José Marcos

Foreign minister to explain government’s position while junior partner Unidas Podemos slams decision to send aircraft and the opposition questions who’s in charge

PM Pedro Sánchez says the move will be approved on Thursday but insists that vaccination remains the best tool against the spread of the disease

With transmission on the rise, Pedro Sánchez says additional initiatives may be required but insists high vaccination rate is preventing extreme strain on hospitals

Regional premier Pere Aragonès has rejected two team members proposed by Together for Catalonia on the basis that they are not current members of the Cabinet

The installations at Torrejón de Ardoz in Madrid were visited over the weekend by the presidents of the European Commission and the European Council

The armed forces have set up a camp at the Torrejón de Ardoz air base in Madrid that can hold up to 800 people. The evacuees will spend a maximum of 72 hours there before being processed

Spanish PM defends move to restart talks on the future of the region, but he has little legal backing. Meanwhile, new leaders in Barcelona say only a full amnesty will be acceptable

The sign attacking unaccompanied migrant minors was put up as part of the party’s effort to secure votes at the Madrid regional election

Thermometers fall to as low as -25ºC in Guadalajara and hospitals fill up with admissions for falls as deep snow from Storm Filomena turns into ice

Immunization was put on hold in Madrid due to Storm Filomena, but the region – like others hit by the heavy snowfall – has promised that the process will not suffer more delays

Health officials are meeting on Wednesday to draft a common set of guidelines to celebrate safely; measures might include exceptions to sealed borders for people visiting relatives

Aragón, Asturias and the Basque Country join Navarre and La Rioja in sealing their territory, while Catalonia is considering weekend home confinements

The Cabinet is due to meet on Sunday morning to approve the emergency measure, which counts on the backing of the majority of the regions to give them a legal framework for coronavirus restrictions

The figure represents the total number of fatalities between March 8 and May 15, and includes victims who were not tested for Covid-19 as well as those who may have died from other causes

During weekly videoconference call with the PM, Catalan premier Quim Torra insisted that all powers suspended under the emergency measure should be returned to the regions immediately

Speaking to regional premiers on Sunday, Pedro Sánchez said that the exceptional measures would begin to be lifted in the coming days “if nothing goes wrong”

But premiers of Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia had complaints for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez after being excluded from moving to Phase 1 of the deescalation process

During a weekly video conference with the prime minister, politicians object to the Spanish government’s coronavirus deescalation plan

During a conference call with the regions’ chiefs, Pedro Sánchez requested a strengthening of primary care systems ahead of the deescalation of the coronavirus lockdown

Pedro Sánchez has called for cross-party support to fight the coronavirus but has been met with the rejection of the PP and Vox

The Health Ministry is preparing mass testing programs among essential workers in order to avoid new outbreaks once social distancing measures are lifted

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will convene a Cabinet meeting to approve the measure, which is aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus in Spain

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made the decision after warning Spaniards that the number of coronavirus cases was set to rise over the next week

The vote will take place ahead of polls that have been announced in Catalonia, but that are yet to get an official date

The caretaker prime minister will need to secure an absolute majority at the first vote or a simple majority at the second if his bid to get back into office is to prosper

Despite a public clash, the Socialist Party and the separatist Catalan Republican Left continue to talk about a possible abstention that would allow Pedro Sánchez to be sworn into office