Spain frees up around 50,000 ‘bad bank’ homes to ease the housing crisis
Spain’s coalition government of the PSOE socialists and left-wing Podemos group approved a plan on Tuesday to make available around 50,000 homes for rent at...
Pedro Sánchez
Spanish government vows to block farming near threatened wetlands
The Spanish government has vowed to block a regional plan to legalise farming near one of Europe’s largest and fauna-rich wetlands, where water supplies have...
Pedro Sánchez apologises to victims over government’s rape law loophole
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez apologised on Sunday to victims for a loophole in a recent landmark law aimed at fighting sexual violence that has...
Unemployment in Spain declined sharply in March, with best figures in 15 years
Unemployment numbers in Spain declined sharply in March to the lowest level for the month since 2008, data from the labour ministry showed on Tuesday....
Yolanda Díaz: ‘I want to be the first female president of my country’
Spain’s popular Labour Minister, Yolanda Díaz, announced on Sunday that she wants to be first female president of Spain, at an official launch of her election...
Pedro Sánchez urges Xi Jinping to hold talks with Ukraine’s Zelensky
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Friday that he had urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to speak with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, while...
Sánchez changes tourism and health ministers ahead of Spain’s local elections
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced two changes in his cabinet on Monday morning, ahead of the regional and municipal elections that will be held...
China’s Xi Jinping invites Pedro Sánchez on state visit at end of March
Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to Beijing for a state visit as Xi tries to galvanise support for China’s...
Spain’s far-right Vox group fails in no-confidence vote against government
UPDATED on 22 March 2023: The Spanish Congress dismissed an attempt by the far-right Vox party to topple the government on Wednesday, voting overwhelmingly against...
From Andalusia into space: private firm to launch Spain’s maiden rocket flight
A private company, PLD Space, based in the province of Huelva (Andalusia) and visited by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the weekend, is to launch...
