Spain’s proposed terrace smoking ban collapses after Pedro Sanchez dissolves Parliament ahead of snap election

An array of measures going through Spain's parliament- Congress- have lapsed due to a general election being called for November 29.

7 Oct, 2026 @ 12:15

Lead·Politics

The exiled separatist and former leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont

Spain lifts arrest warrant for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont – opening door for exiled separatist to return ahead of November election

Carles Puigdemont has lived in Belgium for almost a decade after fleeing Spain in the boot of a car in 2017.

6 Oct, 2026 @ 17:45

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Political round-up: 87-year-old Maricarmen wins her home back as PM Sanchez suffers crucial Congress defeat – with snap election looming

Barry Tabrizi looks at a volatile week in Spanish politics as a defeat in Congress paved the way for Pedro Sanchez to call fresh elections.

3 Oct, 2026 @ 15:10

Lead·National News·Politics

Rishi Sunak calls UK general election for July 4: This is how British expats can vote

RISHI Sunak has announced that the UK will head to the ballot box for a general election on July 4. The Prime Minister made the

23 May, 2024 @ 09:43

Lead·Politics

Vox diverted €11m of public money to a foundation and private company, claims former high-ranking member of Spain’s far-right party

A FORMER high-ranking politician from Vox has claimed that the far-right party has diverted as much as €11 million of public money to a foundation

27 Oct, 2023 @ 13:09

Lead·Politics

Disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I leaves Spain after making fourth visit to Galician municipality Sanxenxo

SPAIN’S disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I left the Galician municipality of Sanxenxo on Monday morning, concluding his fourth visit to his home country since

2 Oct, 2023 @ 13:00

Lead·Politics

Analysis: Popular Party’s Alberto Nuñez Feijoo uses own investiture debate to act as opposition leader

FOR POLITICAL analysts in Spain, the head of the conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, behaved more like an opposition leader during day one

27 Sep, 2023 @ 12:56

Must Read·Politics

Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says he will seek parliamentary majority in Spain's Congress

Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, vows he can cling onto power

SPAIN’S caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has vowed that he will find the support to be voted back into power, despite having lost the July

25 Sep, 2023 @ 13:12

Lead·Politics

Far-right Vox offers Partido Popular's Feijoo 'no-strings' deal to form new minority government in Spain

Far-right Vox offers Partido Popular’s Feijoo ‘no-strings’ backing to form new minority government in Spain

SPAIN’S far-right Vox party has offered the conservative Partido Popular a ‘no-strings’ deal where it would back a PP minority government without demanding a formal

7 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s caretaker prime minister slammed by opposition for picking Morocco as holiday destination

NOT EVEN on vacation can Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, escape attacks from the country’s opposition parties. This time, the Socialist Party leader has

3 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Politics

Snorkel and flippers: How one man’s election day escapade highlighted Spain’s resentment at being forced to vote during the holidays

VOTERS and election operators were treated to a comedic sight on a most serious day in Spanish electoral politics: a man coming in to vote

24 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·Malaga·Politics

PM Sanchez waits to see if Spain general election gamble pays off

SPAIN’S socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will today find out if his gamble on a snap election pays off, or if a far right party

23 Jul, 2023 @ 09:56

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Postal service wants time extension for mail-in ballots ahead of Sunday's general election in Spain

Postal service gets time extension for mail-in ballots ahead of Sunday’s general election in Spain

SPAIN’S postal service Correos has been granted a half-day extension to the deadline for accepting postal votes ahead of Sunday’s general election. A record number

20 Jul, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Debate ahead of Sunday’s general election in Spain marked by absence of Popular Party candidate

THREE of the prime ministerial candidates ahead of this weekend’s general election in Spain slugged it out during a live TV debate on Wednesday night,

20 Jul, 2023 @ 10:21

Lead·Politics

Santiago Abascal, Vox leader. Photo by Cordon Press

Tensions rise on Spain’s campaign trail, as likely election winners PP and Vox become mired in controversies

AS THE JULY 23 general election approaches, tensions are rising on the campaign trail, with the conservative Popular Party and far-right Vox, who are expected

18 Jul, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Politics

Spain's Postal Service Correos Raises Domestic Mail Charges In New Year

Spain’s Correos mail service seeks to quell concerns about postal votes for July 23 general election

SPAIN’S state Correos postal service has sought to assure citizens that their postal votes will arrive in time for them to participate in the July

12 Jul, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Politics

Free transport offered to elderly and disabled voters on May 28 in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

Explainer: What you need to know about Spain’s July 23 general election

ON JULY 23, Spaniards will be heading to polling booths across the country for the fifth time in the last 10 years, to choose the

7 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Politics

Far Right Vox Party Told To Remove Controversial Poster From Street In Spain's Madrid

Far-right Vox party removes controversial poster from street in Spain’s Madrid

THE FAR-RIGHT Vox party has been ordered to take down a Madrid poster in which symbols representing feminism, communism, the LGBTQ community, squatters, and the

27 Jun, 2023 @ 16:11

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Electric vehicle sales rose by 49% in Spain in 2023 but continue to lag way behind European average

