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Four dead, 16 missing after failed Mediterranean rafting

Four refugees have died and up to 16 more are missing after trying to cross into Europe from North Africa on a small raft, Spain's coastguard says.

Catalan separatists block Spain-France highway

Catalan separatists have blocked traffic on a motorway linking Spain and France, in a fresh protest against the sentencing last month of nine of their leaders to lengthy jail terms.

Spain holds election in hope of breaking political stalemate

Spain held its second parliamentary election in just over six months on Sunday, with voters likely to deliver an even more fragmented parliament with no clear winner and a sizeable appearance by the far-right.

Spain reactivates arrest warrants for 3 Catalan separatists

Spain's Supreme Court has reactivated a European arrest warrant for three Catalan leaders who fled Spain after taking part in a failed independence bid in 2017.

Spain’s far-right to double seats in upcoming vote: Poll

Spain’s far-right Vox Party is set to double the number of its parliamentary seats in the country’s general elections, which are due next week, a new poll suggests.

‘Lotus’ wins two awards at ForadCamp in Spain

Iranian documentary, ‘Lotus,’ directed by Mohammadreza Vatandoust, won two awards at the eighth edition of ForadCamp Nature and Cinema Exhibition in Spain.

Mayors of Spain's Catalonia call for self-determination before protest march

The vast majority of Catalonia's almost 1,000 mayors have urged authorities in Madrid to grant the region the right to determine its own future, as crowds of separatists prepare for a protest march in Barcelona later on Saturday.

Anti-secession Catalans rally in Spain’s Barcelona

The center-right pro-union Ciudadanos Party, which was born out of opposition to Catalan separatism, holds a rally in front of Catalonia's regional government headquarters in Barcelona run under the slogan "That's enough! Justice and coexistence."

Protests held in Spain’s Catalonia over conviction of separatist leaders

Pro-independence protesters have staged rallies in Spain’s Catalonia region, blocking a railway and several motorways.

Jailed Catalan separatist leader says fresh referendum inevitable

The jailing of Catalan secessionists for their role in a failed pro-independence bid will only galvanize the Spanish region’s independence movement and another referendum is inevitable, the leader hit by the heaviest jail sentence told Reuters.

Spain’s sentencing of Catalan separatists sparks angry protest

Thousands of angry demonstrators took to the streets of Barcelona and elsewhere on Monday after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in jail for ‘sedition’ over the failed 2017 independence efforts.

Catalan separatist leaders face long jail sentences

Spain’s Supreme Court plans to sentence Catalan separatist leaders to a maximum of 15 years in prison over a 2017 bid for independence, a judicial source said on Saturday.

Spain says it will respond with strength to new US tariffs

Spain has summoned the US ambassador in Madrid to express its complete rejection of any new US tariffs on European Union goods and will press for strong countermeasures if they are confirmed, the acting government said.

Spain court dismisses fraud case against Messi

Spain's National Court on Monday said it had dismissed a complaint against Barcelona's Lionel Messi filed by a former employee of the Argentine footballer's foundation, who had accused him of fraud, embezzlement and money laundering.

When cost of senior care means selling up family home

By Fernando Peinado*