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Spain and the UK ‘are days away’ from signing a post-Brexit Gibraltar deal as negotiations enter ‘sensitive phase’, claim sources

THE UK and Spain are on the verge of signing a post-Brexit agreement over the future of Gibraltar, according to sources close to the negotiations.

9 Apr, 2024 @ 10:21

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Catalan president says an independence referendum is ‘inevitable’ during speech in Spanish parliament

CATALAN President Pere Aragones warned his political rivals that a new independence referendum was ‘inevitable’ during a speech in Spain’s parliament on Monday. Addressing the

9 Apr, 2024 @ 09:52

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

‘I’m a little nervous’: Ex-darling of the left in Spain Pablo Iglesias prepares to open a bar in Madrid after leaving the world of politics

PABLO Iglesias, the former leader of the Spanish leftist Podemos party, has admitted he is “a little nervous” ahead of the opening of his new

19 Mar, 2024 @ 16:39

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Spain looks to pass new temporary wealth tax to help fight inflation after the Ukraine war, its treasury minister said

SPAIN’S left-wing coalition government is hoping to slap a two-year tax on the richest 1% of the population by next year to fight inflation, its

22 Sep, 2022 @ 18:53

Lead·Madrid·National News

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Spain’s Economy Minister walks away from photo shoot where she’s the only woman

SPAIN’S Economy Minister, Nadia Calviño, refused to pose for a photo at the Madrid Leaders Forum in protest at being the only woman in the

11 May, 2022 @ 18:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Pedro Sanchez gets his 2022 budget plans passed in Spain's lower house of parliament

Spain proposes legal reform that could see adults ‘drafted’ and assets seized if crisis hits

SPAIN’S Socialist government is proposing new legislation that gives the state extraordinary powers if and when a state of crisis is declared. The changes to

7 Jul, 2021 @ 17:02

Lead·National News·Politics

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Pardoned Catalan separatist leaders walk out of jail… and immediately demand independence from Spain

THE nine Catalan separatist leaders who walked free from prison on Wednesday after a controversial pardon by the Spanish government appeared not to have lost

23 Jun, 2021 @ 20:01

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

DEATH THREAT? Basque MP in Spanish parliament reveals how he received Miss Marple DVD from same man who sent bloodied knife to govt minister

Jon Inarritu a member of Congress for the left wing Bildu party in the Basque Country was left baffled when he received a mysterious gift

27 Apr, 2021 @ 13:54

Lead·Madrid·Other News

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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

19 Nov, 2019 @ 21:13

Lead·National News·Politics

SPAIN ELECTIONS 2019: Who’s contesting it? What do they want? Who will win?

Spaniards are heading to polling booths for the fourth time in four years this weekend as voters hope to bring an end to the country’s

9 Nov, 2019 @ 09:00

Lead·National News·Politics

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UK police in diplomatic pickle after calling Spain’s arrest warrant for Catalan separatist leader ‘disproportionate’

British authorities have since backtracked on the comments, trying to pass them off as a misunderstanding.

7 Nov, 2019 @ 13:59

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s Andalucia is ‘in the eye of a Brexit Hurricane’ warns regional government document

The UK accounts for 7% of Andalucia’s sales to the rest of the world, meaning that the region is especially susceptible to the fallout of

1 Nov, 2019 @ 13:30

Lead·Politics

Brexit stalled again as EU approves extension until January 2020

The extension means the UK will no longer leave on Boris Johnson's 'do or die' Brexit deadline of October 31.

28 Oct, 2019 @ 15:46

Lead·National News

Monks say Spain’s government can’t exhume dictator Franco’s body because he is buried in ‘sacred place’

The Abbey of the Valley of the Fallen sits on ground under which Franco is buried.

9 Oct, 2019 @ 13:59

Lead·National News·Politics

Brits living in Spain will LOSE their rights if UK fails to give Spanish citizens better protection says Spain’s government

The future of the 365,967 Brits living in Spain will now depend on how the 180,000 Spaniards living in the UK are treated by the

23 Sep, 2019 @ 12:57

Lead·Politics

AND THEY’RE OFF: Expats across Spain head to the polls

Registered foreigners hold the key to elections in many key tourist resorts

26 May, 2019 @ 15:34

Lead·Politics

King of Spain calls for Christmas Catalunya unity

THE King of Spain has used his Christmas message to urge for a peaceful outcome to the Catalunya crisis. Felipe VI emphasised the importance of

25 Dec, 2017 @ 02:46

Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca·Politics