Politics & People news & information for Spain

KING Felipe VI's annual Christmas Eve speech once again included a covert appeal to secessionist politicians, as well as raising concerns about young adults' struggle to afford housing and violence against women.

'BRAVE' servicemen and women who will spend Christmas overseas are 'making Spain proud', president Pedro Sánchez assured them during his annual festive message via video-call.

NEWLY sworn-in national president Pedro Sánchez is now starting the challenging task of building his cabinet among a very divided coalition, although several names from his previous tenure are tipped to be returning to...

A NEW and limited-edition €2 coin will be in circulation in Spain until the end of this year to mark the country's Council of Europe presidency 'shift', the Royal mint has revealed.

IT DOESN'T feel like nearly a decade since Prince Felipe of Asturias became King in the most austere coronation ceremony in Spain's history – but the monarch has just celebrated his ninth anniversary on the...

SPAIN'S president's huge gamble in calling a snap election this summer might affect everything from the nation's European Union leadership rôle through to local fiesta parades – but Pedro Sánchez...

SPAIN'S reigning monarch, King Felipe VI, has given his ninth annual Christmas speech on TV with a call to unity in government to find solutions for society in light of inflation and the effects of the war in...

AN ITEM of jewellery that belonged to the late Duchess of Alba is on sale in the USA for a cool €2.56 million.

BORN under the sign of Virgo in Asturias' largest city, Oviedo – the same one as Formula 1 legend Fernando Alonso – with a spelling mistake in her name, Spain's Queen Consort, a third-generation journalist,...

THE initial panic is now over, but Juan Carlos I's and Queen Sofía's granddaughter Victoria Federica is still recovering in hospital after being rushed in for an emergency operation.

ALL SPAIN'S Kings and Queens will be attending the funeral of Her Majesty Elizabeth II in London on September 19 – the first time the current and previous reigning monarchs will have been seen in public together...

A HEARTFELT message addressed to 'Dearest Aunt Lilibet' offering sympathy on the loss of 'dear Uncle Philip', a beautiful and profoundly moving letter with a personal touch, showed Spain's King...