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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls on ministers for ‘unity’ as turbulent term in office begins

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has sent a letter to his new Cabinet members calling on them for ‘coordination’ and ‘unity’ ahead of what...

Eighteen nights of protests in Madrid against government’s Catalan amnesty plan see more than 70 arrests

LAST NIGHT marked the 18th improvised protest to be held outside the headquarters of the Socialist Party in Madrid’s Ferraz street. The demonstrations were...

Partido Popular leader Alberto Feijoo calls for fresh protests against Spain’s new government – after failing to secure his...

THE LEADER of the conservative Partido Popular, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, is not letting up with his strategy of putting public pressure on the new...

Pedro Sanchez voted back in as Spain’s prime minister after securing controversial support of Catalan separatists

PEDRO SANCHEZ was voted back in as prime minister by lawmakers in the Spanish parliament on Thursday, bringing to an end nearly four months...

When will Pedro Sanchez become prime minister of Spain? The latest as the investiture debate begins TODAY

IT HAS been nearly four months since Spaniards went to the polls to vote in a snap general election called by Socialist Party leader...

Sex dolls as a form of protest: Demonstrations in Madrid against Catalan amnesty take a surreal turn

THE ONGOING nightly protests outside the Madrid headquarters of the Socialist Party (PSOE) took a somewhat surreal turn on Tuesday night, as demonstrators brandished...

Thousands turn out in Madrid to reject regional premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso’s plans to roll back LGBTQ+ rights

THOUSANDS of protestors turned out in Madrid’s central Puerta del Sol square to demand that the regional government reverse its plans to reform laws...

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson joins far-right Vox leader at anti-Catalan amnesty protests in Madrid

FORMER Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson was present in Madrid on Monday at the 11th night in a row of protests called in opposition...

Thousands take to streets of Spain to protest against Socialist Party’s Catalan amnesty deal 

Protestors took to the streets of Spain on Sunday to voice their rejection of an amnesty deal between the Socialist Party (PSOE) and Catalan...

An ‘unprecedented attack on Spanish democracy’: Leader of Spain’s conservative Popular Party slams Pedro Sanchez’s Catalan amnesty deal

THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, made a statement on Thursday in which he slammed the deal reached between...

The Socialists’ Catalunya deal explained: The price Pedro Sanchez will pay to return to power

SPAIN’S Socialist Party and the Catalan Republican Left (ERC) announced on Thursday that they had reached a much-awaited deal, one that will see the...

Spain takes step closer to ending political stalemate, as caretaker prime minister and Catalan nationalists agree amnesty deal

THE POLITICAL stalemate that has gripped Spain since the inconclusive general election held on July 23 took a stop closer to ending on Tuesday,...

Spain’s heir to the throne, Princess Leonor, swears allegiance to Constitution at ceremony with notable absences

THE HEIR to the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, today swore allegiance to the Constitution at a major state ceremony in the lower house of...

Spain’s caretaker prime minister voices strongest backing yet for Catalan amnesty

SPEAKING at a meeting of the Socialist Party’s Federal Committee on Saturday, the caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gave his strongest backing yet to...

Spain’s Princess Leonor will swear allegiance to the Constitution on Tuesday, but several key figures will be missing from...

SPAIN’S Princess Leonor, who is the heir to the Spanish throne, will swear allegiance to the Constitution in the Congress of Deputies on Tuesday,...

Vox diverted €11m of public money to a foundation and private company, claims former high-ranking member of Spain’s far-right...

A FORMER high-ranking politician from Vox has claimed that the far-right party has diverted as much as €11 million of public money to a...

Spain to reduce working hours after socialist parties PSOE and Sumar agree to form a government – but they’ll...

THE POLITICAL stalemate that has reigned in Spain since the inconclusive general election of July 23 was a step closer to ending on Tuesday,...

Police in Spain’s Murcia resort to DNA testing to identify victims of horrific nightclub fire

THE NATIONAL POLICE on Wednesday identified the last of the 13 victims who died in the horrific fire that ripped through two nightclubs in...

Breaking the political deadlock? Spain’s Socialists accelerate talks with leftist alliance Sumar in bid to hammer out coalition deal

AFTER Spain’s King Felipe VI invited Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez to form a government this week, the party’s first port of call was the...

Spain’s King Felipe nominates Pedro Sanchez for prime ministerial investiture vote

SPAIN’S King Felipe VI today proposed the Socialist Party’s Pedro Sanchez as candidate for prime minister, after the failed attempt of the Popular Party’s...

Fresh general election in Spain looms, as Popular Party prime ministerial candidate loses first investiture vote

AS HAD BEEN widely predicted, Popular Party (PP) leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo today lost the first vote at an investiture debate that could see...

Analysis: Popular Party’s Alberto Nuñez Feijoo uses own investiture debate to act as opposition leader

FOR POLITICAL analysts in Spain, the head of the conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, behaved more like an opposition leader during day...

Explainer: Why the Popular Party’s Alberto Nuñez Fejioo is doomed to fail at this week’s investiture vote, and what...

THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, will be the protagonist of a two-day investiture debate in the Congress of...

Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, vows he can cling onto power

SPAIN’S caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has vowed that he will find the support to be voted back into power, despite having lost the...

Thousands take to streets of Spain’s capital Madrid to protest against amnesty for Catalan secessionists

THOUSANDS of people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to join a protest led by the conservative Popular Party against a potential...

Spain’s Congress takes historic step to allow use of other languages in parliamentary debates

SPAIN’S lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, took an historic step this week by allowing for the use of three extra languages...

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