Spain’s housing crisis prompts general strike on 11 November, ahead of election
Spain’s main trade unions and housing campaign groups have agreed to hold a general strike on Wednesday 11 November, placing the protest over access to...
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Sánchez revives housing measures with €10bn loan plan as Spain heads towards election
Spain’s government approved two new housing decrees on Tuesday, restoring measures rejected by Congress last week and adding a €10 billion scheme offering interest-free loans...
Puigdemont cleared to return to Spain as judge lifts arrest warrant after amnesty ruling
Spain’s Supreme Court has lifted the national arrest warrant against former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, opening the way for his return from Belgium after the...
PP, Vox and Junts attack Sánchez’s record as Spain heads for November election
Spain’s main right-wing opposition party, the People’s Party (PP), the far-right Vox group and the Catalan pro-independence party Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), have each responded...
Pedro Sánchez calls a general election in Spain for 29 November
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced an early general election for Sunday 29 November, seeking a stronger mandate after the rejection of his government’s...
Two dead and one missing as record rainfall floods areas of Catalonia
At least two people have died in the province of Barcelona and another remains missing after torrential rain swept across Catalonia, flooding homes and hospitals,...
Spain’s housing protests intensify as tenants’ unions push for general strike
LATEST: Pedro Sánchez calls a general election in Spain for 29 November. Tens of thousands of people demonstrated across Spain on Saturday, demanding action on...
Spain’s housing decrees defeated as pressure grows on Sánchez to call snap election
LATEST: Pedro Sánchez calls a general election in Spain for 29 November. Spain’s Congress rejected both of the government’s emergency housing decrees on Friday, dealing...
Felipe VI and Letizia to visit Ceuta and Melilla in October following migration crisis
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will visit Ceuta and Melilla on 13 and 14 October, their first trip to the two autonomous cities since...
Sánchez apologises to Macron over treaty rejection as leaders reaffirm Spain-France ties
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has publicly apologised to French President Emmanuel Macron after the Spain’s Senate House again rejected a friendship treaty between their...
