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Campaigning for one of Spain's tightest national elections in decades ends

Divisive and often ill-tempered, the election has been fought mainly on emotive topics - notably issues of national identity linked to Catalonia's drive for independence

Spain tourism: In scenic Mallorca, the sun is starting to set on Magaluf

Shifting holiday patterns also mean much is at stake for Spain, which had 82 million foreign visitors last year. Tourism accounts for about 11 per cent of gross domestic product

PM Modi woos Spanish firms to invest in India

Spain is the 12th largest investor in India and the seventh largest trading partner in the EU

Sapin: Tens of thousands rally in Madrid for 'job dignity'

However, unemployment has gone down from 27% at start of 2013 to 18.7% in first quarter of 2017

200 rescued from Spain's highest peak after cable-car failure

The company that made the cable-car is not aware of the cause of the breakdown

100 customers flee Spanish restaurant without paying

Restaurant staff were unable to stop them as they were many

350 migrants breach border fence to enter Spain

11 people were reportedly injured while scaling the tall fence in Spain's Cueta city

From stained glass to stylists, Spain bids to be global shopping hub

Tourist arrivals in Spain have reached record highs for 4 years in a row, growing to 75.6 mn in 2016

Catalan separatists gather, prepare independence vote

Meeting comes amid a thaw in relations between Catalonia and Spain's central government

Spain's conservative Rajoy voted back to power

Rajoy pledged to plough on with economic policies deeply unpopular with the opposition which blames austerity measures taken in his first term for rising inequality

Spain's Rajoy set to win vote of confidence

Vote will draw a line under two inconclusive elections and fruitless attempts at coalition-building between bickering parties

Thousands rally for Catalan independence from Spain

This region of 7.5 million people makes up 16 per cent of Spain's population and accounts for almost 19 per cent of national GDP

2 die in Spain as train derails

Train belonged to a Portuguese company

Spanish elections: Deadlock in parliament continues

The election has once again left the eurozone's fourth-largest economy at risk of another lengthy political stalemate

Spanish ruling party claims victory in general elections

Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez's failed investiture attempt prompted the new elections on June 26

Spain's Podemos overtakes Socialists ahead of election: polls

Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's conservative Popular Party coming first again, with 27.7-31%, still way short of a parliamentary majority

Spain misses deadline for new government; June election set

No political party had enough support to form a government and all parties failed to reach coalition agreements by midnight yesterday

Spain set for new election after coalition talks fail

The December elections upended the two-party system in a country which has never had a coalition government

Spain sells off 'ghost airport'

Ciudad Real, a symbol of the country's financial excess in the boom years, had been sold off for $62 million

Spain bus crash kills 13 exchange students; 34 injured

According to authorities, the passengers included Spaniards and foreign nationals from around 20 countries