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ISpain's PM Pedro Sanchez gets rebuffed by Catalan separatist party over support for new budget

Israel’s foreign minister warns Spain and Ireland of ‘grave consequences’ after they agreed to recognise Palestine as a nation state

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Wednesday that Spain will recognise the state of Palestine with borders prior to the 1967 Six-Day War- i.e. including

22 May, 2024 @ 10:53

Lead·National News·Politics

Argentina’s Javier Milei to visit Spain: Controversial leader will attend event hosted by far-right Vox party

ARGENTINE president Javier Milei arrived in Spain on Friday for a three-day visit which will see him take part in a European election campaign launch

17 May, 2024 @ 10:53

Lead·Politics

Far-right Vox councillor in Valencia is investigated for ‘racist’ comments

PROSECUTORS have launched a hate crime probe into a Vox councillor in Valencia over social media postings about a black Podemos politician. Cecilia Herrero- a

16 May, 2024 @ 09:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia

Pedro Sanchez says he will try to form new government in Spain and woos regional party support with promises of EU official language recognition

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez heckled on surprise visit to Barcelona: ‘Are you going to work or are you going to sleep in again?’

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is back at work after having taken an unprecedented five-day break last week while he considered whether or not to

2 May, 2024 @ 12:44

Barcelona·Lead·Politics

Nick Clegg’s wife blasts Spain for lacking a ‘code of ethics’ for MPs – after PM Pedro Sanchez threatened to resign over ‘mud-slinging tactics’ of his rivals

THE SPANISH spouse of a former UK deputy Prime Minister has called for Spain to have a ‘code of ethics’ for politicians to avoid a

1 May, 2024 @ 16:21

Lead·National News·Politics

Pedro Sanchez announces he is staying on as PM

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez was on the verge of quitting, he tells interviewers, as he lays out future plans after deciding to stay on

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has taken to the media interview circuit to explain his actions over the last week, after dramatically announcing that he

30 Apr, 2024 @ 17:39

Lead·Politics

Feijoo Popular Party Rally In Malaga, Spain 19 Mar 2022

Right-wing PP party would comfortably hold onto Andalucia if an election were held today, new poll shows

THE Andalusian branch of the conservative Partido Popular (PP-A) would comfortably hold onto power in the southern region were a new election to be held

30 Apr, 2024 @ 16:23

Andalucia·Lead·Politics

Demonstrators in Madrid to support Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

Thousands come out to call on Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez not to quit, but opposition party calls show of support ‘a failure’

SPAIN’S Socialist Party was still on tenterhooks on Sunday, as the agonising wait dragged on to find out whether or not its leader, Prime Minister

28 Apr, 2024 @ 13:05

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Could Spain’s opposition leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo become prime minister if Pedro Sanchez quits on Monday?

TRUE to form, Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez caused a political firestorm earlier this week when he released a letter via X (formerly Twitter),

26 Apr, 2024 @ 16:56

Lead·Politics

Wife of Spain's Prime Minister proclaims innocence as she testifies in corruption and influence peddling case

Spain’s Prosecutor’s Office calls for investigation into Pedro Sanchez’s wife to be scrapped

THE Madrid Provincial Prosecutor’s Office has asked a judge to drop the investigation into the wife of Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, for peddling influence and

25 Apr, 2024 @ 14:35

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Wife of Spain’s Socialist PM Pedro Sanchez is being investigated for alleged ‘influence peddling’

A MADRID judge is investigating the wife of Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, for the crimes of influence peddling and corruption in business. The complaint

24 Apr, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Vox unfurls a 50-metre Spanish flag on the beach in San Sebastian

Spain’s far-right Vox party unfurls a 50-metre long flag on a beach in San Sebastian: Stunt coincides with this weekend’s regional Basque elections

THE candidate for the far-right Vox party at this weekend’s regional elections in the northern Pais Vasco took part in a stunt on Friday that

19 Apr, 2024 @ 13:52

Basque Country·Lead·Politics

Basque politician Imanol Pradales after being attacked with pepper spray

Candidate for upcoming elections in Spain’s Basque Country region attacked with pepper spray

ONE of the candidates running in the upcoming elections in Spain’s northern Pais Vasco (Basque Country) region was attacked last night by a man with

17 Apr, 2024 @ 11:52

Basque Country·Lead·Politics

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez denounces a ‘waterfall of mud’ and ‘Trump-style tactics’ from the opposition, and vows to see out his term

SPAIN’S Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used an appearance in Congress today to defend his government’s record, and attack what he called a ‘waterfall

10 Apr, 2024 @ 12:12

Lead·Politics

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez insists Spain will recognise Palestine ‘as a state in its own right’

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has once again insisted that his government will support the recognition of Palestine ‘as a state in its own right’.

