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The last two days have been extremely eventful for Spain, the European nation that has been rocked by mass movements demanding a solution to a housing crisis. What began as a response to the eviction of a senior citizen in Madrid snowballed into protests across the country, forcing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to first put…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday (October 5, 2026) called a snap election for November 29, after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government. The defeat on Friday (October 2) was just the latest political setback for the Socialist premier, one of the few European prime ministers from the left still…
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Spain’s Ceuta, still reeling from a rush of 72,000 migrants arriving on its shores in one week, is seeking the transfer of hundreds of unaccompanied minors still in the enclave to mainland Spain, local leaders said on Wednesday (August 5, 2026). Though the vast majority of migrants have since returned to Morocco, roughly 1,100 unaccompanied…
Demonstrators protest against the high cost of living, in Madrid, Spain. | Photo Credit: Reuters Thousands of people rallied in central Madrid on Sunday (May 24, 2026) against spiralling housing costs that have priced many Spaniards out of the housing market despite a recent economic boom, particularly in cities such as the capital and Barcelona….
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Demonstrators holding Spanish flags take part in a protest against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s government in Madrid, Spain on Saturday (May 23, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP A small group of protesters tried to break through barriers around the residence of Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday (May 23, 2026) during a mass…
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Protesters hold banners caricaturing U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Madrid. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war, the country’s Defence Minister said on Monday (March 30, 2026), marking another step in the government’s opposition to U.S. and Israeli…
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On March 4, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivered a televised address to the nation on “recent international events”. Days earlier, when his government had announced it will not allow the U.S. to use their military bases in Spain for strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump had reacted angrily, saying, “We’re going to cut off…
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Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is grappling with a series of legal probes involving his inner circle, including his wife, brother and former transport minister, that have tainted his leftist government. While the 52-year-old and his Socialist party have dismissed the cases as baseless and part of a right-wing “smear campaign”, the judicial onslaught…
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez on Monday jointly inaugurated the TATA Aircraft Complex for manufacturing the C-295 aircraft in Vadodara, the first private sector final assembly line for military aircraft in India. A total of 40 military tactical transport aircraft will be built at the Vadodara facility as…
PM Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez at the TATA Aircraft Complex Vadodara: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today jointly inaugurated the TATA Aircraft Complex for manufacturing C-295 aircraft with his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez in Gujarat’s Vadodara. A total of 56 aircraft are there under the C-295 programme, of which 16 are being delivered…