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After eight years, the Popular Party wins back the Balearics but will need the help of Vox to form...
THE CONSERVATIVE Popular Party was the winner in the Balearic Islands on Sunday, taking the most seats in the regional elections. The group did,...
Spain’s deputy prime minister registers new leftist party Unite in bid to save beleaguered left-wing parties
SPAIN’S Deputy Prime Minister and Labor Minister Yolanda Diaz has officially registered as a political party ahead of the snap general elections that will...
Spaniards brave the rain to vote in 2023 regional and local elections
MILLIONS OF SPANIARDS braved rain showers to keep their date with the polling booths on Sunday, as elections were held in 12 of the...
Spain’s Socialist Party wins approval for reforms to controversial consent law, deepening split with coalition partners
LAWMAKERS in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, today voted in favour of reforms to the controversial ‘only yes means yes’...
Madrid vice-premier, who earns nearly €105,000, is claiming heating benefits for ‘vulnerable consumers’
THE VICE-PREMIER of the Madrid regional government has come in for fierce criticism after it emerged that he has been claiming heating benefits meant...
Far-right Vox calls for secretary of state for equality to be sacked after she shares video of abortion chants...
FAR-RIGHT Vox has called for Spain’s secretary of state for equality to be sacked, after she shared a video from Wednesday’s International Women’s Day...
Spain’s commitment to arming Ukraine drives wedge between Socialist Party and Podemos
SPAIN’S commitment to sending arms to Ukraine to assist the country in its war with Russia is threatening to drive another wedge between the...
Minister in Spain laughs off accusations that government is ‘legalising bestiality’
SOCIAL RIGHTS Minister Ione Belarra has laughed off accusations that the Spanish government is ‘decriminalising bestiality’.
The leader of the leftist Podemos party said during...
Daytime TV show in Spain’s Andalusia under fire for debating photo of minister with nipples visible through shirt
A DAYTIME television debate show in Andalusia has drawn widespread criticism, even among its own staff, after it dedicated a segment on Tuesday to...
Spain’s Socialist Party commits to changing controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law
THE SPANISH government confirmed at the weekend that it will seek to make changes to its controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law.
The legislation,...
Number of sex offenders whose sentences have been reduced thanks to new law in Spain hits 129
A TOTAL OF 129 convicted sex offenders have now benefitted from the Spanish government’s ‘only yes means yes’ law, which was aimed at putting...
Spain’s King Felipe loses 1.1 million viewers for traditional Christmas speech
KING Felipe VI’s traditional Christmas Eve speech attracted a million fewer television viewers than the year before, and had the third-worst audience since he...
Bill proposed to protect places of geological interest in Spain’s Mallorca
PODEMOS have submitted proposals to the Balearic parliament to give special protection to sites of ‘geological interest’ on the islands.
The measures are being fronted...
Spanish government row over increase in defence spending
A ROW has erupted within Spain’s ruling coalition over defence spending.
On Tuesday July 6, Pedro Sanchez announced a €1 billion boost to Spain’s defence...
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez under pressure to call general election in Spain
Nearly half of those surveyed by Spanish Newspaper El Mundo think that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez should call a general election.
However, Prime Minister Pedro...
Spanish Equality MP criticised for travelling in to New York via a private jet
THE MP for Equality, Irene Montero, has been heavily criticised by political rivals for flying to New York in the Falcon - a private...
Opinion poll reveals revitalised Partido Popular could form new government in Spain after December’s general election
A respected monthly opinion poll is spelling potentially serious problems for the left-of-centre coalition led by Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez.
Sanchez recently said that Spain...
Pedro Sanchez wins knife-edge vote in Spain’s parliament for big economic recovery package
SPAIN'S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, won a nail-biting vote in Congress on Thursday to secure a massive spending package of €16 billion to boost...
Spain’s King Felipe VI reveals he is worth €2.6 million
THE King of Spain has revealed his net worth - and it turns out to be a ‘modest’ €2,573,392.80.
While that may seem a lot...
US govt Human Rights report slams both Vox and Podemos over press ‘harassment’
THE US State Department has slammed the political parties of Vox and Podemos over their ‘concerning’ treatment of the media in the annual human...
Spain orders accurate tally of ongoing child sex abuse cases and complaints involving Catholic Church
Spain's Attorney General, Dolores Delgado, has ordered 17 regional chief prosecutors to send details of current judicial probes into child sex abuse by the...
Pablo Iglesias cuts off his famous pony-tail after leaving politics and quitting Spain’s Podemos party
A WEEK after announcing he was quitting politics after a drubbing at the polls in Madrid, Pablo Iglesias, the former leader of Spain’s radical...
Podemos: Pablo Iglesias ‘resigns from politics’ after drubbing in Madrid election
PABLO Iglesias, the pony-tailed maverick who burst onto the political scene seven years ago with his radical left Podemos threw in the towel last...
Resounding victory for right-wing Covid rebel Isabel Ayuso in Madrid
SPAIN'S conservative Popular Party won a resounding victory in the Madrid region, more than doubling the number of seats delivering a blow to the...
Polls show Spain’s right-wing set to win big in Madrid regional elections
SPAIN'S main opposition right-wing Popular Party (PP) is poised to win the snap election in the Madrid region on May 4, returning Isabel Diaz...
Ultra right-wing extremists blamed for Molotov attack on Podemos HQ in Spain’s Murcia region
AN explosive device was thrown last night (April 1) into the Cartagena office of the far-left Podemos party and slogans daubed over the front...
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I CAN and have eaten snake's blood for lunch and worms for dinner but breakfast is sacred. On a weekend, ideally it would include...
