Spain’s government and unions hail ‘historic’ pension reforms
THE SPANISH government and the country’s major unions today reached an agreement on pension reform, hailing the changes as ‘historic’ and claiming that they...
Madrid vice-premier, who earns nearly €105,000, is claiming heating benefits for ‘vulnerable consumers’
THE VICE-PREMIER of the Madrid regional government has come in for fierce criticism after it emerged that he has been claiming heating benefits meant...
No change to Spain’s ‘gag law’, as parties fail to find common ground on reforms
AN ATTEMPT by the Spanish government to reform the country’s so-called ‘gag law’ failed this week, after the ruling Socialist Party and junior coalition...
Date set for second motion of no confidence against Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
THE SPEAKER in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, has confirmed the date that a motion of no confidence will be...
Far-right Vox calls for secretary of state for equality to be sacked after she shares video of abortion chants...
FAR-RIGHT Vox has called for Spain’s secretary of state for equality to be sacked, after she shared a video from Wednesday’s International Women’s Day...
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,...
Lawmakers in Spain sent replica 12-week old foetuses after approving new abortion law
LAWMAKERS from a number of different Spanish political parties have been receiving bags containing fake human foetuses as a form of protest against a...
Recriminations in Madrid over Spain’s ‘business environment’ as giant Ferrovial plans Holland move
The proposed departure of Spanish construction conglomerate Ferrovial to Holland for ‘a better business environment’ has set off a firestorm of finger pointing in...
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...
As Spain’s new Trans Law comes into effect, 20-year-old Lucia becomes first person to use it to legally change...
ONE OF SPAIN’S most controversial pieces of legislation, the so-called ‘Trans Law’, came into effect today. And in Madrid, 20-year-old Lucia was the first...
Former deputy in ‘Mediator’ corruption case ‘went to brothel’ on day his Socialist Party denounced prostitution in Congress
THE FORMER Socialist Party deputy at the centre of a corruption scandal, Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo, went to a brothel on the day that...
Opposition parties pile on to Spanish government over ‘Mediator’ corruption scandal
THE LEADER of Spain’s main opposition Popular Party, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Tuesday accused the governing Socialists of covering up a corruption case that...
Corruption prosecutors in Spain seeking 15-year jail term for former interior minister in ‘Operation Kitchen’
THE ANTI-CORRUPTION public prosecutor at Spain’s High Court has called for former interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz to be given a 15-year prison sentence...
Spain’s commitment to arming Ukraine drives wedge between Socialist Party and Podemos
SPAIN’S commitment to sending arms to Ukraine to assist the country in its war with Russia is threatening to drive another wedge between the...
Raul Orellana, mayor of Órgiva in Spain’s Granada, on exercising your vote in the municipal elections on May 28
KNOWN as the capital of the Alpujarra, Órgiva is a cultural melting pot with residents of 65 different nationalities living and working together. Raul...
Explainer: Why Vox has filed a new motion of no confidence against the Spanish PM, and why it is...
FAR-RIGHT Vox will on Monday file its second motion of no confidence against the current prime minister, Pedro Sanchez of the Socialist Party (PSOE).
This...
Spain’s prime minister makes second visit to Ukraine on eve of one-year anniversary of Russian invasion
SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made his second visit to Ukraine today since the Russian invasion, meeting with the country’s president, Volodymr Zelensky, and...
Minister in Spain laughs off accusations that government is ‘legalising bestiality’
SOCIAL RIGHTS Minister Ione Belarra has laughed off accusations that the Spanish government is ‘decriminalising bestiality’.
The leader of the leftist Podemos party said during...
What Spain Can Learn from The US Inflation Reduction Act
As a third of the world is set to go into recession this year, Spain, like other European governments, is looking for ways to...
Spain’s Congress gives definitive approval to ‘trans law’ and abortion reform
TWO controversial pieces of legislation, the so-called ‘trans law’ and a reform to Spain’s abortion regulations, were definitively approved today by lawmakers in the...
Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon lost €54 million of European funding to fight pollution
SPAIN'S government says that €54 million of European money allocated in 2019 to fight pollution in the Mar Menor lagoon was switched elsewhere.
The admission...
Spain’s government planning to offer temporary residency to illegal migrants who take vocational training
THE SPANISH government is planning on granting temporary residence permits to illegal migrants in the country if they sign up for vocational training, which...
Regional government in Spain’s Andalusia rejects request from more than 70 municipalities to halt renewable energy plants
THE REGIONAL government in Andalusia has rejected a joint request from a total of 72 municipalities for a moratorium to be put in place...
Protestors come out in force on streets of Madrid to denounce regional government’s ‘dismantling’ of healthcare system
HUNDREDS of thousands of people came out to protest on the streets of Madrid today, to denounce what they called the ‘dismantling’ of the...
Spain passes animal rights bill, but excludes hunting dogs from new protections
A CONTROVERSIAL new animal rights law has passed the Spanish parliament, but with an important exception: it will not cover hunting dogs or other...
Spain offers citizenship to more than 200 political prisoners freed from jail in Nicaragua
SPAIN’S Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares announced on Friday that the country is offering citizenship to the more than 200 political prisoners who were...
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A THIEF from Oliva in Valencia province who turned his hand to a variety of robberies has been arrested by the Guardia Civil.
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