FLOOD OF VENEZUELANS ARE FLEEING DEPRESSED COUNTRY. HERE'S WHERE THEY'RE SEEKING REFUGE

The Sequieras have been in Lima just four days, after a grueling six-day bus trip from their native Valencia, Venezuela's third-largest city... READ MORE›

MESSI TO END CAREER AT BARCA AFTER EXTENDING DEAL TO 2021

News of Messi's renewal comes as a huge boost to the leaders of La Liga ahead of Sunday's top-of-the-table clash at Valencia 1945 GMT ... READ MORE›

MESSI TO END CAREER AT BARCA AFTER EXTENDING DEAL TO 2021

News of Messi's renewal comes as a huge boost to the leaders of La Liga ahead of Sunday's top-of-the-table clash at Valencia 1945 GMT ... READ MORE›

MESSI TO END CAREER AT BARCA AFTER EXTENDING DEAL TO 2021

The new contract once more proves the relationship between Barca and Leo Messi, the best player in the history of football, added Bartomeu... READ MORE›

MESSI TO END CAREER AT BARCA AFTER EXTENDING DEAL TO 2021

The new contract once more proves the relationship between Barca and Leo Messi, the best player in the history of football, added Bartomeu... READ MORE›

MESSI TO END CAREER AT BARCA AFTER EXTENDING DEAL TO 2021

The new contract once more proves the relationship between Barca and Leo Messi, the best player in the history of football, added Bartomeu... READ MORE›

FORMER VALENCIA PRESIDENT ORTI DIES AGED 70

By Richard Martin BARCELONA Reuters - Former Valencia president Jaume Orti, who presided over the club's last two Liga title wins in 2002 and 2004,... READ MORE›

BARCELONA INTO CHAMPIONES LEAGUE LAST 16 AFTER JUVENTUS STALEMATE

Juventus' livewire forward Paulo Dybala took a chance after 18 minutes following an Andres Iniesta blunder with the wily Argentine running into Ter Stegen... READ MORE›

MARQUEZ ON TRACK FOR FOURTH WORLD TITLE

Moto GP Marquez on track for fourth world title... READ MORE›

SEVEN MARINERS HEADED FOR FREE AGENCY FOLLOWING THE WORLD SERIES

Five players' big-league contracts expired, meaning they will be free agents Two players with club options for 2018 won't be exercised for next season the Mariners announced... READ MORE›

SEVEN MARINERS HEADED FOR FREE AGENCY FOLLOWING THE WORLD SERIES

The Mariners have seven players from their active roster that are now free agents... READ MORE›

CATALAN LEADERS PLAN TO CHALLENGE SPAIN'S TAKEOVER IN COURT

If the regional government is not successful in Spanish courts, it will pursue the case in international courts, Turull said... READ MORE›

PEP OPTIMISTIC CITY WILL RESPOND WHEN FORM DIPS

They were never quite able to recapture their early season form and finished 15 points behind Premier League champions Chelsea in third spot... READ MORE›

FROM THE BARRICADES TO THE BALLOT BOX

An hour north of Valencia is Puerto Cabello, Venezuela's biggest port... READ MORE›

CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT IS THE LATEST EU SHOCK WAVE

Meanwhile, Catalonia, with its tourist-occupied capital, Barcelona, has barely 16 percent of Spain's population, but accounts for 20 percent of GDP and a larger share of profitable exports... READ MORE›

CATALONIA TO 'DECLARE INDEPENDENCE ON TUESDAY'

Organisers have revealed plans for a massive march on Sunday in Barcelona of Catalans wanting continuing unity with Spain... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS RALLY IN BARCELONA, MADRID DEMANDING TALKS BETWEEN SPANISH, CATALAN LEADERS

Catalonia's regional president Carles Puigdemont has vowed to make good on the results of last Sunday's disputed referendum on secession won by the Yes side... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS RALLY IN SPAIN, HOPING TO AVERT NATIONAL CRISIS OVER CATALONIA

Catalonia's regional president Carles Puigdemont has vowed to make good on the results of last Sunday's disputed referendum on secession won by the Yes side... READ MORE›

