An amendment to Spain’s judicial reform halted by Constitutional Court
Spain’s Constitutional Court this week prevented the Senate house from debating and voting on a specific amendment to the country’s penal code reform — seen as...
Pedro Sánchez
After waiting for 20 years, Murcia finally has a high-speed train to Madrid
A high-speed AVE train link has been inaugurated this week between the Spanish region of Murcia and Madrid, after waiting 19 years and four months for...
Spanish MPs vote to reform penal code amid constitutional controversy
Spanish MPs voted on Thursday in favour of a controversial criminal code reform that changes the crime of sedition to ‘aggravated public disorder’, in a move...
Spain, France and Portugal to push ahead with ‘BarMar’ hydrogen pipeline
Spain, France and Portugal on Friday unveiled details of their ambitious plan for an underwater pipeline to bring green hydrogen from the Iberian Peninsula to...
More parcels with animal eyes sent to Ukrainian Embassy and Consulates
Three parcels containing animal eyes and addressed to the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid and consulates in Barcelona and Malaga were intercepted at offices of the...
Several letter bombs now detected, including one sent to Pedro Sánchez
#UPDATED on 4 December at 18h. The booby-trapped letters and explosive parcels that were sent to high-profile figures and key locations in Spain during the...
Spanish Congress votes in favour of 2023 budget, with record social spending
The Spanish Congress on Thursday approved the coalition government’s 2023 Budget which includes record levels of welfare spending to help households grapple with soaring inflation....
EU fails to agree ‘joke’ gas price cap amid deep divisions
EU energy ministers failed on Thursday to agree a cap on gas prices to mitigate the energy crisis in Europe, amid deep divisions over an...
Spanish minister accuses judges of ‘machismo’ after loophole in Spain’s new rape law used to reduce sentences
Spain’s main opposition party and the country’s association of magistrates have called for the government’s Equality Minister, Irene Montero, to resign, after she accused judges of...
Spain to update sedition law to become ‘aggravated public disorder’
The coalition government of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is introducing a bill to reform the criminal code by updating the offence of ‘sedition’, bringing...
