politics

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez opens door for Spanish troops to be stationed in Ukraine and Palestine

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has said that Spain may send troops to join a post-ceasefire peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. Sanchez on Thursday said the government

8 Jan, 2026 @ 12:05

International Affairs·Lead·Politics

Spain’s minimum wage is set to break €1,200 a month in 2026 – and will retroactively apply from January 1st

SPAIN’S government is proposing a 3.1% rise in the minimum wage in 2026. It said on Wednesday that the increase would put €17,094 into pockets

7 Jan, 2026 @ 17:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

King Felipe VI delivers his 2023 Christmas Eve address

FROM THE ARCHIVES: King Felipe VI’s Christmas speech from 2023 focuses on holding Spain together after year of high political tensions

IN A break from tradition, Spain’s King Felipe VI used his televised Christmas Eve address to focus on just one issue: the Spanish Constitution and

23 Dec, 2025 @ 12:10

Lead·Politics

Pedro Sanchez agrees to joint commission on flood disaster reconstruction after meeting new Valencia president

PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, will form a joint commission between the national government and the Valencia region to coordinate reconstruction following the October 29, 2024

17 Dec, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Valencia City could lose €150m of European money after failing to agree on a Low Emission Zone

VALENCIA could lose €150 million of European funding for not introducing a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) banning polluting vehicles from the city centre as of

2 Dec, 2025 @ 08:00

Environment·Green·Lead·Politics·Valencia

New Valencia president voted into office to replace Carlos Mazon with the help of far-right Vox party

JUANFRAN Perez Llorca has been elected as the new Valencian president after winning an investiture vote in parliament on Thursday. Perez Llorca- who will step

28 Nov, 2025 @ 11:52

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s top prosecutor is banned for two years after leaking information about boyfriend of Madrid mayor

SPAIN’S Attorney General has been convicted of leaking confidential information about the partner of a major political rival. Alvaro Garcia Ortiz has been banned from

21 Nov, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Prosecutors to get complaint about Carlos Mazon ‘lying to Congress’ during Valencia flood inquiry hearing

THE Valencian socialist party(PSPV-PSOE) will complain to the Prosecutor’s Office about acting regional president, Carlos Mazon, ‘lying’ to Congress. Mazon, who resigned on November 3,

18 Nov, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Acting Valencia president Carlos Mazon ‘roasted’ by Spain’s parliamentarians over his response to 2024 flood disaster

THE outgoing Valencian president, Carlos Mazon, told a Congress committee investigation into the October 29 floods that authorities did not know that people were drowning.

17 Nov, 2025 @ 17:45

Lead·Madrid·Politics·Valencia

Conservative Partido Popular name candidate to replace ‘resigned’ Valencia president, Carlos Mazon

THE Partido Popular(PP) has named Juan Francisco Perez Llorca as the party’s candidate to replace Carlos Mazon as Valencian President. Perez Llorca is seen as

11 Nov, 2025 @ 14:15

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Fugitive politician on the run for 20 years over sprawling Marbella corruption case pays to avoid jail

THE ex-Marbella sports councillor, Carlos Fernandez, who fled Spain in 2006 to avoid corruption charges in the infamous Malay Case, will not serve any prison

6 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella·Politics

EXPLAINER: How Carlos Mazon’s successor as Valencian president will be chosen

CARLOS Mazon’s Monday morning resignation came as no surprise, with the Valencian president looking a ‘spent’ figure following last Wednesday’s state memorial service in Valencia.

3 Nov, 2025 @ 13:15

Lead·Politics·Valencia

Pedro Sanchez talks about ‘cordial’ meeting with Donald Trump- days after US president suggested Spain should be booted out of NATO

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has revealed that he had a ‘very cordial’ meeting with US president Donald Trump at Monday’s Gaza peace summit in

14 Oct, 2025 @ 11:29

International Affairs·Lead·Politics

Spain's Attorney General will stand trial over leaks involving partner of leading political opposition figure

Spain’s Attorney General to stand trial over allegations he leaked secret files on the Madrid president’s boyfriend

THE Supreme Court has announced a November trial of Spain’s Attorney General over alleged leaking details about the partner of a leading opposition figure. 40

3 Oct, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Sanchez accused of ‘exploiting violence’ to stay in power following pro-Palestine protests at Vuelta cycling race

ALBERTO Nuñez Feijoo and Jose Maria Aznar met up today to deliver a joint attack on Pedro Sanchez, accusing the prime minister of using violence

19 Sep, 2025 @ 15:53

Lead·Other News·Politics

Customer service workers across Spain will be required to know Catalan to ‘respect linguistic rights of Catalunya’

LARGE companies in Spain will soon have to offer customer service in Catalan and other co-official languages when requested. The change comes after political party

17 Sep, 2025 @ 16:17

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Other News·Politics

New polling shows Spain’s far-right Vox party has surged in popularity over the course of the summer

SPAIN’S far-right Vox party has reached its strongest polling figures since the 2023 general election, according to new data published by El Pais and Cadena

9 Sep, 2025 @ 11:18

Lead·National News·Other News·Politics

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez slams judges for being ‘political’ over corruption probes ‘driven by far-right groups’

PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has accused some judges of ‘practising politics’ as corruption probes affecting close colleagues as well as his wife and brother mount

2 Sep, 2025 @ 12:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Up to 80% of new jobs in Spain may be replacement roles as the ‘baby boomer’ generation starts to retire

