Spain’s PP apologises for PM death tweet
Spain’s People’s Party (PP) was left embarrassed on Saturday after posting a video on Twitter suggesting it wished Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez dead, drawing...
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Spanish jobless figure drops to 3.2m
Spanish jobless queues were shorter in 2018, even for the worst-affected youth, though the country still counts 3.2 million people as unemployed, the labour ministry...
Franco mausoleum’s prior vetoes exhumation
The prior of the mausoleum where Spain’s fascist dictator Francisco Franco is buried has rejected any exhumation of his remains, the Spanish government said on...
Opposition calls for 155, Torra a ‘public danger’
The two main opposition parties in Spain, the People’s Party (PP) and Ciudadanos (Cs), insist Catalonia must be stripped of its self-government again. Both parties...
Quim Torra urges ‘credible, honest and bold dialogue’
The president of the Catalan government, Quim Torra, urged the Spanish government to start ‘credible, honest and bold dialogue’ with Catalonia in order to find a...
Catalonia to exit regional liquidity fund in 2019
Catalonia will exit the Regional Liquidity Fund (FLA) in January 2019, according to the Catalan government’s vice president and economy minister, Pere Aragonès. The fund...
Sánchez dismisses Torra’s ‘monologue’ document
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has closed the door to negotiating a 21-point document put forward by the Catalan president Quim Torra during their meeting...
Sánchez says he aims to see out parliamentary term
Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Prime Minister, whose minority government has struggled to pass a budget since taking office in June, said in an interview published Sunday...
Rescued migrants head for Spain after Italy closes ports
Spain on Saturday authorised a ship carrying hundreds of migrants rescued off Libya to sail to its waters after Italy and Malta refused to receive...
Spanish government calls meeting ‘show of affection’ to Catalonia
The Spanish government described its controversial cabinet meeting in Barcelona as a ‘show of affection’ towards Catalonia, despite major protests by pro-independence groups that brought tight...