6 Apr, 2024 @ 14:31

Lead·Politics

Vile attack sees Nazi swastika emblazoned outside office of left-wing PSOE party on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SWASTIKA and anti-government graffiti has been daubed on the front of the Socialist Party headquarters in Alicante. The vandalism happened in the early hours

1 Apr, 2024 @ 12:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics·Valencian Community

‘I’m a little nervous’: Ex-darling of the left in Spain Pablo Iglesias prepares to open a bar in Madrid after leaving the world of politics

PABLO Iglesias, the former leader of the Spanish leftist Podemos party, has admitted he is “a little nervous” ahead of the opening of his new

19 Mar, 2024 @ 16:39

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Hands off our Rock: British MPs blast Spain’s demands to share Gibraltar’s airport in post-Brexit talks

LONG-RUNNING negotiations over new border arrangements for Gibraltar has seen British pro-Brexit MPs voice their concern over Spain’s demands to jointly manage the airport. An

18 Mar, 2024 @ 12:05

Brexit·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News·Politics

Threat from Russia is ‘total and absolute’, warns Spain’s Defence Minister Margarita Robles

SPAIN’S defence minister, Margarita Robles, has issued a stark warning to her fellow citizens about the threat that Vladimir Putin’s Russia poses to the European

17 Mar, 2024 @ 10:24

Lead·Politics

Carles Puigdemont ‘is ready to return to Spain and be arrested’: Exiled former Catalan leader will run for parliament, his lawyer says

THE lawyer of exiled ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont says he will return to Spain once the new Amnesty Law hits the statute books- even at

15 Mar, 2024 @ 13:15

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Crucial victory for Pedro Sanchez as controversial amnesty law for Catalan separatists gets parliamentary backing in Spain

CONGRESS in Madrid on Thursday backed an amnesty bill for Catalan separatists by 178 votes to 172. The lower house of parliament result is good

14 Mar, 2024 @ 14:18

Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·National News·Other News·Politics

Could the Socialist-led government in Spain collapse? After snap elections called in Catalunya, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez abandons plans to pass 2024 budget

SPAIN’S Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has abandoned efforts to reach a cross-party deal to pass a budget for this year, after snap elections were

14 Mar, 2024 @ 12:09

Lead·Politics

Catalan president, Pere Aragones, among dozens of separatists hacked by specialist spyware in Spain

Snap election called in Spain’s Catalunya region after parliament rejects budget proposal

VOTERS in Spain’s Catalunya region will be going to the polls on May 12, after regional premier Pere Aragones yesterday called a snap election. The

14 Mar, 2024 @ 10:42

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Guns, 23 cellphones, cryptocurrency, and €500 notes: What police found in the house of Koldo Garcia, the man at the centre of the Covid mask corruption scandal that has rocked Spain’s Socialist government

POLICE investigators made some startling discoveries when they searched the home of Koldo Garcia, the former right-hand man of ex-Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos and

8 Mar, 2024 @ 12:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Spain’s ruling Socialists reach controversial deal with Catalan separatist parties over amnesty law

SPAIN’S governing Socialist Party (PSOE) has finally reached an agreement with Catalan separatist parties over a future amnesty law, which, if passed, will see anyone

7 Mar, 2024 @ 10:58

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Speaker of the house in Spain’s Congress defends her innocence after opposition accusations of corruption in ongoing Covid mask scandal

THE Socialist speaker of Spain’s Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol, held a press conference on Tuesday in a bid to defend her actions while she

5 Mar, 2024 @ 12:47

Balearic Islands·Lead·Politics

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