Pedro Sánchez calls upon EU to speed up deal on managing irregular migrants
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for new EU rules on handling irregular arrivals of asylum seekers and migrants to come into force in...
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Spain sets target of 81% ‘green electricity’ by end of 2030
Spain has adopted a target for 81% of its electricity to come from renewable sources by the end of 2030 to meet its climate goals,...
Spanish minister Teresa Ribera gets top EU role steering climate transition
Spain’s current ecological transition minister, Teresa Ribera, was named on Tuesday as executive vice president in the next European Commission, tasked with overseeing the bloc’s...
Spain to give an extra €20 million in aid to UN relief agency for Palestine refugees
Spain’s foreign minister said on Thursday that the country would be giving an additional €20 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for...
Farmers continue to protest, blocking main routes near French border
Farmers in Catalonia took to the roads once again on Tuesday to voice their grievances about the challenges facing the agricultural sector, staging blockades with...
Farmers with convoy of 500 tractors stage protest in central Madrid
An estimated 4,000 farmers with a convoy of 500 tractors protested in central Madrid on Wednesday, as part of on-going demonstrations against European Union and...
Spain and Ireland seek economic sanctions if Israel breaching obligations
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar have written to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, expressing deep...
Farmers in Spain stage fourth consecutive day of protests
Farmers in Spain persisted with their protests on Friday, as part of on-going demonstrations against European Union agricultural policies and urging for actions to address...
EU scraps pesticide proposal, as farmers continue to protest
The European Commission shelved an anti-pesticide proposal on Tuesday in yet another concession to farmers after weeks of protests that blocked many capitals and economic...
Sánchez and Feijóo agree to involve EU as mediator in judicial stalemate
Spanish socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the right-wing opposition People’s Party (PP), agreed on Friday to ask the...