'LET'S TALK' RALLIES ACROSS SPAIN SEEK TO DEFUSE CATALAN CRISIS

Let's talk said the banners and flags at Sant Jaume square in Barcelona and around Madrid's Cibeles fountain... READ MORE›

CATALONIA'S ISOLATION GROWS AS LARGEST BANK HEADS FOR THE EXIT

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, meanwhile, was negotiating the text of a declaration of independence with his group's more radical partner, El Mundo reported... READ MORE›

FIFA WORLD CUP 2018: RUTHLESS SPAIN BOOK THEIR SPOT IN WORLD CUP

Serbia missed a chance to clinch their World Cup place when they suffered a shock 3-2 defeat to already-eliminated Austria, their first loss of the campaign... READ MORE›

SPAIN'S CAIXABANK AND GAS NATURAL QUIT CATALONIA

Spain's third-biggest lender Caixabank has decided to move its registered office to Valencia... READ MORE›

SPANISH COURT MOVES TO PRE-EMPT CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION

Sabadell is Spain's fifth-largest bank and the most important company to announce that it would leave Catalonia, where it has been based since the 19th century... READ MORE›

POLICE SEAL OFF POLLING STATIONS IN CATALONIA, RESISTANCE CONTINUES

In Spain's major cities, Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Santander, Alicante, Valencia and Malaga, thousands protested for Spanish unity... READ MORE›

A FOLDING BIKE HELMET THAT LOOKS GOOD AND STILL SHIELDS YOUR BRAIN

Carlos Ferrando launched Closca Design in Valencia, Spain, in 2013 to make foldable bicycle helmets... READ MORE›

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7/9 RUNNING OF THE BULLS

Some donkey-ride operators at beach resorts in the UK even keep the animals chained together at all times... READ MORE›

HUGO CHAVEZ STATUE TORN DOWN AS DEATH TOLL RISES IN VENEZUELA PROTESTS

Hugo Chavez statue torn down as death toll rises in Venezuela protests... READ MORE›

VENEZUELAN JEWS ARE MOVING TO ISRAEL TO ESCAPE DEEPENING POVERTY

BEIT SHEMESH, Israel -- When Daniel Oritz moved to Israel from Venezuela, his first meal was a bowl of chicken soup... READ MORE›

IN VENEZUELA, PRISONERS SAY ABUSE IS SO BAD THEY ARE FORCED TO EAT PASTA MIXED WITH EXCREMENT

While Venezuelan security forces have been accused of using excessive force in the past, the upsurge in such allegations has alarmed human rights activists... READ MORE›

BULLS KILL SEVEN AT SPAIN SUMMER FESTIVALS

Among them was a 36-year-old town councillor gored in Penafiel a town near Valladolid north of Madrid... READ MORE›

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE THAT THE WORLD IS MEAN TO DONALD TRUMP

Photographic evidence that the world is mean to Donald Trump... READ MORE›

THE PODEMOS REVOLUTION: HOW A SMALL GROUP OF RADICAL ACADEMICS CHANGED EUROPEAN POLITICS | GILES TREMLETT

Demonstrators gather near Madrid's Puerta del Sol for a March for Change organised by Podemos in January... READ MORE›

MILITARY BASE IN VENEZUELA ATTACKED BY MEN 'LAUNCHING A COUP'

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is resisting opposition efforts to hold a vote on removing him from office... READ MORE›

JAMIE OLIVER'S PAELLA RECIPE IS PANNED ONLINE

British chef Jamie Oliver has posted his version of paella online, although it seems unlikely many Spaniards will be reaching for their pans soon... READ MORE›

HOW 'SMART CITY' TECHNOLOGY IS CONNECTING EUROPEANS

Smart cities have until recently been large ones like Barcelona or Amsterdam, but smaller cities are catching up, piloting or planning to implement smart city strategies... READ MORE›

SPAIN FOREST FIRES FORCE EVACUATION OF RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS

The mood is one of British stiff upper lip and a laid-back Spanish attitude, Mr Kenton says... READ MORE›

EUROPEAN LEADERS PLEDGE TO LET MORE MIGRANTS INTO THEIR COUNTRIES

Germany and France are pressing for a quota system by which European Union countries would accept migrants according to their populations and relative wealth... READ MORE›

