Spain’s controversial consent law sees 721 sex offenders’ sentences reduced and 74 get early release

2 March 2023

Spain’s controversial consent law sees 721 sex offenders’ sentences reduced and 74 get early release

SPAIN’S legal watchdog has revealed the first official number of sex offenders who have benefitted from the government’s controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law. Since it came into force in October, 721 convicts have...

28 February 2023

Opposition parties pile on to Spanish government over ‘Mediator’ corruption scandal

THE LEADER of Spain’s main opposition Popular Party, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Tuesday accused the governing Socialists of covering up a corruption case that has been dubbed ‘Mediator’, and demanded that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez...

25 February 2023

Spain’s commitment to arming Ukraine drives wedge between Socialist Party and Podemos

SPAIN’S commitment to sending arms to Ukraine to assist the country in its war with Russia is threatening to drive another wedge between the governing Socialist Party and its junior coalition partner Unidas Podemos. The...

12 February 2023

Spain offers citizenship to more than 200 political prisoners freed from jail in Nicaragua

SPAIN’S Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares announced on Friday that the country is offering citizenship to the more than 200 political prisoners who were freed from prison in Nicaragua last week and flown to the...

20 December 2022

Pedro Sanchez says court veto over appointing judges is ‘unprecedented’ in Spain’s democratic history

A crisis has erupted in Spain after the Constitutional Court(CGPJ) blocked the Senate from voting on a bill to change the way that judges are selected. Congress last week approved the government bill to change...

4 December 2022

Police investigators think that series of letterbombs sent to targets in Spain may have come from Valladolid province

INVESTIGATORS in Spain believe that a series of letterbombs sent to embassies and the prime minister last week may have come from Valladolid province. So far, no suspects have been identified in the ongoing probe...

9 November 2022

EU money seals deal for Spain’s first electric car battery factory in Valencia

CAR maker SEAT has confirmed that it will site Spain’s first electric car battery plant in the Valencia area. SEAT President, Wayne Griffiths reaffirmed the new Sagunto plant will be part of the company’s €10...

6 November 2022

As COP27 climate conference starts in Egypt, Greenpeace calls on Spanish PM for better access to renewables

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigning organisation Greenpeace staged a demonstration on Sunday in Madrid, to coincide with the start of the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt. The message of Sunday’s protests was directed at Spanish...

4 November 2022

Spain will get two green fuel plants in massive deal with shipping company Maersk

DANISH shipping company Maersk will build two major green hydrogen production centres in Spain as it looks to decarbonise its fleet. The freight transporter has signed a deal with the Spanish government for large-scale green...

15 June 2022

‘You’ve aged well!’ Obama jokes with Spain’s PM on visit to Malaga

FORMER US President Barack Obama met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during his visit to a tech conference in Malaga and the pair shared a joke. “How can it be that I have aged...