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Spain’s Supreme Court keeps overseas voting restrictions in place for 29 November election

News Desk12th October 202619th October 2026

12th October 202619th October 20261168

Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld restrictions preventing overseas citizens who obtained Spanish nationality through a disputed application of the ‘grandchildren’s law’ from voting in the...

Spanish prosecutors seek restoration of ‘grandchildren’s law’ voting rights before November election

News Desk9th October 202618th October 2026

9th October 202618th October 20261427

Spain’s public prosecutors have asked the Supreme Court to lift a temporary restriction on voting by people granted Spanish nationality under the so-called ‘grandchildren’s law’,...

Spain’s Supreme Court provisionally restricts voting rights for some descendants granted nationality under ‘grandchildren’s law’

News Desk11th September 202616th September 2026

11th September 202616th September 20261742

Spain’s Supreme Court has ordered a temporary suspension of electoral registration for certain people who obtained Spanish nationality under the Democratic Memory Law, commonly known...

Spain’s citizenship law for descendants abroad ignites election row

News Desk1st July 20266th July 2026

1st July 20266th July 20261972

A law designed to grant Spanish citizenship to descendants of expatriates has become the centre of an increasingly bitter political dispute, with right-wing opposition parties...

Pope Leo calls for respect for migrants, end to rearmament in historic speech to Spanish parliament

News Desk8th June 202615th June 2026

8th June 202615th June 20261475

Pope Leo XIV used the first papal address ever delivered to Spain’s parliament on Monday to warn that the world is facing a ‘profound spiritual...

Declassified documents in Spain lift shadow over former king Juan Carlos in 1981 coup

News Desk26th February 20265th March 2026

26th February 20265th March 20262280

For more than four decades, Spain’s failed military coup of 1981 has cast a lingering cloud over the reputation of the former king, Juan Carlos...

Spain’s 1981 coup leader Antonio Tejero dies aged 93, on same day files are declassified

News Desk26th February 20262nd March 2026

26th February 20262nd March 20262418

Antonio Tejero Molina, the former Spanish Civil Guard lieutenant colonel who led the failed military coup of 23 February 1981, has died at the age...

Spain to release classified files on failed 1981 coup attempt

News Desk24th February 202626th February 2026

24th February 202626th February 20261263

Spain’s left-leaning coalition government said on Monday that it will declassify long-sealed documents linked to the failed 1981 coup attempt, a move Prime Minister Pedro...

Disgraced former king defends his legacy in video ahead of memoir release

News Desk2nd December 20258th December 2025

2nd December 20258th December 20252387

Spain’s disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I resurfaced on Monday in an unexpected video targeting younger audiences, released just days before his memoirs are due to...

Spain plans 480 more events to ‘celebrate recovery of democracy’ following Franco’s death 50 years ago

News Desk20th November 202525th November 2025

20th November 202525th November 20252403

Spain’s left-leaning coalition government on Wednesday unveiled an additional 480 commemorative events scheduled for this year to mark both the 50th anniversary of Francisco Franco’s...

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