Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the opposition leader visited Barcelona on Monday to meet police struggling with Catalan separatist violence in a crisis that could be a game-changer in next month's general election.

Catalan crisis looms large over Spain's November election

Spain's Pedro Sanchez has just nine days left to resolve a political crisis that could drag the country to its fourth elections in as many years. Everything hinges on him securing support from the far-left Podemos.

Spain in last-chance bid to avoid fresh elections

Seven people including two children were killed in a mid-air collision between a helicopter and a light aircraft over Spain's Mallorca island on Sunday, authorities said.

Spain: Seven dead in mid-air collision in Mallorca

Spain's new parliament will vote on whether to grant socialist leader Pedro Sanchez a second term as prime minister on July 23, the speaker of the chamber announced Tuesday.

Spain's Pedro Sanchez to seek second term as Prime Minister in July 23 parliament vote

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron will lock horns in Brussels on Tuesday as European Union leaders meet to begin bargaining over who will take the bloc's top jobs for the next five years.

European Union leaders fire starting gun for top jobs race

Pro-European parties kept a firm grip on the EU parliament on Monday as liberal and green parties matched a surge by eurosceptic parties, who won control of a quarter of seats in European elections for the first time.

Nationalists surge in EU Parliament, but pro-EU parties remain dominant

Spain votes in local, regional and European elections on Sunday seen as a "second round" for acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez as he seeks to form a new government and gain influence in the EU.

Spain votes in 'second round' local, regional, European Union polls

Catalan separatists were released from jail on Monday to obtain their formal certificates as elected MPs the day before the Spanish parliament is to open in Madrid.

Spain's Catalan separatists let out of jail for induction as MPs

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looks set to regain power after his Socialists overcame a historic challenge by right-wing nationalists in elections on Sunday, a result he portrayed as a morale booster for the European Union.

Spain's Socialists on course to regain power but talks await

Live Lok Sabha polls: 72 Lok Sabha seats in 9 states go to polls in phase 4 Congress candidate from Mumbai North, Urmila Matondkar cast her vote at a polling booth in Bandra while veteran actress Shubha Khote exercised her franchise at a polling booth in Juhu, Mumbai.

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Incumbent Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told supporters that Socialist party winning the country's general election meant the "future has won and the past has lost."

Spain election: PM Sanchez welcomes Socialists' win in election

Five jailed Catalan separatists were elected in Spanish elections on Sunday, as their parties made gains in snap polls won by the socialists and also marked by the emergence of the far-right.

Jailed Catalan separatists elected to parliament in Spain polls

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists won snap elections Sunday without the necessary majority to govern solo in a fragmented political landscape marked by the far-right's entry into parliament.

Spain PM Pedro Sanchez wins snap polls marked by far-right gains

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists won a national election on Sunday but failed to gain a parliamentary majority. Sanchez will now seek partners to form a new government.

What happens next as Spain's Socialists try to form government

Spaniards flocked to vote on Sunday in a tense snap general election that could see the far-right make a dramatic entrance in parliament after more than four decades on the outer margins of politics.

Big turnout for Spain's early election marked by far-right emergence

Final preparations ahead of Spain's April 28 election were underway on Saturday (April 27) after campaigning ended on Friday (April 26) evening with parties hitting out hard at opponents in final campaign rallies.

Ballots being readied for knife-edge Spanish election

Spain voted Sunday in an uncertain snap general election marked by a resurgence of the far-right after more than four decades on the outer margins of politics. Opinion polls give outgoing socialist premier Pedro Sanchez a win but without the necessary majority to govern alone, meaning he will have to seek alliances in a political environment that has soured since Catalonia's failed secession bid.

Spain votes in early election marked by far-right resurgence

From the youthful conservative hardliner to the pony-tailed far-left former professor, the cast of candidates challenging Spain's socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez represents the country's changing political landscape.

Spain's five main election candidates

Spaniards began voting in an uncertain snap general election Sunday marked by a resurgence of the far-right after more than four decades on the outer margins of politics.

Voting begins in Spain election marked by far-right resurgence

Spanish elections: 5 main issues at stake in Sunday's polls

Four Catalan leaders on trial over a 2017 bid to split their region from Spain have said separatists should be more flexible about entering negotiations on forming the next Madrid government after April 28 national election.

Jailed Catalan leaders ease position on post-election coalition talks

There will be no independence for Catalonia, nor a referendum on the question if the socialists are returned to power, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told supporters Sunday.

No independence for Catalonia, says PM Pedro

The man representing Venezuelan self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido in the United States is urging Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to convince his European Union partners to impose tougher sanctions on incumbent Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuela: Guaido envoy asks Spain to press for tougher EU sanctions on Maduro

Spain has been struck by more than 120 wildfires in the northern regions of Asturias and Cantabria, where warm temperatures and strong overnight winds have fanned flames, and investigators believed many might have been ignited deliberately, officials said Monday.

Northern Spain hit by more than 120 wildfires as warm, dry conditions prevail

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