Spain shifts to the right at 2023 local elections
THE CONSERVATIVE Popular Party was the big winner at Sunday’s regional and local elections, at which 12 of Spain’s regions and more than 8,000 local
Spaniards brave the rain to vote in 2023 regional and local elections
MILLIONS OF SPANIARDS braved rain showers to keep their date with the polling booths on Sunday, as elections were held in 12 of the country’s
Basque-t case? Ahead of local and regional elections, Madrid premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso focuses campaign on ETA
CITIZENS who are eligible to vote in the May 28 regional and local elections would be forgiven for expecting to hear the candidates debating areas
Spain’s prime minister and opposition leader clash over ETA in first face-to-face debate of the election campaign
AFTER a decades-long bloody campaign for an independent Basque Country, terrorist group ETA was officially dissolved in 2018. But the shadow of the organisation is
VOX councillor for Parla (Madrid) arrested as part of an anti-drug trafficking operation
THE VOX Councillor for Parla, Ana Gonzalez Martinez, has been arrested as part of an anti-narcotics operation in Madrid. The 37-year-old politician, who is also
As local election campaign kicks off, Spain’s prime minister promises subsidised cinema tickets for the over-65s
ANOTHER weekend in the run-up to the May 28 local and regional elections in Spain, and another spending promise from Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Fights break out in ‘communist utopia’ of Marinaleda as Vox holds party rally
SCUFFLES broke out in the so-called ‘communist utopia’ of Marinaleda on Friday when far-right Vox held a party rally in the Andalusian municipality. Ahead of
Explainer: Why Spain’s leftist parties could hold the key to the 2023 general election
SPAIN’S political parties are focussing their attention right now on the upcoming regional and local elections, which will be held across much of the country
Spain’s far-right Vox party offers identical election manifesto for municipalities
AS THE May 28 local and regional elections approach, many Spanish voters will no doubt be seeking out the election manifestos of the various parties
Approved: Spain’s Congress passes new housing law that will control rents and put limits on evictions
A NEW housing law that will see rents controlled and new limits on evictions today passed Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies.
Brussels issues new warning over plans for Spain’s Doñana National Park
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION has once again warned the Andalusian regional government that its plans to grant new watering rights to farmers in the area around
New plan to grant watering rights to farmers near Spain’s Doñana National Park sparks outrage
A FRESH row has broken out over the future of the Doñana National Park in Andalucia, after the regional parliament approved legislation on Wednesday that
As regional elections approach, Madrid premier breaks ties with far-right Vox
WITH regional and local elections due to be held at the end of May, the Popular Party (PP) premier of Madrid, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, announced
Spain’s Constitutional Court votes to uphold euthanasia law
SPAIN’S Constitutional Court has voted to uphold the country’s euthanasia law, which has been in force since June 2021 and was appealed against at the
A pointless debate? Vox’s second motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Sanchez reaches Congress
SPAIN’S sixth motion of no confidence debate since the return of democracy got underway on Tuesday, and proved to be as unusual and bizarre as
Date set for second motion of no confidence against Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
THE SPEAKER in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, has confirmed the date that a motion of no confidence will be debated
Far-right Vox calls for secretary of state for equality to be sacked after she shares video of abortion chants at Women’s Day
FAR-RIGHT Vox has called for Spain’s secretary of state for equality to be sacked, after she shared a video from Wednesday’s International Women’s Day march
Opposition parties pile on to Spanish government over ‘Mediator’ corruption scandal
THE LEADER of Spain’s main opposition Popular Party, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Tuesday accused the governing Socialists of covering up a corruption case that has
Explainer: Why Vox has filed a new motion of no confidence against the Spanish PM, and why it is doomed to fail
FAR-RIGHT Vox will on Monday file its second motion of no confidence against the current prime minister, Pedro Sanchez of the Socialist Party (PSOE). This
Minister in Spain laughs off accusations that government is ‘legalising bestiality’
SOCIAL RIGHTS Minister Ione Belarra has laughed off accusations that the Spanish government is ‘decriminalising bestiality’. The leader of the leftist Podemos party said during
Spain’s Congress gives definitive approval to ‘trans law’ and abortion reform
TWO controversial pieces of legislation, the so-called ‘trans law’ and a reform to Spain’s abortion regulations, were definitively approved today by lawmakers in the Congress
Lawmaker from Spain’s Popular Party accused of aiming death threat at prime minister in Congress
A LAWMAKER from the conservative Popular Party has been accused by his Socialist colleagues of making a death threat against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during
Leader of Spain’s opposition calls for changes so that most-voted party takes power
SPAIN’S national political system used to be a two-party one, with the Socialists and the conservative Popular Party taking it in turns to govern since
Thousands take to the streets of Madrid to demand the resignation of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
SOME 31,000 people took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday to protest against the Spanish government, and demand the resignation of Socialist Party Prime
Speaking at Davos, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez issues warning about far-right parties
SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used his platform at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday to warn against allowing far-right political parties into
Spain’s central government takes action after region promises anti-abortion measures
A BIZARRE row over abortion measures has sparked a crisis in the Castilla y Leon regional government, and has also dragged in the central administration
