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Former ECB head Mario Draghi receives rapturous applause as he calls for a ‘United States of Europe’ to counter superpower threat of the US and China

FORMER head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi has declared that the European nation-state is ‘obsolete’ and that only a United States of Europe

25 Aug, 2025 @ 12:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Judge who summoned Pedro Sanchez’s wife to court over corruption allegations faces own investigation by Spain’s legal watchdog

THE judge who charged Pedro Sanchez’s wife with the embezzlement of public funds earlier this week will now face his own investigation after Spain’s legal

22 Aug, 2025 @ 14:26

Lead·Politics

NATO in action: French air tanker refuels Spanish jets over Scotland on return from Iceland – as Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks hit snag

SIX Spanish F-18 fighter jets have returned home after completing a NATO mission in northern Europe – making a pit stop in the skies above

20 Aug, 2025 @ 18:45

Lead·Other News·Politics

Spain’s absence from White House showdown ‘not example of international isolation’

SPAIN’S absence from the high-level meeting in Washington on the war in Ukraine should not be seen as a sign of isolation, according to former

20 Aug, 2025 @ 11:45

Lead·National News·Other News·Politics

Franco’s family forced to open 18th-century mansion to the public after years of resistance

THE 18th-century mansion of Spain’s fascist dictator Francisco Franco has finally opened to the public for the first time in six decades, despite the dictator’s

10 Aug, 2025 @ 09:30

Galicia·Lead·Politics·Property

Catalunya’s government comes under fire over police contracts signed with Israeli firm

LEFT-WING regional politicians have criticised Catalunya’s government for doing deals with an Israeli firm to supply gear to the police. The former ERC-led separatist administration-

9 Aug, 2025 @ 08:01

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Spain to receive €23 billion in fifth round of EU funds

THE European Commission has approved a new payment of €23.1 billion to Spain as part of the EU recovery plan. The money comes from the

8 Aug, 2025 @ 16:31

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Spain criticises Israel for stepping up military offensive in Gaza and repeats backing for two-state Palestine solution

Spain criticises Israel for escalating military offensive in Gaza

SPAIN’S Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has slammed Friday’s decision by the Israeli government to escalate their military operations in Gaza. Israeli forces are getting

8 Aug, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Politics

EXPLAINED: Spain’s fake CV scandal – why politicians keep getting away with lying about their credentials

NUMEROUS resignations and résumé revisions have gripped Spanish politics this summer, exposing a systemic lack of oversight when it comes to verifying elected officials’ education

7 Aug, 2025 @ 11:51

EXPLAINER·Lead·Politics

New ‘co-paternity’ company helps prospective parents in Spain find friends to raise a baby with

All you need to know as Spain approves extension to paid parental leave

NEW parents in Spain will now be able to enjoy 17 weeks of paid leave each after the government approved an extension to maternity and

2 Aug, 2025 @ 16:20

Education·Lead·Politics

WATCH: Remarkable moment Spanish Air Force plane drops 12 tonnes of food into war-torn Gaza

THIS is the moment twelve tonnes of much-needed food were dropped into war-torn Gaza by a Spanish military transport aircraft. Video footage posted on social

1 Aug, 2025 @ 15:07

Lead·Politics

Spain criticised for failing to act on anti-corruption reforms, says European watchdog

Spain has failed to fully implement a single one of the 19 anti-corruption reforms recommended by the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body in 2019, a

1 Aug, 2025 @ 11:45

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Spanish minister embroiled in anti-Semitism row after calling French Jewish children kicked off Vueling flight ‘Israeli brats’

SPAIN’S transport minister has sparked a diplomatic row after slamming a group of French Jewish children kicked off a flight in Valencia as ‘Israeli brats’.

