Pedro Sánchez

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’

Government allies say lawsuit against Begoña Gómez is politically motivated

European Council meeting will be the Taoiseach’s chance to make a favourable first impression and build relationships with other EU leaders

Activists fear that right-wing local governments are attempting to rewrite the country’s violent 20th-century history

Taoiseach says scenes of ‘hunger, thirst, mutilation, death of innocent children, women, men, the destruction of hospitals, schools’ must stop

Simon Harris says it is ‘highly likely’ more countries to follow Ireland and Spain in planning to recognise state of Palestine, with a ‘very clear view emerging’ in Europe of the need for violence in Gaza to end

Prime minister describes law designed to withdraw legal action as ‘brave and necessary step’

Former brothel bouncer at heart of alleged corruption case

Residents could be seen trapped on balconies waiting to be rescued by emergency services

Socialists suffer in north-western region with party’s result described ‘as unreservedly bad’