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

News Desk9th September 20269th September 2026

9th September 20269th September 2026685

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 20261770

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 20261264

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 20262127

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 20262209

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 20261158

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 20252182

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 20252039

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...

Spanish government unveils its plans to remodel controversial Franco monument

News Desk12th November 202518th November 2025

12th November 202518th November 20252024

The Spanish government on Tuesday unveiled plans to overhaul an imposing monument near Madrid that once served as the resting place of dictator Francisco Franco,...

Spanish PM on former king’s memoir: ‘Not one of the books I recommend this Christmas’

News Desk10th November 202517th November 2025

10th November 202517th November 20251822

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Sunday that he was ‘surprised’ by certain claims made in the newly published memoirs of the exiled and...

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