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OVER 300 Spaniards who did not intend to vote yesterday (Sunday) 'donated' their ballot to another 300 foreign residents, many of whom are children born in Spain to expat parents.

PEDRO Sánchez's socialist (PSOE) party has once again won the most votes in yesterday's (Sunday's) general election, although as predicted, short of an outright majority.

BY TONIGHT, we will once again know which political party has won the most seats in the fourth general election in as many years – but we probably won't know who will be in government for the next four. The...

SCOTTISH authorities have 'refused' to extradite Dr Clara Ponsatí over her role in the Catalunya independence procedures after receiving a translated European Arrest Warrant (EAW) today, according to...

WHAT IS SET to be one of Spain's shortest-ever general election campaigns has officially got off the ground – and, as is always the case, the second the clock struck midnight on the last day of October, political...

POLLS are predicting a clear win for Pedro Sánchez's socialist (PSOE) party in the November 10 elections – although still short of a majority, meaning he would have to reach deals with Unidos Podemos at least to...

LATE dictator General Franco has left the Valle de los Caídos mausoleum after 44 years, and now lies in the municipal cemetery serving the Madrid neighbourhoods of Mingorrubio and El Pardo.

DICTATOR General Francisco Franco's body could be removed from the war memorial and mausoleum known as the Valle de los Caídos as early as this Thursday – despite the opposition criticising president Pedro...

IT'S CERTAINLY been the season for schoolgirls giving speeches – after Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg's historic and emotional discourse at the UN Summit in New York, the latest brave teen to...

ASTRONAUT-TURNED-SCIENCE minister Pedro Duque has revealed a hidden talent which has gone viral on Twitter: He speaks fluent Russian.

A FAMOUS mausoleum-turned-tourist attraction just outside Madrid has been shut to the public since 18.00 this evening (Friday) for the remains of late dictator General Francisco Franco to be exhumed.

SPAIN'S caretaker foreign affairs minister Josep Borrell has been chosen as head of diplomacy for the European Union, a role he will take up from November 1.