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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
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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

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

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