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Spain’s caretaker prime minister assures king he has the support needed to be voted back into office

DURING A meeting with Spain’s King Felipe VI today, caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez assured the monarch that he will count on the necessary...

Pedro Sanchez says apologies are ‘insufficient’ over Spanish FA chief kissing World Cup winning player Jenni Hermoso on lips

SPAIN'S acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has branded an apology for an inappropriate kiss by a top football official as 'insufficient'. The chairman of Spain's...

Spain’s King Felipe VI begins talks with political parties in bid to find a prime ministerial candidate

SPAIN’S king, Felipe VI, is meeting with the country’s political parties over the coming days in an effort to decide on a possible candidate...

EXPLAINER: The role of Spain’s King Felipe in forming new government with political parties seeing monarch next week

KING FELIPE will have two days of discussions next week with the leaders of Spain's political parties elected to Congress in July's inconclusive general...

Pedro Sanchez scores important victory with Catalan separatist backing as he tries to remain Spain’s Prime Minister

ACTING Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pulled off a big win on Thursday in his bid to keep his job and form a new government,...

Pedro Sanchez vows to form new government in Spain as he promises to promote Catalan and other regional languages...

SPAIN'S acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday that he will go for a Congress investiture vote to form a new government after...

Far-right Vox offers Partido Popular’s Feijoo ‘no-strings’ backing to form new minority government in Spain

SPAIN'S far-right Vox party has offered the conservative Partido Popular a 'no-strings' deal where it would back a PP minority government without demanding a...

Spain’s caretaker prime minister slammed by opposition for picking Morocco as holiday destination

NOT EVEN on vacation can Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, escape attacks from the country’s opposition parties. This time, the Socialist Party leader...

Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says he will seek parliamentary majority in Spain’s Congress

BATTLE LINES are continuing to be drawn over who will be Span's next prime minister after July 23rd's indecisive general election result. Acting Prime Minister...

Explainer: How the vote count from Spaniards living abroad just made Pedro Sanchez’s life a little bit more difficult

THE TASK ahead of Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez to be voted back in as prime minister became even more complicated this weekend, as...

It’s not over yet: How the votes from Spaniards abroad could alter the general election result

THE CONSERVATIVE Popular Party was the winner of Sunday’s general election, albeit falling short of a majority and leaving the country in a stalemate....

Explainer: Why the winner of Sunday’s general election in Spain has done a U-turn to court the Socialists

THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, did a serious about face on Tuesday, as he continued to seek support...

Spain’s caretaker prime minister insists repeat election won’t be necessary despite apparent stalemate

DESPITE the inconclusive result of Sunday’s general elections in Spain, and the difficult if not impossible task ahead for political parties of reaching a...

Spanish prime minister celebrates the ‘failure’ of the right at July 23 general elections

ACTING Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez celebrated what he described as the ‘failure’ of the right at Sunday’s general elections, and suggested that a new...

Leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party rails at media and Popular Party leader for poor showing at elections

THE LEADER of the far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, went on the attack on Sunday in the wake of his group’s poor showing at...

Analysis: Popular Party falls short of expectations at Spain’s general election but improves on 2019 result

THE RESULT of Sunday’s snap general election was a major upset for the conservative Popular Party (PP), which had been predicted by the polls...

Popular Party candidate for prime minister pledges to prohibit summer elections if he wins office

THE POPULAR PARTY’S candidate for prime minister, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Thursday pledged to prohibit general elections from taking place in the summer months...

Postal service gets time extension for mail-in ballots ahead of Sunday’s general election in Spain

SPAIN'S postal service Correos has been granted a half-day extension to the deadline for accepting postal votes ahead of Sunday's general election. A record number...

Debate ahead of Sunday’s general election in Spain marked by absence of Popular Party candidate

THREE of the prime ministerial candidates ahead of this weekend’s general election in Spain slugged it out during a live TV debate on Wednesday...

Tensions rise on Spain’s campaign trail, as likely election winners PP and Vox become mired in controversies

AS THE JULY 23 general election approaches, tensions are rising on the campaign trail, with the conservative Popular Party and far-right Vox, who are...

Partido Popular’s Carlos Mazon invested as new president of Spain’s Valencia region

CARLOS MAZON from the Partido Popular was invested on Thursday as the new president of the Valencian Community with 53 votes in favour-made up...

New Popular Party administration in the Balearic Islands scraps Equality, Environment departments after doing deal with Vox

THE NEW Popular Party-run administration in the Balearic Islands regional government has already scrapped the Environment and Equality departments, folding them into other areas...

Explainer: What you need to know about Spain’s July 23 general election

ON JULY 23, Spaniards will be heading to polling booths across the country for the fifth time in the last 10 years, to choose...

Billboard installed by right-wing evictions company in Madrid targeted by protestors

A HUGE advertising billboard installed in central Madrid by a notorious right-wing evictions company continued to cause controversy on Friday, after activists partially covered...

Partido Popular leader Feijoo to create National Water Authority if he wins Spain’s general election

THE Conservative opposition Partido Popular(PP) will create a National Water Authority if it wins the July 23 general election to deal with Spain's water...

Spain’s far-right Vox party and eviction company Desokupa stoke anti-immigrant sentiment with fake news about murder in Madrid

FAR-RIGHT party Vox and an eviction company called Desokupa have been making use of a murder in Madrid to stoke anti-immigrant sentiment, despite the...

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