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Alvise Pérez launches new far-right party in Spain despite four legal cases against him

News Desk13th October 202513th October 2025

13th October 202513th October 2025202

A young Spanish member of the European Parliament (MEP) with a huge online following formally launched his anti-immigration party in Spain on Sunday, marking another...

Yolanda Díaz resigns as head of left-wing Sumar group

News Desk10th June 202417th June 2024

10th June 202417th June 20242568

Yolanda Díaz, number three in Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government, resigned on Monday as head of the government’s left-wing junior coalition partner Sumar, following a...

Spain’s PP beat PSOE in European elections, as far-right make big gains across EU

News Desk9th June 202413th June 2024

9th June 202413th June 20242530

Far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament, as voting concluded on Sunday on the final day of elections for the next five-year...

Spanish PM’s wife, Begoña Gómez, summoned to testify in corruption probe

News Desk4th June 202411th June 2024

4th June 202411th June 20244731

A Madrid court on Tuesday issued a summons for Begoña Gómez, the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, to appear on 5 July as part...

Spain recalls ambassador after Argentina’s Milei calls Sánchez’s wife ‘corrupt’

News Desk20th May 202427th May 2024

20th May 202427th May 20242086

The Spanish government on Sunday said it was recalling its ambassador from Buenos Aires after Argentine President Javier Milei, speaking at a far-right gathering in...

Pedro Sánchez wants Spain to recognise Palestinian State ‘this year’

News Desk2nd April 20248th April 2024

2nd April 20248th April 20241693

Spain’s socialist-led coalition government is determined for parliament to recognise Palestinian statehood by July this year, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said during a visit to...

Puigdemont says he will return to Spain if he can be elected as Catalan president

News Desk22nd March 202426th March 2024

22nd March 202426th March 20241864

Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan president who fled the country after an unsuccessful bid for independence six years ago, stated on Thursday that he would...

More British citizens can vote in UK general elections, as 15-year rule ends

News Desk16th January 202422nd January 2024

16th January 202422nd January 20242198

British citizens living abroad are now eligible to register to vote in UK general elections, regardless of how long they’ve been living outside the UK....

Oriol Junqueras should be allowed to be MEP, states EU Advocate General

News Desk12th November 201918th November 2019

12th November 201918th November 20192599

Oriol Junqueras should have been allowed to take up his position as an MEP, according to the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of...

Josep Borrell: from controversy to controversy, to EU’s top diplomat

Newsdesk / ACN3rd July 20198th July 2019

3rd July 20198th July 20194014

European leaders have chosen Josep Borrell, Spain’s acting foreign minister, to replace Federica Mogherini as the European Union’s ‘High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security...

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