https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/politics/ Best Expat Newspaper in Spain Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:21:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/oplogo-favicon-150x150.png https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/politics/ 32 32 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/10/francos-family-forced-to-open-18th-century-mansion-to-the-public-after-years-of-resistance/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/10/francos-family-forced-to-open-18th-century-mansion-to-the-public-after-years-of-resistance/#respond Sun, 10 Aug 2025 07:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=427776 THE 18th-century mansion of Spain’s fascist dictator Francisco Franco has finally opened to the public for the first time in six decades, despite the dictator’s heirs’ attempts to avoid it.]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/10/francos-family-forced-to-open-18th-century-mansion-to-the-public-after-years-of-resistance/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/09/catalunyas-government-comes-under-fire-over-police-contracts-signed-with-israeli-firm/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/09/catalunyas-government-comes-under-fire-over-police-contracts-signed-with-israeli-firm/#respond Sat, 09 Aug 2025 06:01:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428451 LEFT-WING regional politicians have criticised Catalunya’s government for doing deals with an Israeli firm to supply gear to the police. The former ERC-led separatist administration- that lost power after the]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/09/catalunyas-government-comes-under-fire-over-police-contracts-signed-with-israeli-firm/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/spain-to-receive-e23-billion-in-fifth-round-of-eu-funds/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/spain-to-receive-e23-billion-in-fifth-round-of-eu-funds/#respond Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:31:31 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428432 THE European Commission has approved a new payment of €23.1 billion to Spain as part of the EU recovery plan. The money comes from the fifth round of funding and]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/spain-to-receive-e23-billion-in-fifth-round-of-eu-funds/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/spain-criticises-israel-for-escalating-military-offensive-in-gaza/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/spain-criticises-israel-for-escalating-military-offensive-in-gaza/#respond Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428325 SPAIN’S Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has slammed Friday’s decision by the Israeli government to escalate their military operations in Gaza. Israeli forces are getting ready to move into Gaza]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/spain-criticises-israel-for-escalating-military-offensive-in-gaza/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/explained-spains-fake-cv-scandal-why-politicians-keep-getting-away-with-lying-about-their-credentials/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/explained-spains-fake-cv-scandal-why-politicians-keep-getting-away-with-lying-about-their-credentials/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:51:24 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428074 NUMEROUS resignations and résumé revisions have gripped Spanish politics this summer, exposing a systemic lack of oversight when it comes to verifying elected officials’ education backgrounds.  At least three politicians]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/explained-spains-fake-cv-scandal-why-politicians-keep-getting-away-with-lying-about-their-credentials/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/02/all-you-need-to-know-as-spain-approves-extension-to-paid-parental-leave/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/02/all-you-need-to-know-as-spain-approves-extension-to-paid-parental-leave/#respond Sat, 02 Aug 2025 14:20:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=427193 NEW parents in Spain will now be able to enjoy 17 weeks of paid leave each after the government approved an extension to maternity and paternity rights. Under the new]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/02/all-you-need-to-know-as-spain-approves-extension-to-paid-parental-leave/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/01/watch-remarkable-moment-spanish-air-force-plane-drops-12-tonnes-of-food-into-war-torn-gaza/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/01/watch-remarkable-moment-spanish-air-force-plane-drops-12-tonnes-of-food-into-war-torn-gaza/#respond Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:07:30 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=427121 THIS is the moment twelve tonnes of much-needed food were dropped into war-torn Gaza by a Spanish military transport aircraft. Video footage posted on social media by Spain’s Ministry of]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/01/watch-remarkable-moment-spanish-air-force-plane-drops-12-tonnes-of-food-into-war-torn-gaza/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/01/spain-criticised-for-failing-to-act-on-anti-corruption-reforms-says-european-watchdog/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/01/spain-criticised-for-failing-to-act-on-anti-corruption-reforms-says-european-watchdog/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2025 09:45:32 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=426980 Spain has failed to fully implement a single one of the 19 anti-corruption reforms recommended by the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body in 2019, a new report has found. According]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/01/spain-criticised-for-failing-to-act-on-anti-corruption-reforms-says-european-watchdog/feed/ 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/31/spanish-minister-embroiled-in-anti-semitism-row-after-calling-french-jewish-children-kicked-off-vueling-flight-israeli-brats/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/31/spanish-minister-embroiled-in-anti-semitism-row-after-calling-french-jewish-children-kicked-off-vueling-flight-israeli-brats/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:38:43 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=426855 SPAIN’S transport minister has sparked a diplomatic row after slamming a group of French Jewish children kicked off a flight in Valencia as ‘Israeli brats’. Oscar Puente’s comments have been]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/31/spanish-minister-embroiled-in-anti-semitism-row-after-calling-french-jewish-children-kicked-off-vueling-flight-israeli-brats/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/31/spains-valencia-floods-tsar-resigns-in-disgrace-over-allegations-he-faked-his-university-degree/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/31/spains-valencia-floods-tsar-resigns-in-disgrace-over-allegations-he-faked-his-university-degree/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:26:02 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=426677 THE Spanish government’s special commissioner appointed to oversee reconstruction in Valencia following the October 29 floods has resigned. Jose Maria Angel, 68, is being investigated by Anti-Corruption prosecutors over