Police van torched in Barcelona as protests resume against rapper’s jailing
A police van was torched and looting broke out on Saturday night in Barcelona, as police and protestors clashed in new demonstrations against the jailing of...
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Spain announces €11bn package to help tourism and hospitality sector
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (5 Mar) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced a further 11 billion euro package for small and medium-sized companies, as well...
Spain marks 40 years since failed coup d’état, in absence of Juan Carlos I
Spain marked 40 years since a failed military coup on Tuesday, but without the presence of former king Juan Carlos I, whose intervention back in...
Sánchez: violence ‘unacceptable’ – political fallout over protests for jailed rapper
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said that his government will confront all forms of violence and that it is ‘an attack on democracy’, following...
Carolina Darias becomes Spain’s new Health Minister
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (9 Feb) Carolina Darias, up to now Spain’s Minister for Territorial Policy and Civil Service, has been appointed Health Minister...
Spanish health minister quits role to run for presidency of Catalonia
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (9 Feb) Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa is to quit his role on Tuesday to run in the elections scheduled in...
Government will not allow regions to legally start curfews earlier than 10pm
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (15 Feb) The Spanish government has ruled out allowing regional authorities to legally extend the current nighttime curfew to commence...
After Filomena, snow and ice still causing havoc across Spain
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (18 Jan) ALSO READ: Details of curfews & restrictions for all regions of Spain during ‘State of Alarm’ Madrid and other...
Trump promises ‘orderly transition’ of presidency after mob storms US Capitol
US President Donald Trump has released a statement promising an ‘orderly transition’ of the presidency to Joe Biden on 20 January, but has repeated his...
Brexit trade deal agreed, but ‘UK & Spain still to reach agreement on Gibraltar’
Madrid and London are still to reach an agreement on the status of Gibraltar, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has reiterated. It follows the last minute post-Brexit...
