Vaccine queue-jumping Costa Blanca mayors in Spain test positive for COVID-19
A Costa Blanca mayoral couple at the centre of a vaccine queue-jumping scandal are self-isolating after catching COVID-19 The PSOE mayors of El Verger and
Year of decision beckons for Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez
Is Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez enjoying a New Year’s Day glass of cava as he mulls calling an early General Election in 2022? The leader
Pedro Sanchez gets his 2022 budget plans passed in Spain’s lower house of parliament
PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has seen his draft budget for 2022 approved by Spain’s lower house of parliament. Thursday’s Congress vote was a success for
Partido Popular’s Pablo Casado criticised for attending Andalucia church service in memory of Spain’s dictator General Franco
The leader of Spain’s conservative Partido Popular has been criticised for attending a church service in memory of the dictator General Franco. Pablo Casado attended
Spain looking at new ideas to reduce sky-high electricity prices
SPAIN’S government is looking at fresh moves to reduce sky-rocketing electricity prices. It’s expected to announce targeted help for vulnerable customers and make attempts to
Controversial housing development allowed on ‘virgin’ stretch of the Costa Blanca in Spain
ORIHUELA council has voted for controversial plans to build 2,274 homes at Cala Mosca. The area has been described as the last ‘virgin’ beach area
New Socialist leader in Andalucia vows to ‘speak less about ourselves and more about society’
Juan Espadas has been chosen by the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) as the party’s new general secretary for Andalucia which means he now takes
Summer in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain is ‘killed off’ due to ‘disproportionate’ COVID-19 restrictions
NEW restrictions to fight COVID-19 infections introduced by the Valencian government have been branded as ‘consummating the death of the summer’. Night curfews have been
Vaccine ‘queue-jumping’ mayors on Costa Blanca face court hearing over abusing their power in Spain
A Denia judge has started a preliminary investigation into COVID-19 vaccine ‘queue-jumping’ by two PSOE mayors on the northern Costa Blanca. Ximo Coll(El Verger) and
Pedro Sanchez will ‘never allow’ Catalunya referendum on independence from Spain
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has rejected an independence referendum for the Catalunya region during a speech to Congress today(June 30). Sanchez said that his ruling
Call for review and regulation of taxi industry in major city on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA councillor, MarÃa GarcÃa, has called for an overhaul of the city’s taxi industry, with regulation at the top of the agenda. She lamented that
EXPLAINER: Left right, left right, centre, reverse – why Spain’s political landscape is in turmoil again
They say that a week is a long time in politics… And this week in Spain, that adage runs particularly true. Spain has seen an
Spain’s PSOE party accuses VOX of ‘hate crimes’ for spreading false COVID-19 information
The complaint stems from a series of tweets from Vox back on January 18 and again between April 2 and 7 aimed at the PSOE
Pedro Sanchez on charm offensive to gain support for Spain’s coalition government from Catalan separatists
Sanchez needs to persuade the Catalan Republic Left (ERC) to abstain during the vote, in order to form a government
HUNG PARLIAMENT: Spain’s socialist PSOE wins election but no party has absolute majority
A left wing block of the PSOE, Podemos and Mas Pais only adds up to 159 seats, 17 short of a majority
Polls close for Spain general election with socialist PSOE set for slim win and far right anti-immigrant Vox predicted HUGE gains
Voter turnout was last calculated at 6pm, when it was put at 56.8%, four points lower than on April 28
Spain’s moderate Ciudadanos party in CRISIS as its voters leave in droves to support far right Vox in snap election
Vox is set to gain 14% of the overall vote, after the PP in second place (21.2% and 91 seats) and the left wing PSOE
Shakespeare, bonsai trees, fish suppers…how Spain’s politicians wind down in the run-up to the elections
Game of Thrones is also a popular choice...
Spain’s conservative PP party funds ‘Cambridge Analytica-style’ dirty ad campaign targeting left wing voters in run-up to election
Advertising was ‘distributed in neighbourhoods that traditionally support the PSOE or United Podemos’
Marbella’s Starlite Festival that starred Kool & The Gang and Jessie J has STILL not paid its €125,000 rental bill, says PSOE party
The outstanding fees are related to the use of the Cantera de Nagueles auditorium, the venue of the festival used every summer
‘Paedo councillor’ caged in Spain after detectives find 64,000 child porn images – including of BABIES – on his computer
The arrest this week was part of a larger operation being carried out across the country
Pedro Sanchez’s PSOE would increase majority if general election held tomorrow, new poll shows
THE PSOE would win a majority of seats if a general election was held tomorrow, a poll has found. The party of caretaker prime minister
Spain on track for fourth election in four years as talks to form government break down
SPAIN could have to go to the polls yet again after talks between the PSOE and Podemos broke down last night. If caretaker prime minister
‘SHAME ON YOU’: Plan to protect donkeys and ban larger riders REJECTED by politicians in Spain’s Mijas
“Shame on you all, you are the ones that should have ended this overnight"
Pedro Sanchez walks away from coalition talks as political breakdown raises concern of repeat election in Spain
A repeat election would plunge Spain’s young democracy into an unprecedented crisis as it would be the fourth in as many years
Spain’s Government SEIZES former dictator General Franco’s €5 million summer palace over its ‘fraudulent’ sale
It comes as Pedro Sanchez’s PSOE administration has pushed on with a plan to exhume the remains of the Fascist dictator
