La Vanguardia is a Spanish daily newspaper, founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan. It has its headquarters in Barcelona and is Catalonia's leading newspaper.
La Vanguardia in a post-box
First issue of La Vanguardia, 1881
ABC is a Spanish national daily newspaper. Founded in 1903, it is the sixth-largest general-interest newspaper in Spain, number one in Madrid, and the oldest newspaper still operating in Madrid. Along with El Mundo and El País, it is one of Spain's three newspapers of record.
Front page, 2 June 2009