VENEZUELA SEIZES A GENERAL MOTORS PLANT AMID ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS

Production at the GM plant in the city of Valencia had virtually halted because of government import restrictions and shortages of raw materials... READ MORE›

DAUGHTER, FATHER, FUTURE DOCTOR: VICTIMS OF UNREST IN VENEZUELA

It's unknown whether Carlos Jose Moreno was participating in the April 12 protests in Caracas or just an innocent bystander... READ MORE›

Borja residents did not much notice the painting because the church is dominated by a gilded 18th century baroque altar... READ MORE›

EIGHTY YEARS ON, SPAIN MAY AT LAST BE ABLE TO CONFRONT THE GHOSTS OF CIVIL WAR

THE DICTATORSHIP From the end of the civil war in 1939 to his death in 1975, Franco ruled Spain... READ MORE›

MILITARY BASE IN VENEZUELA ATTACKED BY MEN 'LAUNCHING A COUP'

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is resisting opposition efforts to hold a vote on removing him from office... READ MORE›

FORMER IMF CHIEF GETS FOUR YEARS IN JAIL FOR EMBEZZLEMENT IN SPAIN

Rodrigo Rato found guilty of misuse of corporate credit cards issued by banks whose near collapse sparked EU bailout... READ MORE›

EUROPEAN BISON FOUND POISONED, DECAPITATED ON SPANISH RESERVE

Police investigating attack on small herd at Valdeserrillas reserve in Valencia after staff discover headless body of dominant male... READ MORE›

A YOUNG VENEZUELAN MADE HIS VIOLIN AN INSTRUMENT OF RESISTANCE. THE GOVERNMENT HIT BACK.

Opposition activist and violinist Wuilly Arteaga plays during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on May 24... READ MORE›

DEADLY CLASHES AS MILLIONS JOIN STRIKE

Colombia, France, Spain, the US and the EU have urged the Venezuelan government to cancel the vote for a new constituent assembly on 30 July... READ MORE›

SPAIN ATTACKS: KING JOINS PUBLIC AT MASS FOR VICTIMS IN BARCELONA

Attention has also focused on Abdelbaki Es Satty, the imam of Ripoll, the small town in northern Catalonia that was home to most of the attackers... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE BLAMED AS EU'S FOREST FIRES TREBLE IN 2017

Europe's forest fires will rage more often in the future and engulf new areas, experts have warned. They say climate change has extended the traditional wildfire... READ MORE›

AUTHORITIES IN SPAIN SAY MAIN SUSPECT KILLED BY POLICE

Security camera images released Monday by police showed Abouyaaqoub making his escape on foot through Barcelona's La Boqueria market after the attack... READ MORE›

'TERRORIST ATTACK' ON MILITARY BASE IN VENEZUELA FOILED - OFFICIAL

Fort Paramacay, near the central city of Valencia, was attacked by mercenary terrorist groups, Venezuelan official, Socialist Party deputy Diosdado Cabello tweeted on Sunday... READ MORE›

GREECES NEW ANTI-AUSTERITY GOVERNMENT SET ON COLLISION COURSE WITH BRUSSELS

Photograph Andrea Comas Reuters Tsipras's choice of coalition partners came as an unpleasant surprise to the eurozone's finance ministers gathering under wet, leaden skies in Brussels... READ MORE›

GREEKS HAND STUNNING VICTORY TO ANTI-AUSTERITY SYRIZA

Greece on collision course with rest of europe after handing general election victory to far-left party that has vowed to reject austerity... READ MORE›

VENEZUELA SEARCHES FOR REBELS AFTER DEADLY CLASH AT ARMY BASE

A search is under way in Venezuela for 10 men who escaped with weapons after an attack on a military base, President Nicolas Maduro says... READ MORE›

VENEZUELA GOVERNMENT AND REBELLIOUS SOLDIERS EACH CLAIM VICTORY IN BASE ATTACK

Government officials and a spokesman for the rebellious soldiers offered conflicting versions of events at the Paramacay military base in Valencia, each side declaring victory... READ MORE›

SPAIN ARE GOING TO ENFORCE SIESTAS AND A LOT MORE

Madrid's Mayor Manuela Carmena has set up a controversial website Reuters Another development might leave those that voted for Ahora Madrid, Ms Carmena's party feeling uncomfortable... READ MORE›