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Spain: Free train travel scheme extended until December 2023

The policy could be here to stay with commuters being encouraged to ditch their cars in favour of taking the train.

04/10/2022

Spain

Survivors of La Palma volcano eruption still struggling one year on

A volcano victims' group reported that some 250 people are still living in hotels, while 150 are staying with friends and relatives.

18/09/2022

Republic of North Macedonia

Sánchez encourages EU membership bids on Western Balkans tour

Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, tells North Macedonia that it did the right thing by unblocking road that will lead to European Union.

31/07/2022

Europe News

Tieless Pedro Sánchez asks Spaniards to ditch the tie to save energy

The Spanish PM showed up tieless to a press conference and asked his fellow Spaniards to follow suit.

29/07/2022

Europe Decoded

Does NATO's collective defence apply to Ceuta and Melilla?

The two Spanish enclaves are the only territory the alliance has on the African continent.

05/07/2022

Spain

Spain's Pedro Sánchez blames traffickers for Melilla migrant deaths

The Spanish prime minister condemned last week's crossing from Morocco, which led to the deaths of 23 migrants, as "an attack on Spain's borders".

28/06/2022

Spain

Spain's Popular Party eyes national vote after Andalusia election win

The Spanish conservative party won an outright victory on Sunday in key regional elections in this southern former Socialist stronghold.

20/06/2022

Spain

Spanish government proposes law banning automated customer service

The bill would also do away with long waiting times by forcing companies to answer calls within three minutes and solve outstanding issues within 15 days.

31/05/2022

Spain

Spain vows legal reforms in wake of spying allegations

The country’s National Intelligence Center, or CNI, has been under fire since April after digital rights group Citizen Lab alleged that the phones of more than 60 Catalan politicians, lawyers and activists had been hacked with controversial spyware.

26/05/2022

Tech News

Spanish PM and defence minister's phones hit by Pegasus spyware attack

Pegasus software used to spy on activists, politicians and heads of state was behind the theft of over 11 gigabytes of data, the Spanish government said on Monday.

02/05/2022

Spain

Man jailed for WhatsApp threats to kill Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez

The 66-year-old suspect had expressed anger at Spain's decision to exhume the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco.

12/04/2022

Spain

Spain's Pedro Sanchez in Morocco for improved diplomatic relations

Madrid has surprisingly changed its position on Morocco’s disputed region of Western Sahara.

07/04/2022

Europe News

EU leaders rebuff Spain's pleas for reforms to curb electricity prices

The European Council only gave Spain and Portugal permission to introduce a price cap on electricity.

25/03/2022

Spain

Spain: MP's voting error on key labour reform sparks political storm

The vote on Thursday was passed by 175 votes to 174.

04/02/2022

Spain

Spain to treat COVID-19 as an endemic illness instead of pandemic

The country has seen its COVID-19 fatality rate fall from an initial 13% to 1%, and according to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez "the virus is no longer so deadly".

18/01/2022

Spain

Leaders of Germany, Spain meet to align left-wing agendas

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Madrid to plan how to boost progressive policies in the 27-nation European Union.

17/01/2022

Spain

Volcanologists can't rule out future reactivation of La Palma volcano

"We can never say that volcanoes are completely stopped until years or even many months. So the longer the time it is in this position of 'no activity', the more probable that the eruption has finally ended," volcanologist Alexis Schwartz told Euronews.

28/12/2021

Spain

Pedro Sánchez calls for unity as Spain celebrates National Day

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was booed by some members of the public as he arrived at the traditional military parade in Madrid.

12/10/2021

Spain

Watch: Drone footage shows new lava flows from La Palma volcano

More earthquakes rattled the Spanish island of La Palma on Monday, as the lava flow from an erupting volcano surged after part of the crater collapsed.

04/10/2021

Spain

Sanchez meets Catalan separatists and says solving impasse needs time

Spain’s prime minister and Catalonia's leader met on Wednesday to restart negotiations hoping to find a solution to the ongoing political crisis over separatist demands.

15/09/2021