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Spain’s housing decrees defeated as pressure grows on Sánchez to call snap election

News Desk2nd October 20265th October 2026

2nd October 20265th October 20261493

LATEST: Pedro Sánchez calls a general election in Spain for 29 November. Spain’s Congress rejected both of the government’s emergency housing decrees on Friday, dealing...

Cabinet approves two housing decrees after Madrid eviction, but faces uncertain vote in Congress

News Desk29th September 20262nd October 2026

29th September 20262nd October 20261173

Spain’s coalition government approved two housing decrees on Tuesday following intense negotiations between the Socialist Party (PSOE) and Sumar, spurred by public anger over the...

Protesters vow to stay in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol as housing camp puts pressure on government

News Desk27th September 20261st October 2026

27th September 20261st October 20261222

Hundreds of housing protesters spent Saturday night in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol and remained there on Sunday, transforming a demonstration over the eviction of 87-year-old...

Spain joins Europe-wide Women’s Day rallies calling for equality, an end to gender violence and wars

News Desk8th March 202611th March 2026

8th March 202611th March 20261999

Protesters across Europe took to the streets on Sunday to mark International Women’s Day, holding marches and rallies calling for an end to gender inequality,...

Political reactions from Spain following United States’ air strikes on Venezuela

News Desk3rd January 20266th January 2026

3rd January 20266th January 20263453

Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said that the Spanish government is carrying out ‘close and comprehensive monitoring’ of developments in Venezuela, following the United...

Spain’s promise to EU allies to spend more on defence faces resistance at home

News Desk16th March 202521st March 2025

16th March 202521st March 20253556

Spain, NATO’s lowest defence spender relative to its economy, is facing both political and public resistance as it attempts to meet European calls for increased...

Sánchez excludes Podemos MPs from new cabinet, that has more women than men

News Desk20th November 202329th November 2023

20th November 202329th November 20233997

Recently re-elected socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced his new Spanish cabinet on Monday, and which excludes any ministerial posts for members of his previous...

Three ministers and five political groups snub Princess Leonor’s allegiance ceremony

News Desk31st October 20236th November 2023

31st October 20236th November 20234109

Princess Leonor, the heir to the Spanish throne, formally stepped into the spotlight by swearing allegiance to the Spanish Constitution on her 18th birthday on...

Spain’s foreign minister speaks with Israeli ambassador to avoid diplomatic row

News Desk22nd October 202324th October 2023

22nd October 202324th October 20233465

Spain said on Tuesday that it ‘would work’ with Israel to maintain good relations after the Israeli Embassy accused some Spanish ministers of siding with...

Spanish minister says Israel’s Netanyahu should be investigated for war crimes

News Desk16th October 202323rd October 2023

16th October 202323rd October 20236091

Ione Belarra, the leader of Spain’s left-wing Podemos party and the current acting minister of social rights, has called on the acting coalition government to petition...

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