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 The trial of a key figure in an illegal funding scandal involving Spain's rightwing Popular Party opened Monday with the defendant pledging a full confession directly implicating the former premier. https://www.thelocal.es/20210208/slush-fund-trial-opens-in-madrid-putting-spotlight-on-spains-rightwing-popular-party Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:33:20 +0100 slush-fund-trial-opens-in-madrid-putting-spotlight-on-spains-rightwing-popular-party Spain's conservative opposition party is engulfed in a scandal involving allegations an informant was paid out of state coffers to spy on a party bigwig in a case that could taint a former prime minister. https://www.thelocal.es/20200915/spains-right-rattled-by-suspected-spying-case Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:08:37 +0200 spains-right-rattled-by-suspected-spying-case Spain’s general election is 'al doblar de la esquina' (around the corner) as they will take place on Sunday November 10th. This is all the vocabulary you will need to understand it. https://www.thelocal.es/20191108/all-the-words-you-need-to-know-to-understand-spains-general-election Fri, 08 Nov 2019 13:00:50 +0100 all-the-words-you-need-to-know-to-understand-spains-general-election A court in Spain on Wednesday acquitted the country's main opposition conservative Popular party (PP) of destroying computer hard drives that allegedly had incriminating information on a corruption case. https://www.thelocal.es/20190905/partido-popular-spanish-conservative-party-acquitted-of-destroying-evidence Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:04:55 +0200 partido-popular-spanish-conservative-party-acquitted-of-destroying-evidence With far right backing, the candidate of Spain's mainstream conservative Popular Party (PP) was Wednesday invested as the head of the regional government in Andalusia, a former Socialist fiefdom. https://www.thelocal.es/20190117/backed-by-far-right-conservatives-take-over-spains-southern-region Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:57:22 +0100 backed-by-far-right-conservatives-take-over-spains-southern-region Spain's conservative Popular Party (PP) was left with egg on its face Saturday after posting a video on Twitter suggesting it wished Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez dead, drawing criticism and forcing it to delete the tweet. https://www.thelocal.es/20190107/spains-conservatives-shock-with-pm-death-tweet Mon, 07 Jan 2019 11:26:25 +0100 spains-conservatives-shock-with-pm-death-tweet Spain's conservative Popular Party (PP), freshly ousted from power over a series of corruption cases, has been hit by another scandal as new leader Pablo Casado stands accused of getting a Masters degree as a "gift." https://www.thelocal.es/20180807/pablo-casado-spains-new-pp-leader-hit-by-degree-scandal Tue, 07 Aug 2018 17:28:54 +0200 pablo-casado-spains-new-pp-leader-hit-by-degree-scandal The race to lead Spain's graft-tainted conservative Popular Party gathered pace Tuesday, as two women who were heavyweight ministers in Mariano Rajoy's ousted government announced their candidacy. https://www.thelocal.es/20180620/race-to-replace-rajoy-as-head-of-embattled-spanish-conservatives Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:01:03 +0200 race-to-replace-rajoy-as-head-of-embattled-spanish-conservatives Spain's Mariano Rajoy, who is to stand down as head of the conservative Popular Party after being ousted as prime minister last week, said Wednesday he plans to quit politics altogether. https://www.thelocal.es/20180606/spains-ousted-pm-rajoy-says-he-plans-to-quit-politics-entirely Wed, 06 Jun 2018 16:46:51 +0200 spains-ousted-pm-rajoy-says-he-plans-to-quit-politics-entirely Mariano Rajoy, a major figure of Spanish politics over the past 14 years, announced Tuesday he will quit as head of the conservative Popular Party (PP) after being ousted as prime minister last week. https://www.thelocal.es/20180605/spains-ousted-pm-rajoy-to-quit-as-conservative-party-leader Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:49:02 +0200 spains-ousted-pm-rajoy-to-quit-as-conservative-party-leader He's known as the great survivor: Calmly biding his time as his rivals fret around him, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has bounced back from every political crisis he's faced... until now. https://www.thelocal.es/20180601/rajoy-spains-great-survivor-on-the-verge-of-falling Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:29:20 +0200 rajoy-spains-great-survivor-on-the-verge-of-falling Mariano Rajoy faced his last hours as Spanish prime minister Friday as he braced to lose a no-confidence vote and make way for his arch-rival Pedro Sanchez, leader of the opposition. https://www.thelocal.es/20180601/spanish-pm-poised-to-fall-in-no-confidence-vote Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:00:34 +0200 spanish-pm-poised-to-fall-in-no-confidence-vote The Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) announced that it will support Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) in his vote of no confidence against Mariano Rajoy (PP). https://www.thelocal.es/20180531/adios-rajoy-its-all-over-for-spanish-pm Thu, 31 May 2018 19:35:04 +0200 adios-rajoy-its-all-over-for-spanish-pm Spain's Mariano Rajoy was fighting for his political life Thursday as his government faced a no-confidence vote tabled by the opposition Socialists following a corruption scandal involving the premier's ruling Popular Party. https://www.thelocal.es/20180531/spain-mps-begin-debating-no-confidence-motion-against-pm Thu, 31 May 2018 12:55:33 +0200 spain-mps-begin-debating-no-confidence-motion-against-pm Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vowed on Wednesday not to resign ahead of a no-confidence vote in parliament Friday over graft convictions against members of his conservative Popular Party and the court casting doubt on his testimony. https://www.thelocal.es/20180530/embattled-spanish-pm-rules-out-quitting-over-graft-case Wed, 30 May 2018 14:48:22 +0200 embattled-spanish-pm-rules-out-quitting-over-graft-case The former treasurer of Spain's ruling Popular Party (PP) was sent straight to jail Monday pending a possible appeal against his 33-year prison sentence in a graft trial that has sparked a no-confidence vote against the prime minister. https://www.thelocal.es/20180529/barcenas-sent-directly-to-jail-after-graft-sentence Tue, 29 May 2018 12:46:18 +0200 barcenas-sent-directly-to-jail-after-graft-sentence Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces a no-confidence vote at the end of the week after a court ruled his governing Popular Party benefited for years from a large kickbacks-for-contracts scheme. https://www.thelocal.es/20180529/what-next-scenarios-after-spanish-pms-no-confidence-vote Tue, 29 May 2018 12:10:11 +0200 what-next-scenarios-after-spanish-pms-no-confidence-vote Spain's Socialist Party on Saturday pledged to hold new elections within months if its attempt to unseat Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy with a parliamentary no-confidence vote succeeds. https://www.thelocal.es/20180527/spains-socialists-pledge-elections-within-months-if-vote-succeeds Sun, 27 May 2018 11:08:13 +0200 spains-socialists-pledge-elections-within-months-if-vote-succeeds Spain's biggest opposition party, the Socialists (PSOE), filed a no-confidence motion on Friday against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy after his conservative Popular Party was found guilty of benefiting from illegal funds in a mega graft trial. https://www.thelocal.es/20180525/what-next-could-a-no-confidence-vote-oust-rajoy Fri, 25 May 2018 14:23:59 +0200 what-next-could-a-no-confidence-vote-oust-rajoy Spain's biggest opposition party, the Socialists, filed a no-confidence motion on Friday against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy after his conservative Popular Party was found guilty of benefiting from illegal funds in a mega graft trial. https://www.thelocal.es/20180525/spains-socialists-file-no-confidence-motion-against-rajoy-over-graft Fri, 25 May 2018 13:41:23 +0200 spains-socialists-file-no-confidence-motion-against-rajoy-over-graft