Partido Popular of Marbella will ask the Spanish government to declare Marbella’s promenade a ‘space of public interest’ in...
MARBELLA’S governing Partido Popular (PP) has called an urgent council meeting to demand the city’s paseo maritimo (promenade) be declared a ‘space of public...
Brexit gets all too real as Marmite and PG Tips pulled from supermarket shelves in UK price row
Their parent company is raising prices as a result of the pound's drop
Catalonia vows it will hold independence referendum in September
It comes after the latest polls show 47% of Catalans support independence
Head of Gibraltar’s civil service resigns ‘to spend more time with his family’ as his replacement is announced
THE head of Gibraltar’s civil service, Darren Grech, has retired to spend more time with his family, the British territory’s Chief Minister told its...
The PP take control of the Costa Blanca, winning Alicante city, Benidorm and Torrevieja
SPAIN’S conservative party (PP) has come out on top of yesterday’s municipal elections in the province of Alicante.
The PP won 595 councillor seats in...
London Mayor Sadiq Khan hints at second Brexit referendum if MPs reject May’s deal
Failure to convince Westminster would throw up 'host of questions', says Khan
As deadline approaches, Podemos turns to grassroots members before deciding whether to join Spain’s new leftist bloc Sumar
LEFTIST POLITICAL party Podemos (We Can) is going to make a last-minute consultation of its grassroots members before deciding whether or not to join...
British expat who returned to UK from Spain found HOMELESS and starving after council refused to house him
A BRITISH expat who returned to the UK has been found starving and sleeping rough after his local council refused to house him.
David Sutcliffe,...
UK govt urged to address problems at Gibraltar’s border with Spain ‘as a matter of urgency’
CHAIR of the European Scrutiny Committee in the UK House of Commons, Sir William Cash MP, has called for Gibraltar border problems to be...
Catalan separatist leader battling extradition from Scotland says she will face ‘show trial’ if sent back to Spain
The University of St Andrews professor said she faced a ‘show trial’ if the UK sends her to trial in Spain
ESSAY: Why do politicians in Spain never resign?
As more scandal emerges over a leading politician’s faked university degree, Lenox Napier asks: ‘why do politicians never resign in Spain?’
SPAIN’S leading political problem...
House of Commons to hold debate on second referendum after historic petition
The House will hold the debate in early September
Spain’s PM to face ‘crimes against humanity’ suit over EU-Turkey deal
The 'one in one out' deal has been slammed by rights groups and opposition parties
PSOE bid to have dead dictator Franco’s body removed from Madrid’s Valley of the Fallen
The main opposition party’s motion will be debated in parliament
Andalucia budgets for 2017 yet to be approved despite year already beginning
Not one of the eight provincial cities has an approved spending plan
Pedro Sanchez says Spain’s creating ‘quality jobs’ as unemployment tumbles in 17-year record fall
SPAIN created 782,232 new jobs in 2021 in the biggest annual fall in registered jobless since 1995.
December's figures from the Labour Ministry saw 76,782...
Social media giant blocks Podemos days before election in Spain
The left-wing party had been using Whatsapp to connect with tens of thousands of supporters and deliver campaign messages ahead of April 28
BREAKING NEWS: Theresa May vows Parliament will vote on final Brexit deal
Britain to leave single market and seek bespoke customs union deal
Princess Cristina ‘convinced’ of her husband’s innnocence in Noos fraud trial
Infanta refuses to answer prosecution questions over family safari billed to her company
Queue-jumping Costa Blanca mayor quits, 14 months after getting unauthorised Covid jab in Spain
ONE of three Alicante Province mayors who queue-jumped in January 2021 to get an unauthorised Covid-19 vaccine shot has been forced to resign.
Ximo Coll...
Seven select committees formed by both Gibraltar parties look to tackle urgent issues like Brexit
SEVEN select committees formed this week between the government and opposition in parliament could help transform Gibraltar’s future.
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo started the process...
RUNAWAY VICTORY: Conservative People’s Party wins absolute majority in Spain’s Andalucia regional election
THE Conservative People’s Party has scored an overwhelming absolute majority in the regional election celebrated yesterday, Sunday June 19.
PP chief, Juan Manuel Moreno, has...
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
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...
British Embassy in Spain urges expats to obtain their residencia as soon as possible
THE British Embassy in Spain has urged expats to sort out their residencia as soon as possible.
Mariano Rajoy to agree to Ciudadanos six demands in Spanish prime minister talks
In return, the minority Ciudadanos will support the acting prime minister’s bid to form a government