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Spain’s Prosecutor’s Office calls for investigation into Pedro Sanchez’s wife to be scrapped

THE Madrid Provincial Prosecutor’s Office has asked a judge to drop the investigation into the wife of Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, for peddling influence and

25 Apr, 2024 @ 14:35

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What is Manos Limpias? The organisation in Spain which accused the prime minister’s wife of ‘influence peddling’

DESPITE being officially registered as a trade union, the Manos Limpias group at the centre of the corruption scandal engulfing Spain’s Prime Minister would perhaps

25 Apr, 2024 @ 14:22

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

Manos Limpias organisation admits its criminal complaints against Pedro Sanchez’s wife ‘may have been based on fake news’

THE far-right trade union which filed legal proceedings against Begoña Gomez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, has admitted that its complaint may

25 Apr, 2024 @ 13:38

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Pedro Sanchez latest: PP leader accuses the PM of ‘playing the victim’ while Pablo Iglesias says he ‘knows what it’s like to see your partner cry’ as a result of the job

ALBERTO Nuñez Feijoo, the leader of the conservative Partido Popular (PP), has accused Pedro Sanchez of a ‘dereliction of duty’ after Spain’s Prime Minister announced

25 Apr, 2024 @ 12:42

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Is Spain heading for another general election? This is what happens if Pedro Sanchez resigns on Monday

PEDRO Sanchez revealed tonight that he is considering his position following a ‘far right political attack’ against his family. In a dramatic letter just hours

24 Apr, 2024 @ 21:12

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Spain set to finally have a government as Pedro Sanchez secures 179 votes ahead of investiture vote next week

READ IN ENGLISH: Pedro Sanchez’s FURIOUS letter revealing why he may quit as PM of Spain on Monday

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez launched a scathing attack against right wing leaders in an open letter tonight – in which he revealed he may

24 Apr, 2024 @ 20:25

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Ayuso President Of The Community Of Madrid Speaks About Accusations Of The Pp

Madrid president Isabel Ayuso is in hot water after her partner admits to tax fraud and offers to pay €520,000 in fines

SPANISH media outlets have managed to get their hands on documents showing that businessman Alberto Gonzalez Amador, who is the partner of Madrid regional premier

24 Apr, 2024 @ 16:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Basque elections in Spain: Socialist-PNV coalition remains in power in huge relief for PM Pedro Sanchez – but support for separatists has grown

THE Socialist-PNV coalition that has ruled the Basque Country since 2016 is set to remain in power in a huge relief for Prime Minister Pedro

22 Apr, 2024 @ 12:41

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Basque politician Imanol Pradales after being attacked with pepper spray

Candidate for upcoming elections in Spain’s Basque Country region attacked with pepper spray

ONE of the candidates running in the upcoming elections in Spain’s northern Pais Vasco (Basque Country) region was attacked last night by a man with

17 Apr, 2024 @ 11:52

Basque Country·Lead·Politics

Far-right group in Spain attracts full house at Madrid meeting thanks to video blaming immigrants for turning the country ‘into a dunghill’

A FAR-RIGHT group called Nucleo Nacional released a video earlier this week, encouraging supporters to attend a meeting that took place earlier today, Sunday, in

14 Apr, 2024 @ 14:54

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Spain’s prime minister promises more affordable housing at meeting with sector representatives, but opposition accuses him of electioneering

SPAIN’S Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met with representatives from the housing sector on Thursday, and pledged that his government would work to address

12 Apr, 2024 @ 12:59

Economy·Lead·Politics

Airbnb crackdown in Spain: Government wants to limit holiday flats in ‘saturated’ areas because they are ‘harming access to housing’ – following a wave of anti-tourism protests

RESTRICTIONS will be imposed by the government on the number of tourist apartments in ‘stressed’ areas of Spain. Housing Minister, Isabel Rodriguez, said on Thursday

