Controversial Catalan amnesty bill passes first hurdle in Spanish Congress
A controversial amnesty bill for Catalan pro-independence figures passed its first hurdle in the Spanish Congress on Tuesday, following a fierce debate. A total of 178...
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Sánchez excludes Podemos MPs from new cabinet, that has more women than men
Recently re-elected socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced his new Spanish cabinet on Monday, and which excludes any ministerial posts for members of his previous...
Amnesty bill registered in Spanish Congress – full details
The PSOE socialist party – led by acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and who is set to officially secure a new term in office after a...
Pedro Sánchez faces backlash and tough legislature ahead due to Catalan deal
Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez – who is now certain to be officially reinstated in power after an investiture debate and vote to be...
The PSOE and Junts sign a pact that will guarantee investiture of Pedro Sánchez
Spain’s PSOE socialist party has signed a controversial pact with the Catalan pro-independence Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) party that will enable acting Prime Minister Pedro...
Three ministers and five political groups snub Princess Leonor’s allegiance ceremony
Princess Leonor, the heir to the Spanish throne, formally stepped into the spotlight by swearing allegiance to the Spanish Constitution on her 18th birthday on...
Spain’s foreign minister speaks with Israeli ambassador to avoid diplomatic row
Spain said on Tuesday that it ‘would work’ with Israel to maintain good relations after the Israeli Embassy accused some Spanish ministers of siding with...
Spanish minister says Israel’s Netanyahu should be investigated for war crimes
Ione Belarra, the leader of Spain’s left-wing Podemos party and the current acting minister of social rights, has called on the acting coalition government to petition...
Yolanda Díaz ‘looks for democratic solutions via dialogue’ with Puigdemont in Brussels
Spain’s acting deputy prime minister and labour minister, Yolanda Díaz, who is also the head of the left-wing Sumar group of parties, went to Brussels...
Sumar’s Yolanda Díaz vows to give all 18 year olds a ‘universal inheritance’ of €20,000
Spain’s current Labour Minister and the second deputy prime minister, Yolanda Díaz – a candidate to become prime minister in the forthcoming 23 July general...
