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Hands off our Rock: British MPs blast Spain’s demands to share Gibraltar’s airport in post-Brexit talks

LONG-RUNNING negotiations over new border arrangements for Gibraltar has seen British pro-Brexit MPs voice their concern over Spain's demands to jointly manage the airport. An...

Threat from Russia is ‘total and absolute’, warns Spain’s Defence Minister Margarita Robles

SPAIN’S defence minister, Margarita Robles, has issued a stark warning to her fellow citizens about the threat that Vladimir Putin’s Russia poses to the...

Carles Puigdemont ‘is ready to return to Spain and be arrested’: Exiled former Catalan leader will run for parliament,...

THE lawyer of exiled ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont says he will return to Spain once the new Amnesty Law hits the statute books- even...

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...

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

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...

Snap election called in Spain’s Catalunya region after parliament rejects budget proposal

VOTERS in Spain’s Catalunya region will be going to the polls on May 12, after regional premier Pere Aragones yesterday called a snap election....

Guns, 23 cellphones, cryptocurrency, and €500 notes: What police found in the house of Koldo Garcia, the man at...

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...

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...

Speaker of the house in Spain’s Congress defends her innocence after opposition accusations of corruption in ongoing Covid mask...

THE Socialist speaker of Spain’s Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol, held a press conference on Tuesday in a bid to defend her actions while...

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...

Judge investigating Covid mask corruption scandal points to former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos as an ‘intermediary’, despite his...

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...

Opposition leader accuses Spain’s prime minister of covering up alleged Covid mask corruption scandal, as former Transport Minister Jose...

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)...

Former right-hand man of Socialist transport minister detained in Spain over allegations of illegal commissions from Covid masks

THE former right-hand man of ex-transport minister Jose Luis Abalos has been arrested on suspicion of receiving illegal commissions from the purchase of face...

Spain’s opposition Partido Popular in chaos after leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo makes ‘off the record’ U-turn on Catalan amnesty

AHEAD of this weekend’s regional elections in Galicia, Spain’s conservative Partido Popular (PP) has been plunged into chaos after off-the-record comments reportedly made by...

Woman with Down’s syndrome is praised around the world after being sworn into parliament in Spain following historic election...

SPAIN'S first elected parliamentarian with Down's syndrome has said that 'society can now see that people with Down's have a lot to contribute'. 46-year-old Mar...

‘An all-out political, social and judicial offensive’: Leader of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular calls for fresh protests against...

THE LEADER of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular has made a call for an ‘all-out political, social and judicial offensive’ against the Socialist-led government,...

Corrupt ex-mayor is convicted yet again and jailed for stealing public money on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of the most corrupt ex-mayors in Alicante province has been in court again to pick up a a four-and-a-half year jail term and...

Spain’s Socialist Party files lawsuit after far-right protestors hanged and beat effigy of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on New...

SPAIN’S governing Socialist Party (PSOE) has filed a lawsuit with the public prosecutor after a group of far-right protesters hanged and beat with sticks...

Spain’s prime minister as a piñata: Who was behind the New Year’s Eve protest in Madrid that saw an...

IN MADRID it is a New Year’s Eve tradition to flock to central Sol square, where crowds of revellers welcome in the new year...

Spain’s new economy minister is named by Pedro Sanchez and gets sworn in by King Felipe

ECONOMIST and civil servant Carlos Cuerpo has been sworn in as Spain's new economy and trade minister by King Felipe at a ceremony on...

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez announces VAT hike on electricity bills: Tax will rise to 10% and could more than double next...

VAT rates on domestic electricity bills in Spain will double in the New Year from 5% to 10%. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the move...

The king’s speech: Spain’s Felipe VI focuses Christmas address on the Constitution 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...

Spain’s main opposition leader snubs invite to meet from Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

THE LEADER of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, has snubbed an invite for a meeting extended by the prime minister,...

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez blasts far-right parties during speech at European Parliament as he accuses Vox of stirring up Francoism

SPAIN'S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez launched a blistering attack on Europe's far-right parties on Wednesday. Sanchez spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in what...

Smoking ban plans for bar and restaurant terraces are ‘crazy’ says top politician in Spain

MADRID'S mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, has branded proposals to ban smoking on bar and restaurant terraces as 'crazy'. His comments came on Tuesday- a day...

Man is fined €100 for shouting ‘viva España’ and ‘Sanchez is a traitor’ during anti-government protest in Spain’s Mallorca

A MALLORCA protestor who shouted slogans against Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has been fined €100 for his outburst. Jesus Revuelta believes the penalty is a...

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