The Irish Times

Former Spanish king returns from self-exile for visit after financial scandal

Juan Carlos to meet son, King Felipe, after two years in Abu Dhabi following abdication

Thu May 19 2022 - 16:58

Spain’s former king loses immunity claim in UK court

Juan Carlos may face trial over former lover’s accusations of harassment campaign

Thu Mar 24 2022 - 16:59

Trial begins of man accused of plotting to murder Spain’s prime minister

Defendant boasted of plans ‘to hunt Sánchez like a deer’ in text messages

Tue Mar 15 2022 - 16:35

Exiled ex-Spanish king expected to flag plans as inquiries shelved

Juan Carlos, who fled to Abu Dhabi in 2020, could return home

Sun Mar 06 2022 - 18:00

Rural Spain’s anger starts to be heard after years of neglect

Depopulation and lack of investment are problems for many areas

Thu Dec 30 2021 - 05:00

End of probe into former Spanish king’s €65m gift prompts talk of return

Opposition to return of Juan Carlos, who has been living in Abu Dhabi since 2020

Sun Dec 19 2021 - 15:11

Spanish opposition leader under scrutiny after attending Mass for dictator

Pablo Casado’s party says he was at service in Granada at the weekend by accident

Tue Nov 23 2021 - 18:29

Pope caught up in dispute over Spanish colonial legacy

Conservatives angry at calls for apology over Mexican conquest

Sun Oct 03 2021 - 17:20

Pope Francis urges Spaniards to reconcile over Catalonia dispute

Pontiff appears to criticise hardline stances on both sides of independence debate

Wed Sept 01 2021 - 18:17

Street names signal bitter dispute over Spain’s historical memory

Signs paying tribute to supporters of Franco dictatorship return to streets of capital

Thu Aug 26 2021 - 16:27

Che Guevara furore sees far right try to give Spaniards harsh history lesson

Madrid Letter: Vox victory with naming minor as Sánchez Bill tackles Franco-era abuse

Wed Jul 21 2021 - 01:00

Bullfighting the new political battleground in Spanish capital

Supporting cultural tradition means ‘defence of freedom’, Madrid president says

Thu Apr 15 2021 - 17:04

Catholic cross purge deepens Spain’s culture war

Town removes emblem because of association with dictator Franco

Fri Jan 22 2021 - 18:00

Spain’s scandal-ridden former king Juan Carlos eyes return from exile

Financial affairs threaten to overshadow his achievements and undermine the institution

Tue Dec 22 2020 - 20:00

Spain’s former king pays tax penalty after credit card controversy

Juan Carlos, facing several probes into his finances, has been in self-imposed exile in UAE

Wed Dec 09 2020 - 20:32

Spain’s new memory law to help search for Franco’s victims

Law will make state responsible for identifying victims and pave way for probes into abuses

Tue Sept 15 2020 - 18:35

Former Spanish minister faces grilling from Argentinian judge over deaths

Rodolfo Martín Villa will testify via video over allegations of 12 killings

Wed Sept 02 2020 - 17:10

Juan Carlos, Spain’s disgraced ex-king, confirmed to be in UAE

Guessing game at an end as to whereabouts of elusive 82-year-old former monarch

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 19:05

The Irish Times view on the self exile of Spain’s former king: A vertiginous fall from grace

Last week, Juan Carlos tried to protect the institution he had created by abandoning the country he claimed it served

Sat Aug 08 2020 - 00:02

Whereabouts of Spain’s ex-king Juan Carlos shrouded in mystery

Dominican Republic says it has no record of arrival of royal, who left under cloud of scandal

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 19:33

Former Spanish king to go into exile over financial allegations

Juan Carlos had abdicated in favour of his son Felipe six years ago following scandals

Mon Aug 03 2020 - 19:55

EU’s undiplomatic diplomat seeks third way between US and China

Veteran Spanish Socialist Josep Borrell argues the EU27 need to become self-sufficient

Mon Jun 01 2020 - 20:00

Spanish far-right killer extradited from Brazil

Detainee took part in infamous transition-era massacre in Madrid in 1977

Fri Feb 07 2020 - 17:23

Far right surging as Spaniards go to polls yet again

Catalan instability overshadows Spain’s fourth election in four years

Sat Nov 09 2019 - 05:00

Spain’s reckoning with its past shows Francoism is far from dead

Reburial of dictator’s remains has raised questions about the legacy of his regime

Sat Oct 26 2019 - 06:00

Cries of ‘long live Franco!’ as remains of Spanish dictator exhumed

General’s body removed from state mausoleum and taken for reburial in cemetery near Madrid

Thu Oct 24 2019 - 14:05

Spain finally deals with ‘black past’ as Franco faces exhumation

Dictator’s remains due to be transferred from mausoleum to cemetery

Wed Oct 23 2019 - 18:00

Pro-independence Catalans willing to play long game in wake of verdict

Their anger is voiced through continuing wave of demonstrations that began Monday

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 20:00

Verdict due on politically charged Catalan court case

Social backlash and Madrid clampdown expected as leaks suggest tough jail sentences

Sun Oct 13 2019 - 16:33

Brexit’s other border: Gibraltar braces for change

Vast majority of frontier workers are Spanish

Tue Oct 01 2019 - 16:55

The Irish Times view on exhuming Franco: A battle over memory

The Spanish government has justice on its side as it revokes the ‘pact of forgetfulness’

Mon Sept 30 2019 - 00:02

Franco’s body can be exhumed, Spanish court rules

Spain’s supreme court dismisses objections of dictator’s family to reburial

Tue Sept 24 2019 - 16:16

Spanish judges to rule on Franco exhumation

Under government plan, dictator’s body would be reburied in a less divisive site

Mon Sept 23 2019 - 20:30

Spanish war veteran Bob Doyle honoured with Dublin plaque

Communist activist, who died in 2009 aged 92, was born in Smithfield

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 19:02