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Sánchez says he feels ‘good and strong’ amid right-wing corruption scandal

News Desk25th July 202528th July 2025

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Corruption allegations swirling around a former senior member of Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) have offered an unexpected reprieve to socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro...

‘Mafia or Democracy’ – tens of thousands join PP’s 6th anti-government rally in Madrid

News Desk8th June 202511th June 2025

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Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Madrid on Sunday for a protest organised by the main opposition party, accusing Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s administration...

Former Spanish economy minister & ex-IMF chief Rato gets 4 year jail term for tax crimes

News Desk22nd December 20244th January 2025

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A Madrid court has sentenced the former Spanish economy minister and ex-IMF chief Rodrigo Rato to more than four years in prison for tax crimes, money...

Spain & EU pay tribute to victims of terror on 20th anniversary of Madrid train bombings

News Desk11th March 202418th March 2024

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Spain and officials from the European Union paid tribute on Monday to the 192 victims of the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings that marked...

Rally against Catalan amnesty, ahead of Feijóo facing ‘doomed’ investiture vote

News Desk24th September 202327th September 2023

24th September 202327th September 20232220

Tens of thousands of supporters of Spain’s current opposition right-wing People’s Party (PP), led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, rallied in Madrid on Sunday against the possible plans...

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Opinion: three women in Spanish politics – No.2 Isabel Díaz Ayuso: the right profile

Michael Bunn11th June 202313th June 2023

11th June 202313th June 20237015

Self-styled patron saint and saviour of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso seems to have the Midas touch. But how far can she go? In the second...

Court orders demolition of Extremadura’s ‘rural Marbella’ luxury resort

Steph Osborn13th February 202214th February 2022

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A luxury resort on an island in a reservoir near Cáceres in the Extramadura region, known locally as ‘rural Marbella’, is to be demolished to...

Spain hosts event for European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism

Catherine Howley13th March 202115th March 2021

13th March 202115th March 20212446

On Thursday, Spain hosted an event to mark European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism, also coinciding with the 17th anniversary of the train bombings...

Rodrigo Rato, former head of IMF, acquitted in Bankia trial

News Desk29th September 20207th October 2020

29th September 20207th October 20203421

The former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Rodrigo Rato – who was also a People’s Party (PP) finance minister and a deputy prime minister in Spain...

Madrid train bombings remembered, 15 years on

News Desk11th March 201913th March 2019

11th March 201913th March 20191937

Monday was the 15th anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, the deadliest terror attack in the history of Spain, in which Al Qaeda terrorists attacked...

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