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Valencia’s ex-leader grilled over deadly floods, claims missed calls were due to phone ‘in his backpack’

News Desk18th November 202520th November 2025

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The embattled yet still-serving president of the Valencia region, Carlos Mazón (main image), told MPs on Monday that officials were unaware people were drowning during...

Smear campaigns & ‘mafia practices’ – the alleged corruption saga against Spain’s PM rolls on

News Desk5th June 20259th June 2025

5th June 20259th June 20251903

A former associate of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s socialist (PSOE) party has refuted allegations that she orchestrated a smear campaign against a police unit...

Spanish government to take legal action over PM’s leaked WhatsApp messages

News Desk14th May 202519th May 2025

14th May 202519th May 20252668

The Spanish government has decided to go on the offensive against the publication in El Mundo newspaper of leaked WhatsApp messages that Prime Minister Pedro...

Spain’s promise to EU allies to spend more on defence faces resistance at home

News Desk16th March 202521st March 2025

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Spain, NATO’s lowest defence spender relative to its economy, is facing both political and public resistance as it attempts to meet European calls for increased...

Catalan pro-independence party wants immigrants to learn Catalan to get residency

News Desk6th March 202512th March 2025

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A Catalan pro-independence party said on Wednesday that it intends to require foreigners to demonstrate proficiency in Catalan as a condition for obtaining residency in...

Podemos founding member, Íñigo Errejón, quits politics amid sexual assault accusations

News Desk25th October 202431st October 2024

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Íñigo Errejón, one of the founders of Spain’s left-wing Podemos party, has quit politics and his post as spokesman for the Sumar left-wing umbrella group...

Yolanda Díaz resigns as head of left-wing Sumar group

News Desk10th June 202417th June 2024

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Yolanda Díaz, number three in Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government, resigned on Monday as head of the government’s left-wing junior coalition partner Sumar, following a...

Spain’s PP beat PSOE in European elections, as far-right make big gains across EU

News Desk9th June 202413th June 2024

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Far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament, as voting concluded on Sunday on the final day of elections for the next five-year...

The PP retains absolute majority in regional election in Galicia

News Desk19th February 202425th February 2024

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Spain’s main opposition group, the right-wing People’s Party (PP) successfully retained control of Galicia, a traditional conservative stronghold, in a tight regional election held on...

Fragility of Spain’s new coalition government exposed in first key vote

News Desk11th January 202416th January 2024

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday suffered a setback in the first key parliamentary vote of the new legislature, exposing the fragility of his...

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