In Spain, the economic crisis has caused a boom in the black market. FRANCE 24's reporters took a look around a construction district south of Madrid, where workers are forced into illegal contracts to find some work.
As unemployment escalates in Spain, the Zapatero government is offering non-EU immigrants the chance to cash in their unemployment benefits. In exchange, they must leave the country and agree not to return for at least three years.
Spain’s Basque Country is primed for an historic trial against several high-profile politicians – among them the region's president, Juan José Ibarretxe (pictured) – who stand accused of links with the banned political movement Batasuna.
Eminent Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon has complied with a public prosecutors' demand that an investigation regarding the disappearances of thousands of people during General Francisco Franco's dictatorship be handled by regional courts.
A huge camping ground has sprung up in Fuenlabrada, south of Madrid. Tents stretch out more than one kilometre on the site where over 2,000 people have been queuing since last Monday to secure cheap housing.
Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero wants his country to take part in all upcoming international summits on the financial crisis, placing it on an equal economic footing with the G8 countries.
Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon has launched an investigation into the deaths of thousands during the military dictatorship of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, despite the objections and discomfort of many Spaniards.
