Tag: elections
RUNAWAY VICTORY: Conservative People’s Party wins absolute majority in Spain’s Andalucia regional election
THE Conservative People’s Party has scored an overwhelming absolute majority in the regional election celebrated yesterday, Sunday June 19.
PP chief, Juan Manuel Moreno, has...
Andalucian elections 2022: Who’s who in the race to lead the region
WITH the regional election campaign now in full swing ahead of polling day on Sunday, June 19, The Olive Press takes a look at...
OPINION: Give expats full voting rights in Spain
THE Right to vote is considered one of the most fundamental rights in a democracy.
A mere century ago women were throwing themselves under horses...
DEATH THREAT? Basque MP in Spanish parliament reveals how he received Miss Marple DVD from same man who sent...
Jon Inarritu a member of Congress for the left wing Bildu party in the Basque Country was left baffled when he received a mysterious...
POLL: Right-wing government would hold onto Spain’s Andalucia if election held tomorrow following historic 2018 victory
ANDALUCIA would remain in the hands of a right-wing government if an election were held tomorrow, a new poll has suggested.
The Partido Popular...
OPINION: Spaniards and expats can breathe a sigh of relief with the formation of a new government in Spain
Another month, another election.
Far right party Vox enters petty row with Spain’s biggest pop star Rosalia after she said ‘f*** Vox’ during...
Vox has campaigned on a platform of anti-immigration and pledged to repeal gender-based violence laws
Popular gay bar owner ‘fearful’ of growing far right and Vox after ‘noticeable spike’ in homophobic attacks in LGBT...
As a gay man and owner of a gay bar in the LGBT-friendly resort on Spain’s Costa del Sol, he has never felt unsafe, until now
BREAKING: Surprise Gibraltar elections called for October 17 by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo
Together Gibraltar told us they are 'ready' for the upcoming elections in another exclusive.
Susana Diaz will NOT resign after historic losses to far-right Vox party in Andalucia
The local leader said she would take her seat, even if the opposition parties formed a coalition
WATCH: Leader of far right Vox party vows ‘taking back of Spain will begin in Andalucia’ in Putin-style horse...
https://twitter.com/voxnoticias_es/status/1061917901031129088
THE leader of Spain's far right Vox party has claimed the 'reconquering' of Spain will begin in Andalucia.
Santiago Abascal posted the message from his...
Russia to open polling stations in Andalucia and Spain for upcoming presidential election
RUSSIA is to open four polling stations in Spain to allow expats to vote in their country's upcoming presidential election.
Russian expats will be able...
Embattled Pedro Sanchez calls PSOE leadership vote showdown for October 23
Socialists humiliated in Basque Country and Galicia local elections
Mariano Rajoy agrees to Ciudadanos’ anti-corruption plan in bid to remain Spain’s Prime Minister
Albert Rivera is confident that this move will be enough to avoid a third election
Everything you need to know about the Spanish election and how it will impact expats
With the Brexit referendum at the forefront of most people’s minds, the run-up to the Spanish general election has almost slipped under the radar
Left-wing parties in Spain close to seizing power
Unidos Podemos are on course to win between 24.6% and 26% of the vote
Last ditch attempt to form government
Politicians meet royalty for final effort to form government
Fabian Picardo wins landslide Gibraltar election
The GSLP/Libs alliance took 68.03% of the votes
The Scottish question
Artus Mas may claim victory for his pro-independence Junts pel Si, but failure to secure a majority of votes weakens him
Gibraltar’s Chamber of Commerce releases economic wishlist for new government
The Chamber’s board of directors have published what they believe should be the economic priorities of the new government, following this winter’s elections
Mariano Rajoy refuses to be swayed by Catalan election result
PP premier to stand firm on Catalan independence claims despite overwhelming support for parties
First exit polls suggest Catalan independence parties in line for victory
Artur Mas's Junts Pel Si expects victory to lead to vote on separation from Spain
Spain’s PP leading the polls four months ahead of general election
New numbers show the PP with a clear lead over other parties
FINAL ANDALUCIA ELECTIONS ROUND-UP: Back to the day job
After the most hotly contested local elections in recent memory, pact-negotiations have ceased and mayors across the country have been unveiled
PP ousted from Marbella as four-party pact finally reaches agreement
Socialist Jose Bernal will be invested as mayor for the next four years
Three days remain for political pact-making in Spain’s municipal governments
Local politicians are making promises left, right and centre to secure the pact they need to govern as the clock ticks down
LATEST NEWS FROM THE OLIVE PRESS
WATCH: Swimming wild boar startles beachgoers on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A WILD boar has astonished beachgoers in Malaga after a showy exit out of the sea and onto the sandy beach, before it disappeared...
