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PP accuses Spanish government of allowing ‘international embarrassment’ with La Vuelta

News Desk15th September 202521st September 2025

15th September 202521st September 20255911

Spain’s political parties are at loggerheads after mass pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Madrid disrupted La Vuelta on Sunday, cutting short the final stage and prompting accusations...

Spanish government’s bill to shorten work week defeated in parliament

News Desk11th September 202517th September 2025

11th September 202517th September 20255098

Spain’s Congress on Wednesday dealt a setback to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, rejecting his government’s flagship proposal to cut the standard working week from 40...

Spanish government orders town in Murcia to reverse its ban on Muslim festivities in sports venues

News Desk11th August 202519th August 2025

11th August 202519th August 20251202

Spain’s central government has ordered the town of Jumilla in the Murcia region to reverse its newly introduced ban on holding religious celebrations in municipal...

Spain’s home minister blames ‘rhetoric’ of far-right Vox for anti-migrant unrest in Torre Pacheco

News Desk14th July 202521st July 2025

14th July 202521st July 20252267

Tensions remain high in Torre Pacheco, a town in the southeastern region of Murcia, following several nights of anti-migrant riots that have so far led...

Pedro Sánchez vows not to quit, and presents 15-point anti-corruption plan

News Desk9th July 202517th July 2025

9th July 202517th July 20252202

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday pledged ‘not to throw in the towel’, despite a damaging corruption scandal engulfing his socialist PSOE party. Rather...

Spain’s Constitutional Court rejects PP’s appeal and upholds Catalan amnesty law

News Desk26th June 202530th June 2025

26th June 202530th June 20254167

After four days of deliberations, Spain’s Constitutional Court has upheld core elements of the disputed Catalan amnesty law, rejecting an appeal against it by six...

Pedro Sánchez challenges opposition parties to file a no-confidence motion

News Desk17th June 202523rd June 2025

17th June 202523rd June 20251907

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday dared the country’s right-wing and far-right opposition parties to bring forward a no-confidence vote against his minority coalition...

‘Mafia or Democracy’ – tens of thousands join PP’s 6th anti-government rally in Madrid

News Desk8th June 202511th June 2025

8th June 202511th June 20253722

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Madrid on Sunday for a protest organised by the main opposition party, accusing Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s administration...

Madrid’s regional leader walks out of presidents’ conference when Catalan and Basque spoken

News Desk7th June 202510th June 2025

7th June 202510th June 202512468

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, King Felipe VI, and the presidents of Spain’s 17 autonomous regions gathered in Barcelona on Friday morning for the 28th...

Draft bill to reduce Spain’s working week to 37.5 hours gets cabinet approval

News Desk6th May 202512th May 2025

6th May 202512th May 20252309

Spain could soon see its standard working week shortened by 2.5 hours, following the cabinet’s approval of a draft bill on Tuesday to reduce it...

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