OPINION: How Spain is outpacing the UK when it comes to women in politics
To mark International Women's Day campaigner Sue Wilson, MBE, explores how UK is falling behind Spain when it comes to political representation.
Transsexual woman wants to become the new leader of Spain’s Partido Popular
A transsexual woman from Gandia in Valencia Province says she wants to become the next leader of Spain’s Partido Popular. Alexia Herranz, 29, plans to
Galicia’s Alberto Nuñez Feijoo announces Partido Popular leadership bid in Spain
GALICIA president, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, has officially put himself forward as the next leader of Spain’s conservative Partido Popular. The Galician leader has been the
U-TURN: Spain will send weapons to help Ukraine fight Russian invasion
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has said Spain will send ‘offensive military hardware’ to Ukraine to help battle Russia’s invasion. Sanchez made the announcement in Spain’s
Spain ‘strongly condemns’ Russia invasion of Ukraine and convenes emergency security council
SPAIN’S King Felipe VI will preside over a National Security Council meeting called for noon on Thursday to analyse the situation after Russia’s overnight invasion
LATEST: Embattled PP leader Pablo Casado bows out of Spain’s parliament
THE embattled leader of Spain’s conservation opposition party bade farewell to parliament on Wednesday and made his exit to a round of applause. Pablo Casado
Pablo Casado: Leader of Spain’s conservative opposition party under mounting pressure to resign
THE leader of Spain’s main conservative opposition party looked set to resign after his supporters appeared to abandon him in droves. His role at the
Power struggle: Bitter row erupts between Spain’s conservative Popular Party leaders Isabel Diaz Ayuso and Pablo Casado
MADRID’s conservative regional premier has accused the leader of her own party of plotting to destroy her in a bitter row at the top of
Blow for Pedro Sanchez socialists as far-right Vox party gets big boost in regional elections in Spain’s Castilla y Leon
FAR-RIGHT party Vox won 13 seats in yesterday’s Castilla y Leon regional elections which will make it kingmaker in a Partido Popular-led coalition. The PSOE
Spain’s fat cats under renewed investigation over corporate spying
SEVERAL of Spain’s most powerful businessmen are once again implicated in a far-reaching spying scandal. On Monday Spain’s High Court has placed Antonio Brufau, chairman
Estrella Damned? How Boris birthday bash is proving great publicity for Catalan lager brand
THEY say that no publicity is bad publicity and while a photograph showing Boris Johnson clutching a beer during a lockdown event at Downing Street
Spain passes labour reform in knife-edge vote thanks to opposition MP error
AN opposition MP accidentally voted ‘yes’ instead of ‘no’ thereby allowing a controversial labour reforms to pass into law. Spain’s left-wing coalition government succeeded in
Amnesty International slams Spain over failure to investigate nursing home deaths during COVID pandemic
AMNESTY International slammed Spanish prosecutors for their failure to launch proper investigations into the deaths of tens of thousands of elderly residents in nursing homes
ANALYSIS: The meteoric rise of Spain’s far-right party – how far can VOX go?
Could an anti-abortion, anti-immigration party whose following is three quarters male somehow get into power in Spain, asks Heather Galloway
Gibraltar’s Chief Minister dismisses ‘false nonsense’ circulating over mark-up of lateral flow tests on the Rock
THE Gibraltar government was pushed to reveal details of the Rock’s procurement of Lateral Flow Tests (LFTs) after rumours circulated that it was profiting from
How Spain compares to the rest of the world over fighting corruption
THE image of how tough Spain is on corruption has barely changed in a year, according to the 2021 Corruption Perception Index(CPI). The CPI, published
IN PICS: Farmers take over Madrid streets to protest Spain’s agricultural policy
THE countryside came to Spain’s capital on Sunday when thousands of farmers marched through Madrid’s main thoroughfares in a protest against the government’s agricultural policy.
Spain introduces new rent benefit to encourage under-35s to leave home
THE Spanish government has given the green light to a new housing benefit to encourage young people to cut the apron strings and move out
Fact-check: Eight times Spain’s far-right VOX party was caught out lying in 2021
WE’RE not saying that left-wing politicians in Spain never lie, just their lies tended to be less satisfying to unpick. Lefty lies in 2021 were
List of shame: Vast majority of Spain’s ‘most secretive’ town halls are in Andalucia
AN alarming three quarters of the least transparent town halls are in Andalucia. A survey of 500 councils has named and shamed the local authorities
Ex-Valencia president, Eduardo Zaplana, in money laundering quiz over €1.6 million Madrid apartment purchase in Spain
FORMER Valencia region president, Eduardo Zaplana, has suffered a new setback in trying to rebuke money laundering allegations involving up to €20 million. A new
Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez receives booster as population urged to keep up with COVID-19 jabs
SPAIN’S Prime Minister released a photograph showing him receiving a booster dose of the vaccine which everyone over 40 years old is now eligible for.
Fury after minister claims meat from mega farms is causing the ‘end of Spain’ – but is he right?
SUSTAINABLE meat production is dominating headlines after Spain’s minister for consumer affairs claimed livestock mega farms are causing the ‘end’ of the very country. Alberto
Energy costs soar in Spain for the sixth day in a row amid warning to expect leap of €475 per household during 2022
ENERGY costs in Spain will increase by €475 this year, due to the high cost of natural gas and an increase of CO2 emission charges
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
FOCUS: Why Spain’s patchy LGBTQ+ rights are under threat
DESPITE the easy insult of “maricon” or “poofter” tossed around the Spanish school yard, Spain is known as a global beacon of tolerance and pride