Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Pedro Sanchez

Spain posts strong growth for 2022 despite inflation

Madrid (AFP) - Spain's economy grew faster than expected in 2022 as strong domestic consumption and a surge in investement offset worries over high inflation, officials figures showed Friday.

AFP

Iranian chess player who competed without hijab meets with Spanish PM

An Iranian chess player who defected to Spain after she competed without a hijab and was warned not to return to her country met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Madrid on Wednesday.

Reuters

Thousands join rightist rally against Spanish government

Thousands of people packed into central Madrid on Saturday to protest against the Socialist government and accuse it of undermining the constitution, in a rally backed by rightist parties.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Thousands protest against Spanish govt in Madrid

Madrid (AFP) - Thousands of people protested in Madrid Saturday against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's leftist government in a rally held in a key election year that was backed by far-right party Vox.

AFP

Macron, Sanchez agree joint approach to US trade dispute

Barcelona (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron and Spain's Pedro Sanchez on Thursday joined forces to call for a "proactive" European response to a brewing trade dispute with Washington over alleged protectionism.

AFP

In Spain, Macron, Sanchez ink treaty cementing bilateral ties

Barcelona (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron and Spain's Pedro Sanchez inked a Franco-Spanish friendship treaty in Barcelona Thursday, as Paris seeks Madrid's support for its uncompromising stance in a brewing trade dispute with Washington.

AFP

Macron, Sanchez in Barcelona to cement Franco-Spanish ties

Barcelona (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron was meeting Spain's Pedro Sanchez for a joint summit in Barcelona Thursday, as Paris seeks Spanish support for its uncompromising stance in a brewing trade dispute with Washington.

AFP

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Spain drops sedition charge against ex-Catalan leader

The Spanish Supreme Court on Thursday dropped sedition charges against former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont over a failed 2017 independence bid that sparked Spain's worst political crisis in decades.

Radio France Internationale

Spain's Supreme Court drops sedition charges against Catalan separatist leader

Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday dropped sedition charges against the leader of Catalonia's failed bid for independence, Carles Puigdemont, after a reform of the country's penal code abolished the crime.

Reuters

Spain sees 'dreadful' spike in femicide

Spain's Interior Minister has denounced a "dreadful" surge in gender violence after 13 women were killed in December, making it the deadliest month this year. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Spain was "suffering a terrible rebound in cases of gender violence".

Radio France Internationale

Commentary: The rise of the left was the real story of 2022

Pundits reviewing 2022 are heaving a palpable sigh of relief. This was the year, or so the consensus goes, when far-right strongmen such as Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro were enfeebled, China stumbled and the “West” made a comeback, at least against Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Tribune News Service

Spain's penal code reforms soften penalties linked to Catalan separatist leaders

Spain's upper house of parliament on Thursday passed reforms to the penal code affecting crimes for which several Catalan leaders were convicted after their 2017 bid for the region's independence resulted in a constitutional crisis.

Reuters

Spanish MPs approve new bill on transgender rights

Lawmakers on Thursday passed a transgender rights bill allowing anyone 16 and over to change gender on their ID card, putting Spain on track to becoming one of the few countries to allow transgender people to change their status with a simple declaration.

France 24

Spain approves trans rights bill that has split the left

Madrid (AFP) - Lawmakers on Thursday passed a transgender rights bill allowing anyone 16 and over to change gender on their ID card, putting Spain on track to becoming one of the few countries to allow the change with a simple declaration.

AFP

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The National (Scotland)

Catalonia's independence drive is 'over', Spanish prime minister declares

CATALONIA’S push for independence is “over”, the Spanish Prime Minister has declared.

Radio France Internationale

Macron, EU leaders launch €2.5billion hydrogen pipeline between Spain and France

An ambitious underwater pipeline to bring hydrogen from the Iberian Peninsula to the rest of Europe will be completed by 2030 and cost some 2.5 billion euros, the leaders of France, Spain and Portugal said Friday.

Reuters

France, Spain leaders to hold summit on Jan 19 - Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will meet again in Spain on Jan. 19, Macron said in a tweet on Friday following a summit of nine Mediterranean countries in the Spanish city of Alicante.

Reuters

At summit, southern EU leaders watch World Cup on Croatian PM's mobile

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic could not hide his joy on Friday evening at a summit of EU Mediterranean countries after his country beat hot favourites Brazil on penalties to advance to the World Cup semi-finals.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AFP

Hydrogen pipeline between Spain and France to be ready 'by 2030'

Alicante (Spain) (AFP) - An ambitious underwater pipeline to bring green hydrogen from the Iberian Peninsula to the rest of Europe will be completed by 2030 and will cost some 2.5 billion euros, the leaders of France, Spain and Portugal said Friday.

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian embassies across Europe sent 'bloody packages' containing animal eyes

The packages, soaked in a liquid with a distinctive colour and smell, were sent to Ukrainian embassies in Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy and Austria

The Independent UK

US embassy and Spanish PM targeted in flood of Madrid letter bombs

Public buildings on high alert as second consulate targeted in Madrid

Reuters

Spanish PM office confirms 'similar' package to letter bombs sent to him - Interior Ministry

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's office received on November 24 a letter containing an explosive device "similar" to the ones received by the Ukrainian embassy, a Spanish weapons manufacturer on Wednesday and an air force base on Thursday, the Interior Ministry said.

France 24

New Spanish law on locating Franco-era victims divides opinion

Almost five decades after the death of Spain's right-wing dictator Francisco Franco, the country is making a fresh attempt to offer justice to his victims. A new Democratic Memory law, which came into force in October, makes the state responsible for the search for tens of thousands of those forcibly…

AFP

Far-right Vox leads mass protests against Spanish govt

Madrid (AFP) - Tens of thousands of supporters from Spain's far-right Vox party demonstrated nationwide on Sunday to protest Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's leftist government.

Reuters

PM Sanchez sees 70% of US-EU data traffic passing through Spain

About 70% of the internet traffic between the United States and the European Union will pass through Spain after all the investments planned in data centers and submarine cables have been carried out, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday.

1 … 10 11 12 13

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

European Union

24,370 stories

International Monetary Fund

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.