whether]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/31/spains-valencia-floods-tsar-resigns-in-disgrace-over-allegations-he-faked-his-university-degree/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/29/spain-to-send-12-tonnes-of-food-into-war-torn-gaza-as-pm-pedro-sanchez-slams-shameful-famine/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/29/spain-to-send-12-tonnes-of-food-into-war-torn-gaza-as-pm-pedro-sanchez-slams-shameful-famine/#respond Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:53:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=426411 SPAIN will airdrop 12 tonnes of food into the war-torn Gaza Strip this Friday, prime minister Pedro Sanchez has announced. “The famine in Gaza is a shame for all of]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/29/spain-to-send-12-tonnes-of-food-into-war-torn-gaza-as-pm-pedro-sanchez-slams-shameful-famine/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/29/explainer-how-will-trumps-controversial-new-eu-trade-deal-impact-spains-economy/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/29/explainer-how-will-trumps-controversial-new-eu-trade-deal-impact-spains-economy/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:15:42 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=426332 FOUR months since President Trump unleashed a tariff blitz that sent shockwaves through the global economy and upended decades of trade diplomacy, the US and EU have finally put pen-to-paper]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/29/explainer-how-will-trumps-controversial-new-eu-trade-deal-impact-spains-economy/feed/ 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/25/trump-celebrates-return-of-ex-marine-in-us-prisoner-swap-despite-conviction-for-murdering-three-people-in-spain/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/25/trump-celebrates-return-of-ex-marine-in-us-prisoner-swap-despite-conviction-for-murdering-three-people-in-spain/#respond Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:06:21 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=425853 AN ex-US marine convicted of murdering three people in Spain in 2016 has been released to the US as part of a massive prisoner swap involving El Salvador and Venezuela.]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/25/trump-celebrates-return-of-ex-marine-in-us-prisoner-swap-despite-conviction-for-murdering-three-people-in-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/23/pedro-almodovar-throws-support-behind-embattled-spain-pm-pedro-sanchez-corruption-allegations-are-right-wing-conspiracy-and-orgy-of-fake-news/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/23/pedro-almodovar-throws-support-behind-embattled-spain-pm-pedro-sanchez-corruption-allegations-are-right-wing-conspiracy-and-orgy-of-fake-news/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:52:35 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=425455 TOP Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar has come out to bat for embattled prime minister Pedro Sanchez, describing allegations of rampant corruption in government ranks as an ‘orgy of fake]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/23/pedro-almodovar-throws-support-behind-embattled-spain-pm-pedro-sanchez-corruption-allegations-are-right-wing-conspiracy-and-orgy-of-fake-news/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/22/explainer-the-montoro-case-has-topped-the-charts-in-spains-corruption-scandal-top-ten-but-what-is-it-about/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/22/explainer-the-montoro-case-has-topped-the-charts-in-spains-corruption-scandal-top-ten-but-what-is-it-about/#respond Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=425333 MOVE over Pedro Sanchez – there’s a new sheriff in Spain’s corruption town. The various scandals engulfing the prime minister have for the time being been knocked off the top]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/22/explainer-the-montoro-case-has-topped-the-charts-in-spains-corruption-scandal-top-ten-but-what-is-it-about/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/22/spain-to-declassify-all-franco-era-documents-in-landmark-victory-for-human-rights-campaigners/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/22/spain-to-declassify-all-franco-era-documents-in-landmark-victory-for-human-rights-campaigners/#respond Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:20:39 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=425268 THE secrets of the Franco dictatorship will soon be brought to light as Spain’s government pushes ahead with long-delayed reforms to the Official Secrets Law. Fulfilling a promise made by]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/22/spain-to-declassify-all-franco-era-documents-in-landmark-victory-for-human-rights-campaigners/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/19/uk-opens-vote-to-its-left-leaning-16-year-olds-while-spains-youth-flocks-to-the-far-right/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/19/uk-opens-vote-to-its-left-leaning-16-year-olds-while-spains-youth-flocks-to-the-far-right/#respond Sat, 19 Jul 2025 11:07:34 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=424918 SIXTEEN and seventeen-year-olds have been handed the right to vote in the next UK election after Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government committed to the largest extension of the electorate in]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/19/uk-opens-vote-to-its-left-leaning-16-year-olds-while-spains-youth-flocks-to-the-far-right/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/13/spains-pm-pedro-sanchez-lived-off-father-in-laws-gay-brothels-and-saunas-conservative-opposition-claim/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/13/spains-pm-pedro-sanchez-lived-off-father-in-laws-gay-brothels-and-saunas-conservative-opposition-claim/#respond Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=423984 PRIME minister Pedro Sanchez has been accused of profiting from a network of gay brothels allegedly run by his late father-in-law as a debate in Spain’s parliament turned ugly. During]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/13/spains-pm-pedro-sanchez-lived-off-father-in-laws-gay-brothels-and-saunas-conservative-opposition-claim/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/12/president-trump-to-increase-tariff-on-eu-imports-to-30-from-august/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/12/president-trump-to-increase-tariff-on-eu-imports-to-30-from-august/#respond Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:55:14 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=423957 PRESIDENT Trump has announced that the European Union will be hit with a 30% tariff on imports to the US from 1 August in a move likely to harm Spain’s]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/12/president-trump-to-increase-tariff-on-eu-imports-to-30-from-august/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/12/uk-and-france-sign-one-in-one-out-migrant-deal-despite-opposition-from-spain-and-other-eu-countries/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/12/uk-and-france-sign-one-in-one-out-migrant-deal-despite-opposition-from-spain-and-other-eu-countries/#respond Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:32:40 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=423936 THE UK and France have put pen-to-paper on a controversial ‘one-in, one-out’ migrant deal, despite widespread opposition from EU countries including Spain. French president Emmanuel Macron and British prime minister]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/12/uk-and-france-sign-one-in-one-out-migrant-deal-despite-opposition-from-spain-and-other-eu-countries/feed/ 0