Coronavirus in Spain full update (8 April)
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
Jose Luis Abalos
Coronavirus in Spain full update (7 April)
Report updated in Spain at 16.15h on Tuesday 7 April. Official figures released by the Spanish Health Ministry at 11.30am on Tuesday 7 April confirm 140,510 known cases
Coronavirus in Spain full update (16 March)
As the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic continued to spread across the globe on Monday, Spain experienced its first working day in the ‘state of alarm’ lockdown, imposed
Pedro Sánchez names his cabinet: four deputy PMs and 18 other ministers
Spain’s Socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, officially re-elected on Tuesday 7 January, announced his full new coalition cabinet on Sunday, which includes left-wing Podemos head
Pedro Sánchez starts discussions with other party heads
Acting Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, started discussions with other party leaders on Monday, starting with Pablo Casado of the People’s Party (PP), followed by
PSOE on PP’s request for new candidate: ‘fantasy, insulting, delirium’
The acting Spanish government of the Socialist PSOE party has described calls from the right-wing People’s Party (PP) to nominate a new candidate for prime minister
Minister wants EU to assume responsibility for rescue ship
Spain’s acting Minister of Development, José Luís Ábalos, has asked the European Commission to take on greater responsibility when it comes to the fate of
PSOE aims to reform ‘out-of-date’ state funding system
Spain’s Socialist (PSOE) party says it will consider reforming the way that Spain’s autonomous communities are funded if Pedro Sánchez is finally reinstated as prime
Cs want obligatory school lessons on ‘Spanish Constitution’
The Spanish Constitution should be a new ‘obligatory’ subject in schools, according to the head of Spain’s Cuidadanos (Cs) party, Albert Rivera. ‘We will introduce a
Sánchez warns of election if budget blocked
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned Tuesday he will call an early general election unless parliament approves his minority government’s draft 2019 Budget, which is
