Spain’s new government at risk, as five Podemos deputies break away from coalition partner Sumar
THE FIVE deputies in Spain’s Congress who belong to the Podemos party have decided to break away from the leftist alliance Sumar, which is the
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls on ministers for ‘unity’ as turbulent term in office begins
SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has sent a letter to his new Cabinet members calling on them for ‘coordination’ and ‘unity’ ahead of what is
Former Equality Minister Irene Montero launches scathing attack on Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez as new Cabinet sworn in
THE OUTGOING equality minister, Irene Montero, launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday, the day that the new Spanish Cabinet was
Spain’s Princess Leonor will swear allegiance to the Constitution on Tuesday, but several key figures will be missing from the ceremony
SPAIN’S Princess Leonor, who is the heir to the Spanish throne, will swear allegiance to the Constitution in the Congress of Deputies on Tuesday, October
Pedro Sanchez admits controversial rape law was ‘biggest mistake’ of his government in Spain
SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has admitted to a controversial new rape law being ‘the biggest mistake’ of his government. In a Sunday interview with
Podemos accepts defeat over inclusion of Equality Minister Irene Montero on election candidate lists
LEFTIST party Podemos (We Can) has been forced to accept the demotion of one of its most high-profile politicians, Irene Montero, as it is absorbed
Podemos unites with leftist alliance Sumar, but fate of Equality Minster Irene Montero still hangs in balance
AFTER SOME tense negotiations, a new leftist bloc called Sumar (Unite) was submitted to electoral authorities on Friday just hours before a deadline to register
Leader of far-left Podemos party says there will be election pact with new Sumar grouping in Spain
THE LEADER of Spain’s far-left party Podemos has said that it will run with new left grouping Sumar in July’s general election. Podemos general secretary
Spain’s Supreme Court backs sentence reductions for sex offenders under ‘only yes means yes’ law
THE SUPREME COURT has ratified the decisions of lower tribunals to reduce the prison sentences of some convicted sex offenders after the Spanish government’s so-called
Video: Elderly woman harangues Spain’s leftist equality minister over her luxury home purchase
EQUALITY MINISTER Irene Montero got into a heated debate on the campaign trail on Wednesday, after an elderly woman in Valencia criticised the leftist politician
Opposition leader calls on PM to take action over inclusion of 44 former ETA terrorists on election lists
A POLITICAL storm over 44 convicted ETA terrorists running for office in the upcoming May 28 local and regional elections deepened on Monday, as the
Spain’s Socialist Party wins approval for reforms to controversial consent law, deepening split with coalition partners
LAWMAKERS in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, today voted in favour of reforms to the controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent
Women’s Day marches in Spain marred by splits in feminist movement and political infighting
FOR THE first time, in 2022 there were two separate marches in Spain for International Women’s Day. This year the scene will be repeated, but
Spain’s controversial consent law sees 721 sex offenders’ sentences reduced and 74 get early release
SPAIN’S legal watchdog has revealed the first official number of sex offenders who have benefitted from the government’s controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law.
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
The problem with Andrew Tate, the “king of toxic masculinity”, and adolescent males in Spain
RECENTLY, a British teenager showed me a YouTube video of a “kickboxer and influencer” called Andrew Tate. Apparently, the man – a butch type –
Spain’s lower house of parliament approves new transgender and equal rights law
CONGRESS in Madrid passed a law on Thursday that allows people over 16 years of age to change their legally registered gender without any medical
Spain approves law allowing 16 and 17-year-old girls to have an abortion without parental permission
SPAIN’S Congress approved a new sexual and reproductive law on Thursday which allows girls aged 16 and 17 to have an abortion without parental consent.
Convicted sex offenders who have seen sentences reduced under Spain’s ‘only yes means yes’ law now number 50
SOME 50 convicted sex offenders have had their sentences reduced under Spain’s controversial ‘only yes means yes’ law, which was designed to put consent at
Spain’s Equality Minister sparks outrage in Congress, accusing PP of ‘promoting rape culture’
SPAIN’S Congress of Deputies was once again witness to scenes of extreme political tension on Wednesday, as Equality Minister Irene Montero went on the attack
Spain’s equality minister left in tears after sexist comments made in Congress by far-right Vox
SPAIN’S Equality Minister Irene Montero was left in tears on Wednesday after once again being attacked in the Congress of Deputies by opposition politicians. This
Explainer: Why Spain’s ‘only yes means yes’ consent law is seeing convicted sex abusers freed from jail
THIS week it emerged that Spain’s new ‘only yes means yes’ law, which is aimed at putting consent at the centre of sexual abuse cases,
Police investigate spate of ‘needle spike’ attacks on women in clubs across Spain
SPANISH police are investigating a spate of recent attacks across Spain on women who believe they were spiked with needles at nightclubs. Police forces across
‘Purple Points’ reach public transport in Spain
SPANISH train stations, airports and ports will soon have purple points to ensure that they are safe spaces for women. The ‘Puntos Violeta’ will seek
Spanish Equality MP criticised for travelling in to New York via a private jet
THE MP for Equality, Irene Montero, has been heavily criticised by political rivals for flying to New York in the Falcon – a private plane
Judge rules ‘no case to answer’ for those who secretly filmed women urinating in the street during fiesta in Spain and posted on porn sites
DOZENS of women who were secretly filmed urinating in the street during a fiesta in Galicia are demanding justice after the footage was posted on