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...lockdown, saying the country had to be "started up again", however opposition leader Pablo Casado, of the Partido Popular (PP), said this wouldn't be safe without mass testing. Casado asked Sánchez whether Spain would need a bailout. The PM didn't reply, but
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...party interest," he said. Leader of the Partido Popular, Pablo Casado, replied, "He said in his weekly sermon that he is the high representative of Spaniards, but this isn't true. You aren't the King however much you summon us to talks." Casado said he
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The new body, which is more symbolic than real, is not part of the Catalan regional government but has its support, and is not funded with public money. The council will be led from Belgium by Carles Puigdemont, who headed the Catalan government b
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The first session of talks on the political future of Catalonia between Barcelona and Madrid looks set for 27 February. Catalan leader Quim Torra was upset this week when prime minister Pedro Sánchez announced another date without consultation,
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...party will support its new coalition automatically, Vox's Andalusian leader criticised them both on Wednesday. Francisco Serrano said, "We won't get in the way of a PSOE exit, but we aren't going to let them [PP and Cs] blank us out." He added that he ... insistence that its regional leader, Juan Marín, should be the president. They had argued that as Cs' number of MPs had jumped the most, from 9 to 21, it should be the leader of "the change". However it now seems likely that the PP, which came second to
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...support the Socialists' 2019 budget - tabled for a parliamentary vote in January - unless Sánchez softens his anti-secession stance. It's also a move that highlights the PSOE leader's schizophrenic tactics with regard to the Catalonia problem.
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...was not far from people's minds. In Chile on Monday he praised that country's efforts to come to terms with the dictatorship of Augustus Pinochet and a national museum on the subject. In Bolivia, leader Evo Morales promised that, despite
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Jordi Pujol Ferrusola, son of the former leader of Catalonia, Jordi Pujol i Soley, was held indefinitely without bail on Tuesday after a judge decided that he was at risk of continuing to commit offences and destroying evidence. With so many large
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...situation, perhaps not as extreme as Solnit's but similar, and out of politeness endured the boring speech so that the peacock could open his splendid tail feathers. Mr Casado (Partido Popular leader) offered a text book example of mansplaining last week.
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...them will be luxury properties, and this will make the municipality the leader in terms of luxury accommodation in Andalucía. With the new PGOU plan, Benahavís also becomes one of the municipalities in Malaga province with the most land for public
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Former leader, Pedro Sánchez, and Patxi López are also to stand.
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The former president of Catalonia, Artur Mas, has been banned from public office for two years by a Barcelona court for his part in the organisation of an independence referendum held in November 2014. Two other former regional ministers were also ba
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Trocadero Marbella Rugby Club are making their presence known to the early leaders. The Costa del Sol side gave a masterclass in attack with a commanding 46-8 win over Unión de Rugby Almería who, even with their latest recruits, couldn't match the ho
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Trocadero Marbella pushed Liceo Francés de Madrid to the limit despite a 17-22 home loss to the league leaders. The hosts also had to deal with a sending off, which was shown to one of their players after he received a second yellow card. The lea
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...literature and been the subject of songs like 'El calor del amor en un bar', from Gabinete Caligari back in the 1980s. "When I wrote that song in 1985, I knew what I was talking about," says the leader of the trio from Madrid, Jaime Urrutia. "I had read that
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...priorities. Keeping everyone happy, in other words. Meanwhile, the Spanish government is being criticised at home for the increasingly opaque and improvisatory nature of its response to Covid-19. Speaking in congress on Wednesday, the leader of the Basque
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...normal" with the loosening of lockdown and business activity restrictions. However the PM is increasingly finding an opposition hostile to the PSOE-Unidas Podemos coalition government's handling of the crisis. The leader of the main opposition party,
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leader, Pablo Iglesias, and Health minister Salvador Illa on Thursday. Children will not be allowed to come into contact with other youngsters, so play will be limited to their own brothers and sisters or members of their household. They will be able to
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Susana Díaz, regional PSOE leader and current acting president of the Junta de Andalucía, was clearly shocked by the election result on Sunday night. Speaking to supporters at her party's campaign base in Seville, she claimed little personal ... stressed that she was still leader of the largest party in Andalucía and had the right to try to form the next regional government. The poor PSOE result was also a blow to the central government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, as it was the first test
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The first telephone call from newly re-elected leader of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, to prime minister Mariano Rajoy was about the Catalonian government’s threat to stage an unauthorised independence referendum. The opposition leader has clashed
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Spanish offence of rebellion. It had been hoped by the Spanish Supreme Court that Germany would compare its own offence of high treason to that of rebellion, and so agree to return Puigdemont to Spain on a more serious charge. The Catalan leader has been
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This Sunday, 21 May, sees the primary elections for the new leader of the PSOE socialist party. Party members will choose between three candidates for the position, which has been vacant since last October. A conference in June will ratify the ... decision. Taking part in a leadership debate this week were Susana Díaz, president of the Junta de Andalucía, Patxi López, former speaker in parliament and Pedro Sánchez, former party leader. Díaz and Sánchez are the two favourite candidates with opposed
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...fomer leader, Mariano Rajoy, and Pablo Casado, closer to the right wing of the party. Despite their differences, both were in good spirits at a dinner on Tuesday. The election process follows accounts of widespread corruption within PP, as its ... position as the country's leading party became untenable. A new leader is set to be chosen before the end of July.
