Spain is worried about security on its southern border due to the possible influx of Islamist fighters to West Africa's Sahel region, Spain's foreign minister told AFP.
Spanish police say they have torn down one of Europe's leading drug rackets, based in Galicia.
As Catalan parties "fight for hegemony" of the pro-independence movement, The Local Spain spoke to Spanish constitutional expert Eduardo Bayón to pick through the details.
Sources close to the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy say they have no objection to Puigdemont being given a 'symbolic' title, as long as he holds no administrative or economic powers.
A convoy of French police vehicles traveled to Madrid under armed escort to hand over all the weapons and documentation seized from the former basque militant group ETA during 20 years of investigations in France.
Antonio Banderas is starring as Picasso in a TV adaptation of the artist's life by US director Ron Howard and is also set to feature as the Spanish painter in a film about Guernica.
