and wrote the words “for freedom” on the gravestone in the Valley of the Fallen monument

The heir to the Spanish throne made her first public speech on Wednesday, reciting an article of the Constitution on the day of her birthday

Historical memory groups say they will march on the streets if the Spanish government does not fulfill its promise to stop the remains from being transferred to La Almudena cathedral

Leopoldo Martín, now 80, still has fresh memories of the abuse he suffered at a religious boarding school in Valladolid more than 70 years ago. His testimony is one of several making up an EL PAÍS series exposing decades of offenses committed by clergy

After meeting with Vatican secretary of state on Monday, Carmen Calvo does U-turn and says government will “use Historical Memory Law” to impede his transfer to central Madrid

The Madrid-based British pianist and writer, who was abused as a child, welcomes the government’s plans to abolish a statute of limitations on pedophilia offenses

More than 800 police officers took part in a coordinated crackdown on Monday in El Raval neighborhood, where 55 people were arrested

Spanish neuroscientist Susana Martínez-Conde analyzes illusions to encourage critical thinking in the era of Trump’s “post-truths”

Deputy prime minister conveys to Vatican secretary of state reforms that will see pedophilia offenses have no statute of limitations, putting them on the same level as terrorism crimes

Around 53,000 properties left without electricity in Menorca and Asturias, with 1,300 students forced to stay home and problems on the roads due to snow drifts

As she turns 80, the mother of King Felipe VI is enjoying huge popularity after incidents such as the “Corinna case” and a very public spat with her daughter-in-law Letizia

Relatives of José Ignacio Soto, who died from a heart attack last week, are outraged at the “degrading” way his remains have been treated

First warnings of the season for Cantabria, León, Lleida and Asturias, where between five and 10 centimeters of snowfall is forecast

Steve Jobs’ successor also met with leaders of Spain’s tech industry and praised the country’s “creativity”

Rodrigo Rato today began his four-and-a-half year sentence in connection with a corporate credit card scandal involving €12.5 million in embezzled money

Investigators at the Spanish High Court say bribes were paid by state company Defex to secure arms contracts

Former deputy premier Oriol Junqueras and 17 others are likely to see the inside of a courtroom early next year

Spanish defense authorities rescind their contract with Alfonso Jesús Cabezuelo over 2016 sexual abuse of an 18-year-old girl

In 81 results, the remains of newborns suspected of being given away under the Franco regime genetically matched their parents

If the reform goes ahead, it will no longer be a crime to insult the monarch, national symbols, state institutions or religious sentiment

An 18-year veteran of the local force in Pamplona has been sentenced and fined after forwarding on a report about a British man who tried to lure a child into his vehicle

State-owned company Defex is accused of paying millions in illegal commission to secure weapons contracts

Over 25% of residents in the Catalan capital have been the victim of one or more crime in the past year – a level not seen since 1986 during the heroin epidemic

Spain’s AESA state air safety agency will also be investigating, after a man was caught on video on a Barcelona-Stansted flight verbally abusing a 77-year-old disabled woman