May 2023

THE PARTIDO POPULAR strengthened its control of the Murcia regional assembly following Sunday’s elections, gaining five seats- two short of an overall majority. It means that the PP’s Fernando Lopez Miras will remain as president with 21 seats but needs votes or abstentions from the far-right Vox party as has previously been the case. Vox […]

PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez has announced that a general election will take place in Spain on July 23rd. Sanchez made the shock move in a statement delivered in Madrid on Monday morning and he took no questions from reporters. It had been expected that the general election, which had to take place before the end

CARLOS MAZON will be the new Valencian government president after the Partido Popular(PP) topped the poll in Sunday’s regional elections. Needing 50 seats to grab power in the Valencian parliament- Les Corts- the PP became the largest single party with 40(up 21 on the 2019 elections). The far-right Vox party increased its representation by three

A total of £46.5m (€53.6m/$58.6m) in voluntary donations was received by GambleAware during the 2022/23 financial year. The British charity reported that 92% of the total amount, approximately £42.7m, was generated by four of the largest operators in the industry: Entain, William Hill, Bet365, and Flutter. Without a doubt, operators’ main driving force is success,

MALAGA Airport is the main gateway for millions of tourists to Andalucia every year, but is also a great starting point for travellers looking to connect with the rest of the world. It is now possible to travel from the Costa del Sol to more destinations than before, without having to make a stopover. Malaga

THE Conservative Popular Party (PP) has obtained more than 1.4 million votes in Andalucia in yesterday’s municipal elections, more than 185,000 votes over socialist PSOE. In percentages, the PP won 38.1% of the votes and the PSOE 33.3%, according to data published by the Ministry of the Interior. After the PP and the PSOE, Vox

FRANCISCO de la Torre will continue for four more years as mayor of Malaga. The Conservative Popular Party (PP) candidate has won the municipal elections held this Sunday, May 28, and has regained the absolute majority he lost in 2015, which forced him to depend on Ciudadanos for the last two mandates. The results give

THE CONSERVATIVE Popular Party was the big winner at Sunday’s regional and local elections, at which 12 of Spain’s regions and more than 8,000 local councils were up for grabs.  As was predicted by the polls, voters shifted toward the right at the cost of not just the Socialist Party, but also new parties such

OPINION POLLS released at 8pm today, as the polls closed in the 2023 local and regional elections, suggest that tonight will see the conservative Popular Party win an absolute majority in the Madrid region.  The PP is also predicted to wrest power from the Socialists in the Valencia and Aragon regions, albeit falling short of

VOTER TURNOUT at today’s regional and local elections in Spain was at 51.4% by 6pm, an increase of 1.55 points compared to the last polls in 2019.  That’s according to data supplied by the Interior Ministry, which showed that turnout was up by 6.64 points in the Valencia region, 5.65 points in Madrid, 5.16 points