Politics & People news & information for Spain

In a small village in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, in the late 1950s, the combined ingenuity of a young veterinary surgeon and a doctor on the verge of retirement made it possible for a baby weighing...

SUPREME Court judges have agreed to dictator General Franco's remains being moved from the Valle de los Caídos ('Valley of the Fallen') in line with Pedro Sánchez's government's plans and rejecting...

SPANIARDS will be called back to the polls for a second general election – the fourth in as many years – on November 10 after PSOE leader Pedro Sánchez failed to drum up support for his presidential investiture,...

CARETAKER president of Spain Pedro Sánchez says he does not believe there is room for any further negotiations on a Brexit deal, and has urged Spanish companies to start documenting where and how they would be affected...

CATALUNYA celebrated its 'regional day' today (Wednesday, September 11), which always includes a huge procession down the main streets of its largest towns and cities, particularly Barcelona – but numbers have...

SPAIN'S government is working hard to ensure the country, its British nationals and its citizens in the UK will suffer as few ill-effects as possible after Brexit, and especially in the event of a no-deal scenario...

FREE nursery school places, a clampdown on rocketing rent and a new labour reform are among the 370 points on acting president Pedro Sánchez's new programme plan, which he hopes will seduce left-wing Podemos into...

CARETAKER president Pedro Sánchez has drawn up a programme of 370 measures which he describes as 'very left-wing' and which will hopefully please independent party Podemos – but has ruled out any possibility...

RETIRED King Juan Carlos I has just left hospital exactly a week after undergoing a triple bypass operation, and says he feels 'very well' and with no pain.

PRINCE Andrew has taken a break from media frenzy in the UK by heading to the Costa del Sol for a round of golf and to the Costa de la Luz for relaxation.

RETIRED monarch King Juan Carlos I is still in intensive care after a triple bypass operation, but is in excellent health despite his ordeal and expected to be moved into a mainstream ward room shortly.

RETIRED King Juan Carlos I is due to undergo a heart operation tomorrow (Saturday), the nature of which has not been revealed.