SPAIN is entering a decade of unprecedented retirements that will reshape its labour market and test the resilience of its economy. Data from the Public

31 Aug, 2025 @ 09:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Other News·Politics

BBVA suffers spectacular failure in massive rejection of hostile takeover bid for Sabadell Bank in Spain

BBVA goes to Spain’s Supreme Court to fight government ‘meddling’ in Sabadell Bank takeover

THE BBVA bank is going to the Supreme Court to challenge the Spanish government’s pre-conditions for its hostile takeover of Sabadell Bank. The legal challenge

15 Aug, 2025 @ 08:00

Lead·National News

Catalunya’s government comes under fire over police contracts signed with Israeli firm

LEFT-WING regional politicians have criticised Catalunya’s government for doing deals with an Israeli firm to supply gear to the police. The former ERC-led separatist administration-

9 Aug, 2025 @ 08:01

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Spain criticises Israel for stepping up military offensive in Gaza and repeats backing for two-state Palestine solution

Spain criticises Israel for escalating military offensive in Gaza

SPAIN’S Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has slammed Friday’s decision by the Israeli government to escalate their military operations in Gaza. Israeli forces are getting

8 Aug, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Politics

EXPLAINED: Spain’s fake CV scandal – why politicians keep getting away with lying about their credentials

NUMEROUS resignations and résumé revisions have gripped Spanish politics this summer, exposing a systemic lack of oversight when it comes to verifying elected officials’ education

7 Aug, 2025 @ 11:51

EXPLAINER·Lead·Politics

Spain’s Valencia floods tsar resigns in disgrace over allegations he FAKED his university degree

THE Spanish government’s special commissioner appointed to oversee reconstruction in Valencia following the October 29 floods has resigned. Jose Maria Angel, 68, is being investigated

31 Jul, 2025 @ 11:26

Lead·Politics·Valencia

Six in ten Spaniards favour the UK rejoining the EU – but only if it takes up the euro and Schengen

WHILE reality indicates the UK won’t return to the EU anytime soon, a new survey shows they would be welcomed back by Western Europeans from

15 Jul, 2025 @ 17:57

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Ex-Valencia president Francisco Camps launches spectacular comeback in bid to oust Carlos Mazon

FORMER Valencian president, Francisco Camps, says he wants to oust underfire Carlos Mazon as the Partido Popular(PP) nominee for the 2027 regional elections. Camps, 62,

10 Jul, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Politics·Valencian Community

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez opens door for Spanish troops to be stationed in Ukraine and Palestine

Spain’s minimum wage is set to break €1,200 a month in 2026 – and will retroactively apply from January 1st

FROM THE ARCHIVES: King Felipe VI’s Christmas speech from 2023 focuses on holding Spain together after year of high political tensions

Pedro Sanchez agrees to joint commission on flood disaster reconstruction after meeting new Valencia president

Valencia City could lose €150m of European money after failing to agree on a Low Emission Zone

New Valencia president voted into office to replace Carlos Mazon with the help of far-right Vox party

Spain’s top prosecutor is banned for two years after leaking information about boyfriend of Madrid mayor

Prosecutors to get complaint about Carlos Mazon ‘lying to Congress’ during Valencia flood inquiry hearing

Acting Valencia president Carlos Mazon ‘roasted’ by Spain’s parliamentarians over his response to 2024 flood disaster

Conservative Partido Popular name candidate to replace ‘resigned’ Valencia president, Carlos Mazon

Fugitive politician on the run for 20 years over sprawling Marbella corruption case pays to avoid jail

EXPLAINER: How Carlos Mazon’s successor as Valencian president will be chosen

Pedro Sanchez talks about ‘cordial’ meeting with Donald Trump- days after US president suggested Spain should be booted out of NATO

Spain’s Attorney General to stand trial over allegations he leaked secret files on the Madrid president’s boyfriend

Sanchez accused of ‘exploiting violence’ to stay in power following pro-Palestine protests at Vuelta cycling race

Customer service workers across Spain will be required to know Catalan to ‘respect linguistic rights of Catalunya’

New polling shows Spain’s far-right Vox party has surged in popularity over the course of the summer

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez slams judges for being ‘political’ over corruption probes ‘driven by far-right groups’

Up to 80% of new jobs in Spain may be replacement roles as the ‘baby boomer’ generation starts to retire

BBVA goes to Spain’s Supreme Court to fight government ‘meddling’ in Sabadell Bank takeover

Catalunya’s government comes under fire over police contracts signed with Israeli firm

Spain criticises Israel for escalating military offensive in Gaza

EXPLAINED: Spain’s fake CV scandal – why politicians keep getting away with lying about their credentials

Spain’s Valencia floods tsar resigns in disgrace over allegations he FAKED his university degree

Six in ten Spaniards favour the UK rejoining the EU – but only if it takes up the euro and Schengen

Ex-Valencia president Francisco Camps launches spectacular comeback in bid to oust Carlos Mazon

New costa kings of bling: Brits are being hugely outspent in Alicante property market

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez opens door for Spanish troops to be stationed in Ukraine and Palestine

WATCH: Shocking moment traffickers force migrants entering Andalucia to swim to shore at gunpoint

LANDMARK ANNIVERSARY: Twenty Years of The Olive Press – Why Independent Journalism Still Matters

Andalucia property prices soared 19% in 2025 – with one under-the-radar province seeing the biggest jump of all