Jose Luis Abalos Archives - Spain in English

Former Spanish transport minister ‘given Marbella villa stay for helping airline bailout’

News Desk11th April 202516th April 2025

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A Spanish government minister who served as a close confidant to the prime minister is reported to have received complimentary accommodation at a luxury Marbella

Opposition party’s ‘Corruption Island’ video angers Dominican Republic

News Desk9th March 202512th March 2025

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Spain’s main right-wing opposition party, the People’s Party (PP), has taken down an AI-generated attack video titled ‘Corruption Island’ which portrayed a shirtless Prime Minister Pedro

Spanish PM’s brother David Sánchez quits state role after judge suggests it was ‘created for him’

News Desk6th February 202511th February 2025

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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s brother has stepped down from his government role following a judge’s suggestion that the position may have been created specifically

Former Spanish transport minister denies corruption allegations in court

News Desk13th December 202419th December 2024

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Spain’s former socialist (PSOE) Transport Minister, José Luis Ábalos, denied graft allegations on Thursday when questioned in court by a judge investigating a case that

Right-wing opposition calls for resignations in ‘Koldo scandal’

News Desk6th March 202411th March 2024

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The Spanish coalition government is under increasing pressure from the country’s right-wing opposition due to a scandal involving the purchase of face masks during the

PSOE suspend ex-minister Ábalos, who will now serve as an independent MP

News Desk27th February 20246th March 2024

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#UPDATED at 19h on Tuesday 27 February The PSOE socialists have now temporarily suspended former transport minister José Luis Ábalos from the party, following his

Pedro Sánchez reshuffles his cabinet

News Desk11th July 202114th July 2021

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Spanish socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a reshuffle of his cabinet ministers on Saturday, for the first time since the left-wing PSOE–Podemos coalition came to

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Madrid delays opening schools again due to snow, and imposes new Covid-19 restrictions

News Desk16th January 20219th February 2021

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Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (9 Feb) The Madrid regional government has again postponed the opening of schools, this time until Wednesday 20 January due to many roads

Spain prepares for national and international tourists … but will they come?

News Desk4th June 202010th October 2020

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Spain is slowly preparing to welcome tourists again – both national and international – as the country has now completed half of its four-phase de-escalation

Coronavirus in Spain full update (8 April)

News Desk8th April 20202nd September 2020

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Report updated in Spain at 20h on Wednesday 8 April. Official figures released by the Spanish Health Ministry at 11.30am on Wednesday 8 April confirm 146,690 known cases

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