Pedro Sanchez sets 90% COVID-19 full vaccination target for Spain
SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has raised the stakes over the country’s vaccination programme by announcing that he wants 90% of the population fully immunised.
Pedro Sanchez promises ‘immediate’ minimum wage rise for workers in Spain
SPAIN’S government is looking for an ‘immediate’ increase in the minimum wage to protect workers from rises in inflation. Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, made the
Clock ticks down as Spain tries to get 70% of the country fully vaccinated by end of August
TIME is running out for the Spanish government to reach its self-imposed target of having 70% of the population fully vaccinated by the end of
Spain starts airlifting embassy officials and Afghan staff out of Kabul on flight to Dubai
SPAIN’S military airlift of Afghanistan embassy staff and Afghan workers has started. An A400M plane, normally based at Zaragoza, took off from Kabul airport this
EU COVID-19 recovery money starts to pour into Spain for new green projects
SPAIN has received its first payout from the EU COVID Recovery Fund. The country has been transferred €9 billion of its €69.5 billion allocation. The
Pedro Sanchez announces first clinical trials of home-produced COVID-19 vaccine in Spain
THE first clinical trials for a Spanish-made COVID-19 vaccine have been given the green light, just over a week after another trial was postponed due
Inside the lavish palace where Spain’s Prime Minister spends his holidays
AS the weather heats up across Spain, Pedro Sanchez is planning his summer vacation. The prime minister will be staying at a luxury resort in
New Socialist leader in Andalucia vows to ‘speak less about ourselves and more about society’
Juan Espadas has been chosen by the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) as the party’s new general secretary for Andalucia which means he now takes
Pedro Sánchez says council will approve a ‘drastic reduction’ of the AP-9 tolls
PEDRO Sánchez has confirmed the Council of Ministers will approve a ‘drastic reduction’ in tolls on the AP-9 in Galicia on Tuesday. This announcement was made
Spain has overtaken both UK and USA with share of population who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19
AFTER a slow start, Spain has now fully vaccinated a higher percentage of its population than both the United States and the United Kingdom. Data
Pedro Sanchez announces €4.3 billion boost to electric car production in Spain
SPAIN’S government is to spend €4.3 billion in a massive revamp of its car production industry in a switch to making electric vehicles. Prime Minister,
Fighter jet scare interrupts Spanish PM press conference
SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was forced to cut short a press conference at a NATO airbase in Lithuania when jets there were scrambled to
Spain proposes legal reform that could see adults ‘drafted’ and assets seized if crisis hits
SPAIN’S Socialist government is proposing new legislation that gives the state extraordinary powers if and when a state of crisis is declared. The changes to
Pedro Sanchez will not bring back a national curfew to stop rising COVID-19 cases in Spain
SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has rebuffed calls to reimpose night curfews to fight rising COVID-19 infections. Case rates are approaching late February levels in
Pedro Sanchez will ‘never allow’ Catalunya referendum on independence from Spain
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has rejected an independence referendum for the Catalunya region during a speech to Congress today(June 30). Sanchez said that his ruling
Spain tightens rules on all UK travellers (including to Balearic Islands): PCR tests or double vaccination proof now needed
SPAIN has changed the requirements for travellers arriving from the UK and will now demand a negative COVID-19 test or proof of double vaccination. Prime
Pedro Sanchez hands out pardons to Catalan separatists jailed by Spain over illegal independence referendum
SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has announced the freeing of nine Catalan separatists jailed for sedition over their involvement in an illegal independence referendum held
COVID-19: Pedro Sanchez receives first dose of coronavirus vaccine in Spain
PEDRO Sanchez has had the coronavirus vaccine. The prime minister, who is aged 49, received his first jab at Puerta de Hierro Hospital in the
‘MASKS AWAY’: Pedro Sanchez announces end to wearing face masks outdoors in Spain from June 26
SPAIN is ending the mandatory outdoor wearing of masks a week on Saturday (June 26). Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, announced the news on Friday morning
Spain to host next Nato summit in 2022
THE next Nato summit will be held in Spain in 2022. It will be Spain’s first Nato summit since 1997, when it was hosted by
Pedro Sanchez is told to use diplomacy to boost Benidorm and Costa Blanca tourism by getting Spain onto UK ‘Green’ travel list
ALICANTE Provincial Council president, Carlos Mazon, wants Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, to exert more diplomatic pressure on the UK to get the country onto ‘Green’
Spain donates millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Latin America
SPAIN has announced it will send 15 million vaccines to Latin America to help support them in the fight against COVID-19. President Pedro Sanchez confirmed
More taxes, fewer cars and shorter working days, Pedro Sanchez announces sweeping Spain 2050 plan
SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez took to the stage on Thursday to announce Spain’s biggest reform in over 40 years with his Espana 2050 plan.
‘Virus threat still real’ warns Spain’s government after weekend of parties as restrictions end
SPAIN’S government has called for people to behave “responsibility” after a weekend marked by people celebrating the end to the state of alarm without masks
Pedro Sanchez claims ‘herd immunity’ against COVID-19 within 100 days in Spain
PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has claimed that Spain’s population will reach herd immunity levels against the coronavirus by mid-August. Speaking on a visit to Greece
Pedro Sanchez says Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine delay will not derail 70% of Spain being jabbed by late August
SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, told Congress today(April 14) that delays to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will not hinder his target to inoculate