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El Rey Emerito Juan Carlos I Llega Al Puerto De Sanxenxo Donde Es Recibido Por Una Gran Cantidad De Gente

Spanish government will not remove the name of disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I from warship

THE SPANISH government will not, for now, be removing the name of disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I from any official institution, event or object. That’s according to a written response to

27 Dec, 2022 @ 12:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s King Felipe loses 1.1 million viewers for traditional Christmas speech

KING Felipe VI’s traditional Christmas Eve speech attracted a million fewer television viewers than the year before, and had the third-worst audience since he came to power in 2014. In total, 6,711,000

26 Dec, 2022 @ 16:22

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Madrid doctors and paediatricians temporarily halt indefinite strike to evaluate offer from regional government

AN INDEFINITE strike by doctors in Madrid has been suspended temporarily while union representatives consider an offer from the regional government to improve their conditions. Family doctors and paediatricians in the region

23 Dec, 2022 @ 16:30

Health·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Spain passes controversial changes to sedition and misuse of funds laws in midst of constitutional crisis

THE SPANISH government’s controversial changes to the laws covering sedition and the misuse of public funds were approved by the Senate on Thursday, in the midst of an ongoing constitutional crisis sparked

23 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Politics

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 supervision. The measure as part of a

23 Dec, 2022 @ 08:00

Lead·Madrid·National News·Politics

Pedro Sanchez says court veto over appointing judges is ‘unprecedented’ in Spain’s democratic history

A crisis has erupted in Spain after the Constitutional Court(CGPJ) blocked the Senate from voting on a bill to change the way that judges are selected. Congress last week approved the government

20 Dec, 2022 @ 12:49

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Denys Shmyhal Meet With Manuel Albarez Bueno

Post-Brexit deal on Gibraltar a step closer after successful talks between Spanish and UK foreign ministers

A POST-BREXIT deal on Gibraltar appeared to take a step closer to becoming a reality this week, after a hastily arranged meeting in Madrid on Wednesday between Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel

15 Dec, 2022 @ 16:07

Gibraltar·Lead·National News·Politics

Explainer: Why Spain’s government is rushing through changes to sedition and embezzlement laws

AS THE end of the year approaches, and with regional and national elections planned for next year, there is currently a flurry of legislative activity in Spain’s Congress of Deputies. Among the

13 Dec, 2022 @ 18:45

National News·Politics

Spain Wants Working Parents To Get More Paid Leave To Spend With Children

Spain announces extended holiday leave for working parents to spend more time with their children

Spain’s government has announced details of a wide-ranging family bill which will allow working parents more time off to spend with their children. The package unveiled in Madrid by social rights minister,

13 Dec, 2022 @ 18:30

Lead·Madrid·National News·Politics

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 the heart of sexual abuse cases but

8 Dec, 2022 @ 18:15

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puerta del sol new year spain cordon press

Refurbished Puerta del Sol square slammed by Madrileños thanks to wet cement and waterlogged benches

MADRILEÑOS, opposition politicians and visitors to the Spanish capital have all been voicing their anger over the current state of Madrid’s iconic Puerta del Sol square as it begins to reopen after

6 Dec, 2022 @ 12:00

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Poll: Splits in left could see PP, Vox take power at 2023 general elections in Spain

DIVISIONS among Spain’s leftist parties could see the right wing take power at the next general election, which is due to take place in late 2023. That’s according to a survey carried

6 Dec, 2022 @ 11:00

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Attempt to ban stamp celebrating centenary of Spain’s Communist Party has unexpected effect

THE STREISAND effect is the name given to the phenomenon where an attempt to hide or censor something has the opposite result, instead drawing more attention to that thing. It would appear

5 Dec, 2022 @ 20:00

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Ministers in Spain support new law that will classify all 'non-consensual' sex as rape

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 against the opposition Popular Party. Just last

30 Nov, 2022 @ 19:15

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Spain’s government unveils new plan to fight human trafficking

