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Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez gets rebuffed by Catalan separatist party over support for new budget

THE minority Pedro Sanchez government has suffered a setback with the right-wing Catalan separatist party, Junts per Catalunya, suspending its ‘relationship’ with the administration. Sanchez’s

17 Jan, 2025 @ 16:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Donald Trump chooses 80-year-old millionaire Cuban businessman as his ambassador to Spain

INCOMING US president Donald Trump has named an 80-year-old Cuban-American businessman as the country’s new ambassador to Spain. Benjamin Leon will take over the post

3 Jan, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Squatter crackdown U-turn in Spain as politicians send ‘game-changing’ amendment back to Congress – in crushing blow to victims

FAST-TRACK trials for squatter cases have been delayed by a vote in Senate on the Judicial Efficiency Bill. Congress approved the measure last month but

11 Dec, 2024 @ 14:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez congratulates Donald Trump on his US presidential win

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez congratulates Donald Trump on his US election win

SPAIN’S socialist-led government under Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has congratulated Donald Trump on his US presidential election victory. Though there will be private disappointment in

6 Nov, 2024 @ 15:21

Lead·Politics

Spain grants political asylum to Venezuelan opposition politician Edmundo González

THE Spanish government has accepted a political asylum request from Venezuelan opposition politician Edmundo Gonzalez, who is allegedly being persecuted by the administration of President

8 Sep, 2024 @ 13:17

Lead·Politics

Carles Puigdemont ‘is already back in Belgium’ after brief return to Spain from exile

FUGITIVE Catalan politician Carles Puigdemont is ‘already back in Belgium’ after he briefly returned to Spain this week for the first time in seven years.

9 Aug, 2024 @ 11:16

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Chaos in Spain’s Catalunya: Police hunt exiled former leader Carles Puigdemont after speech near parliament declaring independence referendum legal

FORMER Catalan premier and fugitive from justice Carles Puigdemont returned to Spain on Thursday, seven years after he fled the country to escape arrest for

8 Aug, 2024 @ 10:56

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Pedro Sanchez latest: Spain’s prime minister to sue judge after being forced to testify in case against his wife

SPAIN’S Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez exercised his right to not testify before a judge today, as part of an ongoing judicial probe into allegations

30 Jul, 2024 @ 15:29

Lead·Politics

Political chaos as far-right Vox party plans to quit regional government coalitions in Spain

THE far-right Vox party is set to scrap its regional government coalition deals with the conservative Partido Popular(PP) in a dispute over young migrants. Vox

11 Jul, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Anti-tourism protests will ‘absolutely’ spread in Spain and Europe unless local concerns are addressed, warns UNESCO official

Tourist Minister calls out Barcelona protestors as ‘reprehensible’ for spraying foreign holidaymakers with water

SPAIN’S Tourism Minister has slammed protestors who sprayed visitors to Barcelona with water pistols last weekend, saying that they did not represent the country’s culture

11 Jul, 2024 @ 17:00

Barcelona·Lead·Politics

How locals in Spain can block Airbnb-style flats according to new Supreme Court ruling

Spain’s junior coalition party Sumar proposes VAT hike for tourist lets in bid to push landlords to offer longer-term contracts

SPAIN’S leftist alliance Sumar, which is the junior partner in the Socialist-led coalition government, has come up with a range of proposals for tax rises

10 Jul, 2024 @ 17:08

Lead·Politics·Property

LET OFF: The 46 police officers charged for excessive force at Catalunya’s 2017 illegal independence referendum are absolved under new amnesty law

A TOTAL of 46 police officers who had been charged for their excessive use of force on civilians at the October 2017 illegal referendum on

2 Jul, 2024 @ 12:31

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Spain passes controversial 'amnesty law': Architects of illegal Catalan independence referendum are granted freedom from prosecution

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez reacts to far-right ‘victory’ in first round of France’s general election: PM ‘has hope’ the left will win Sunday’s second vote but admits ‘we should be alert’

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez reacted this morning to the results of the first round of parliamentary elections in France, which saw the far right

