Just as the international community is trying to halt the military occupation of Ukraine, Spain is moving towards recognition of a previous illicit conquest.
Category: Spain
February election roundup
Your monthly update of electoral news around the world: features Costa Rica, Australia, Spain and Switzerland.
Pardons for Catalonia
Catalonia's jailed independence leaders are to be released, in the first step towards possible reconciliation. Nationalist leaders – and their voters – are not happy.
More trouble in the Mediterranean
A new refugee crisis erupts as a move in a diplomatic battle between Spain and Morocco.
Madrid & Scotland
A snap election yields a big win for Madrid's centre-right government, while Scotland's nationalists are seeking a mandate for another bid for independence.
A mandate at last in Catalonia
Catalonia's pro-independence parties win a majority without having to rely on the distortions in the electoral system. A general swing to the left also opens up other possibilities.
Gibraltar comes in from the cold
In a rather counter-intuitive result of Brexit, Gibraltar is set for greater integration with Spain and the rest of the European Union.
A new Catalan headache
The Spanish courts take a hand again on the Catalan issue, making compromise less likely and adding to the woes of the embattled prime minister.
Two new governments
Spain and Austria are both getting new governments this week, after negotiations produced two very different coalitions.
Spanish voters lose patience
Spain's left and centre parties pay a heavy price for their failure to co-operate after the last election.
The World is Not Enough 