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Amid this week's tensions between the United States and its allies at the NATO summit in Brussels, Donald Trump and Spain's new prime minister, Pedro Sánchez had the first opportunity to shake hands. As is the concensus between the other NATO count
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The first formal meeting between the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, and the pro-independence president of the Catalan regional government, Quim Torra, took place in Madrid on Monday. Held at the new PM's official residence, La Moncloa, the talks we
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The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, reminded Theresa May in a telephone conversation on Thursday that the EU will negotiate Brexit as a united front, government sources said. The British prime minister telephoned her Spanish counterpart on T
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Three Nigerian men belonging to a large human-trafficking network have been arrested by National Police. One of whom is believed to be the leader of the group. The gang are thought to have smuggled people from Nigeria into Spain and other parts of ... leader of the group, Evo Rabel, was arrested in Morocco and is accused of forcing women into prostitution as well as being the person who controlled the movement of the women across the Strait of Gibraltar. The other two men supposedly led operations
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The Socialist party leader Pedro Sánchez has become Spain's new prime minister after a majority of MPs supported the vote of no confidence on Friday, toppling the ruling Partido Popular party (PP) and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Sánchez ... of Mariano Rajoy before the vote had been the only option remaining to stop PSOE Socialist party leader Pedro Sánchez becoming prime minister. Rajoy refused to resign despite pleas from Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera to go before the vote succeeded.
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Marbella could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to La Roda on Sunday, leaving them three points behind leaders Lorca, who earned a 1-0 victory away at San Fernando. The heavy rain had a major influence on the first half, and it was La Roda who adapt
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...accusations. Instead, both Sánchez and Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias repeatedly made appeals for cross-party collaboration, in order to more effectively deal with the pandemic and its economic consequences. Sánchez is right to ask his opponents, chief among
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"We've come to London to share the message of a grand and hospitable city: one that is attractive, like few in the world, to live in, to invest in and to work in." With these words the mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, opened his speech to a gr
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Leaving behind the Desfiladero de los Gaitanes gorge and the Caminito del Rey walkway, one approaches the remains of Bobastro. This location in Ardales was firstly the refuge and later the general headquarters of Omar ben Hafsún's rebellion against t
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...controls The conservative Partido Popular (PP) leader, Pablo Casado, was particularly hard, leaving behind the air of full support in the initial days of the crisis. The opposition leader accused the government of not "being up to" the effort needed and
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Is there no end to the woes of Spain's ruling Popular Party (PP)? It has emerged that Cristina Cifuentes, leader of the conservative PP in Madrid, obtained a master's degree from Rey Juan Carlos University (URCJ) under questionable circumstances.
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Scout Leader Robert Troost with the mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre. J. Yeadon Wearing a Scout scarf and making the three-finger Scout sign, the mayor congratulated the groups for their work with young people. He presented certificates to ... representatives of the stamp club and the different Scout groups present, including to 1st Fuengirola Group Scout Leader, Robert Troost. The presence of the British Scouts in Malaga was another example of the diversity of the province said De la Torre. The
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...the new PP leader obtained a Master's degree without going to class or taking exams; a judge is currently investigating whether his claims to the qualification are fraudulent. Hardly what you want of a politician tasked with updating and cleansing a
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Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has revealed how the government proposes to use article 155 of the Constitution to intervene in Catalonia to curb the regional government's independence drive. RELATED NEWS Rajoy prepares to intervene i
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The whole Cabinet underwent checks for cornavirus on Thursday as the minister for Equality, Irene Montero, announced that she had tested positive. Her partner is Pablo Iglesias, leader of Unidas Podemos and a deputy prime minister. He immediately
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...city in the UK. The proposal was made during a visit by Socialist representatives to Macharaviaya last week, which is where de Gálvez was born in 1746. He was a military leader who fought against the British during the American War of Independence and