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Spain to reduce working hours after socialist parties PSOE and Sumar agree to form a government – but they’ll...
THE POLITICAL stalemate that has reigned in Spain since the inconclusive general election of July 23 was a step closer to ending on Tuesday,...
Conservative leader Alberto Feijoo calls for English to be prioritised in schools across Spain
THE LEADER of the conservative Partido Popular, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, called on Monday for English language lessons to be prioritised in Spain's schools.
He said...
Spain’s foreign minister slams ‘unfriendly gesture’ from Israel after its embassy issues statement criticising stance of ‘some members of...
SPAIN’S foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares, has responded to criticism of his caretaker government by the Israeli embassy in Madrid by calling it an...
Spain’s caretaker prime minister holds unprecedented meetings with Basque and Catalan separatists
SPAIN’S caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez took the unprecedented step on Friday of allowing himself to be photographed with representatives from two of the...
Spanish startup’s private rocket launch is a success after taking off from Andalucia at the weekend – and it’s...
ELCHE startup PLD Space launched the first-ever private European rocket into orbit on Saturday morning.
After two postponements in the spring, the first launch of...
Russian hackers target Spanish government websites to disrupt Granada immigration summit
RUSSIAN hackers launched a series of cyber attacks on Friday against Spanish government and Granada city council websites to coincide with the immigration summit...
Breaking the political deadlock? Spain’s Socialists accelerate talks with leftist alliance Sumar in bid to hammer out coalition deal
AFTER Spain’s King Felipe VI invited Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez to form a government this week, the party’s first port of call was the...
Explainer: Spain chosen by Fifa to host 2030 World Cup – but it won’t be alone
FIFA, the international governing body for football, yesterday announced that it had chosen Spain as host for the 2030 World Cup. But there’s a...
Spain’s King Felipe nominates Pedro Sanchez for prime ministerial investiture vote
SPAIN’S King Felipe VI today proposed the Socialist Party’s Pedro Sanchez as candidate for prime minister, after the failed attempt of the Popular Party’s...
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...
Spain’s King Felipe starts new round of talks with political leaders to find next prime ministerial candidate
SPAIN’S King Felipe VI on Monday began a new round of meetings with Spain’s political leaders, ahead of the nomination of a new candidate...
Fresh general election in Spain looms, as Popular Party prime ministerial candidate loses first investiture vote
AS HAD BEEN widely predicted, Popular Party (PP) leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo today lost the first vote at an investiture debate that could see...
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...
Explainer: Why the Popular Party’s Alberto Nuñez Fejioo is doomed to fail at this week’s investiture vote, and what...
THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, will be the protagonist of a two-day investiture debate in the Congress of...
Thousands take to streets of Spain’s capital Madrid to protest against amnesty for Catalan secessionists
THOUSANDS of people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to join a protest led by the conservative Popular Party against a potential...
Spain’s Congress takes historic step to allow use of other languages in parliamentary debates
SPAIN’S lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, took an historic step this week by allowing for the use of three extra languages...
Majority of Spain’s women’s football team drops boycott as 21 of 23 players agree to play in upcoming Nations...
NEARLY all of Spain’s 23 women’s football players on the national team have agreed to end their boycott and play against Sweden in the...
Spain mobilises relief aid for Morocco as earthquake death toll rises above 2,000
THE OVERNIGHT death toll released by the Moroccan authorities after Friday night’s devastating earthquake rose to at least 2,012 people, with another 2,059 reported...
Pedro Sanchez tests positive for Covid: Spain’s caretaker PM, 51, is forced to skip G-20 summit
SPAIN'S acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, will not attend this weekend's G-20 summit in New Delhi because he has contracted Covid-19.
Sanchez made the announcement...
Spain’s caretaker prime minister takes aim at football chief Luis Rubiales once more
SPAIN’S caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has once again voiced criticism of the embattled head of the Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, who is still...
Pedro Sanchez visits the Costa del Sol: Spain’s PM enjoys The Strokes at the Cala Mijas music festival
SPAIN'S prime minister Pedro Sanchez enjoyed a night of music at an international festival on the Costa del Sol on Friday.
The socialist leader,...
Socialists reject Popular Party’s proposal to end political stalemate in Spain
THE SOCIALIST PARTY on Wednesday rejected outright a proposal from the conservative Popular Party for a two-year government headed up by its leader, Alberto...
Spain’s Popular Party makes offer of two-year term in office to Socialists in bid to break political deadlock
THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Wednesday made an offer to caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of the...
Spain’s caretaker prime minister agrees to meeting with Popular Party leader ahead of investiture vote
SPAIN’S caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday agreed to a face-to-face meeting with opposition Popular Party leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, as the conservative...
Dates revealed for parliamentary votes that could make Partido Popular’s Alberto Nuñez Feijoo new prime minister of Spain
THE NEW Congress speaker, Francina Armengol, has announced September 26 and 27 as the dates of investiture debates and votes for the Partido Popular's...
Spain’s caretaker prime minister assures king he has the support needed to be voted back into office
DURING A meeting with Spain’s King Felipe VI today, caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez assured the monarch that he will count on the necessary...
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