May 23rd, 2023. Published by BBC Online Insults aimed at Real Madrid soccer player Vinicius Jr have triggered a fierce debate about racism in sport and whether Spanish society has a problem with the issue. Spanish police have arrested three people in connection with...

Policy change by Madrid has unleashed an angry response from gas-rich Algeria. March 23rd, 2022. Published by POLITICO MADRID — A shift in policy on Western Sahara has triggered a sudden reconfiguration of Spain’s turbulent relationship with its North African...

Profile of the labour minister who is making waves December 23rd, 2021. Published by POLITICO. MADRID — A little more than half a decade after Podemos caused a political earthquake in Spain, a new left-wing phenomenon has arrived in the shape of Yolanda Díaz. ...

How José Manuel Villarejo’s deep-status apparatus shook the establishment October 12th, 2021. Published by POLITICO. MADRID — For the past half-decade, José Manuel Villarejo has been the most mysterious and vilified person in Spain. Now he is due to have his day in...

May 5th, 2021. Published by POLITICO. MADRID — They were born in the same city, Madrid, on the same day in 1978. But 42 years later, the fortunes of Isabel Díaz Ayuso and Pablo Iglesias have diverged dramatically. Díaz Ayuso, the conservative president of Madrid,...

Published by POLITICO. MADRID — Ciudadanos was the future of Spanish politics … until it wasn’t. Now, just three years after it seemed on the verge of a major national breakthrough, the party faces a crunch election in Madrid that could decide its future...

Published by Politico. The far right has made the battle against ‘supremacist feminism’ a key part of its message. MADRID — There’s a new force in Spanish politics and it has its sights set on women’s rights. Support for feminism has snowballed in recent years, but...

Less than a year ago, Pedro Sánchez was lagging in the polls as the leader of Spain’s opposition, bruised by two resounding electoral defeats. Yet he goes into this Sunday’s general election as prime minister – and is widely tipped to secure the first victory for his...

Popular Party’s Pablo Casado has ramped up his fiery rhetoric in a bid to become PM April 22nd, 2019. Published by The Irish Times. Earlier this year, while addressing members of his conservative Popular Party (PP), Pablo Casado made headlines when he...

Podemos among targets of political spying, theft and smears as ‘state sewers’ stay active April 13th, 2019. Published by The Irish Times. The hacking of a security camera outside the home of a leading leftist politician is the latest episode to cast light on a...