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SPAIN’S deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias has announced he is planning to run in newly announced elections for the regional government of Madrid. The leader of the Unidas Podemas and part of central government’s coalition, said he was quitting to run as the party candidate in the early election called by the region’s current president Isabel Díaz Ayuso of the conservative Popular Party. Polling day is set for May 4 […]

BUDGET carrier Ryanair has announced a further nine new connections in Spain as it expands its domestic routes to 70. The airline has reported the largest ‘programming’ increase history in Spain as it opens 70 routes across the mainline and islands – with up to 800 flights a week from a total of 21 airports. Ryanair increased its internal Spanish network connections adding a total of nine –four of the […]

SPANISH police have arrested three men in prisons alleged to be recruiting and radicalising inmates to terrorist organisation Islamic State. The trio operated behind the walls of a Murcia prison and are alleged to have formed a criminal group aimed at getting people to join the ‘jihadist’ movement. According to the National Police and Guardia Civil, they used ‘coercion and violence’ against fellow prisoners scheduled for release to carry out […]

The political earthquake of this decision reached Madrid and Castilla y León, but undoubtedly the movement of the president of the Community of Madrid announcing the dissolution of the Assembly and the call for elections for next May 4. A day later Carlos Alsina interviewed Isabel Díaz Ayuso on Onda Cero who has had no problem in recognizing that the relationship with her vice president Ignacio Aguado did not start […]

The European Parliament has removed the immunity of Carles Puigdemont, Clara Ponsatí and Toni Comín. After hearing this news, Puigdemont has declared that "we are in a political persecution". The European Parliament has announced that it is withdrawing the immunity of Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí. The vote was 400 in favour, 248 against and 45 abstentions. Carles Puigdemont, the former president of the Catalan Government has given […]

Today there will be a decision on what to do and what not to do during the San José and Easter holidays. Between the new Inter-territorial Council of Health Government and communities they will try to agree on restrictions against coronavirus for both dates. Today, the capacity for consensus between Government and communities is re-examined, the new meeting of the Interterritorial Council of Health must decide the restrictions that will […]

OLDER workers at Spanish department store chain El Corte Inglés look set to escape the estimated 3,000 workers being made redundant in a voluntary scheme. In meetings with unions, company chiefs say they will not dismiss those ‘who have more difficulty’ re-joining the labour market because of their age. Currently, the department store employs around 90,000 people across Spain and is looking to reduce staff by some 2,500 store workers […]

Creativity has been the driving force behind feminism this Monday, International Women’s Day, to prevent the pandemic from silencing the demands. With the very limited mobilization in the streets of all Spain and completely prohibited in Madrid, the movement that defends the rights of women has opted this 8M to intensify the way of telematic expression, revive the applause at eight in the afternoon with another cause, "dress up" violet […]

A LOST tradition of sending Seville oranges to the British monarch to makemarmalade is making a comeback after more than a century. A crate of the bitter citrus fruit will be transformed into the breakfast treat in Madrid and delivered to Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace. The fruit will be picked from trees in the gardens of the Real Alcázar of Seville – Europe’s oldest functioning royal residence – and […]