31 Jul, 2025 @ 17:38

Lead·Politics·Travel News·Valencia

Spain’s Valencia floods tsar resigns in disgrace over allegations he FAKED his university degree

THE Spanish government’s special commissioner appointed to oversee reconstruction in Valencia following the October 29 floods has resigned. Jose Maria Angel, 68, is being investigated

31 Jul, 2025 @ 11:26

Lead·Politics·Valencia

Spain to send 12 tonnes of food into war-torn Gaza as PM Pedro Sanchez slams ‘shameful famine’

SPAIN will airdrop 12 tonnes of food into the war-torn Gaza Strip this Friday, prime minister Pedro Sanchez has announced. “The famine in Gaza is

29 Jul, 2025 @ 19:53

Lead·Politics

EXPLAINER: How will Trump’s controversial new EU trade deal impact Spain’s economy?

FOUR months since President Trump unleashed a tariff blitz that sent shockwaves through the global economy and upended decades of trade diplomacy, the US and

29 Jul, 2025 @ 15:15

Business & Finance·EXPLAINER·Lead·Politics

Trump celebrates return of ex-marine in US prisoner swap – despite conviction for murdering three people in Spain

AN ex-US marine convicted of murdering three people in Spain in 2016 has been released to the US as part of a massive prisoner swap

25 Jul, 2025 @ 12:06

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Pedro Almodovar throws support behind embattled Spain PM Pedro Sanchez: Corruption allegations are ‘right-wing conspiracy’ and ‘orgy of fake news’

TOP Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar has come out to bat for embattled prime minister Pedro Sanchez, describing allegations of rampant corruption in government ranks

23 Jul, 2025 @ 11:52

Celebrity·Lead·Politics

EXPLAINER: The Montoro case has topped the charts in Spain’s corruption scandal top ten – but what is it about?

MOVE over Pedro Sanchez – there’s a new sheriff in Spain’s corruption town. The various scandals engulfing the prime minister have for the time being

22 Jul, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Spain to declassify ALL Franco-era documents in landmark victory for human rights campaigners

THE secrets of the Franco dictatorship will soon be brought to light as Spain’s government pushes ahead with long-delayed reforms to the Official Secrets Law.

22 Jul, 2025 @ 12:20

Lead·Politics

UK opens vote to its left-leaning 16-year-olds – while Spain’s youth flocks to the far-right

SIXTEEN and seventeen-year-olds have been handed the right to vote in the next UK election after Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government committed to the largest

19 Jul, 2025 @ 13:07

Lead·Politics

Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez apologises for latest corruption scandal but won't call early elections

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez ‘lived off father-in-law’s gay brothels and saunas’, conservative opposition claim

PRIME minister Pedro Sanchez has been accused of profiting from a network of gay brothels allegedly run by his late father-in-law as a debate in

13 Jul, 2025 @ 12:30

Lead·Politics

President Trump to increase tariff on EU imports to 30% from August

PRESIDENT Trump has announced that the European Union will be hit with a 30% tariff on imports to the US from 1 August in a

12 Jul, 2025 @ 17:55

Lead·Politics

UK and France sign ‘one-in, one-out’ migrant deal – despite opposition from Spain and other EU countries

THE UK and France have put pen-to-paper on a controversial ‘one-in, one-out’ migrant deal, despite widespread opposition from EU countries including Spain. French president Emmanuel

12 Jul, 2025 @ 15:32

Lead·Politics

Ex-Valencia president Francisco Camps launches spectacular comeback in bid to oust Carlos Mazon

FORMER Valencian president, Francisco Camps, says he wants to oust underfire Carlos Mazon as the Partido Popular(PP) nominee for the 2027 regional elections. Camps, 62,

10 Jul, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Politics·Valencian Community

Donald Trump threatens 25% tariffs on the EU and says bloc is 'designed to screw the US'

Trump threatens EU with fresh tariffs despite claiming ‘they’re finally treating us nicely’

DONALD Trump has announced that the European Union will receive a tariff letter ‘in a couple of days’ threatening to reopen his trans-Atlantic trade war.

10 Jul, 2025 @ 09:58

Lead·National News·Politics

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