Vox Party

Thousands gather at Spain's capital to protest high prices

Thousands of demonstrators took the streets mainly in the Spanish capital, Madrid, to protest against the rising cost of energy, food and fuel.

Mass protest in Madrid over likely pardons for jailed Catalan leaders

Protest was held after Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo indicated that the pardons of the Catalan separatists were "close" - an issue that has bitterly divided the Spanish society.

Spanish lawmakers approve bill legalising euthanasia

Spain becomes the fourth country in EU to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide for people with serious and incurable or debilitating diseases who want to end their life.

Catalonia separatists boost majority in regional parliament elections

With 95 percent of the votes counted, the three main parties pledging to carve out an independent Catalan state were likely to increase their number of seats in the regional parliament to 74.

How the far-right Vox party established itself in Spanish politics

The far-right has become the third-largest political force in Spain after several decades of absence from Spain’s political scene.

Spanish far right party doubles its seats in parliament

The second election in six months saw Spain’s political landscape become more fractured than ever before as the ruling Socialist Party lost seats, the far-right Vox party more than doubled its seats and nobody managed an overall majority.

Spain’s rise in populism is worrying, even as the left triumphs

A new far-right movement in Spain threatens to shake the Spanish political class, but not everything is as it seems, with a resurgent left winning the elections.

Trials of Catalan leaders may evoke secessionist outrage against Spain

Catalan nationalists, who helped Spain’s socialists form a government, protested against the trials of their leaders, asking Madrid to negotiate their independence referendum. But Madrid flatly denied, opening the possibility of snap elections.