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Pedro Sanchez announces windfall and temporary taxes on banks and energy companies in Spain

Spain’s Socialist Party bows to pressure and will propose changes to controversial ‘only yes means yes’ law

AFTER months of political pressure, the governing Socialist Party (PSOE) has announced that it will present changes to the new ‘only yes means yes’ law. The legislation, which came into force in

7 Feb, 2023 @ 17:45

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Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez says European Union should become more self-sufficient

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wants the European Union to end its reliance on importing energy, food and microchip technology. He says lessons need to learned from the Covid pandemic and the

6 Feb, 2023 @ 19:30

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Spain raises minimum wage, in move that could benefit 2.5 million people

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Tuesday that his government would once again raise the national minimum wage, the fifth time his Socialist Party-led administration has done so since coming to

1 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

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Explosive Detonated In Envelope Sent To Ukraine Embassy In Spain's Madrid

Man arrested in Spain on suspicion of sending letter bombs also had drone that could deliver an explosive device

THE FORMER civil servant arrested this week on suspicion of sending six letter bombs to targets including the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid also had a

28 Jan, 2023 @ 09:15

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Thousands take to the streets of Madrid to demand the resignation of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez

SOME 31,000 people took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday to protest against the Spanish government, and demand the resignation of Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. The demonstration was supported

22 Jan, 2023 @ 12:01

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Spain and France sign friendship treaty on issues affecting EU at summit in Barcelona

FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday signed a friendship treaty after holding a bilateral summit in Barcelona. The meeting consolidated the good relations between the neighbouring

20 Jan, 2023 @ 10:00

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Boos and jeers at pro-Catalan independence demonstration in Spain’s Barcelona show splits in the movement

SOME 6,500 people came out in Barcelona to protest on Thursday morning in support of independence for Catalunya. The demonstration coincided with a French-Spanish summit, at which Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and

20 Jan, 2023 @ 09:15

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Pedro Sanchez tells NATO that training base in Spain for Ukraine army will open next week

Speaking at Davos, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez issues warning about far-right parties

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used his platform at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday to warn against allowing far-right political parties into governing institutions. The Socialist Party (PSOE) leader

18 Jan, 2023 @ 18:00

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Spain’s central government takes action after region promises anti-abortion measures

A BIZARRE row over abortion measures has sparked a crisis in the Castilla y Leon regional government, and has also dragged in the central administration in Madrid. It all started last Thursday,

17 Jan, 2023 @ 17:42

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Far-right Vox party announces new abortion measures for Spain’s Castilla y Leon region

THE FAR-RIGHT Vox party wants to restrict abortion rights in the Castilla y Leon region by putting in new optional measures for women such as listening to the foetal heartbeat, having a

15 Jan, 2023 @ 15:45

Health·Lead·National News·Politics

Pedro Sanchez pledges Spain’s continued support in phone call with Ukraine’s Zelensky

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has promised Ukraine the ‘total support of the country until peace is reached’. The pledge came in the latest telephone conversation between Sanchez and Ukraine president, Volodymyr

6 Jan, 2023 @ 13:30

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Ex-employee steals fuel discount card from trucking firm in €60,000 fraud on Spain's Costa Blanca

Motorists in Spain rush to filling stations as government’s fuel discount comes to an end

PEOPLE from all over Spain reported on Saturday long queues at petrol stations as motorists sought to take advantage of the last days of the 20-cent discount that the Spanish government put

1 Jan, 2023 @ 15:00

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Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain's Cadiz but gets bail from local judge

Spain’s constitutional court backs down on opposition to four new judges put forward by government

SPAIN’S constitutional court has finally allowed the appointment of four new judges proposed by the country’s centre-left government. The PSOE-Podemos coalition in Madrid called the news a triumph for democracy as it

30 Dec, 2022 @ 09:39

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Spain’s lower house of parliament approves new transgender and equal rights law

