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Pablo Casado acknowledges delegates after being elected leader of Spain’s Popular Party in Madrid on July 21st. Photograph: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images
Spain’s opposition leader hit by scandal over masters degree
  • Europe
  • August 9, 2018, 14:25

Pablo Casado, the new leader of Spain’s centre-right opposition, has been hit by a growing scandal over how he obtained a masters degree in law, which(...)

Maria Purificacion Lapena, granddaughter of civil war victim Manuel Lapena, poses outside the entrance to the Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen (Valle de los Caidos), the giant mausoleum holding the remains of dictator Francisco Franco and over 30,000 civil war dead from both sides. Photograph: Juan Medina
The Irish Times view on Spain and General Franco: a divisive legacy

General Franco, the dictator who governed Spain from his victory in the 1936-39 civil war until his death in 1975, left an oppressive legacy which per(...)

Spanish minister for territorial policy Meritxell Batet at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images
Catalonia crisis: ‘Spain can go down a different road’

Spain’s Socialist Party has only been in power for two months, but Meritxell Batet, minister for territorial policy, believes there is reason for opti(...)

The new leader of the Spanish conservative Popular Party, Pablo Casado, reacts after being elected to the position at the party’s national congress, in Madrid. Photograph: ZIPI/EPA
New Spanish opposition leader to take tough line on Catalonia and abortion

The new leader of Spain’s main opposition Popular Party (PP) promises a return to traditional conservative values for the party and to oppose attempts(...)

Spanish politician Pablo Casado acknowledges delegates after being chosen as the next leader of Spain’s Popular Party at the end of a party meeting in Madrid. Photograph: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images
Spanish conservatives elect hardline new leader

Spain’s conservatives took a swing to the right on Saturday, less than two months after being ousted from office, as they elected a traditionalist to(...)

Popular Party leadership candidate Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría in Madrid, Spain. Photograph: Pablo Cuadra/Getty Images
Spain’s once-dominant conservatives face an existential crisis

It’s mid-morning in El Mirón and the main square is empty, except for a large stork, which glides overhead to its nest on top of the church nearby. Th(...)

Three Eta militants: now disbanded group complains the nearly 250 of its members in Spanish prisons are deliberately kept in jails far from their families. Photograph: AFP/Gara.net
Eta disbands after campaign of violence in which 800-plus died

Basque terrorist group Eta has issued a letter announcing its disbandment, six decades after it formed and eight years after claiming its last victim.(...)

Carles Puigdemont: Madrid fears the politician may sneak across the border with France “in a helicopter, in a boat or in the boot of a car”. Photograph: John Thys/AFP/Getty
Mystery surrounds Catalan leader’s scheduled investiture

Catalonia’s parliament is due to debate on Tuesday the candidacy of Carles Puigdemont as the region’s president, but uncertainty surrounding his sched(...)