Does a bidding country’s economy factor into whether it gets to host the Olympic games?

Three-hundred-year-old resentments over a British colony play into Spain's new restrictions on Gibraltar.

Spain is punishing the British territory of Gibraltar supposedly over a row about fishing, but some British lawmakers say this is mere saber-rattling to distract attention from Spain's domestic economic problems.

A research team working at the University of Barcelona has found that when adults are represented by child avatars in a virtual world, they act more like children.

Mayor of Spanish town says socialism blunts sharp edges of the country's economic crisis.

A group of European software developers is complaining that Microsoft uses a feature to block alternate operating systems on machines bought with Windows 8.

The Spanish company Inditex, which owns Zara among other chain stores, has just unveiled an impressive set of figures: a 22 percent jump in profits.

Poll results in Italy show power is split between a number of parties, including one led by former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

After a week of near-record highs, Wall Street appears worried again — one of the culprits may be new concerns about the European debt crisis.

A bribery scandal in Spain is threatening the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at a time of austerity and high unemployment.