CONGRESS in Madrid passed a law on Thursday that allows people over 16 years of age to change their legally registered gender without any medical supervision. The measure as part of a

23 Dec, 2022 @ 08:00

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Pedro Sanchez says court veto over appointing judges is ‘unprecedented’ in Spain’s democratic history

A crisis has erupted in Spain after the Constitutional Court(CGPJ) blocked the Senate from voting on a bill to change the way that judges are selected. Congress last week approved the government

20 Dec, 2022 @ 12:49

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Explainer: Why Spain’s government is rushing through changes to sedition and embezzlement laws

AS THE end of the year approaches, and with regional and national elections planned for next year, there is currently a flurry of legislative activity in Spain’s Congress of Deputies. Among the

13 Dec, 2022 @ 18:45

National News·Politics

Spain strikes deal with Portugal and France in Alicante for green hydrogen pipeline

THE leaders of Spain, Portugal, and France have agreed on a €2.5 billion plan for a green hydrogen pipeline that should become operational by 2030. The deal was struck in Alicante on

9 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

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Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez considering measures to cut basic food prices

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez says he’s looking at containing food price rises as part of a new anti-crisis package to be implemented at the end of December. Sanchez told reporters that the

8 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

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Poll: Splits in left could see PP, Vox take power at 2023 general elections in Spain

DIVISIONS among Spain’s leftist parties could see the right wing take power at the next general election, which is due to take place in late 2023. That’s according to a survey carried

6 Dec, 2022 @ 11:00

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Police investigators think that series of letterbombs sent to targets in Spain may have come from Valladolid province

INVESTIGATORS in Spain believe that a series of letterbombs sent to embassies and the prime minister last week may have come from Valladolid province. So far, no suspects have been identified in

4 Dec, 2022 @ 15:35

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Pedro Sanchez announces training base in Spain for Ukraine army will open before end of November

PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez says a new training centre for the Ukraine army will open in Toledo before the end of the month. Sanchez spoke on Monday on the closing day of

21 Nov, 2022 @ 14:15

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Junqueras and catalan separatists released from jail Photo: Esquerra Republicana

Spanish government to study more changes to Criminal Code that could benefit Catalan independence leaders

THE SPANISH government is to study changes to the law covering the misappropriation of public funds, barely a week after proposing scrapping the sedition law. The moves are aimed at appeasing pro-Catalan

15 Nov, 2022 @ 16:17

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Truck drivers go on strike in Spain over inflation rate but with minimal impact

Truck drivers group launch strike in Spain over inflation but disruption described as ‘minimal’

A group of mainly self-employed truck drivers and small haulage companies have gone on indefinite strike in Spain. The National Platform in Defence of Transport staged protests in Madrid and other major

14 Nov, 2022 @ 18:34

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Act Of The Catalan National Assembly Against The Persecution Of Former President Carles Puigdemont In Barcelona 24 Sept 2021

Spain’s government proposes changes to sedition law used to prosecute Catalan independence leaders

THE SPANISH government today proposed a change to the law that would mean a lower prison sentence for former Catalan premier Carles Puigdemont should he return from self-imposed exile to face trial

11 Nov, 2022 @ 18:15

Catalunya·Lead·National News

EU money seals SEAT deal for Spain's first electric car battery factory in Valencia

EU money seals deal for Spain’s first electric car battery factory in Valencia

CAR maker SEAT has confirmed that it will site Spain’s first electric car battery plant in the Valencia area. SEAT President, Wayne Griffiths reaffirmed the new Sagunto plant will be part of

9 Nov, 2022 @ 19:45

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Spain forms specialist 'hate' crime police units to counter increase in racist and homophobic assaults

Opposition party calls on Spain’s interior minister to quit over Melilla migrant tragedy that killed 23

SPAIN’S main opposition Popular Party (PP) has called on Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska (pictured above) to be sacked over the Melilla migrant tragedy in June, which left 23 dead and scores more

8 Nov, 2022 @ 18:15

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