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Spain’s Pedro Sanchez demands Israel be kicked out of Eurovision ‘like Russia was’

SPAIN’S prime minister Pedro Sanchez weighed in on the debate over Israel’s controversial participation in Eurovision on Monday, calling for the country to be kicked

19 May, 2025 @ 17:43

La Cultura·Lead·Politics

Israel summons Spanish ambassador after PM Pedro Sanchez calls country a ‘genocidal state’

ISRAEL summoned the Spanish ambassador to a meeting on Thursday after prime minister Pedro Sanchez called the country a ‘genocidal state’ while speaking in congress.

16 May, 2025 @ 13:28

Lead·Politics

Proposal to limit property sales to foreign buyers on Balearic and Canary Islands rejected

A MOTION to limit the sale of property to foreign non-residents of the Balearic and Canary Islands has been rejected by the Spanish senate. The

7 May, 2025 @ 17:09

Lead·Mallorca·Politics·Property

Spain’s PM told to resign by opposition leader over lack of ‘blackout’ explanation

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has been told to resign over last week’s power blackout and has been accused of leading the country to ‘general

7 May, 2025 @ 14:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s shorter working week plans to be decided by parliament with result uncertain

SPAIN’S Congress will decide whether the working week will be reduced to 37.5 hours after the Council of Ministers approved the measure on Tuesday. The

7 May, 2025 @ 12:07

Lead·National News·Politics

Latest Brit to land key Gibraltar post is ‘not part of London plot to tighten its grip on the Rock’

THE latest Brit to take up one of the Rock’s key public roles is ‘not part of a UK takeover of Gibraltar’, according to insiders

25 Apr, 2025 @ 16:00

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Spanish warship to sail with British carrier group as two navies put rivalries to one side in face of uncertain US military support

SPAIN’S frigate Mendez Nuñez (F-104) has embarked on a mission to join the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, in a significant shift in

24 Apr, 2025 @ 12:32

Lead·Politics

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announces immediate rise in defence spending- four years ahead of schedule

SPAIN has brought forward by four years its plan to spend 2% of its GDP on defence. The budget increase will happen this year, according

22 Apr, 2025 @ 17:33

Lead·Politics

What links Andalucia’s Easter processions to the fascist Millán Astray?

MANY readers will know about the Spanish ‘Legion’, the crack unit of the Spanish Army, based in Ronda and Almeria. You are likely to see

17 Apr, 2025 @ 16:00

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Politics

Protests planned at Spain’s largest port against ‘US ships carrying arms for Israel’ sets up another confrontation with Trump

A PROTEST has been organised in Algeciras for Sunday denouncing the alleged use of Spanish ports as a logistical stopping point for military cargo in

17 Apr, 2025 @ 15:05

Algeciras·Andalucia·Cadiz·Lead·Politics

Trump admin tells Spain to increase defence spending and drop the Google tax during ‘frank’ White House meeting

IT was a ‘frank’ conversation between Spain’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise Carols Cuerpo and the US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, when

17 Apr, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Politics

Trump tries to say ‘make America great again’ in Spanish – how does he compare to the average expat in Spain?

DONALD Trump tried to speak Spanish in an interview with Fox News yesterday when he was asked to say make America great again. The host,

16 Apr, 2025 @ 14:00

Lead·Other News·Politics

Spain’s state broadcaster asks Eurovision Song Contest organisers to ‘talk’ about Israel’s participation with Basel event just weeks away

SPAIN’S state broadcaster, RTVE, has contacted Eurovision Song Contest organisers in a call for talks over whether Israel should be allowed to take part in

13 Apr, 2025 @ 08:00

Entertainment·Lead·Politics

Spain’s housing crisis latest: Ibiza shanty town eviction halted at the last moment as police were closing in

A MAJOR eviction operation targeting an illegal settlement in Ibiza was abruptly suspended on Wednesday. Thanks to a last-minute court ruling, the eviction of Can

12 Apr, 2025 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Politics·Property

Spain's Prime Minister backs relationship with China during Beijing talks as tariff war hots up between Asian giant and the US

Spain’s Prime Minister backs relationship with China during Beijing talks as tariff war hots up between Asian giant and Trump

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said it was ‘important to continue making progress in building good economic relations between China, Spain, and the EU’.

11 Apr, 2025 @ 12:45

Lead·National News·Politics

New protections for the Costa del Sol’s controversial ‘donkey taxis’ after ‘several collapsed from the heat’ last summer

MIJAS Town Council has introduced a new set of regulations aimed at protecting the welfare of animals used in the town. Donkey taxi and horse-drawn

11 Apr, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Nature·Politics

‘Where’s the missing police Whatsapps?’ Gibraltar’s McGrail inquiry comes back with a bang

THE so-called McGrail inquiry reconvened yesterday to examine allegations of ‘a number of possible deletions’ of Whatsapp messages between senior Royal Gibraltar Police officers. Seeing

10 Apr, 2025 @ 10:08

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, arrives in Vietnam for historic visit amidst Trump tariff uncertainty

PEDRO Sanchez arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday in the first-ever official visit by a Spanish Prime Minister. The Spanish Air Force plane landed at Hanoi

8 Apr, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Do Spain and the EU really charge 39% tariffs on American imports? The truth behind Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ trade war

“THEY charge us 39%, so we’re going to charge them 20% – we’re charging them essentially half,” is what US President Trump said about the

7 Apr, 2025 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

Spain is threatened by an ‘avalanche’ of cheap Asian imports after Trump’s tariff tornado

IT’S feared effects of the United States tariffs on Asian countries could reverberate negatively in Spain. Washington announced its new tariffs earlier this week with

4 Apr, 2025 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

Spain keeps using the ‘wrong’ British flag: ‘Iceland-hybrid’ Union Jack has been rolled out for UK officials three times

FOR the third time since 2021, an ‘Iceland-hybrid’ Union Jack has been rolled out for UK Officials. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid displayed

3 Apr, 2025 @ 19:00

Lead·Madrid·Other News·Politics

Trump demands Spain and NATO spend 5% of GDP on defence one day after instigating a global trade war

THE United States has demanded that Spain and all NATO members commit to a ‘realistic path’ towards spending 5% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

3 Apr, 2025 @ 15:11

Lead·National News·Politics

Getting close? The UK insists a deal with the Spain on Gibraltar must ‘respect the Rock’s sovereignty and the UK military base’

THE British foreign minister has insisted that a deal for Gibraltar must ‘protect the Rock’s sovereignty and the autonomy of the United Kingdom’s military base

1 Apr, 2025 @ 13:20

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Trump admin to consider ‘the status of Gibraltar’ as part of probe into ‘trade and shipping constraints’ in the Strait of Gibraltar

THE status of ‘Gibraltar’s sovereignty’ is going to feature in part of an investigation by the Trump administration into ‘unfavourable shipping conditions’ in the Strait.

20 Mar, 2025 @ 15:00

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Electricity fully restored in Valencia as president demands 'explanation' for blackout 'as soon as possible'

Embattled Valencia president Carlos Mazon says ‘no’ to illegal migrants after striking budget deal with far-right Vox party

VALENCIA president Carlos Mazon says his region won’t accept any further illegal migrants in temporary reception centres paid for by the national government. Monday’s announcement

17 Mar, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia

‘It’s Europe’s time’: Spain’s Pedro Sanchez says EU must ‘assume responsibility for its defence and security’

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez told the European Union on Tuesday that defence and security improvements have to be made and paid from public coffers

11 Mar, 2025 @ 17:30

Lead·National News·Politics

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