- 22h ago
Spain builds sea barrier in Ceuta after 60,000 migrants cross from Morocco, death toll reaches 67
Around 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish exclave on Thursday and Friday, overwhelming the city of 83,000. Spain began installing a 500-metre floating barrier on Saturday as the death toll rose to 67.
- 4d ago
Sánchez urges Feijóo to join climate pact as wildfires scorch 170,000 hectares, accuses right of denialism
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez closed the political year with a call for a state pact on climate emergency, accusing the conservative PP and far-right Vox of fuelling denialism as wildfires have burned over 170,000 hectares across Spain.
- 6d ago
Keiko Fujimori takes office as Peru's first popularly elected female president, vows military-led crackdown on crime
The right-wing leader, daughter of ex-president Alberto Fujimori, won June's runoff by fewer than 50,000 votes and immediately ordered the military to take charge of internal security in emergency zones.
- 6d ago
Canary Islands secures 1,337 million euros in financing deal and sidesteps PP veto
The Canary Islands government will vote on Wednesday in favor of Spain's new autonomous financing model, securing 1,337 million euros extra annually, as finance minister Matilde Asián (PP) takes vacation to avoid disobeying her party's order to vote no.
- Jul 25
Feijóo calls for unity as wildfires burn 35,000 hectares in Spain, urges 'refreshing the political atmosphere'
PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo, speaking at Galicia Day celebrations in Santiago de Compostela, urged all administrations to cooperate against devastating wildfires and to lower political tensions.
- Jul 24
Spain's Morant likens PP and Vox to Hitler, PP demands her resignation
Science Minister Diana Morant said the PP's drift toward the far right resembles Hitler's path, drawing immediate backlash from the PP, which called for her resignation.
- Jul 23
Valencia approves 'national priority' welfare rule and tax cuts for top earners in omnibus law
The PP-Vox majority in Les Corts voted through a fiscal and administrative package on 31 July 2026 that embeds 'national priority' criteria into social benefits and public housing, while raising the wealth-tax exemption to 2 million euros and shaving income-tax rates for earners above 100,000 euros.
- Jul 17
Spain's Electoral Board questions legality of overseas voter census update under 'ley de nietos'
The Junta Electoral Central says it cannot confirm the legal correctness of the procedure that has added over half a million new voters abroad, and orders consulates to justify each municipality assignment.
- Jul 12
RTVE president apologises to Marta Gómez Montero as she returns to 'Malas Lenguas' after live breakdown
Marta Gómez Montero rejoined Jesús Cintora on La 2's 'Malas Lenguas' on Monday afternoon, hours after RTVE president José Pablo López publicly apologised in Congress and announced her return following the Saturday night incident in which she left the set in tears.
- Jul 7
Zapatero asks judge and tax agency to suspend inspection in Plus Ultra case, cancels Lanzarote vacation
The former Spanish prime minister filed two writs on Tuesday to suspend a tax inspection he calls 'unilateral and capricious', while also scrapping his traditional summer trip to Lanzarote for the first time in over a decade.
- Jul 6
Feijóo pledges national 'unborn child' law after Madrid approval, sparking abortion rights clash
The PP leader's announcement follows Madrid's recent approval of a law granting administrative benefits to the unborn, drawing sharp reactions from left-wing parties and women's rights advocates.
- Jul 3
Moreno seals coalition with Vox in Andalusia, burying his moderate image and cementing the PP–far‑right alliance across Spain
Juanma Moreno takes office today for a third term as president of Andalusia, but this time he does so in coalition with Vox, the far‑right party he once vowed to keep at arm’s length.
- Jul 1
Spain grants provisional permits to 609,000 migrants after 1.17 million apply for legal status
Almost 1.2 million undocumented migrants applied for legal status in Spain's three-month amnesty, with over 600,000 already receiving temporary work permits as the government releases final application figures.
- Jun 29
Former PP councillor in Móstoles tells judge mayor made three sexual advances, then harassed her at work after rejection
Ana Isabel Mate detailed three propositions from Manuel Bautista to a Madrid court on Monday, saying her refusal triggered workplace harassment and that the PP failed to protect her despite repeated internal warnings.
- Jun 29
Feijóo accuses government of 'electoral engineering' through nationality law as Vox demands end to overseas postal voting
PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo says the government is using the 'ley de nietos' to manufacture voters, while Vox calls the process a 'slow-motion coup' and demands that Spaniards abroad vote only in person at consulates.
- Jun 27
Feijóo accuses Sánchez of 'caudillismo' as Congress motion demands confidence vote
Opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo told a PP congress in Barcelona that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is governing against the will of parliament, a stance he described as 'caudillismo not seen in 50 years', after 178 MPs urged a confidence vote.
- Jun 20
Feijóo avoids backing Pérez Llorca as Valencia’s PP candidate while demanding early elections
The PP national leader addresses 1,300 supporters in Sueca but declines to confirm Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca as the party’s candidate for the Valencian regional government, drawing sharp criticism from the opposition.
- Jun 20
Spain's tax agency detects simulation in €4.4 million Quirón payments to Madrid president's partner
New filings show Alberto González Amador's company received 4.4 million euros from health giant Quirón despite lacking staff or consultancy capacity, prompting tax inspectors to flag signs of simulation.
- Jun 20
Spanish Congress to vote on urging Sánchez to face a confidence vote after election demand again blocked
The Spanish Congress's governing body, controlled by the government and its allies, has blocked again a call for early elections but will allow a vote next week on a motion urging Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to consider submitting to a confidence vote.
- Jun 18
PP appeals to Constitutional Court after Congress blocks vote on early elections, shifts debate to Senate
The Partido Popular will ask the Constitutional Court to overturn the Congress Board's decision to block a symbolic vote calling on Pedro Sánchez to dissolve parliament and call early elections. The party is also moving the motion to the Senate, where it holds a majority.
