Pedro Sánchez

Catalan separatist leader returns to Belgium after spending two days in Spain

Catalonia's fugitive former president, who organised illegal independence referendum, addressed crowd of thousands in Barcelona before disappearing

Right-wing opposition in Madrid casts move as latest in string of concessions Sánchez has made to Catalan nationalists in exchange for their support in the Spanish parliament

Magistrate sought to question prime minister in his official residence

Socialist leader’s wife facing investigation brought by far-right groups

An increasingly toxic political arena has fuelled the sense of crisis in the judiciary

Spanish prime minister proposes new financing system for region

As delegates gathered in Switzerland, Vladimir Putin offered a ceasefire proposal

Begoña Gómez to be questioned over awarding of contracts

Ireland, Spain and Norway to formalise decision on Tuesday

Kyiv warns of Russian forces massing for another attack near eastern Kharkiv region

Foreign minister Yisrael Katz describes move, done alongside Norway and Spain, as ‘parade of stupidity’ and warns of ‘dire consequences’

Regional vote is a boost for Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez as pro-independence parties lose majority

Result for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s party both affirms his decision to negotiate with the separatist movement in the Northeastern region and potentially upends his fragile coalition in Madrid

Drought and social issues push independence aside

Taoiseach Simon Harris is due to speak to other European leaders as ‘getting as many states on board is important for the Palestinians, in terms of impact’

Carles Puigdemont campaigns for election from south of France

Spanish government accused of using bullfighting as a ‘political weapon’

In his statement on Monday, Pedro Sánchez called for an end to ‘indiscriminate attacks on innocent people’

Pedro Sánchez’s decision on whether to resign awaited after ‘campaign of harassment’