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Socialist candidate Armengol elected as parliament speaker – seen as step to Sánchez securing re-election

News Desk17th August 202325th August 2023

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Francina Armengol, the candidate proposed by Spain’s PSOE socialist party, was elected by MPs as the parliament’s new speaker on Thursday morning, which has been

Firefighters and military personnel battle ‘out of control’ wildfire in Tenerife

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Around 250 firefighters and personnel from Spain’s special military emergency unit (UME) are battling a wildfire raging ‘out of control’ on the island of Tenerife

Six tourists arrested over alleged gang rape of British woman in Mallorca

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Spanish police said on Wednesday that they had arrested five French tourists and a Swiss holidaymaker on suspicion of gang rape of an 18-year-old British

Barcelona City Council increases fines for graffiti, public drinking & urination

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Barcelona City Council, now led by socialist (PSC) mayor Jaume Collboni, is increasing the fines for graffiti, as well as drinking or urinating in public

Spain’s Constitutional Court rejects hearing Puigdemont’s appeal against arrest warrant

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Spain’s Constitutional Court has rejected hearing an appeal lodged by the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and ex-health minister Toni Comín against the warrants for

Sitges News

Sitges Council’s campaign to restablish the space on public roads to pre-Covid

News Desk9th August 20239th August 2023

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Sitges Town Council of Sitges is carrying out a campaign to restablish and reorganise the space on public roads to pre-pandemic times. The aim is

UK licence holders urged to exchange licences before 15 September cut-off

News Desk9th August 202317th August 2023

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On 15 March 2023, the UK and Spain reached an agreement on driving licence exchange, which enabled UK licence holders living in Spain to swap

Spanish actor’s son arrested in Thailand on suspicion of murder

News Desk8th August 202317th August 2023

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The son of a Spanish film actor has been arrested in Thailand on suspicion of murdering and dismembering a Colombian surgeon on a tourist island,

Spain on wildfire alert as another heatwave begins, with forecast up to 47C

News Desk7th August 202315th August 2023

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Although three wildfires that scorched more than 1,000 hectares in Spain over the weekend are now under control, the country remains on high alert for

Spain’s Aragón becomes 4th region to be jointly governed by PP & far-right Vox

News Desk5th August 202316th August 2023

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Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox group agreed on Friday to form a coalition in the region of Aragón, following the 28

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