The Return Of Spain´s Culture Wars
John Boyce reports on the latest round of the Spanish culture wars, centering on the use of co-official languages in
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“Frankenstein” 2.0 Or Fresh Elections?
With the clock ticking on government formation, John Boyce assesses the challenges President Sanchez faces in renewing his multi-party progressive
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Love One To Sanchez Following Parliamentary Speaker Vote
Pedro Sánchez’s hopes of securing another term as Spain’s prime minister have received a significant boost after his Socialist Workers’
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Key Takeaways From Spain´s J23 Election
In the aftermath of surprising results in last Sunday’s general election, John Boyce examines the fallout from 23J After a
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Partido Popular Falls Short Of Expected Victory
Yesterday´s Spanish general election has proved a hollow victory of the conservative Partido Popular who won the most seats with
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Steady Voting Reported As Spain Goes To The Polls
Despite the blistering summer heat a steady stream of voters have been casting their vote since polling stations opened this
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Can Sumar Make A Difference In Sunday’s Snap General Eection?
With the final polls of the campaign indicating a modest right wing majority, John Boyce assesses the coalitions’ chances of
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Spanish General Election: Focus O J.23
With less than two weeks to go before voters head to the polls, John Boyce examines some key factors that
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Pedro Zerolo: Portrait Of A Political Radical
As Madrid Pride week festivities approach, John Boyce looks back at the life of iconic gay activist Pedro Zerolo, and
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Spanish Elections: Five Key Takeaways From M28
John Boyce assesses the fallout from last weekends’ municipal and regional elections in Madrid and around the country. True blue
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Sanchez Announces Early General Election
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez announced yesterday Monday 29th May that he is dissolving parliament and calling an early
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Clean Sweep For Partido Popular In Madrid Elections
The results of the Madrid regional and city elections which took place yesterday, Sunday 28th May, show that the conservative
Read more Ayuso Poised To Win Another Presidential Term
With the regional elections set for May 28th, John Boyce fills us in on Madrid´s regional assembly, the current president,
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Spanish Infrastucture Giant Ferrovial Storm For Going Dutch
One of Spain’ biggest companies, the infrastructure group Ferrovial, has announced plans to move its corporate headquarters from Madrid to
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A Tale Of Two Cities – Madrid Strengthens Ties With Israel While Barcelona Cuts Hers
The Madrid regional premier, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, has been in Jerusalem amid the ongoing war of words between Barcelona´s Mayor,
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Montero Pushes Through Transgender Rights, Abortion Reform & Menstrual Leave
Lawmakers also gave final approval to a law that gives women paid time off if they are diagnosed with severe
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Nephew Says Franco Era Nobel Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda Was Poisoned
An international panel of forensic experts including those from Spain, have said that the Chilean poet and Nobel Prize winner
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Court Adds Bullfighting To “Bono Cultural Joven” Youth Scheme
The Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that bullfighting and taurine spectacles should be included in the activities that can be
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Sanchez Eyes Elections With Minimal Wage Increase
This week the Spanish government has unveiled an 8% rise in the minimum wage, as part of the package to
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Sanchez Tells Global Elite To “Rise To Challenge” Of Inequality & Injustice
Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez was in Davos last week to plead the global elites to play their parts to
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Felipe & The Sword Of The Liberator
The recent eye raising incident of King Felipe not standing during a part of the inauguration ceremony when the sword
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Madrid Determined To Keep Lights On As Government Energy Saving Introduced
The Spanish government’s controversial energy saving measures which come into force today, 10th August, is raising temperatures as a heated
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Spain Remembers Miguel Ángel Blanco
Spain has marked the 25th anniversary of the kidnapping and murder of Partido Popular local councillor Miguel Ángel Blanco. Both
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Sanchez Pushes Through Defence Spending Increase
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has pushed through an immediate billion Euro increase in defence spending in the wake
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Air Force One Touches Down For “Decisive” Madrid Summit
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, landed today on Air Force One as one of the first western
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Furore Over Valley Of The Fallen Military Homage
The long shadow of General Franco´s Valley of The Fallen shows no sign of abetting some 3 years after his
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Madrid Marks 40th Anniversary Of NATO Membership
The 40th anniversary of Spain’s entry into the NATO military alliance has been marked today, Monday 30th May, at an
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Spain Pegasus Spyware Storm Takes Down Intelligence Chief
It has been reported in Spanish media that the government has sacked the country’s spy chief, Paz Esteban, following revelations
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Sanchez Celebrates “Historic” Breakthrough With Morocco
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez visited Rabat on Thursday 8th April for a meeting with the Moroccan King, Mohammed
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Zelenskyy Evokes Guernica In Spanish Parliament Address
The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, received a standing ovation at the Spanish Cortes yesterday, Tuesday 5th April, as he compared
Read more Into The Storm – Ayuso Takes Gloves Off To Clear Name
The simmering tensions within Spain’s main opposition conservative Partido Popular has erupted into full blown open warfare between the party´s
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Rural Spain Comes To Madrid As 1 Million Protestors Arrive
More of 300 groups and associations representing rural Spain, led by Alma Rural are expected in Madrid today, Sunday 23rd