1 Jul, 2024 @ 16:39

Lead·Politics

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez cancels his agenda for two days due to ‘personal reasons’

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has unexpectedly cancelled all of his official engagements for the next two days, with sources close to the Socialist Party

26 Jun, 2024 @ 11:31

Lead·Politics

Argentina’s Javier Milei to visit Spain: Controversial leader will attend event hosted by far-right Vox party

Argentine President Javier Milei ratchets up war of words with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during controversial visit to Madrid

THE president of Argentina, Javier Milei, has once again launched a verbal attack on Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, this time during his controversial visit

23 Jun, 2024 @ 11:58

Lead·Politics

Refugee Children Escape From Malaga, During The Spanish Civil War

Spain’s central government considers legal action against speaker of Balearic parliament from far-right Vox party, after he tears up picture of Civil War victim during parliamentary session

THE central Spanish government of Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is considering taking legal action against Vox politician Gabriel Le Senne, who is currently

20 Jun, 2024 @ 09:00

Balearic Islands·Politics

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez wants to continue VAT cuts on food into the summer

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said that he wants to extend VAT reductions on basic foodstuffs beyond the end of June. The measure introduced

12 Jun, 2024 @ 18:15

Lead·National News

Spain announces it will form part of the genocide trial proceedings against Israel in the UN Court of Justice

SPAIN’S foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares, announced on Thursday that his country will form part of the genocide trial proceedings that are underway against Israel

6 Jun, 2024 @ 10:49

Lead·Politics

Spain passes controversial ‘amnesty law’: Architects of illegal Catalan independence referendum are granted freedom from prosecution

SPAIN’S Congress voted on Thursday to finally approve a controversial amnesty law for hundreds of Catalan separatists involved in an illegal bid for independence in

30 May, 2024 @ 12:58

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Israel’s foreign minister warns Spain and Ireland of ‘grave consequences’ after they agreed to recognise Palestine as a nation state

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Wednesday that Spain will recognise the state of Palestine with borders prior to the 1967 Six-Day War- i.e. including

22 May, 2024 @ 10:53

Lead·National News·Politics

Argentina’s Javier Milei to visit Spain: Controversial leader will attend event hosted by far-right Vox party

ARGENTINE president Javier Milei arrived in Spain on Friday for a three-day visit which will see him take part in a European election campaign launch

17 May, 2024 @ 10:53

Lead·Politics

Far-right Vox councillor in Valencia is investigated for ‘racist’ comments

PROSECUTORS have launched a hate crime probe into a Vox councillor in Valencia over social media postings about a black Podemos politician. Cecilia Herrero- a

16 May, 2024 @ 09:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia

Pedro Sanchez says he will try to form new government in Spain and woos regional party support with promises of EU official language recognition

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez heckled on surprise visit to Barcelona: ‘Are you going to work or are you going to sleep in again?’

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is back at work after having taken an unprecedented five-day break last week while he considered whether or not to

2 May, 2024 @ 12:44

Barcelona·Lead·Politics

Nick Clegg’s wife blasts Spain for lacking a ‘code of ethics’ for MPs – after PM Pedro Sanchez threatened to resign over ‘mud-slinging tactics’ of his rivals

THE SPANISH spouse of a former UK deputy Prime Minister has called for Spain to have a ‘code of ethics’ for politicians to avoid a

1 May, 2024 @ 16:21

Lead·National News·Politics

Pedro Sanchez announces he is staying on as PM

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez was on the verge of quitting, he tells interviewers, as he lays out future plans after deciding to stay on

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has taken to the media interview circuit to explain his actions over the last week, after dramatically announcing that he

30 Apr, 2024 @ 17:39

Lead·Politics

Feijoo Popular Party Rally In Malaga, Spain 19 Mar 2022

Right-wing PP party would comfortably hold onto Andalucia if an election were held today, new poll shows

THE Andalusian branch of the conservative Partido Popular (PP-A) would comfortably hold onto power in the southern region were a new election to be held

30 Apr, 2024 @ 16:23

Andalucia·Lead·Politics