SPAIN’S Justice Minister, Pilar Llop, has unveiled plans for a bill to fight human trafficking and to help victims of it. A draft bill was approved by the Council of Ministers on

29 Nov, 2022 @ 19:21

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Politics

New ‘rural’ political party formed in Spain to stand in next year’s elections

A new rural-based political party called España Vaciada(Empty Spain) with a main policy of reversing depopulation has been formed by merging existing parties in 14 provinces. A meeting in Teruel on Sunday

28 Nov, 2022 @ 18:15

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Member of notorious ‘wolfpack’ gang of rapists will not get reduced sentence under Spain’s new ‘only yes means yes’ law

ONE OF the members of the notorious ‘wolfpack’ gang, responsible for the rape of a young woman at the Running of the Bulls fiestas in 2016, will not be seeing his prison

28 Nov, 2022 @ 17:14

Lead·National News·Politics

‘We cannot stay in this situation forever,’ warns Spanish foreign minister on Gibraltar negotiations

SPAIN’S Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares gave an update on Friday about the ongoing negotiations on the future of Gibraltar post-Brexit. Talks ‘are in a very advanced phase’ and can be ‘defined

25 Nov, 2022 @ 17:30

Gibraltar·Lead·National News·Politics

Spain: Concentration In Repulse Of Sexual Assaults

Three sex offenders who raped minors see sentences cut under Spain’s new ‘only yes means yes’ law

THREE more sex offenders in Spain have had their prison sentences reduced under the country’s controversial new ‘only yes means yes’ sexual assault law. A court in Valladolid, in Spain’s Castilla y

25 Nov, 2022 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Spain cuts windfall tax grab on energy firms to win support of regional political parties

CONGRESS has approved a new windfall tax on excess profits made by energy firms but only after the government agreed to changes demanded by small regional parties. Finance Minister, Maria Jesus Montero,

25 Nov, 2022 @ 14:33

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Irene Montero Presenta Un Proyecto Pa La Igualdad Efectiva Entre Hombres Y Mujeres En El Trabajo

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 time the verbal aggressor was Carla Toscano

24 Nov, 2022 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Free transport offered to elderly and disabled voters on May 28 in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

EXPLAINER: What you need to do in post-Brexit era to vote in May’s municipal elections in Spain

IT’S a busy election year in Spain next year with the general election, a large number of regional elections, and May’s local council votes. Non-Spanish citizens cannot vote in general or regional

19 Nov, 2022 @ 08:45

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·National News·Politics

Junqueras and catalan separatists released from jail Photo: Esquerra Republicana

Spanish government to study more changes to Criminal Code that could benefit Catalan independence leaders

THE SPANISH government is to study changes to the law covering the misappropriation of public funds, barely a week after proposing scrapping the sedition law. The moves are aimed at appeasing pro-Catalan

15 Nov, 2022 @ 16:17

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Politics

Is Britain the Sick Man of Europe again?

FOREIGN nationals watching the UK’s political news could be forgiven for thinking that ‘Inglaterra’ changes its Prime Minister as frequently as some people change their sheets. The situation has aligned ‘Great’ Britain

28 Oct, 2022 @ 17:16

Lead·Opinion·Other News·Politics·Premium

Chipperjo Liz Truss And Kwasi Kwarteng Ai

Analysis: Spain’s view of the UK’s political turmoil

LIKE MANY of their European counterparts, Spanish newspapers have recently been focusing on Brexit as the root of the current ills in the United Kingdom. On Thursday afternoon, reaction was already trickling

20 Oct, 2022 @ 16:46

Lead·Politics

Partido Popular of Marbella will ask the Spanish government to declare Marbella’s promenade a ‘space of public interest’ in a bid to ‘avoid its demolition’

MARBELLA’S governing Partido Popular (PP) has called an urgent council meeting to demand the city’s paseo maritimo (promenade) be declared a ‘space of public interest,’ claiming it is under threat from the

30 Sep, 2022 @ 16:11

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