Gibxit: Gibraltar WILL leave EU as Spain admits it won’t veto any Brexit deal, but issues on Andalucia, tobacco...
Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo flies to London to clarify the agreement between Gibraltar and Spain on key issues like the tobacco trade and citizens’ rights
GOING GREEN: Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias sparks controversial cannabis debate in Spain
“It’s absurd that you can buy tequila or gin from a supermarket but marijuana is illegal”
MASTERGATE: How and why a fake university masters scandal has been rocking Spain’s top leaders
By Lenox Napier
POLITICS in Spain has fallen to a new low - and the gloves are off.
Whether it’s fabrication, secret recordings or character assassination,...
‘MAKE SPAIN GREAT AGAIN’: Far right party in Spain attracts record 9,000 supporters at rally
An opinion poll suggested this week that Vox is painstakingly close to earning a seat in Congress
Susana Diaz calls snap election in Andalucia in first test for Spain’s new prime minister Pedro Sanchez
IT has been staunchly socialist since the death of Franco in the 1970s.
And the Socialist party is likely to hold on to power in...
Estepona shootings are ‘normal’ in town housing international criminals and mafia, says police commissioner
THE shootings and violent crime witnessed in Estepona this summer are 'normal' for a town that's home to international criminals, the Policia Nacional commissioner...
Spain among most welcoming countries for refugees
SPAIN is officially one of the most welcoming countries for refugees.
According to a new study by the Pew Research Centre, 86% of Spaniards...
Spanish actor to be prosecuted after saying he ‘s***s on God and the Virgin Mary’ on Facebook
He told reporters that he didn’t believe he had ‘committed any kind of crime.’
Spain’s PSOE would ‘easily win’ general election if held today, new poll finds
THE PSOE would win a general election if it was held today, the latest polls show.
According to the Centre for Sociological Research (CIS), Pedro...
Flights between UK and EU and pet travel under threat in gloomy new ‘no deal Brexit’ notices from British...
FLIGHTS could cease between the UK and the EU while pet travel could see owners having to plan four months in advance in a...
DIVIDED: Experts and locals on digging up dictator Franco from the Valley of the Fallen in special Olive Press...
Spain is a country still divided between those nostalgic for the Franco days and those who abhorred El Generalisimo
GIVE US RESPECT: Theresa May talks tough after Brexit Chequers plan ‘rejected’ by EU leaders, promises to safeguard EU...
THERESA May has demanded respect in Brexit negotiations from EU leaders in a statement from Downing Street today.
The British prime minister said the rejection...
DONALD TRUMP: Spain should build wall in Sahara desert to tackle Europe migrant crisis
Spain is now the most popular entry point for migrants in the EU, accounting for 6,500 arrivals out of 12,500 in August
Spain makes fresh demands over Gibraltar in Brexit negotiations
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez met with chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier to seek a new Gibraltar chapter in the Brexit agreement this week
EXPAT ALARM: ‘Get yourself registered’, warns Spain ambassador in open Brexit letter
While it expresses optimism for a deal, it says all eventualities have to be prepared for
Left-wing politician brutally murdered in Spain
A LEFT-wing politician has been found brutally murdered in Spain.
Izquierda Unida councillor Javier Ardines, 52, was found next to his van, some 150 metres...
British expat pensioners fear no-deal Brexit after already losing more than a fifth of their spending power
It comes after the Rabobank in London warned that a no-deal Brexit could end in euro-sterling parity
Expats launch legal battle to stop Theresa May pulling out of the EU
EXPATS in Spain and France have joined forces to launch a fresh legal challenge against the Brexit result.
It comes after the UK’s Electoral Commission...
Spain’s PP leader Pablo Casado probed over party’s SECOND fake degree scandal
It comes after former leader of Madrid, Cristina Cifuentes was forced to resign following a fake degree obtained from the same university
Andalucia calls for redistribution of migrant minors across Spain as infrastructure struggles to cope
Minors are being forced to sleep on mattresses on shelter floors
50,000 Migrants are waiting to storm Spain from Morocco
It comes after migrants over ran the Ceuta border this week
The four biggest myths about migrants in Spain
SINCE Spain's first immigration law was passed more than three decades ago, the nation has gone through a significant transformation.
A country that was once...
Almost 100 politicians and business leaders accused in Costa del Sol corruption case
Astapa was first uncovered on June 17 2008 as a result of a complaint filed by Socialist councilors David Valadez and Cristina Rodríguez
The Obamas are in Spain… and here’s where they are visiting
Barack Obama first fell in love with the country after enjoying a backpacking tour
NO WAY JOSE: Spain refuses to increase military budget despite Donald Trump’s NATO threat
SPAIN'S new prime minister has rebuked Donald Trump’s threat to scale back US military support if European countries refuse to increase their military budgets.
During...
PODEMOS: Spain must do more to protect ‘climate refugees’
SPAIN’S Podemos and Equo parties have called on the government to protect refugees fleeing climate change, now becoming a more significant migration trigger than...
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