Far-right Vox wins 12 seats in Andalusia
BREAKING NEWS A far-right party, Vox, gets foothold in Andalusia parliament in first for post-Franco Spain, winning 12 seats. With 93% of the votes in
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Sánchez faces first ballot box test in Andalusia
Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez faces his first test at the ballot box on Sunday in regional polls in Andalusia which will kick off
Two jailed Catalan leaders to go on hunger strike
Two of the Catalan pro-independence leaders in pre-trial detention have begun a hunger strike to protest against the hearings due to start in early 2019. Jordi
Spain’s far-right Vox party set to win seats
Spain’s tiny far-right party Vox, with its tough line against immigration and Catalan independence, is starting to make waves and on Sunday could win seats in
Brexit brings Spain-Gibraltar closer … on tobacco
Britain on Friday unveiled four agreements signed with Spain as part of the Brexit withdrawal deal that provide for unprecedented cooperation between Madrid and Gibraltar.
Madrid Central launches to ease pollution
Madrid on Friday launched an ambitious traffic restriction scheme in the city centre, Madrid Central, with which it hopes to reduce gas emissions by 40%,
Amnesty to ‘monitor’ trial of jailed Catalan leaders
Amnesty International has reiterated its commitment to continue to denounce the ‘unjustifiable’ detention of the Catalan pro-independence civic leaders, Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez, in what it
Catalonia: the ‘electoral weapon’ in Andalusia
Unemployment, corruption and the rise of the far-right. These are some of the main topics in the Andalusian election campaign … along with the Catalan
Strikes now increase in Catalonia
University students in Catalonia went on strike on Wednesday to demand the reduction of tuition fees, thus further heating up a week already marked by
China’s Xi on 3-day visit to Spain
China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in Spain on Tuesday for a business-focused state visit as Beijing, currently engaged in a trade war with the United
