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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez uses Christmas message to call for an end to the ‘unbearable suffering’ of the...

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has used a Christmas video message to call on the international community to bring about an end to the...

Spain’s capital rolls back LGBT+ rights: These are the laws and protections no longer in place across Madrid from...

REGIONAL Trans and gay rights protection laws in the Community of Madrid were in effect repealed on Friday by the Partido Popular(PP) administration led...

Head of Gibraltar’s civil service resigns ‘to spend more time with his family’ as his replacement is announced

THE head of Gibraltar’s civil service, Darren Grech, has retired to spend more time with his family, the British territory’s Chief Minister told its...

Spain pledges to increase paternity leave even further: This is how many weeks off work new parents will get...

NEW PARENTS in Spain have been promised an even longer time off from work by the government, with paid leave for mothers and fathers...

Spain’s main opposition leader snubs invite to meet from Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

THE LEADER of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, has snubbed an invite for a meeting extended by the prime minister,...

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez blasts far-right parties during speech at European Parliament as he accuses Vox of stirring up Francoism

SPAIN'S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez launched a blistering attack on Europe's far-right parties on Wednesday. Sanchez spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in what...

Spain’s controversial amnesty law for Catalan separatists passes first hurdle in Congress after bitter debate

THE CONTROVERSIAL plan to grant amnesty to anyone involved in the Catalan independence drive passed its first hurdle on Tuesday, after it was approved...

Smoking ban plans for bar and restaurant terraces are ‘crazy’ says top politician in Spain

MADRID'S mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, has branded proposals to ban smoking on bar and restaurant terraces as 'crazy'. His comments came on Tuesday- a day...

Man is fined €100 for shouting ‘viva España’ and ‘Sanchez is a traitor’ during anti-government protest in Spain’s Mallorca

A MALLORCA protestor who shouted slogans against Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has been fined €100 for his outburst. Jesus Revuelta believes the penalty is a...

Leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party sparks outrage after saying that ‘the time will come when the people will...

THE LEADER of Spain’s far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, has sparked outrage after saying that ‘the time will come when people will want to...

WATCH: ‘Goodbye to working in London’: Spain reacts to UK’s new immigration laws which require a minimum salary of...

THE UK's new immigration laws have sparked a backlash on social media in Spain. The new rules announced by Prime Mininster Rishi Sunak this...

EXPLAINER: Why December 6 is a very important holiday for Spain

CONSTITUTION Day is a bank holiday across Spain every December 6 and marks the anniversary of the referendum which approved a new constitution for...

Spain’s new government at risk, as five Podemos deputies break away from coalition partner Sumar

THE FIVE deputies in Spain’s Congress who belong to the Podemos party have decided to break away from the leftist alliance Sumar, which is...

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez has ‘frank doubts’ that Israel’s actions in Gaza are in line with international humanitarian laws

SPAIN'S prime minister Pedro Sanchez has said that he doubted whether Israel's actions in Gaza respected international laws and he called for the establishment...

“This has to stop” – mother delivers petition to Congress with 63,000 signatures demanding total ban of mobile phones...

TWO TEACHERS on Thursday delivered a petition with 63,000 signatures to Spain’s Congress of Deputies in a bid to encourage a total ban on...

Israel recalls its ambassador in Spain after Prime Minister Sanchez expresses ‘genuine doubts’ that Israel is respecting international humanitarian...

ISRAEL has indefinitely recalled its ambassador in Spain after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used a television interview this morning to express ‘genuine doubts’ that...

King Felipe of Spain defends his country’s constitution as he opens Congress after months of political deadlock

THREE of Spain's regional parties boycotted Wednesday's opening of a new Congress session by King Felipe- nearly two weeks after Pedro Sanchez won the...

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez promises ‘certainty and predictability’ to multinationals and new foreign investors

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday promised ‘certainty and predictability’ to multinationals and new foreign investors in the country, despite the turbulent political...

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez sparks diplomatic spat with outspoken criticism of Israel

A VISIT by Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to Israel and Palestine last week sparked a major diplomatic spat between the two countries, after...

Seven select committees formed by both Gibraltar parties look to tackle urgent issues like Brexit

SEVEN select committees formed this week between the government and opposition in parliament could help transform Gibraltar’s future. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo started the process...

Gibraltar asks the public about ‘progressive’ move to give teens aged 16 the vote in elections

THE government said it is looking to lower the minimum age for voting to 16-years-old which would ‘align Gibraltar with numerous progressive democracies around...

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls on ministers for ‘unity’ as turbulent term in office begins

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has sent a letter to his new Cabinet members calling on them for ‘coordination’ and ‘unity’ ahead of what...

Eighteen nights of protests in Madrid against government’s Catalan amnesty plan see more than 70 arrests

LAST NIGHT marked the 18th improvised protest to be held outside the headquarters of the Socialist Party in Madrid’s Ferraz street. The demonstrations were...

Three of Gibraltar’s young minds join others from overseas territories to thrash out solutions to their issues

THREE young people from Gibraltar met with others from remote British islands in the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean to discuss their homelands’ issues. Anna Grech,...

Partido Popular leader Alberto Feijoo calls for fresh protests against Spain’s new government – after failing to secure his...

THE LEADER of the conservative Partido Popular, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, is not letting up with his strategy of putting public pressure on the new...

Bullfighting ‘is sadistic and despicable’, says Spain’s new culture minister – but can animal activists get their hopes up?

A POLITICIAN who is an avowed anti-bullfighter has become Spain's Minister of Culture in Pedro Sanchez's new cabinet announced on Monday. Ernest Urtasan, 41, is...

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