Pedro Sanchez speaking in English with Zohran Mamdani at the UNGA in New York, unlike predecessor Mariano Rajoy

Pedro Sanchez leads a new generation of progressive Spanish politicians that can actually speak English

Pedro Sanchez is the first prime minister of Spain who can actually speak English, as he showed off at last week's UN General Assembly in

4 Oct, 2026 @ 15:05

Lead·Politics

Speaking English is still a pending subject for many of Spain’s politicians

PRIME MINISTERIAL hopeful Alberto Nuñez Feijoo of the conservative Popular Party (PP) made a candid confession on live television this week: with around 50 days

3 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Opinion·Politics

Spain’s Socialists release attack ad making fun of opposition leader’s lack of English

FROM Felipe Gonzalez to Mariano Rajoy, nearly all of Spain’s prime ministers since the return of democracy have had one problem: their lack of English.

1 Jun, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·Politics

Over two-thirds of people aged 20 years and under can't speak English in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

Vast majority of people aged 20 years and under can’t speak English in Spain’s Costa Blanca area

OVER TWO-THIRDS of young people in the Valencian Community have told a survey that they cannot speak or understand any English, with just one out

24 Apr, 2023 @ 16:30

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Education·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

British teacher says she’s barred from full-time public school jobs since Brexit on Spain’s Mallorca

A BRITISH teacher in Mallorca says she’s being discriminated against since Brexit because she’s not an EU citizen and is taking the matter to court

20 Apr, 2023 @ 12:15

Balearic Islands·Brexit·Lead·Mallorca

Nearly half of Spain’s families pay for children to get private lessons

ALMOST half of families in Spain paid for private lessons for their children between 2019 and 2020 according to a study from the Esade Centre

13 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

Education·Lead·National News

English courses organized for Spanish hospitality workers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ENGLISH FOR HOSPITALITY courses have just started on the Costa Blanca, after a Guardamar del Segura council collaboration with Convega. The course involves 155 training

24 Sep, 2021 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Education·Lead

The problems of working in two schools for English-language Auxiliares in Andalucia

OP blogger Luke Andrews interviewed Auxiliares to find out their opinions on having two schools

13 Feb, 2016 @ 13:29

Luke Andrews: Honest Jerez

Gibraltar·National News

Afflatus: An outsider’s Andalucia

Part One: An introduction to Arriate by Olive Press writer A.N. Maier, describing his version of the hillside town

12 Mar, 2010 @ 13:20

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Pedro Sanchez leads a new generation of progressive Spanish politicians that can actually speak English

Speaking English is still a pending subject for many of Spain’s politicians

Spain’s Socialists release attack ad making fun of opposition leader’s lack of English

Vast majority of people aged 20 years and under can’t speak English in Spain’s Costa Blanca area

British teacher says she’s barred from full-time public school jobs since Brexit on Spain’s Mallorca

Nearly half of Spain’s families pay for children to get private lessons

English courses organized for Spanish hospitality workers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The problems of working in two schools for English-language Auxiliares in Andalucia

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Afflatus: An outsider’s Andalucia

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Hero off-duty cop saves woman from savage beating by armed thugs in Malaga

Spain on alert as websites go dark across Europe after AI uncovers critical flaw in software powering 70% of the internet

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