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Catalan politician Clara Ponsati, wanted by justice system for role in independence drive, arrested on return to Spain

Simon Hunter - 29 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Catalan politician Clara Ponsati, who is wanted by the Spanish authorities for her involvement in the 2017 independence drive in the region, was arrested...

Catalunya

Sedition charges dropped by Spain’s Supreme Court against ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont

Alex Trelinski - 12 Jan, 2023 @ 16:30

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...

Catalunya

Ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont wins latest battle to stop extradition to Spain

Alex Trelinski - 24 May, 2022 @ 19:15

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 Three Day Visit To Spain's Mar Menor Lagoon To Review Pollution Problems

Environment

European MPs end fact-finding visit to polluted Mar Menor lagoon in Spain ahead of drafting crucial report

Alex Trelinski - 26 Feb, 2022 @ 08:30

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...

Health

Spain’s wine trade breathes easy after European Parliament backtracks over ‘cancer warning’ labels

Alex Trelinski - 16 Feb, 2022 @ 19:45

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...

€4.7 million to be spent in 2023 removing biomass from polluted Mar Menor in Murcia

Environment

Why the Mar Menor in Spain has become Europe’s saddest example of environmental vandalism

Alex Trelinski - 7 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

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...

Brexit

How to celebrate ‘Europe Day’ this Sunday (Brits welcome despite Brexit!)

Simon Wade - 7 May, 2021 @ 08:00

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...

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Former Catalunya separatist president Carles Puigdemont faces Spanish extradition after losing EU immunity

Alex Trelinski - 9 Mar, 2021 @ 14:40

EXILED former Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont who organised an illegal independence referendum in 2017 has had his immunity from prosecution stripped by the European...

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Sanchez celebrates Spain’s Brexit ‘win’ over Gibraltar as May to issue stark warning to MPs ahead of vote

Charlie Smith - 26 Nov, 2018 @ 13:22

The Prime Minister will warn MPs of 'division and uncertainty' if they do not back her deal

Politics

Spain MEP defends women in European Parliament sexism storm

Chloe Glover (Reporter) - 3 Mar, 2017 @ 12:00

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

Politics

UKIP leadership contender and MEP Steven Woolfe in ‘serious condition’ after being punched at European Parliament

Laurence Dollimore - 6 Oct, 2016 @ 16:04

He collapsed outside the European Parliament

Environment

Environmentalists fight back as 1,000-year-old olive trees are ripped out of the ground in Spain and sold for six-figure...

Rob Horgan - 15 Jan, 2016 @ 12:13

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 of these trees

Politics

King Felipe assures MEPs of ‘united and diverse’ Spain

Joe Duggan (Reporter) - 9 Oct, 2015 @ 10:41

Spanish King speaks out in Strasbourg during official visit

Politics

UKIP MEPs raise Gibraltar flag in European Parliament

Tom Powell - 9 Oct, 2015 @ 10:06

The Gibraltar flag was raised in the European Parliament by UKIP MEPs

Gibraltar

Gibraltar students visit European Parliament

Tom Powell - 4 Oct, 2015 @ 10:08

The group toured the offices of the various political parties

Environment

Green groups denounce Junta de Andalucia’s mining plans

Jacqueline Fanchini (Reporter) - 25 Jan, 2015 @ 14:00

The plans involve creating new quarries and the reopening of quarry sites previously closed by Andalucia’s High Court.

Mario Alegria - Our Man in Madrid

Can Podemos really win?

Mario Alegria (Columnist) - 17 Jan, 2015 @ 09:00

Journalist Mario Alegria questions Podemos’ political weight in his debut column

Environment

Europe expected to give green light to GM crops in vote

Imogen Calderwood - 13 Jan, 2015 @ 12:15

Spain and UK backing the change in today's vote

Podemos: Can they or can’t they?

Imogen Calderwood - 29 Oct, 2014 @ 14:20

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 the same? Imogen Calderwood and Jacqueline Fanchini report

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Anti-Europe UKIP party takes seats in British local elections

Imogen Calderwood - 23 May, 2014 @ 10:35

Early results indicate European Parliament elections could go the same way

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European election polls show two-party dominance set to stumble

Imogen Calderwood - 20 May, 2014 @ 16:06

After four decades of power, the PP and PSOE could have to change course

Environment

EU imposes strict rules on carbon emissions

Claire Wilson - 22 Mar, 2014 @ 14:30

Not everyone is pleased with the European Parliament’s 2020 target for cars

Expats exposed to identity theft as public wi-fi ‘hands over’ information

Imogen Calderwood - 7 Mar, 2014 @ 14:53

Rise in European cybercrime leads to warnings against wi-fi

New rights for EU flight passengers

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 23 Mar, 2013 @ 08:30

No more extortionate fees to change boarding passes, as new regulations are set to improve flying conditions around Europe

Business & Finance

Clampdown on finance rogues in Spain

Eloise Horsfield - 23 Feb, 2012 @ 12:21

EU to investigate unregulated financial advisors defrauding expats in Spain

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EU supports shark finning ban

Wendy Williams - 2 Feb, 2011 @ 09:00

Olive Press steps in to support a European-wide ban on the practice of shark finning

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Malaga

Shooting in Mijas: Barricaded gunman opens fired on Guardia Civil in Spain’s La Cala de Mijas

Cristina Hodgson - 30 May, 2023 @ 08:45

A MEMBER of the Guardia Civil has received gunshot wounds after a gunman barricaded himself inside a property in La Cala de Mijas and...

Man arrested for organising illegal shark and stingray fishing excursions in Spain’s Lanzarote

30 May, 2023 @ 08:00

Analysis: Why has Spain’s prime minister called snap elections?

29 May, 2023 @ 19:30

Much Awaited New Benidorm Underpass Benidorm Aytm Image

Key Benidorm road reopening in time for summer season on Spain’s Costa Blanca

29 May, 2023 @ 19:05

Fraudster reports fake car robbery after not paying hotel bill in Spain’s Valencia area

29 May, 2023 @ 18:45

Extortion racket blackmailed men making online prostitute bookings via bogus adverts in Spain’s Valencia

29 May, 2023 @ 18:00

Opinion poll reveals revitalised Partido Popular under new leader Feijoo could form new Spanish government after December's general election

Spain’s opposition leader welcomes early elections but accuses PM of distracting attention from PP’s gains

29 May, 2023 @ 17:15

Popular Party (pp) President, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo Votes During The 2023 Spanish Local Elections 28 May 2023

PP obtains over 26% more councillors across all Andalucia while PSOE collapsed on May 28 elections

29 May, 2023 @ 17:04

Two Men Rescued After Being Poisoned By Carbon Monoxide In Wastewater Tank In Spain's Valencia's Area

Two men poisoned by carbon monoxide in wastewater tank in Spain’s Valencia’s area

29 May, 2023 @ 16:36

Partido Popular grab top city prize in municipal election gains across Spain’s Valencia and northern Costa Blanca

29 May, 2023 @ 15:44

Partido Popular Make City Gains In Municipal Elections But Psoe Socialists Defy The Odds In Parts Of Spain's Southern Costa Blanca

Partido Popular make big municipal election gains but socialists see off challenge in parts of Spain’s southern Costa Blanca

29 May, 2023 @ 14:28

Spanish village breaks own record as all seven residents vote in less than 30 seconds

29 May, 2023 @ 13:30

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