Spain to offer tax breaks to people who buy an electric car

SPAIN will pay back up to 15% of income tax to people who buy an electric vehicle before the end of the year in a

27 Jun, 2023 @ 15:35

Environment·Lead·National News·Politics

When will Spain have a new government? All you need to know as Pedro Sanchez faces investiture vote THIS week

Pedro Sanchez admits controversial rape law was ‘biggest mistake’ of his government in Spain

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has admitted to a controversial new rape law being ‘the biggest mistake’ of his government. In a Sunday interview with

26 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain raises taxes on major food items including olive oil and bread - these are all the affected products

Most tax cuts on essential foods expected to be extended this week in Spain as election looms

SPAIN’S Economy Minister Nadia Calviño has said that she expects the Council of Ministers to extend on Tuesday some of the anti-crisis measures that are

26 Jun, 2023 @ 11:35

Lead·National News·Politics

Demonstrations For The National Day Of Spain Or Hispanic Day

As general elections approach, conservative Popular Party struggles with uneasy bedfellow Vox

THE LATEST POLLS ahead of the July 23 snap election in Spain suggest that the conservative Popular Party (PP) and far-right Vox party will win

21 Jun, 2023 @ 10:00

Lead·Politics

Podemos accepts defeat over inclusion of Equality Minister Irene Montero on election candidate lists

LEFTIST party Podemos (We Can) has been forced to accept the demotion of one of its most high-profile politicians, Irene Montero, as it is absorbed

17 Jun, 2023 @ 14:44

Lead·Politics

Unions concerned about low staffing to deal with postal votes for Spain’s general election in July

A PLAN to draft in 12,000 extra postal workers to cope with the July 23 snap general election will be insufficient according to Spain’s biggest

15 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead·Politics

Partido Popular leader Feijoo says deal with Vox in Spain’s Valencia region was only way to avoid new elections

THE LEADER of the conservative Partido Popular, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, has said that fresh elections would have been called in the Valencian Community if a

14 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·National News·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Leader of far-left Podemos party says there will be election pact with new Sumar grouping in Spain

THE LEADER of Spain’s far-left party Podemos has said that it will run with new left grouping Sumar in July’s general election. Podemos general secretary

9 Jun, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·National News·Politics

general election

Spain’s proposed terrace smoking ban collapses after Pedro Sanchez dissolves Parliament ahead of snap election

Spain lifts arrest warrant for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont – opening door for exiled separatist to return ahead of November election

Political round-up: 87-year-old Maricarmen wins her home back as PM Sanchez suffers crucial Congress defeat – with snap election looming

Rishi Sunak calls UK general election for July 4: This is how British expats can vote

Vox diverted €11m of public money to a foundation and private company, claims former high-ranking member of Spain’s far-right party

Disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I leaves Spain after making fourth visit to Galician municipality Sanxenxo

Analysis: Popular Party’s Alberto Nuñez Feijoo uses own investiture debate to act as opposition leader

Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, vows he can cling onto power

Far-right Vox offers Partido Popular’s Feijoo ‘no-strings’ backing to form new minority government in Spain

Spain’s caretaker prime minister slammed by opposition for picking Morocco as holiday destination

Snorkel and flippers: How one man’s election day escapade highlighted Spain’s resentment at being forced to vote during the holidays

PM Sanchez waits to see if Spain general election gamble pays off

Postal service gets time extension for mail-in ballots ahead of Sunday’s general election in Spain

Debate ahead of Sunday’s general election in Spain marked by absence of Popular Party candidate

Tensions rise on Spain’s campaign trail, as likely election winners PP and Vox become mired in controversies

Spain’s Correos mail service seeks to quell concerns about postal votes for July 23 general election

Explainer: What you need to know about Spain’s July 23 general election

Far-right Vox party removes controversial poster from street in Spain’s Madrid

Spain to offer tax breaks to people who buy an electric car

Pedro Sanchez admits controversial rape law was ‘biggest mistake’ of his government in Spain

Most tax cuts on essential foods expected to be extended this week in Spain as election looms

As general elections approach, conservative Popular Party struggles with uneasy bedfellow Vox

Podemos accepts defeat over inclusion of Equality Minister Irene Montero on election candidate lists

Unions concerned about low staffing to deal with postal votes for Spain’s general election in July

Partido Popular leader Feijoo says deal with Vox in Spain’s Valencia region was only way to avoid new elections

Leader of far-left Podemos party says there will be election pact with new Sumar grouping in Spain

PICTURED: Marbella plastic surgeon shot dead after ‘masked gunmen storm clinic and shoot him multiple times in head’

Maricarmen dies aged 87: Elderly Madrid woman whose eviction ordeal sparked mass protests over Spain’s housing crisis

Police hunt killer after man, 57, is shot multiple times in the head at Marbella cosmetic surgery clinic

Another shooting rocks Malaga as rival families exchange gunfire during broad daylight street brawl

Spain will grind to a halt in November as unions call first general strike in 14 years over the housing crisis

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