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Catalonia to hold unofficial poll instead of independence referendum

14 Oct 2014: Catalan leader Artur Mas announces unofficial poll on the same day in place of vote, which Spanish government called illegal

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Hubert de Givenchy needled by collapse of haute couture

22 Oct 2014: French designer bemoans today’s fashion culture, as first major retrospective of his four-decade career launches in Madrid
Nine injured as migrants rush Spanish border fence in north Africa

22 Oct 2014: Spain says this year 2,000 migrants have made it across the border separating enclave of Melilla from Morocco
Spanish nurse free of Ebola after more than two weeks in hospital

22 Oct 2014: Tests for virus come back negative for Teresa Romero Ramos, first person to contract disease outside west Africa
Virgin of Valme pilgrimage near Seville – in pictures

20 Oct 2014: This pilgrimage has taken place since 1894 in the town of Dos Hermanas near the Andalucían capital of Seville in southern Spain. Pilgrims wearing traditional Andalucían dresses accompany the Virgin on horseback, on foot or in carts in an atmosphere of religious fervour
Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola may be clear of the disease

19 Oct 2014: Initial tests on Teresa Romero return negative result for the virus following treatment in isolation unit in Madrid
Ebola: Spanish nurse making ‘giant steps’ towards recovery

19 Oct 2014: Doctors report Teresa Romero has improved appetite and predict she may soon test negative for the disease
Uncertain Glory review – Catalan classic of the Spanish civil war

18 Oct 2014: Joan Sales' novel was the first to portray the civil war from the republican side, but gives no ground to 'glib partisan flag-waving', writes Maya Jaggi
The Guardian view on Europe’s economic troubles

17 Oct 2014: Editorial: Tumbling markets, anxieties over the viability of banks and differences over austerity show that the crisis in the eurozone is still very much with us
Vodafone customer’s £15,000 billing nightmare after mobile phone theft

17 Oct 2014: Osian Rhys Edwards told to pay for huge charges run up by thief in Barcelona after company disputes robbery report was made
Possible Ebola patient taken to hospital in Madrid

16 Oct 2014: Air France passenger is being treated at Carlos III hospital after reporting a fever during flight
Venezuela elected to UN security council

16 Oct 2014: Angola, Malaysia and New Zealand also successful, and Turkey and Spain face new round of voting for last available seat
Madrid councillor cites motherhood in aide’s dismissal

16 Oct 2014: Ángel Donesteve, a member of council’s family committee, says employee did her job well but he needs ‘maximum performance’
Lionel Messi had nothing to do with own tax affairs, his father insists

16 Oct 2014: The Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi should not be included in an investigation into an alleged fraud, his father, Jorge, has insisted
The Guardian view on Catalonian independence: heading for a crash

15 Oct 2014: Editorial: Madrid and Barcelona should look to Britain and Canada for insight into how to deal both fairly and effectively with Catalans’ demand to secede
Ebola epidemic 2014: timeline

15 Oct 2014: From a village in Guinea to a hospital in Madrid: key moments in the spread of the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola