March 2024

THE UK has appointed a new Ambassador to Spain- Alex Ellis- who will take up his post this summer. Ellis, 56, will replace Hugh Elliott in Madrid after holding the position since August 2019. Elliott has been Ambassador during a very busy time which saw the UK leave the EU and he’s had to deal […]

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

THIS winter just past in Spain was the joint warmest since records began, and is likely to be followed by a spring that is also above average in terms of temperatures.  That’s according to Spain’s Aemet state meteorological agency, whose spokespersons explained on Thursday that the temperatures this winter are on a par with that

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-

A PRIEST in the Canary Islands has been forced to apologise to angry locals after accidentally ordering workers to paint over historic frescoes during a church’s restoration. Hector Lunar, a priest on the island of Tenerife, has asked for forgiveness following an outcry by churchgoers, claiming that he never knew that the 300-year old artworks

HOLIDAYMAKERS were thrust into a scene of panic when a freak wave breached the sides and barreled through the vessel shortly after it had set sail. Video of the moment captured the anxious glances of passengers as the enormous wave gathered strength ominously behind the ferry on March 10. One man was seen getting up

SPAIN’S upper house of parliament, the Senate, has passed an amendment to the Coastal Law to protect the ‘unique homes’ on the coast. The measure was approved by the Partido Popular(PP) who hold the majority in the Senate, but the matter will return to the lower Congress of Deputies- led by the PSOE-Sumar government which

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

FASHION chain Inditex- owners of branded stores like Zara- reported record profits last year. The Spanish company achieved a net profit of €5.3 billion- up 30% on 2022- while revenues reached a new high of €35.9 billion. Shares on the stock market rose by 7.74% after the news was announced with dividend holders getting an

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