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Isabel Diaz Ayuso takes region’s crown SPAIN’S conservative Partido Popular was today celebrating victory in Madrid after one of the most bitterly fought election battles of recent times. The PP’s leadership candidate Isabel Díaz Ayuso underlined her position as a political heavyweight and a rising star of her party after securing 65 seats in the 136-member regional authority, and just four members short of an absolute majority. Combined with the […]

Fugitive arrested at holy communion celebration SPANISH police arrested a ‘most-wanted’ suspect 10 months after he went on the run at a family party to celebrate a first holy communion. Alleged to be part of a major drug trafficking gang, the “extremely slippery” man came out of hiding to attend the celebration at a restaurant in La Algaba, near Seville. First communion celebrations are an important date in the Spanish […]

MADRID went to the polls today to determine the political future of Spain’s richest region after two weeks of aggressive electioneering and drama – including death threats mailed to politicians. Polling stations opened at 9am and people can vote until 8pm in an election currently seen as a litmus paper test for the political landscape of the entire nation in an increasingly polarised country. The snap poll was called by […]

POLICE have arrested a pharmacy worker for selling fake Covid-19 test certificates so they could travel to Morocco. The 24-year-old charged Moroccan nationals €130 for the bogus papers showing they had tested negative for the disease, allowing them to fly home from Spain, dodging strict coronavirus health rules. It was also discovered that the man, who was held in El Ejido, Andalusia, also had a second job running his own […]

MADRID goes to the ballot box today in a snap election to decide the look of the regional government in a bitter battle between left and right. Not since the 1936-39 civil war has Spanish politics seemed so polarised with echoes of the past appearing in party rhetoric as opposing sides label each other ‘reds’ and ‘fascists’. The campaign has been marked with death threat letters and bullets mailed to […]

SPANISH border guards have arrested a passenger travelling from Cuba who arrived at Valencia airport with 161 wild birds hidden in two suitcases.Guardia Civil officers were waiting at customs at Manises Airport to intercept the traveller who had flown from Havana via Madrid. Tipped off by colleagues in the Spanish capital, it was found the passenger had not made any declaration about the contents of his luggage. The bags were […]