Spain plans a temporary tax on the wealthiest 1% of population for two years
The Spanish government is planning to impose a temporary tax on the wealthiest 1% of the country’s population, starting from next year amid soaring inflation,...
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Pedro Sánchez reshuffles his cabinet
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...
Pere Aragonès voted in as Catalan President after ERC and JxCat reach agreement
Pere Aragonès was voted as the 132nd president of Catalonia by the pro-independence majority in parliament on Friday 21 May, ending a three month political...
Spanish government approves fund to exhume graves at Valley of the Fallen
A total of €665,000 has been approved by the Spanish government for the exhumation and identification of some 33,000 victims of the Spanish Civil War...
Spanish government secures 2021 Budget with ample majority
Spain’s left-leaning PSOE–Podemos coalition government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez secured passing its first budget in the Spanish Congress on Thursday, with 54% of the votes...
Coronavirus in Spain figures (23 June)
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Spain votes to extend lockdown to 9 May. Children to be allowed out
Click here for today’s full report: Coronavirus in Spain (4 May) ALSO READ: Lifting of lockdown in Spain – full details of all phases Please...
Spanish government: children can go with adults to supermarkets, but not parks
Click here for today’s full report: Coronavirus in Spain (4 May) ALSO READ: Lifting of lockdown in Spain – full details of all phases Please...
Talks commence between Spanish and Catalan governments
The first round of the ‘bilateral negotiation table’ talks between the Spanish and Catalan governments kicked off in Madrid on Wednesday, with the overall objective to...
Coronavirus confirmed in Tenerife and Catalonia – via Italy
After hundreds of tourists were confined to a Tenerife hotel in the Canary Islands on Tuesday, following an Italian man hospitalised with a suspected case...
