Spain’s shorter working week plans to be decided by parliament with result uncertain
SPAIN’S Congress will decide whether the working week will be reduced to 37.5 hours after the Council of Ministers approved the measure on Tuesday. The
Workers in Spain get paid leave for up to four days if a catastrophe or extreme weather event prevents them from doing their job
EMPLOYEES in Spain will get up to four days of paid leave if extreme weather stops them from getting to their workplace or are sent
Spain’s junior coalition party Sumar proposes VAT hike for tourist lets in bid to push landlords to offer longer-term contracts
SPAIN’S leftist alliance Sumar, which is the junior partner in the Socialist-led coalition government, has come up with a range of proposals for tax rises
Spain’s Deputy PM Yolanda Diaz resigns as leader of left-wing Sumar after disappointing EU election results
SPAIN’S Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz has resigned as leader of the far-left Sumar platform she founded in 2023 after a disappointing round of results
Spain approves recognition of state of Palestine: Madrid declares Jerusalem as the capital and says 1967 borders should return – but Israel accused PM Pedro Sanchez of ‘inciting genocide’
SPAIN will join 140 member states of the United Nations today by officially recognising a Palestinian state as Israel’s foreign minister claimed Spanish PM Pedro
Spain’s deputy PM brands Eurovision 2024 ‘propaganda’ for ‘genocidal Israel’ as she threatens action against national broadcaster for streaming the song contest
SPAIN’S second deputy prime minister has accused Israel of genocide while blasting a national broadcaster for screening the Eurovision Song Contest final. Yolanda Diaz took
Husband kills his wife and two children before taking his own life in Barcelona
A MAN killed his two eight-year-old children and his 43-year-old wife at their Barcelona area home on Tuesday before taking his own life. Police discovered
War of words breaks out between Madrid premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso and Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz, after suggestion that Spain’s restaurants stay open too late
A WAR of words has broken out between the Madrid premier, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, and Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz, after the latter suggested that
Bars and restaurants in Spain could be forced to close earlier: Plans suggested by the deputy PM spark outrage
A POTENTIAL plan to force bars and restaurants to close earlier across Spain have sparked a fierce backlash. It comes after the deputy PM and
Spanish government gives green light to 5% increase in minimum wage
SPAIN’S Socialist-led Cabinet gave the green light on Tuesday to a 5% increase in the country’s minimum wage for 2024, increasing it from €1,080 a
Explainer: Why Wednesday’s marathon 12-hour debate could be a taste of things to come in Spain’s fragmented parliament
‘GROTESQUE’, a ‘humiliation’, a ‘dishonour’, and farcical. Those were just some of the adjectives used by the leader of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular (PP),
Spain’s new government at risk, as five Podemos deputies break away from coalition partner Sumar
THE FIVE deputies in Spain’s Congress who belong to the Podemos party have decided to break away from the leftist alliance Sumar, which is the
Pedro Sanchez sworn in as Spain’s prime minister in presence of King Felipe VI
SOCIALIST PARTY leader Pedro Sanchez was sworn in as prime minister on Friday morning, the day after he won an investiture vote in Congress that
Spain’s Princess Leonor will swear allegiance to the Constitution on Tuesday, but several key figures will be missing from the ceremony
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, October
Spain to reduce working hours after socialist parties PSOE and Sumar agree to form a government – but they’ll need to win the all-important investiture vote first
THE POLITICAL stalemate that has reigned in Spain since the inconclusive general election of July 23 was a step closer to ending on Tuesday, after
Spain’s social rights minister Ione Belarra doubles down on criticism of Israel, calling on PM to suspend relations
SPAIN’S caretaker Social Rights Minister Ione Belarra on Wednesday stepped up her criticism of Israel, just days after the country’s embassy in Madrid issued a
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 new
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 July
Prosecutor in Spain opens probe after bull violently gores three smaller steers in the full view of a crowd of children
THE PUBLIC prosecutor has opened an investigation into possible animal cruelty offences, after a video went viral of a fighting bull violently goring three steers
Spain’s deputy prime minister slammed for meeting with Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont
SPAIN’S caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz has been slammed by the opposition for meeting with Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont. The politician has been
Spain’s caretaker prime minister takes aim at football chief Luis Rubiales once more
SPAIN’S caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has once again voiced criticism of the embattled head of the Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, who is still refusing
Spain records its lowest level of unemployment since 2008 as nearly 22,000 jobs were created in July
UNEMPLOYMENT in Spain is at its lowest level since 2008, just before the financial crash, according to the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy. In
Spain’s job market breaks new records as number of people in work exceeds 21-million mark for first time
SPAIN posted record employment figures in the second quarter of 2023, exceeding the 21-million mark for people in work for the first time ever. Meanwhile,
Spain’s general election campaign comes to a close amid scorching temperatures
THE CAMPAIGN ahead of Spain’s snap general election on Sunday will officially come to a close today as the country swelters in high summer temperatures,
Debate ahead of Sunday’s general election in Spain marked by absence of Popular Party candidate
THREE of the prime ministerial candidates ahead of this weekend’s general election in Spain slugged it out during a live TV debate on Wednesday night,
Unemployment in Spain falls to lowest level since 2008
UNEMPLOYMENT in Spain is at its lowest level since 2008, just before the financial crash. In June, the jobless total fell by over 50,000, to