11 Apr, 2024 @ 17:42

Lead·Property

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez denounces a ‘waterfall of mud’ and ‘Trump-style tactics’ from the opposition, and vows to see out his term

SPAIN’S Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used an appearance in Congress today to defend his government’s record, and attack what he called a ‘waterfall

10 Apr, 2024 @ 12:12

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Catalan president says an independence referendum is ‘inevitable’ during speech in Spanish parliament

CATALAN President Pere Aragones warned his political rivals that a new independence referendum was ‘inevitable’ during a speech in Spain’s parliament on Monday. Addressing the

9 Apr, 2024 @ 09:52

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

BREAKING: Spain to end golden visas that grant residency to foreigners who buy a €500,000 home

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has pledged the removal of so-called ‘golden visas’ which granted residency to foreigners who purchased a property for €500,000 or

8 Apr, 2024 @ 11:49

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Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez insists Spain will recognise Palestine ‘as a state in its own right’

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has once again insisted that his government will support the recognition of Palestine ‘as a state in its own right’.

6 Apr, 2024 @ 14:31

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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez makes surprise visit to exhumation site at infamous Civil War monument in Madrid

SPAIN’S Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made a surprise visit today to the Valley of Cuelgamuros monument, where he saw first hand exhumation work

4 Apr, 2024 @ 13:53

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Horror crash: Six dead including two Guardia Civil officers after lorry loses control in Spain’s Andalucia

SIX people died in the early hours of Tuesday after a lorry ploughed into a group of stationary vehicles on the AP-4 motorway in Sevilla

19 Mar, 2024 @ 09:25

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

Crucial victory for Pedro Sanchez as controversial amnesty law for Catalan separatists gets parliamentary backing in Spain

CONGRESS in Madrid on Thursday backed an amnesty bill for Catalan separatists by 178 votes to 172. The lower house of parliament result is good

14 Mar, 2024 @ 14:18

Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·National News·Other News·Politics

Could the Socialist-led government in Spain collapse? After snap elections called in Catalunya, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez abandons plans to pass 2024 budget

SPAIN’S Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has abandoned efforts to reach a cross-party deal to pass a budget for this year, after snap elections were

14 Mar, 2024 @ 12:09

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Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

Guns, 23 cellphones, cryptocurrency, and €500 notes: What police found in the house of Koldo Garcia, the man at the centre of the Covid mask corruption scandal that has rocked Spain’s Socialist government

POLICE investigators made some startling discoveries when they searched the home of Koldo Garcia, the former right-hand man of ex-Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos and

8 Mar, 2024 @ 12:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Spain’s ruling Socialists reach controversial deal with Catalan separatist parties over amnesty law

SPAIN’S governing Socialist Party (PSOE) has finally reached an agreement with Catalan separatist parties over a future amnesty law, which, if passed, will see anyone

7 Mar, 2024 @ 10:58

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez defends government’s actions over ongoing Covid mask scandal

SPAIN’S Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez sought to defend his government’s actions today, in the midst of the first corruption scandal to hit his government

6 Mar, 2024 @ 12:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Spain’s top court opens ‘terrorism probe’ into exiled Catalan ex-president Carles Puigdemont

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has started a terrorism investigation into former Catalunya President Carles Puigdemont over protests linked to the region’s failed and illegally-organised 2017 independence

1 Mar, 2024 @ 10:04

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Judge investigating Covid mask corruption scandal points to former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos as an ‘intermediary’, despite his claims he did nothing wrong

THE High Court judge investigating an alleged corruption ring involving the sale of masks during the worst days of the Covid-19 pandemic has pointed to

29 Feb, 2024 @ 11:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Opposition leader accuses Spain’s prime minister of covering up alleged Covid mask corruption scandal, as former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos refuses to stand down

THE leader of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, used his platform in Congress on Wednesday to accuse Socialist Party (PSOE) Prime

28 Feb, 2024 @ 14:11

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