Spain's Princess Cristina has been found not guilty of being an accessory to fraud, but her husband was convicted and sentenced to more than six years in prison.

Spanish unemployment rose for the first time in a year as the country gears up for a new election after four months of talks to form a coalition collapsed.

A majority of Spaniards would favour a coalition government led by the Socialist party and market-friendly newcomer Ciudadanos, according to a poll published by El País yesterday as Spain’s political deadlock continues.

Spain’s Princess Cristina appeared in court on charges of tax fraud, the first member of the royal family to stand in the dock, as a lengthy investigation into her husband’s business affairs finally went to trial.

With Barcelona and the Catalans on the precipice of achieving independence,

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

Princess Cristina, the sister of Spain’s King Felipe VI, will become the first member of the royal family to stand in the dock after a judge yesterday ordered her to be put on trial on charges of tax fraud.

THE pin-up boy of Argentinian rugby alighted from the team bus outside the Pumas team hotel in central Santa Fe to be greeted by a scrum of fanatical teenagers mitching off school.