Andalucía Socialist ex-presidents convicted in ERE case
A court in southern Spain has found a group of former senior leaders of members of the Andalucía affiliate of Spain’s Socialist…
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Razor wire at North African border fences to be removed
Spain’s Interior Ministry has confirmed that work to remove the controversial razor-wire that tops border fences separating Morocco from the Spanish North…
Court action threatened over removal of Quiepo remains
An umbrella organization representing groups focused on the historical memory of events occurring in Andalucia during Spain’s civil war say they will…
Gov’t agencies join trend to generate own solar energy
Spain’s self-generated solar energy movement appears to be booming just one year after the Socialist government of President Pedro Sánchez scrapped the…
Survey: Catalan independence support falls to 41.9pct
Results released Friday of a regular quarterly public-opinion survey taken by Catalonia’s regional Generalitat government shows that support among Catalans for independence…
Spanish NGO helps Syrian city rebuild, brick by brick
A Spanish non-governmental overseas development organization working since 2001 in Syria has launched a unique fundraising campaign to support its ongoing efforts…
Families to finally recover Republican victims’ remains
A government agency has authorized the disinterment from the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum complex outside Madrid of the remains of 31…
PSOE, Unidas Podemos agree to attempt coalition gov’t
Leaders of Spain’s Socialist party and smaller left-wing rival Unidas Podemos signed a 10-point “pre-agreement” on Tuesday establishing the basis for formation…
DOCUMENT: PSOE-Unidas Podemos coalition accord
Follows is an English-language translation of the 10-point ‘pre-agreement’ toward a coalition government between the Socialist party (PSOE) and Unidas Podemos, signed…
Felipe VI challenges U.S. sanctions with visit to Cuba
Spain’s Head of State, King Felipe VI, is on a three-day visit to Cuba this week in an effort to strengthen diplomatic…
Who wins, who loses under Spain’s electoral system?
There is no short answer, unfortunately, to the question of who wins and who loses under Spain’s complicated electoral system. That’s because…
PSOE nets disappointing win, Unidas Podemos recedes, as VOX vote soars, PP recovers & Ciudadanos implodes
Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE) scored an underwhelming general election victory Sunday, winning more votes than any other party yet managing to lose…
Andorra poll: PSOE still leads, but Left shy of majority
A voter-preference survey conducted by the GESOP polling organization and published Wednesday outside Spain in neighbouring Andorra shows the Socialist party (PSOE)…
Barcelona prosecutors appeal Manresa rape trial verdict
Barcelona’s district attorney’s office has announced it will appeal the verdict and sentencing of five men on a charge of sexual abuse…
Gov’t can tackle disorder with digital networks control
A new legislative decree published Tuesday in the government’s BOE official gazette has given Spain’s Economy Ministry the right in exceptional circumstances…
NGOs demand probe over Vox anti-immigrant videos
Seven Spanish non-governmental organizations have called on the government’s Fiscalia General attorney general’s office to investigate whether controversial election campaign videos produced…
Sánchez holds ground in debate in run-up to election
The nationally televised debate Monday night between the five leading candidates to become the next president of Spain saw the frontrunner, acting…
Polls show no clear majority for Left or Right
The last publicly available voter surveys prior to next Sunday’s general election show a virtual stalemate, with no single party or blocs…
Spain to host UN’s COP25 Climate Change Conference
The United Nations has agreed to Spain’s offer to host the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid in early…
PSOE slams PP drift to right, nixes ‘grand coalition’ pact
Acting Spanish President Pedro Sánchez kicked off his ruling Socialist party (PSOE) election campaign at the weekend, pledging that the PSOE will…
Government moves to pre-empt Catalan digital Republic
The government of acting President Pedro Sánchez has moved to pre-empt efforts by the pro-independence leadership of Catalonia’s regional government to establish…
Protesters demand urgent measures to save Mar Menor
More than 50,000 people turned out in Cartagena Wednesday evening to protest the pollution of the 193-square-kilometer Mar Menor saltwater lagoon in…
Misleading Facebook ads linked to PP election campaign
A series of paid ads posted to Facebook and Instagram through fake accounts that are meant to discourage the left-wing vote in…
Families of ‘13 Rosas’ sue VOX leader for defamation
The families of 13 young Socialist women who were imprisoned, tortured and summarily executed by a Franquista firing squad four months after…
VOX leaders investigated over Madrid real estate deals
The high-profile spokesperson for Spain’s new ultra-right VOX party in the Madrid regional assembly, Rocio Monasterios, has found herself at the center…
Macro-CIS survey projects clear victory for Socialists
The release of results of the most-recent monthly voter survey from the government’s own Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) on Tuesday shows…
Who’s behind Catalonia ‘Tsunami Democràtic’ protests?
Spanish police and national security forces are investigating whether or not leaders of Catalonia’s pro-independence movement and political parties may be involved…
What’s next for the Valley of the Fallen monument?
Yes, the remains of Spain’s former dictator Francisco Franco have been removed from their place of honour in the Basilica at the…
PSOE gov’t removes Franco from Valley of the Fallen
► After 44 yrs, former dictator’s remains disinterred from Valley of Fallen monument ► Remains removed from Basilica, taken by helicopter to…
Polls show PSOE slightly down, recovery for PP & VOX
► Socialists hold pole position at around 27-28% share of voter preference ► PP, VOX recovery not seen as sufficient to enable…
Más País, Podemos positions on Catalonia diverge
► Más País rejects focus on Catalans’ ‘right to decide’ independence from Spain ► Policy shift away from Podemos, pro-independence parties prior…