Tag: Rajoy
Spain corrects citizenship test handbook after discovering it is peppered with embarrassing basic errors
AUTHORITIES have been forced to amend the handbook for those aspiring to pass the test needed to qualify for Spanish citizen after it including...
Spain ‘will probably have new prime minister’ by Friday, sources claim
A source claimed PP leaders are starting to see defeat as the most likely outcome
OH, SNAP: Mariano Rajoy’s Spain government ‘hanging by a thread’ as allies give election ultimatum
A string of former PP leaders were convicted yesterday for a combined 351 years in prison
People’s Party would hold onto lead if Spain went to polls today
THE People’s Party (PP) would hold onto a slim lead if a general election was called this week, according to an official voting intention...
Spain PM Mariano Rajoy snubs Michelin star for Mcdonalds during Ronda trip
He was later spotted at 100Montaditos, a fast food tapas joint
Spain to impose direct rule if Puigdemont tries to rule remotely in Belgium
This comes a week after separatist leaders agreed to re-installed Puigdemont as Catalunya's president of government but now the Spanish government has weighed in.
Spain trumps US to become world’s second-most visited country
SPAIN has trumped the US to become the world's second-most visited country.
Speaking in Italy late last night, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said 82 million...
Ciudadanos SURGE in polls by more than 50 seats, threatening Mariano Rajoy’s Partido Popular
A NEW nationwide poll has seen a surge in support for centre-right Ciudadanos.
According to the Sociometrica poll for El Espanol this weekend, the orange...
Puigdemont says Rajoy should stop waiting to restore ‘legitimate’ government
However, Rajoy has dismissed the idea of Puigdemont governing from Belgium as 'absurd', after he fled there on charges of rebellion and sedition.
Spanish PM sets out timetable as Catalunya’s new parliament to convene in January 17
In an effort to reinstate a local government in the financial powerhouse, Rajoy has said that a vote to elect a new president must take place within 10 days of the parliament convening on the 17th.
Spain’s minimum wage set to rise so long as current economic growth is sustained
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy reached an agreement with trade unions to raise the minimum wage by 28.4 euros more a month in 2018, which means by 2019 it will rise to 773 euros a month and 850 euros by 2020.
‘TERRORIST FIRES’: Dozens dead as fires started by twisted arsonists rip through Portugal and Spain, one-month old baby missing
AT least 34 people have died due to the devastating forest fires in Portugal and Spain.
Several people are still missing in Portugal, including a...
NUCLEAR OPTION: Madrid to impose direct rule on Catalonia if it announces independence in new Thursday deadline
THE Spanish government has given Catalonia three days to declare whether it will seek independence or not.
Madrid had given a deadline of 10:00 a.m....
Donald Trump says Catalunya independence ‘foolish’, repeatedly calls Spain prime minister Mariano Rajoy ‘president’
US President Donald Trump said yesterday that his country opposes Catalunya independence, calling the idea 'foolish.'
His comments came as Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy...
DO SOMETHING: Catalan leader calls on EU to act against Spain’s ‘violation of basic rights’ in independence referendum row
CATALAN president Carles Puigdemont has called on the EU to act against Spain's 'violation' of the region's 'basic rights'.
The leader said it was the...
Mariano Rajoy called as a witness in corruption trial
Rajoy will give evidence in a corruption case concerning his party
WATCH: Mariano Rajoy slammed for ‘ugly’ rejection of BBC journalist’s question on Brexit because it was in English
His behaviour was labelled 'incredibly rude and ugly' by critics
Rajoy offers to become Trump’s Europe and Latin America middleman in first official call
Mariano Rajoy made the commitment in an official telephone conversation last night, the first between the two parties since Trump came to power
Theresa May close to securing British expats’ rights in Spain following meeting with Rajoy
The pair discussed the issue during an informal 25-minute meeting
Ex-PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez announces fresh leadership bid at Sevilla rally
THE ex-leader of the Socialists has launched a fresh leadership bid.
Pedro Sanchez announced his candidacy to a huge 3,000 strong rally in Sevilla, the...
Catalonia vows it will hold independence referendum in September
It comes after the latest polls show 47% of Catalans support independence
Race to head PSOE begins as Patxi Lopez announces leadership bid
Paxti Lopez is the first to announce his intention to stand in the contest for the secretary general post
Spaniards want term limits for Prime Ministers
Vice secretary Fernando Martínez-Maillo said he could see Mariano Rajoy governing for 12 years
Spain’s Rajoy will need all the help he can get on Catalunya independence issue
Rajoy begins his second term in a completely different political landscape
Spain’s new government could make sharing memes a crime
The new proposal has been blasted as another threat to freedom of expression