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Olive Press News » Spain Politics
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FAMILIES of migrants who disappeared on the perilous journey from Africa to Spain have claimed they were asked to pay hundreds of euros for information by people allegedly linked to an NGO. According to an investigation by The Guardian, at least three families were approached by people in southern Spain claiming they worked for an ..read more
Olive Press News » Spain Politics
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PABLO Iglesias, the former leader of the Spanish leftist Podemos party, has admitted he is “a little nervous” ahead of the opening of his new bar in Madrid. Iglesias, 45, is the new owner of Taberna Garibaldi, a traditional bar located in the Lavapies neighbourhood of Spain’s capital. The life of Spain’s former vice-president has ..read more
Olive Press News » Spain Politics
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LONG-RUNNING negotiations over new border arrangements for Gibraltar has seen British pro-Brexit MPs voice their concern over Spain’s demands to jointly manage the airport. An urgent House of Commons question over the territory’s sovereignty was asked last week. The nature of Gibraltar’s long-term post-Brexit relationship with the European Union including Spain still remains unresolved including ..read more
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SPAIN’S defence minister, Margarita Robles, has issued a stark warning to her fellow citizens about the threat that Vladimir Putin’s Russia poses to the European Union. “The situation in the world is very complicated,” the Socialist politician told Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia. “Right now, a ballistic missile could easily reach Spain from Russia.” She also ..read more
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THE lawyer of exiled ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont says he will return to Spain once the new Amnesty Law hits the statute books- even at the risk of being arrested for terrorism. Gonzalo Boye has also talked about his client heading up the list for the Junts party in May’s Catalan elections in a bid ..read more
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OPPOSITION parties in the Madrid regional government ramped up the pressure on Partido Popular (PP) premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso to quit on Thursday, after it emerged that her partner, Alberto Gonzalez Amador, had admitted to prosecutors that he committed tax fraud offences related to the sale of face masks during the worst of the Covid-19 ..read more
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SPAIN’S leading pollster who was widely ridiculed after misjudging the recent Galician regional elections has blamed nuns for boosting the right-wing vote. Jose Felix Tezanos, the head of Spain’s state polling agency, the Centre for Sociological Studies (CIS), has long been criticised for producing inaccurate, left-leaning predictions in the run-up to elections. Prior to last ..read more
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CONGRESS in Madrid on Thursday backed an amnesty bill for Catalan separatists by 178 votes to 172. The lower house of parliament result is good news for Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, who’s had several problems in recent weeks including a procurement scandal over Covid face masks. The bill now has to go to the Senate ..read more
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SPAIN’S Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has abandoned efforts to reach a cross-party deal to pass a budget for this year, after snap elections were called yesterday by the regional premier of Catalunya, Pere Aragones of the Catalan Republican Left (ERC). Sanchez is governing in coalition with leftist alliance Sumar, but lacks a working majority ..read more
Olive Press News » Spain Politics
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VOTERS in Spain’s Catalunya region will be going to the polls on May 12, after regional premier Pere Aragones yesterday called a snap election. The decision to bring forward the vote from February 2025, when the current legislative term was due to end, came after the Catalan parliament rejected the government’s budget proposal. Aragones, of ..read more