Spain to release funds for mass grave exhumations
Government announces €750,000 in grants, nine years after conservatives slashed the budget for historical memory projects
Spain’s economy shrank 34% in the first two weeks of the coronavirus lockdown
The government is counting on EU funds to help with the economic recovery, but faces political disputes at home over the use of the money
Spanish government to extend state of alarm until April 26
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made the decision after contacting opposition leaders and scientific experts
Spanish government proposes new national pact for coronavirus recovery effort
After overnight deaths reach a new peak, the executive is also considering extending the state of alarm until April 26
Opposition Popular Party backs stricter lockdown, but slams government “improvisation”
Spain’s biggest labor unions also support the move, but businesses warn of “negative impact” on companies
Galicia, Basque Country to hold early regional elections in April
The vote will take place ahead of polls that have been announced in Catalonia, but that are yet to get an official date
In Spain, opposition vows to fight new executive every step of the way
The leader of the conservative Popular Party withdraws earlier offers of support, saying that PM Pedro Sánchez has left the country “in the hands of terrorists and coup plotters”
Pedro Sánchez submits to the closest investiture vote of Spain’s democracy
The caretaker prime minister is set to win a simple majority by a very small margin in Congress today, meaning any last-minute setbacks could lead to fresh elections
How a cigarette pack became a form of anti-Franco resistance
A new exhibition showcases apparently insignificant objects that were nursed as treasures by the families of the executed and the exiled
In gridlocked Spain, caretaker PM explores an unlikely Plan B
Pedro Sánchez is meeting with leaders of right-of-center parties to determine their willingness to endorse him if his deal with a Catalan separatist party ultimately fails
Vote count gives extra seat to PP, further complicating Pedro Sánchez’s chances
The conservatives have picked up a deputy in the Basque Country, meaning the caretaker PM will need to secure key abstentions or support from another party to retake power
Valley of the Fallen faces uncertain future after Franco’s exhumation
While the caretaker government wants to turn it into a place of memory and reconciliation, long-term plans are on hold until after the national election of November 10
Spain’s PM seeks joint response to growing street violence in Catalonia
There were 51 arrests and 125 people were injured following a night of clashes between police and protesters who lit fires and erected barricades in Barcelona, Tarragona, Sabadell and Lleida
Madrid chief’s talk of “burning churches” upsets Popular Party colleagues
Regional premier Isabel Díaz Ayuso was attacking the plans of caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to exhume ex-dictator Francisco Franco, but the comments are out of step with the conservative group’s strategy for the upcoming election campaign
Valley of the Fallen: The fight to recover remains from “Spain’s largest mass grave”
Family members of Republicans interred in the controversial site want to exhume their loved ones and give them a dignified burial, but they say the process is taking too long
One hundred days since election, Spain still no closer to forming government
Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is working on a new strategy to win the support of the anti-austerity party Unidas Podemos, which refused to back his investiture bid in July
Once foes, two ex-PMs share concern about state of Spanish politics
Felipe González and José María Aznar agreed that centrality has been lost in recent years
The enduring myths around Spain’s Historical Memory Law
On the 80th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War, the recollection of what happened in the following decades continues to be at the center of a heated political debate
Spain’s Supreme Court suspends the planned exhumation of Franco
The Socialist Party government of Pedro Sánchez has been working on a project to move the remains of the former dictator since last June, but has met the stiff opposition of his family
Spain’s acting PM and opposition leader agree to open talks on Catalan crisis
The move represents a U-turn for Popular Party president Pablo Casado, who garnered a disastrous result at the April 28 election
How a shift to the right prompted the PP’s worst election night in 30 years
The conservative party’s disastrous showing at the April 28 polls proves, for many insiders, that going after supporters of far-right group Vox was a mistake. Here’s how the debacle unfolded
After stinging election defeat, PP chief Pablo Casado does strategy U-turn
Despite months of making overtures to far-right party Vox, the conservative leader has now dismissed the group, with a new campaign aimed at reclaiming the center ground
Spanish politicians clash over Catalonia in first televised debate
The Monday night event revealed the deep divide between the left-wing and right-wing blocs ahead of the general election on April 28
Spain’s election campaign heats up ahead of televised debates
With less than a week to go before the April 28 polls, Spanish political parties are scrambling to win over undecided voters
New poll predicts Socialist Party victory at Spanish elections
The latest CIS survey predicts that current Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will win the highest number of seats in Congress, but fall short of an absolute majority
Spain’s Popular Party star candidate: “Neanderthals also used abortion”
The conservative group is in hot water after congressional candidate Adolfo Suárez Illana made a series of incendiary comments on terminations
PP proposes delaying deportation of pregnant migrants who opt for adoption
In planned legislation dubbed the “support for maternity law,” the conservative party is seeking to link the issues of illegal migration, terminations, adoptions and economic resources