Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy

Spain to grab Catalonia powers as crisis intensifies

Spain is to take unprecedented steps to seize powers from Catalonia's separatist government after Madrid won powerful backing from the king and the EU in its battle to keep the country together.

Spain holds most open election in decades

Spaniards are to go to the polls in a landmark election that will see more than two parties compete for power for the first time in decades.

October 21, 2017
October 21, 2017

Spain to grab Catalonia powers as crisis intensifies

Spain is to take unprecedented steps to seize powers from Catalonia's separatist government after Madrid won powerful backing from the king and the EU in its battle to keep the country together.

December 20, 2015
December 20, 2015

Spain holds most open election in decades

Spaniards are to go to the polls in a landmark election that will see more than two parties compete for power for the first time in decades.

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