In the sandy arena of Catalonia's La Monumental bullring, the traditional bugle signaled the end of an era Sunday as Barcelona hosted its last bullfight.
Moody's Investors Service downgraded six regions of Spain on Friday, and warned that other regions could also face a downgrade.
Large protests outside the Catalan regional Parliament in Barcelona on Wednesday left 36 people slightly injured, including 12 regional police officers, a spokeswoman for the Catalan regional ambulance service SEM told CNN.
Spain's El Gordo, or "the fat one," annual Christmas lottery paid a hefty $3 billion in prize money on Wednesday to thousands of people testing their luck in Spain's deep economic crisis.
Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero suffered a political reversal on Sunday when his party sank in elections in the powerful northeast region of Catalonia, around Barcelona.
And so at last it's official: Barcelona versus Real Madrid, Spain's clásico, will be played at 9 p.m. on Nov. 29. That's MONDAY, Nov. 29. It will be the last game of jornada, or Match Day, 13.
Real Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho claims it was in referee Paradas Romero's "nature" to send him to the stands during Wednesday's 5-1 Copa del Rey win over Real Murcia.
ARBUCIES, Spain -- The bill to ban bullfighting here in Catalonia passed last week, and -- to cite the excellent B.o.b. --after all the pandemonium and all the madness, there comes a time where you fade to the blackness.
The Spanish region of Catalonia has voted to ban bullfighting, but will others do the same? CNN's Al Goodman reports.
This week, Catalonia took a huge step forward in ending the cruel "sport" of bullfighting.
Catalonia became the first Spanish mainland region to ban bullfighting after its parliament voted Wednesday to outlaw the tradition on animal cruelty grounds.
Protesters promise to challenge the Catalan parliament's ban on bullfighting.
Animal rights activists want to ban bullfighting in Catalonia. CNN's Lola Martinez reports. (Graphic content)
The deep-rooted Spanish tradition of bullfighting is under fire in Barcelona and its region of Catalonia, where the regional parliament will vote on Wednesday whether to ban the fights.
More than a million people took to the streets in Spain to rally for greater regional autonomy, police said.
A 400-year-old tradition is facing some new challenges this year at this week's annual running of the bulls in Spain.
Police have arrested five people in Spain and France who are linked to the kidnapping of a 5-year-old British boy in Pakistan, Spanish police said Wednesday.
Police across Europe arrested 69 suspected members of a Georgian-run mafia, including 24 in Spain, which was leading the investigation, a National Court spokeswoman told CNN Monday.
Alejandro Valverde clinched his first victory in one of cycling's major three-week races as he continued his dominant run at the Vuelta Espana on Sunday.
The driver of a fire truck died Thursday while racing to fight a raging forest fire in eastern Spain, the fifth fatality among firefighters this week, authorities said.
World champion Sebastien Loeb dominated the opening day of the Rally of Catalonia, winning all six stages to open-up a 15.8 second lead over Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo.
Gas stations in Madrid and the northeastern Catalonia region began running out of fuel Monday as an indefinite strike by truckers began to bite
As Spain votes in a general election, CNN's Madrid Bureau Chief Al Goodman gives his analysis.
The first high-speed trains linking Madrid and Barcelona arrived at their destinations Wednesday, the national train company Renfe said, making their first complete journeys after years of railway construction delays.
In countries worried about their own secessionist movements, the response to Kosovo's declaration of independence has been wary
The politics behind Spanish soccer have always been complex. But with BarÇa's president "continuing to be an instrument for Catalan culture," he may be bringing the team into conflict with the country
Sebastien Loeb retained his overnight lead after Saturday's eight specials in the Rally of Catalonia.
Briton Mark Cavendish continued his spectacular debut professional season with victory on the 199.1km second stage of the Tour of Benelux from Antwerp to Knokke-Heist.
It's the end of an era, but the national broadcaster's decision may have more to do with money than animal rights
Shops operated with gas-powered lamps, traffic lights remained blank and courthouses turned to battery power Tuesday as Spain's most cosmopolitan city faced Day Two of a major power outage
Barcelona is Spain's second city and the capital of the proud and distinct region of Catalonia. With Francisco Franco's fascism now long gone, Catalonia's creative and independent spirit is on a roll. Many visitors find this to be Spain's most cosmopolitan and vibrant corner.
Xavier Florencio outshone the favorites with a powerful sprint to win the Clasica San Sebastian on Saturday.
Voters in Catalonia have approved by a wide margin a measure giving Spain's semi-autonomous northeastern region even more power, a move that critics contend will weaken the central government.
Fabian Estoyanoff's 35 meter shot in the 33rd minute gave Uruguay a 1-0 victory over Northern Ireland 1-0 in a friendly international in East Rutherford.
Spaniard David Canada ousted compatriot Carlos Castano from the leadership of the Tour of Catalonia on the race's penultimate stage won by Slovenian Matej Mujerli.
Spaniard Adolfo Garcia Quesada gave his Andalucia-Paul Versan team their second stage win in four days in the Tour of Catalonia on Friday.
Norwegian Thor Hushovd seized the overall lead in the Tour of Catalonia thanks to his stage three victory on Wednesday.
Spaniard Luis Perez earned his first professional victory by taking stage two of the Tour of Catalonia on Tuesday, after a breakaway of more than 100 kilometers.
Fabian Cancellara returned to racing after a month-long absence with a surprise win in stage one of the Tour of Catalonia on Monday.
Good food is not something generally associated with the beautiful game, but if gastronomy and football are two of your passions, and you are looking for the pinnacle of each, then few cities fare better than the Spanish capital, Madrid.
Six-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong says he is more motivated than ever to claim the prestigious race one more time before he retires.
Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych coasted through a trouble free seventh and final stage to win the Tour of Catalonia.
Italian Leonardo Piepoli ended his team's dearth of ProTour victories by winning the fourth stage of the Tour of Catalonia from Perafort.
Spaniard Pedro Horrillo grabbed a surprise lone win with a well-timed attack in the final kilometer of stage three of the Tour of Catalonia.
The Spanish Parliament has overwhelmingly rejected a sovereignty plan for the troubled northern Basque region.
The glittering career of twice world champion Carlos Sainz came to abrupt and disappointing end when he was forced to pull out of the Rally of Australia.
Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov has pulled out of next month's Tour de France after a fall during the Tour of Switzerland, his German T-Mobile team said Monday.
The Basque separatist group ETA has provoked a political storm by declaring a limited cease-fire ahead of next month's Spanish general elections.
Spain's prime minister has fended off questions into the leaking of an intelligence report on a meeting between an opposition politician and the Basque separatist group ETA.
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