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Madrid Takes Central Government To Court
The Madrid regional government has launched legal proceedings against the central government, in order to reverse an alleged exclusion of
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Ayuso´s Attempts To Stem Spain´s Population Fall
The Madrid regional premier, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, has announced a series of financial incentives in order to encourage births and
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Sánchez Vows To End Prostitution “Enslavement”
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has vowed to “implement” a series of laws aimed at ending the “enslavement” of
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Sanchez Meets NATO Head To Prepare For Madrid Summit
The NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, visited Madrid yesterday Friday 8th October, where he met the prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, at
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Sanchez Announces “Immediate” Rise In Minimum Wage
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has announced an “immediate increase” in the country´s minimum wage, at a special conference
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Street Name Civil War As Franco´s Toughest General Wont Go Quietly
The continuing saga of the legacy of the Spanish Civil War continues in the battle over Madrid´s many streets with
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Spain Steps Up To Provide Afghans Sanctuary
The Spanish government has offered itself to be the European Union’s hub to take in Afghan refungees fleeing the Taliban’s
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Sanchez Brings Glad Tidings To The King
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez flew to Mallorca this week to brief King Felipe on the country’s much improved
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Spanish Government Turns The Screws On Franco’s Legacy
The Spanish government of Pedro Sanchez, used the 85th anniversary of the 1936 coup this week, to announce its historical
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Sanchez’s “New Generation” Reshuffled Cabinet Takes Over
Folowing the weekend cabinet reshuffle of Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, the new ministers took their oaths of office today,
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Government Approves Trans Gender Change Law
The Spanish government has approved a draft of a bill to allow anyone over the age of 14 to change
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Sanchez’s “Leap In The Dark” As Catalan Seditionists Pardoned
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said the government has issued pardons for the nine Catalan separatists who are
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Madrid To Host 2022 NATO Summit
The Secretary-General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, announced yesterday, 14th June,that Madrid will host the 2022 Summit of the 30 member
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Spanish Right Mobilise In Colon Against Catalan Pardons
Up to 30,000 people protested in the Plaza de Colon yesterday, 13th June against the governments controversial plan to pardon
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Ceuta & Melilla Stand Off – Spain´s North African Legacy
Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has vowed to “restore order” as thousands of Moroccans arrived in Ceuta – provoking an
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Ayuso’s Political Gamble Pays Off As Populares Win Big In Madrid
Isabel Díaz Ayuso has achieved a notable victory in the elections for the Madrid regional assembly, winning nearly 45% of
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Madrid Goes To The Polls As AI Makes Its Electoral Debut
Madrid’s 5.1 million voters go to the polls today, Tuesday 4th May, for the regional assembly elections. The much awaited
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Madrid Marches To Ayuso´s Tune
The latest opinion polls indicate that regional premier, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, is set to almost double the seats of her
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Madrid Electoral Candidate Pablo Iglesias Receives Death Threat
The former Deputy Prime Minister and current Unidas Podermos candidate in the Madrid regional elections, Pablo Iglesias is among several
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Queen Letizia Leads 90th Anniversary Of Women´s Suffrage Commemoration
Queen Letizia attended a commemorative event last week, celebrating the 90th anniversary of the granting of the vote for women
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Spain Leads World With One Of Highest Percentage Of Female Politicians
The latest figures from United Nations and Inter Parliamentary Union show that Spain is one of only 13 countries in
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Spain Approves Euthanasia Law
The Spanish Parliament, voted yesterday to legalise euthanasia ensuring that the country becomes only the sixth in the world to
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Dual Citizenship, Security & Picasso Commemoration In Franco-Spanish Summit
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez travelled to Paris this week for the 26th Franco-Spanish Summit with his opposite number
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How Madrid Will Decide Spain´s Political Future
Spain is generating more politics in a month than many countries do in a decade. Moisés Ruiz, Professor at the
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Pablo Iglesias Upends Madrid´s Elections
Spain´s Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the left-wing Podemos Unidas group, Pablo Iglesias, has announced his resignation from the
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Symbolic End To ETA Terrorism In Madrid Steamroller Ceremony
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez on Thursday presided over a ceremony to destroy over 1,400 guns, rifles and other
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Sanchez Condemns Violence As Pablo Hasél Demonstrations Continue
Both Barcelona And Madrid have endured a fifth night of protests over the imprisonment of Spanish rapper, Pablo Hasél. Last
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Catalan Tight Race In Low Poll
The Catalan regional elections held yesterday, Sunday 14th February, have resulted in a surge of support for the Catalan Socialists
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Spain Falls In Latest Global Democracy Standing
The latest survey by The Economist newspaper shows that Spain has fallen by six places in their global democracy index .
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Mas Pais Proposes Four Day Week
The left wing party, Mas Pais has introduced a bill to the Spanish Parliament for a pilot programme to reduce
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Tremors From The Past – Former Spanish Generals Call For Culling
On the eve of Spain’s Constitution Day which commemorates the restoration of democracy after 40 years of dictatorship, Spain´s military
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