Sánchez celebrates fall of ‘last wall in continental Europe’ as Gibraltar frontier opens
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hailed the removal of border controls between Spain and Gibraltar as the closing of ‘an open wound’, describing the...
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Sánchez brands Rajoy’s French football team comments ‘xenophobic’ as diplomatic row erupts
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has condemned remarks by former right-wing prime minister Mariano Rajoy, who claimed that France’s national football team had ‘no French...
Spanish court lets PM’s wife attend daughter’s graduation in London but bars NATO summit trip
A Spanish court has authorised Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s wife, Begoña Gómez, to travel to London this week to attend her daughter’s graduation, while refusing permission...
Poll finds most Spaniards believe ‘lawfare’ exists amid deepening trust crisis in justice
A majority of Spaniards believe politically motivated legal action, commonly referred to as ‘lawfare’, exists in Spain, according to new survey published at a time...
PP-Vox agreement sees Juanma Moreno secure a third term as Andalusian leader
Spain’s main opposition party, the right-wing People’s Party (PP) has reached a coalition agreement with the far-right Vox party to continue governing the southern region...
Spanish judge to question Guardia Civil chief and deputy over meetings with PSOE activist
The Director General of Spain’s Guardia Civil police force, Mercedes González (main image), and the force’s Deputy Director of Operations (DAO), Manuel Llamas, have been...
Spain’s citizenship law for descendants abroad ignites election row
A law designed to grant Spanish citizenship to descendants of expatriates has become the centre of an increasingly bitter political dispute, with right-wing opposition parties...
Deadline day for Spain’s mass migrant regularisation as over one million apply for legal status
Spain’s landmark mass regularisation programme for undocumented migrants was set to close on Tuesday (30 June), bringing to an end a three-month process that has...
Ex-Spanish prime minister challenges legality of corruption probe
Spain’s former socialist prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, on Thursday asked a court to declare void the corruption investigation against him, arguing that the...
Pedro Sánchez rejects claims of ‘widespread corruption’ amid growing pressure on government
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday rejected accusations that corruption is endemic within Spain’s ruling Socialist Party (PSOE), as his government faces mounting pressure following...
