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“The government in Catalonia will try to move forward with independence

Catalan separatists win election and claim it as yes vote for breakaway

Spain set for political crisis as regional government election result spurs coalition on with plans for independence

Barcelona’s mayor

Spain’s leftist mayors walk the talk as they take office

Times are a-changing in Spain as the new office bearers embrace the secular state and do away with cars.

Grass-roots ‘indignados’ establish foothold in Barcelona

Anti-poverty activist elected as mayor of Barcelona; the ruling right-wing People’s Party was battered at the ballot box.

Madrileños’ choice: A wall with images of Ahora Madrid candidate Manuela Carmena in the build-up to municipal elections on May 22. Her opponent is Madrid’s Popular Party candidate Esperanza Aguirre.

Madrid will go to the last gran standing

The mayoral race is down to a pair of self-styled "little grandmothers" who are poles apart in their politics but equally tenacious and astute.

Spain’s ‘we can’ party finds it can’t

The left-wing Podemos party neglected the ‘indignados’ and faces stagnant elections.

Immigration in any language is becoming a dirty word

The issue dominates debates, but for different reasons, from the far right making political capital to border guards pushing migrant boats back.

A few weeks ago

Setback for Catalan separatists

Spain’s Constitutional Court suspends planned vote for independence for up to five months.

The Scottish yes campaign has buoyed Catalonian separatists.

Spain jittery on Scottish secession

Madrid has gone on the defensive as Scots vote in a referendum for independence from the United Kingdom.

Former National Prosecuting Authority’s spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi.

Blue chip vs blue collar showdown

The rivalry between Real Madrid and Atlético is all about power and wealth in 21st-century Spain.