OUCH: 85% of voters in Spain don’t want Mariano Rajoy as prime minister A WHOPPING 85% of Spanish voters want Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to hand over his leadership to someone else. A poll by Metroscopia also found 12 Feb, 2018 @ 14:14 Lead·National News·Politics
Mariano Rajoy’s Partido Popular would win Spain general election if it was held today MARIANO Rajoy would win another four years as prime minister of Spain if a general election was held today. A new poll today shows ruling 5 Feb, 2018 @ 13:56 Lead·National News·Politics
Catalunya’s parliamentary speaker is latest casualty of independence crisis It is not known who will fill her shoes after her supposed successor, Carles Mundo, the former regional justice minister, is also being probed on 12 Jan, 2018 @ 14:13 Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics
Flights to Cataluyna drop drastically following recent political turmoil in Barcelona International air bookings for the Spanish region fell by 22% since the beginning of October compared to the same period last year. 10 Nov, 2017 @ 12:03 Business & Finance·Politics·Travel News
Catalonia passes law for October vote on independence CATALONIA’S parliament has passed a law paving the way for an October 1 referendum on whether to declare independence from Spain, which is being fiercely opposed by the 7 Sep, 2017 @ 13:30 Lead·National News·Politics
Councils to fund school rennovations in Axarquia Larger classrooms, renovated toilets and new sports tracks are some of the works being undertaken 19 May, 2017 @ 14:20 Lead
Mayor of Malaga becomes a meme after falling off BMX at skatepark Francisco de la Torre was testing the circuit when he fell down 5 May, 2017 @ 17:23 Lead·Malaga·Other News
Race to head PSOE begins as Patxi Lopez announces leadership bid Paxti Lopez is the first to announce his intention to stand in the contest for the secretary general post 16 Jan, 2017 @ 10:09 Lead·Politics
Spanish ambassador to UK resigns amid outcry over Yak-42 crash 13 retired ambassadors called for Trillo's removal in a letter to the minister for foreign affairs 13 Jan, 2017 @ 12:28 Lead·National News·Politics
Podemos members to vote on new policy direction next month Podemos is to give all its members the chance to decide on future policy between February 4 and 11 3 Jan, 2017 @ 18:33 Lead·Politics
Socialists rally to demand Pedro Sanchez resurrect PSOE leadership role Sixty eight politicians from across Spain rallied in Madrid to plead with the former PSOE general secretary to stand for re-election to the top job 28 Dec, 2016 @ 10:55 Lead·Politics
How the UK and expats will be affected in the 1,000 days after Brexit With the polls neck-and-neck, Marbella lawyer Alex Radford takes a look at what a Brexit will mean in the days, months and years following an 22 Jun, 2016 @ 12:45 Featured·National News·Politics
British ambassador Simon Manley comes to Malaga with urgent Brexit message for expats in Spain 'We can give people here absolutely no assurance about what will happen should the British people choose to leave the EU' 29 Apr, 2016 @ 17:24 Featured·National News·Politics
Last ditch attempt to form government Politicians meet royalty for final effort to form government 27 Apr, 2016 @ 13:41 Mario Alegria - Our Man in Madrid
King Felipe asks PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez to form a government The King has asked Pedro Sanchez to form a government 2 Feb, 2016 @ 20:15 Lead·Politics
GENERAL ELECTION SPECIAL: Election fever sweeps nation Spain’s most closely-fought general election since the return to democracy marks a new era of multi-party politics 9 Dec, 2015 @ 13:43 Lead·Politics
Catalan president Artur Mas faces high court trial over unofficial referendum While Mas laughed off the case as mere ‘political orchestration’, he and his deputies could be barred from public office if found guilty 30 Sep, 2015 @ 13:55 Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics
Spanish developers create corrupt mayor app 'Corrupt Mayor Clicker' pokes fun at corruption in the Spanish political system 21 Aug, 2015 @ 15:31 Entertainment·Lead·Politics
British comedian Russell Brand backs Spain’s Podemos The self-confessed member of the ‘don’t-vote party’, Brand talked up a ‘new type of politics’ in his latest rant on YouTube channel The Trews 14 May, 2015 @ 09:15 Celebrity·Lead·Politics
Controversial senior Podemos candidate resigns over differences in the party Podemos ructions over upstart People’s Party in Spain as number three resigns 1 May, 2015 @ 16:30 National News
Suffering from UK election fatigue? Richard Alexander prescribes sage advice for those suffering from election fatigue 30 Apr, 2015 @ 19:00 Columnists·Richard Alexander: Road to Riches
Podemos sets up in Andalucia for ‘crucial’ elections while Teresa Rodriguez heads to London "If anywhere needs political regeneration and fresh air, it's Andalucia," said Inigo Errejon 5 Mar, 2015 @ 16:53 Lead·Politics
Divide and conquer? As Madrid Socialists cast out stalwart Tomas Gomez, PP ranks prepare for power play, writes Mario Alegria 1 Mar, 2015 @ 09:00 Mario Alegria - Our Man in Madrid·Politics
Spanish judge investigating how PP slush fund files were deleted loses vital evidence The documents with key information about the illegal PP payments have 'disappeared' 22 Feb, 2015 @ 15:00 Crime & Law·Lead
VIDEO: Wife of Mayor of Mijas goes viral with song of support for May re-election IT could have been love or political ambition that led the wife of the mayor of Mijas to make her singer-songwriter debut in a video 9 Feb, 2015 @ 10:20 Lead·Malaga
Change must come Wrought with corruption and more divided than ever, it is no surprise people are backing Podemos 4 Feb, 2015 @ 12:07 Opinion