It started as a peaceful protest but ended in violent clashes with police after Spain announced the worst unemployment figures since records began. People took to the streets of Madrid after it was announced over a quarter of the workforce is now ...

The Spanish parliament has bowed to public pressure and agreed to debate a citizens' motion that would protect indebted homeowners from eviction. Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards are behind on their mortgage payments due to the country's debt c...

While Europe struggles to find a common way forward, some regions are looking for ways to go it alone. In Spanish Catalonia people are set to go to the polls to elect a regional government, which could see a referendum on its independence.

After protests and a spate of suicides, Spain has brought in emergency measures to halt the evictions of low-income families who fail to make mortgage payments. Campaigners, however, say the 2-year freeze is not enough and the government needs to ...

Anti-austerity protesters in Spain and Portugal continued to clash with police late into the night after a day of rallies and strikes. Rubber bullets were fired at protesters in Barcelona and in Lisbon, protesters attempted to storm the Portuguese...

There are violent clashes between police and demonstrators in Spain and Italy, as workers go on strike across Europe to protest against spending cuts they say have deepened the economic crisis.

Workers take to the streets as general strikes are called in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and other European countries to protest austerity measures across the continent. Isa Soares reports.

Moments before Ameia Egana, aged 53, was to be evicted from her fourth floor apartment, she clambered over the balcony railing and jumped to her death. A man facing eviction in Grenada was found hanging in his home. As evictions in Spain rise, so ...

Fresh unrest in Europe appears inevitable amid dismal unemployment numbers. The latest figures show that 18.5 million people in the eurozone are out of work. Spain is suffering most, with an unemployment of 25.8%, rising to 54.2% among young people.

Amid anti-austerity protests throughout Spain, the government announced more than 50 billion dollars in cuts to public spending. In response to the police violence throughout last week and in reaction to the 2013 budget cuts, thousands converged ...