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Spain’s right-wing make significant gains in local and regional elections

News Desk29th May 202329th May 2023

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LATEST: Pedro Sánchez announces General Election for Sunday 23 July. Spain’s People’s Party (PP), the main right-wing opposition group, made significant gains in Sunday’s local and regional

Two dead, 12 injured after flambéed pizza sparks fire in Madrid restaurant

News Desk22nd April 20235th May 2023

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Two people died and 12 were injured on Friday night in a fire sparked when a waiter flambéed a pizza at a Madrid restaurant and

Spain’s PM criticises Atlético Madrid over Vinícius racism incident, prior to club’s statement

News Desk21st September 202226th September 2022

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez criticised football club Atlético Madrid on Tuesday for not taking a stand against the racist chants from some of their supporters

Pablo Casado finally stepping down as PP leader

News Desk23rd February 20221st March 2022

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Updated on Thursday 24 February at 12.15h Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) will pick a new leader in an extraordinary party convention to be held on

Madrid’s Retiro Park and Paseo del Prado added to UNESCO World Heritage List

Steph Osborn28th July 20212nd August 2021

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Madrid’s Retiro Park and the adjacent Paseo del Prado have been added to the UNESCO’s World Heritage List and is the first time that sites

What’s next for Anglo-Spanish relations in the post-Brexit era?

Steph Osborn4th February 202110th November 2021

4th February 202110th November 20214678

Spain and Britain are both grappling with an economic crisis created by Covid-19 and the enormous challenges that this presents, whilst also adjusting to a

Madrid News Main News

Four dead and eight injured after explosion destroys building in Madrid

News Desk20th January 202125th January 2021

20th January 202125th January 20212368

Four people have died and eight have been left injured following a large explosion in Madrid on Wednesday. The blast occurred just before 3pm, destroying four floors

Spain declares ‘disaster zone’ status for Madrid and seven other regions

News Desk20th January 202124th January 2021

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The Spanish government has classified Madrid and seven other regions struck the hardest by Storm Filomena last week as disaster zones, a category that will

Madrid News Main News

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

Snow and Storm Filomena cause havoc across Spain

News Desk9th January 202130th December 2021

9th January 202130th December 20213921

Storm Filomena has brought the heaviest snowfall ‘for 80 years’ in Spain combined with an on-going, persistent blizzard, leaving thousands of drivers trapped in vehicles and the

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