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Sánchez ‘embarrassed’ as Rajoy refuses to apologise for France football team remark

News Desk15th July 202620th July 2026

15th July 202620th July 20261022

Spain’s former prime minister Mariano Rajoy has refused to apologise for his controversial claim that France’s national football team had ‘no French players’, instead responding...

Sánchez brands Rajoy’s French football team comments ‘xenophobic’ as diplomatic row erupts

News Desk12th July 202615th July 2026

12th July 202615th July 20261482

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has condemned remarks by former right-wing prime minister Mariano Rajoy, who claimed that France’s national football team had ‘no French...

Former Spanish PM Rajoy dismisses ‘absolutely false’ claims in surveillance scandal trial

News Desk24th April 202630th April 2026

24th April 202630th April 20261541

Former Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, on Thursday firmly denied any involvement in an alleged covert operation to obtain compromising material from former People’s Party (PP)...

Spying scandal trial opens turbulent week for Spain’s political elite

News Desk6th April 202613th April 2026

6th April 202613th April 20261404

Spain’s two main political parties are facing a pivotal week in court, beginning Monday with the trial of a former right-wing interior minister accused of...

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

News Desk25th July 202528th July 2025

25th July 202528th July 20252486

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...

People’s Party now hit by alleged corruption scandal surrounding former finance minister

News Desk19th July 202525th July 2025

19th July 202525th July 20253301

While Spain’s right-wing main opposition party, the People’s Party (PP), has been recently gaining momentum against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s socialist-led government over a string...

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

News Desk8th June 202511th June 2025

8th June 202511th June 20254763

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...

Media groups uncover alleged illegal investigation of Catalan independence groups by Spanish government led by Rajoy

News Desk16th January 202424th January 2024

16th January 202424th January 20242461

A recent inquiry conducted by Spanish media outlets La Vanguardia, El Diario and El Nacional has exposed the alleged illegal use of the country’s national police...

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

News Desk24th September 202327th September 2023

24th September 202327th September 20232755

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...

Spain’s opposition leader admits he can’t speak English, ‘but will study it’

News Desk1st June 20239th June 2023

1st June 20239th June 20233946

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of Spain’s main opposition party, the right-wing People’s Party (PP), whom polls suggest could be Spain’s next prime minister after...

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