https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Thousands of supporters of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rallied at the headquarters of his Socialist party imploring him not to step down over a graft investigation against his wife. https://www.thelocal.es/20240427/pedro-stay-thousand-of-spanish-pms-supporters-take-to-the-streets Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:50:14 +0200 pedro-stay-thousand-of-spanish-pms-supporters-take-to-the-streets Begoña Gómez, wife of Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, has taken legal action against a right-wing TV programme that has peddled a conspiracy that she is transgender and involved in a Moroccan drug trafficking network. https://www.thelocal.es/20230302/wife-of-spanish-pm-sues-tv-host-for-suggesting-she-is-transexual Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:54:30 +0100 wife-of-spanish-pm-sues-tv-host-for-suggesting-she-is-transexual Pedro Sánchez received a booby-trapped letter last week which was "similar" to one which exploded Wednesday at Ukraine's embassy in Madrid, whilst two other explosive packages have been sent to other key locations in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20221201/spains-pm-sent-booby-trapped-letter-as-more-explosives-detected Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:00:04 +0100 spains-pm-sent-booby-trapped-letter-as-more-explosives-detected Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will on Friday become president of an international socialist grouping encompassing 132 countries, a potential springboard to a major post on the world stage. https://www.thelocal.es/20221124/how-spains-pm-pedro-sanchez-is-set-to-become-king-of-the-socialists Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:39:49 +0100 how-spains-pm-pedro-sanchez-is-set-to-become-king-of-the-socialists With Spain's next general election 12 months away, recent polls suggests that the 'Feijóo effect' is softening and Pedro Sánchez's PSOE is regaining ground. Is the PP still capable of winning a majority, or can Sánchez stay in power? https://www.thelocal.es/20221114/who-will-win-spains-2023-election-sanchez-or-feijoo Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:46:47 +0100 who-will-win-spains-2023-election-sanchez-or-feijoo Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has made a bizarre callout by asking office workers across the country to follow his lead in ditching their ties as a means of using less air-conditioning, and thus saving energy. https://www.thelocal.es/20220729/video-take-your-ties-off-spains-pm-says-in-bid-to-save-energy Fri, 29 Jul 2022 20:04:44 +0200 video-take-your-ties-off-spains-pm-says-in-bid-to-save-energy A Spanish court has sentenced to seven and a half years in jail a gun enthusiast who threatened to kill Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, according to the ruling released on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20220412/man-who-threatened-to-kill-spains-pm-sentenced-to-jail Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:24:06 +0200 man-who-threatened-to-kill-spains-pm-sentenced-to-jail Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will be the protagonist of a new documentary series which will look at the inner workings of the Spanish government and offer a glimpse into the daily and personal life of the head of government.  https://www.thelocal.es/20220310/spains-prime-minister-to-star-in-his-own-documentary-series Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:17:44 +0100 spains-prime-minister-to-star-in-his-own-documentary-series Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned the population of a "real risk" of a new wave of infections as a result of the more contagious Omicron coronavirus variant and called for preventative measures to be stepped up. https://www.thelocal.es/20211219/spanish-pm-sanchez-calls-for-new-measures-amid-real-risk-of-rising-covid-cases Sun, 19 Dec 2021 18:23:35 +0100 spanish-pm-sanchez-calls-for-new-measures-amid-real-risk-of-rising-covid-cases Sánchez and his ministers have agreed to increase their salaries in 2022, a rise rejected for deputies and senators. How much will the Spanish PM and his ministers now earn? https://www.thelocal.es/20211014/how-much-does-spains-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-earn Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:36:14 +0200 how-much-does-spains-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-earn Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will quarantine until December 24th after French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19, his office said in a statement on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20201217/pedro-sanchez-in-quarantine-after-macron-france-coronavirus Thu, 17 Dec 2020 12:57:04 +0100 pedro-sanchez-in-quarantine-after-macron-france-coronavirus 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". https://www.thelocal.es/20200604/spain-extends-emergency-for-one-last-time Thu, 04 Jun 2020 11:46:37 +0200 spain-extends-emergency-for-one-last-time Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Sunday he will seek parliament's approval to extend Spain's state of emergency one final time, which would keep the coronavirus lockdown in place until June 21st. https://www.thelocal.es/20200601/spanish-pm-seeks-final-two-week-lockdown-extension Mon, 01 Jun 2020 11:46:09 +0200 spanish-pm-seeks-final-two-week-lockdown-extension 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20200114/spains-new-coalition-government-just-raised-pensions Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:05:05 +0100 spains-new-coalition-government-just-raised-pensions 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20200113/what-does-spains-new-govt-mean-for-the-catalan-crisis Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:30:31 +0100 what-does-spains-new-govt-mean-for-the-catalan-crisis 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20200113/spains-new-coalition-is-headed-in-single-direction-insists-pm Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:31:50 +0100 spains-new-coalition-is-headed-in-single-direction-insists-pm 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20200108/pedro-sanchez-is-sworn-in-as-head-of-spains-first-coalition-government-since-tr Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:19:15 +0100 pedro-sanchez-is-sworn-in-as-head-of-spains-first-coalition-government-since-tr 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20200107/leftist-coalition-government-what-next-for-spain Wed, 08 Jan 2020 00:38:14 +0100 leftist-coalition-government-what-next-for-spain 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20200107/he-did-it-pedro-sanchez-clinches-majority-by-razor-thin-margin Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:55:56 +0100 he-did-it-pedro-sanchez-clinches-majority-by-razor-thin-margin 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20191212/spanish-king-asks-sanchez-to-form-new-government Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:27:57 +0100 spanish-king-asks-sanchez-to-form-new-government