PP win Castilla y León election but need to govern with partner – possibly far-right
The right-wing People’s Party (PP) won the regional election in Castilla y León on Sunday, but failed to win enough support to govern on its...
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Spanish government secures landmark labour reform, thanks to voting error
The Spanish Congress ratified on Thursday by a single vote made in error a landmark labour reform devised by the country’s PSOE socialist-led coalition government,...
Spanish Congress backs move for inquiry into child abuse in Catholic Church
The Spanish Congress agreed on Tuesday to consider opening an inquiry into child sex abuse within the Catholic Church. Up to now, there has never...
New law is passed to treat animals in Spain as ‘sentient beings’
A new bill has been passed in the Spanish Congress, with a ruling that animals in Spain should be treated as ‘sentient beings’ by law....
Spanish police unions hold protest in Madrid against plans to reform ‘gag law’
Tens of thousands of police officers from the Spanish National Police and Guardia Civil, their union representatives and supporters, marched through the centre of Madrid...
Pedro Sánchez booed on Spain’s National Day, with shouts to resign
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was booed and jeered by members of the public on Tuesday, when he arrived for Spain’s National Day parade in Madrid....
New ‘Democratic Memory’ law will help find mass graves of the Franco regime
The Spanish government has approved a new ‘Democratic Memory’ bill to tackle the legacy of Franco’s 1939-1975 dictatorship and the Spanish Civil War that preceded...
Spain’s top court rules that State of Alarm lockdown was ‘unconstitutional’
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (21 July) Spain’s top Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the government’s strict ‘State of Alarm’ lockdown order, first issued in March...
Pedro Sánchez reshuffles his cabinet
Spanish socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a reshuffle of his cabinet ministers on Saturday, for the first time since the left-wing PSOE–Podemos coalition came to...
Catalan leaders walk free from prison
The nine Catalan leaders and activists, jailed for their roles in the October 2017 independence referendum, walked free from prison on Wednesday, following the pardons granted...
