Annoying cookie pop-ups to end after EU caves in to Silicon Valley and AI revolution on privacy laws
ANNOYING website pop-ups requesting consent for the use of cookies could be a thing of the past after the EU agreed to water down its
Plastic packaging overhaul in Spain: These are the new rules set to come into force after an EU ruling
THE European Parliament today gave the green light to new measures that are aimed at not only making packaging more sustainable from an environmental point
Bank transfers in Spain will soon be immediate and arrive within 10 SECONDS: New EU law abolishes painful days-long wait for money
PAINSTAKING waits for money to be transferred between different banks will soon be a thing of the past after the European Parliament modernised its payment
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
Fresh blow for ex-Catalan separatist leader trying to dodge extradition to Spain
THE EUROPEAN UNION Court of Justice has confirmed that the former Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont and two other Catalan separatist Members of the European Parliament,
EU to delay presentation of Spain’s rotating presidency until after snap elections in July
THE SURPRISE decision of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call snap elections for July 23 continued to have knock-on effects on Friday, after the
Catalan politician Clara Ponsati, wanted by justice system for role in independence drive, arrested on return to Spain
Catalan politician Clara Ponsati, who is wanted by the Spanish authorities for her involvement in the 2017 independence drive in the region, was arrested on
Sedition charges dropped by Spain’s Supreme Court against ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont
SPAIN’S Supreme Court has dropped a sedition charge against the exiled former Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont, but a new move will be made to extradite
Ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont wins latest battle to stop extradition to Spain
EX-CATALUNYA president Carles Puigdemont has had his European Parliament immunity restored by the European Court of Justice(ECJ). It means that he cannot be extradited to
European MPs end fact-finding visit to polluted Mar Menor lagoon in Spain ahead of drafting crucial report
A three-day fact-finding trip to the Mar Menor area by European MPs has ended with one of the delegation stating that the pollution problems have
Spain’s wine trade breathes easy after European Parliament backtracks over ‘cancer warning’ labels
SPAIN’S wine industry has applauded a U-turn from European politicians who ditched proposals to slap ‘cancer warning’ labels on wine bottles. The European Parliament(EP) rolled
Why the Mar Menor in Spain has become Europe’s saddest example of environmental vandalism
THE Mar Menor in Murcia is Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon but also one of the continent’s saddest stories over the ravages of pollution. It’s an
How to celebrate ‘Europe Day’ this Sunday (Brits welcome despite Brexit!)
PEACE AND UNITY across the continent is being celebrated this Sunday, as Europe Day is held online. Commemorated on May 9 every year, the Schuman
Former Catalunya separatist president Carles Puigdemont faces Spanish extradition after losing EU immunity
EXILED former Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont who organised an illegal independence referendum in 2017 has had his immunity from prosecution stripped by the European Parliament.
Sanchez celebrates Spain’s Brexit ‘win’ over Gibraltar as May to issue stark warning to MPs ahead of vote
The Prime Minister will warn MPs of 'division and uncertainty' if they do not back her deal
Spain MEP defends women in European Parliament sexism storm
MEP Iratxe Garcia Perez, of the PSOE, condemned far right Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke women were 'too weak, small and unintelligent' for equal pay
UKIP leadership contender and MEP Steven Woolfe in ‘serious condition’ after being punched at European Parliament
He collapsed outside the European Parliament
Environmentalists fight back as 1,000-year-old olive trees are ripped out of the ground in Spain and sold for six-figure sums
With trees selling for as much as €100,000, the Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente Foundation wants a law change to ban the uprooting and sale
King Felipe assures MEPs of ‘united and diverse’ Spain
Spanish King speaks out in Strasbourg during official visit
UKIP MEPs raise Gibraltar flag in European Parliament
The Gibraltar flag was raised in the European Parliament by UKIP MEPs
Gibraltar students visit European Parliament
The group toured the offices of the various political parties
Green groups denounce Junta de Andalucia’s mining plans
The plans involve creating new quarries and the reopening of quarry sites previously closed by Andalucia’s High Court.
Can Podemos really win?
Journalist Mario Alegria questions Podemos’ political weight in his debut column
Europe expected to give green light to GM crops in vote
Spain and UK backing the change in today's vote
Podemos: Can they or can’t they?
The hurricane of political change sweeping through Europe is also gusting under Spain’s front door. Is it a new People’s Revolution or just more of
Anti-Europe UKIP party takes seats in British local elections
Early results indicate European Parliament elections could go the same way