Spain

Prado show aims to highlight true colours of polychrome sculpture

In a darkened corner of the Prado, not far from an outsized crucifixion and a sculpture of a dead, recumbent Christ with eyes of glass, teeth of ivory and...

Be brave and impose minimum tax on world’s billionaires, urges Spanish minister

Spain’s economy minister has urged the world’s richest countries to “be brave” and redouble efforts to reach an...

Almost half of Valencia’s flood victims were aged over 70, figures show

Almost half of the 216 people known to have died in the catastrophic floods that hit the eastern...

Spanish police seize record cocaine haul in banana shipment from Ecuador

Spanish police and customs officers have intercepted the largest known consignment of cocaine ever to reach the country,...

Mud and insults thrown as Spanish king and PM visit flood-hit town

Hundreds of people have heckled Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia, as well as the prime minister and...

‘It’s about money’: doubt over America’s Cup benefits in tourist hotspot Barcelona

According to its supporters, the America’s Cup, which weighed anchor last week in Barcelona, will bring in €1bn, create 19,000 jobs and, by the...