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Spain corrects citizenship test handbook after discovering it is peppered with embarrassing basic errors

AUTHORITIES have been forced to amend the handbook for those aspiring to pass the test needed to qualify for Spanish citizen after it including embarrassing

10 Dec, 2021 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Spain ‘will probably have new prime minister’ by Friday, sources claim

A source claimed PP leaders are starting to see defeat as the most likely outcome

30 May, 2018 @ 16:21

Lead·National News·Politics

OH, SNAP: Mariano Rajoy’s Spain government ‘hanging by a thread’ as allies give election ultimatum

A string of former PP leaders were convicted yesterday for a combined 351 years in prison

25 May, 2018 @ 16:30

Lead·Politics

People’s Party would hold onto lead if Spain went to polls today

THE People’s Party (PP) would hold onto a slim lead if a general election was called this week, according to an official voting intention poll.

12 May, 2018 @ 12:15

Lead·National News

Spain PM Mariano Rajoy snubs Michelin star for Mcdonalds during Ronda trip

He was later spotted at 100Montaditos, a fast food tapas joint

5 May, 2018 @ 09:40

Food & Drink·Lead

Spain to impose direct rule if Puigdemont tries to rule remotely in Belgium

This comes a week after separatist leaders agreed to re-installed Puigdemont as Catalunya's president of government but now the Spanish government has weighed in.

15 Jan, 2018 @ 13:44

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Politics

Spain trumps US to become world’s second-most visited country

SPAIN has trumped the US to become the world’s second-most visited country. Speaking in Italy late last night, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said 82 million

11 Jan, 2018 @ 12:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·National News·Travel News

Ciudadanos SURGE in polls by more than 50 seats, threatening Mariano Rajoy’s Partido Popular

A NEW nationwide poll has seen a surge in support for centre-right Ciudadanos. According to the Sociometrica poll for El Espanol this weekend, the orange

8 Jan, 2018 @ 12:22

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Puigdemont says Rajoy should stop waiting to restore ‘legitimate’ government

However, Rajoy has dismissed the idea of Puigdemont governing from Belgium as 'absurd', after he fled there on charges of rebellion and sedition.

31 Dec, 2017 @ 13:04

La Cultura·Lead·National News·Politics

Spanish PM sets out timetable as Catalunya’s new parliament to convene in January 17

In an effort to reinstate a local government in the financial powerhouse, Rajoy has said that a vote to elect a new president must take

29 Dec, 2017 @ 18:07

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s minimum wage set to rise so long as current economic growth is sustained

Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy reached an agreement with trade unions to raise the minimum wage by 28.4 euros more a month in 2018, which means

28 Dec, 2017 @ 10:48

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

‘TERRORIST FIRES’: Dozens dead as fires started by twisted arsonists rip through Portugal and Spain, one-month old baby missing

AT least 34 people have died due to the devastating forest fires in Portugal and Spain. Several people are still missing in Portugal, including a

16 Oct, 2017 @ 16:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

NUCLEAR OPTION: Madrid to impose direct rule on Catalonia if it announces independence in new Thursday deadline

THE Spanish government has given Catalonia three days to declare whether it will seek independence or not. Madrid had given a deadline of 10:00 a.m.

16 Oct, 2017 @ 13:05

Lead·National News·Politics

Donald Trump says Catalunya independence ‘foolish’, repeatedly calls Spain prime minister Mariano Rajoy ‘president’

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that his country opposes Catalunya independence, calling the idea ‘foolish.’ His comments came as Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy

27 Sep, 2017 @ 12:09

Barcelona·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Politics

DO SOMETHING: Catalan leader calls on EU to act against Spain’s ‘violation of basic rights’ in independence referendum row

CATALAN president Carles Puigdemont has called on the EU to act against Spain’s ‘violation’ of the region’s ‘basic rights’. The leader said it was the

22 Sep, 2017 @ 11:08

Lead·Mallorca·National News·Politics

Mariano Rajoy called as a witness in corruption trial

Rajoy will give evidence in a corruption case concerning his party

19 Apr, 2017 @ 11:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

WATCH: Mariano Rajoy slammed for ‘ugly’ rejection of BBC journalist’s question on Brexit because it was in English

His behaviour was labelled 'incredibly rude and ugly' by critics

13 Mar, 2017 @ 10:30

Lead·National News

Rajoy offers to become Trump’s Europe and Latin America middleman in first official call

Mariano Rajoy made the commitment in an official telephone conversation last night, the first between the two parties since Trump came to power

8 Feb, 2017 @ 10:36

Lead·National News·Politics

Theresa May close to securing British expats’ rights in Spain following meeting with Rajoy

The pair discussed the issue during an informal 25-minute meeting

3 Feb, 2017 @ 15:42

Almeria·Business & Finance·Cadiz·Cordoba·Granada·Huelva·Jaen·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·National News·Politics·Sevilla·Travel News

Ex-PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez announces fresh leadership bid at Sevilla rally

THE ex-leader of the Socialists has launched a fresh leadership bid. Pedro Sanchez announced his candidacy to a huge 3,000 strong rally in Sevilla, the

31 Jan, 2017 @ 11:12

Lead·Politics·Sevilla