Far-right win rocks Spanish politics
The first success of a far-right party in a regional election since Spain’s return to democracy in 1975 has shaken national politics ahead a busy...
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Who will govern with who in Andalusia?
A far-right party, Vox, won seats in a Spanish regional parliament for the first time since the country returned to democracy following the death of...
Far-right Vox wins 12 seats in Andalusia
BREAKING NEWS A far-right party, Vox, gets foothold in Andalusia parliament in first for post-Franco Spain, winning 12 seats. With 93% of the votes in...
Sánchez faces first ballot box test in Andalusia
Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez faces his first test at the ballot box on Sunday in regional polls in Andalusia which will kick off...
Fabian Picardo compares Spain’s PM to Franco
As European leaders resolved a last-minute dispute over the rock of Gibraltar on Saturday, clearing the way for a summit to approve a deal on Britain’s...
Focus: Gibraltar, Spain and Brexit
As Britain heads for a weekend summit designed to seal its impending departure from the European Union, Spain is threatening to throw a last-minute spanner...
PP and Cs abstain in vote to condemn Franco
The Spanish Senate condemned the period of the Franco dictatorship on Wednesday, but members of the People’s Party (PP) and Ciudadanos (Cs) abstained. The two big...
Pro-Franco rally disrupted by topless Femen activists
Topless protestors from the feminist activist group Femen disrupted a rally of some 200 people in Madrid on Sunday, who’d gathered to mark the anniversary of...
Barcelona to revoke medal awarded to Franco
Barcelona City Council is to revoke a medal awarded to the late dictator Francisco Franco in 1964, that marked 25 years since the victory of...
Man jailed for plotting to kill Spanish PM
The Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, arrested a man from the town of Terrassa on 21 September for plotting the assassination of Spanish Prime Minister,...
