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Protestors in Madrid tie themselves to trees to stop workers chopping them down as controversial Metro extension works resume

AROUND 100 protestors gathered in central Madrid on Monday morning as controversial work to extend the Metro system restarted. Workers with chainsaws started felling trees in the Madrid Rio park area, prompting

11 Dec, 2023 @ 14:28

Environment·Lead·Madrid

Far-right party Vox agrees power sharing deal with conservative PP in Spain’s Murcia region

MURCIA’S regional assembly has re-elected the Partido Popular’s Fernando Lopez Miras as president following an investiture vote on Thursday. Lopez Miras secured an absolute majority after reaching a coalition deal with the

7 Sep, 2023 @ 15:14

Lead·Murcia·Politics

Campaigner Carla Antonelli becomes Spain’s first transsexual senator

SPANISH POLITICIAN Carla Antonelli is set to become the country’s first transexual senator, after the leftist party Mas Madrid announced it was designating her as its representative in the upper house of

24 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·Politics

Regional premier of Spain’s Castilla y Leon region in hot water after alleged obscene gesture in parliament

THE REGIONAL premier of the Castilla y Leon region, Alfonso Fernandez Mañueco, found himself in hot water today after images emerged of him allegedly making an obscene gesture toward a political rival.

23 Mar, 2023 @ 19:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Regional government in Spain’s Andalusia rejects request from more than 70 municipalities to halt renewable energy plants

THE REGIONAL government in Andalusia has rejected a joint request from a total of 72 municipalities for a moratorium to be put in place on renewables projects until an energy-transition plan can

13 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

Opinion poll reveals revitalised Partido Popular under new leader Feijoo could form new Spanish government after December's general election

Leader of Spain’s opposition calls for changes so that most-voted party takes power

SPAIN’S national political system used to be a two-party one, with the Socialists and the conservative Popular Party taking it in turns to govern since the 1980s. But that all began to

24 Jan, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s Balearic Islands wants to restrict non-resident property buyers but EU law forbids it

THE Balearic Islands regional government is looking to see if can limit property sales to non-residents. High prices and availability of homes to islanders have prompted the long-trumpeted move, but there’s a

1 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·European Union·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca·Property

Far-right Vox party to get first taste of regional government power in Spain

Far-right Vox party gets first taste of regional government power in Spain

THE far-right Vox party has achieved its first foothold in running a regional government in Spain after it secured a coalition deal on Thursday with the Partido Popular(PP) in Castilla y Leon.

10 Mar, 2022 @ 18:45

Lead·National News·Politics

THE POWER GAME as Murcia’s Partido Popular president Fernando Lopez Miras overturns next week’s likely ousting

A move to oust the Partido Popular-led Murcia government next week has unexpectedly collapsed this morning(March 12). Today’s shock development came after three Ciudadanos members of the regional assembly changed their minds

12 Mar, 2021 @ 15:49

Lead·Murcia·Politics

Spain’s regions divided over what to do about COVID-19 restrictions over ‘crucial’ Christmas period

SPAIN’S regions have become divided over whether or not to toughen up coronavirus restrictions over the Christmas period. The green light given to leaders to bring in harsher measures has triggered has

18 Dec, 2020 @ 12:45

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