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PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, will form a joint commission between the national government and the Valencia region to coordinate reconstruction following the October 29, 2024 floods. Recently-installed Valencian president, Juanfran Perez Llorca, revealed the news at a press conference on…
SPAIN will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest after Israel was allowed to compete. Earlier this year, Spain’s national broadcaster RTVE said the country would boycott the next edition of the competition unless Israel was expelled over…
IT was a weekend in Madrid when it seemed that almost every nationalist and right-wing Vox supporter was out in the streets united by one goal – to sing the praises of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. Remembering the death…
FIFTY years ago this week, Francisco Franco died and Spain’s transition to democracy finally began. But half a century on from his death, is the spectre of Spain’s diminutive dictator coming back to haunt its modern political arena? That may…
SPAIN’S prime minister Pedro Sanchez has outlined plans to tax private jets in a move backed by environmental activists. Speaking at the United Nations COP30 climate conference in Belem, Brazil, Sanchez told delegates: “We are working together with other countries…
ONE in five Spaniards believe the 36-year Franco dictatorship was either ‘good or very good’ for the country, according to a shocking new national survey. And the results were not limited to the older generations – the view was equally…
SPAIN’S economy continues to buck the worldwide trend after posting a GDP growth figure of 0.8% for the quarter of 2025 – a percentage point higher than initially expected. Despite a gloomy international outlook – fuelled in part by Donald…
ALBERTO Nuñez Feijoo and Jose Maria Aznar met up today to deliver a joint attack on Pedro Sanchez, accusing the prime minister of using violence and international conflict for his own political gain. Speaking at the closing of the FAES…
SPAIN has thrown its weight behind plans to find innovative ways of using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s reconstruction through ‘reparation loans’. Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo announced Madrid’s support for the initiative on Friday as he arrived at the…
SPAIN’S prime minister Pedro Sanchez has doubled down on his support for the thousands of pro-Palestine protesters who forced the cancellation of the final stage of the Vuelta a España – Spain’s equivalent of the Tour de France. Speaking the…
