Spain's Senate is poised to approve Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's budget for 2021 later Tuesday, boosting his minority Socialist-led government after years of political instability.
A Spanish government plan to fight disinformation has sparked complaints from the media and the opposition, which say it limits free expression and seeks to establish a "ministry of truth".
Spain's government on Thursday froze its proposed controversial reform of a top legal body that critics including Brussels had warned could undermine the judicial system's independence.
The proposed reform of a top Spanish legal body has sparked a storm of controversy, with critics warning it risks undermining the judicial system's independence in concerns echoed by Brussels.
Spain's parliament rejected Thursday a no-confidence motion filed by the far-right Vox against the leftwing coalition
government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Spain's parliament on Wednesday began debating a no-confidence motion filed by the far-right Vox against the leftwing coalition government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Spanish lawmakers voted Wednesday to extend the state of emergency a final time through to June 21st as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez urged an embittered opposition not to succumb to the "poison of hate".
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez won parliamentary backing to extend the lockdown for another two weeks Wednesday, despite opposition from his rightwing opponents and protests against his minority coalition government.
Spain's new leftist coalition government approved raising pensions this year in line with inflation during its first cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's new government took office Monday facing the challenge of finding a solution to
the Catalan crisis after controversially agreeing to start talks with the separatists.
Spain's socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday promised that his new minority coalition with the radical left Podemos party was heading in the same direction, despite past differences between the two parties.
Pedro Sanchez was sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday in a ceremony before King Felipe VI, becoming head of Spain's first-ever coalition government since the dictatorship ended in 1975.
Spain's new coalition government between Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialist party and hard-left Podemos wants to raise taxes for the rich, roll back a reform of labour market laws, and raise salaries.
Spain's parliament on Tuesday confirmed Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez's reappointment as prime minister by a
razor-thin margin, ending almost a year of political limbo for the eurozone's fourth-largest economy.
Spain's King Felipe VI on Wednesday tasked acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez with forming a new government even though he lacks support from other parties to form a workable majority in parliament.
Spain's new parliament met for its opening session Tuesday, with the far-right Vox as the third-largest party following a divisive election that failed to resolve years of political deadlock.
Spain could soon have its first left-wing coalition government after general elections on November 10th led to an agreement between erstwhile political rivals on the left.
Spain's Socialists and the radical leftwing Podemos have agreed in principle to form a coalition government, the leaders of the two parties said on Tuesday.
Talks between Spain's socialists and far-left Podemos to agree a coalition government were stalled on Thursday, casting doubt on whether Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will win a a crucial confidence vote later in the day.
Spain's prime minister called an early general election on Friday, the third in less than four years, after his draft budget was rejected in parliament over the Catalan secession crisis.
Right-wing and Catalan separatist lawmakers on Wednesday rejected Spain's draft 2019 budget, a move that could force Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez into calling early elections.
Spain's deputy prime minister met Catalan separatist leaders Thursday as both sides pursue complex talks on the region's future initiated by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's minority government, which is struggling to pass its draft 2019 budget, would not rule out holding an early general election, a top cabinet minister said on Monday.
Spain's prime minister defied the Supreme Court in a rare move on Wednesday, stating that banks would now have to pay a mortgage tax instead of customers in opposition to what the highest court had ruled.
He may be behind bars, but a former police chief still strikes fear into the highest levels of the Spanish state thanks to his covert recordings of compromising conversations with the all-powerful.
