https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/politics/ Best Expat Newspaper in Spain Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:08:44 +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/2025/04/25/latest-brit-to-land-key-gibraltar-post-is-not-part-of-london-plot-to-tighten-its-grip-on-the-rock/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/25/latest-brit-to-land-key-gibraltar-post-is-not-part-of-london-plot-to-tighten-its-grip-on-the-rock/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=409073 THE latest Brit to take up one of the Rock’s key public roles is ‘not part of a UK takeover of Gibraltar’, according to insiders with knowledge of the recruitment]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/25/latest-brit-to-land-key-gibraltar-post-is-not-part-of-london-plot-to-tighten-its-grip-on-the-rock/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/24/spanish-warship-to-sail-with-british-carrier-group-as-two-navies-put-rivalries-to-one-side-in-face-of-uncertain-us-military-support/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/24/spanish-warship-to-sail-with-british-carrier-group-as-two-navies-put-rivalries-to-one-side-in-face-of-uncertain-us-military-support/#respond Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:32:30 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=408716 SPAIN’S frigate Mendez Nuñez (F-104) has embarked on a mission to join the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, in a significant shift in European naval cooperation. Today, the]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/24/spanish-warship-to-sail-with-british-carrier-group-as-two-navies-put-rivalries-to-one-side-in-face-of-uncertain-us-military-support/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/22/spains-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-announces-immediate-rise-in-defence-spending-four-years-ahead-of-schedule/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/22/spains-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-announces-immediate-rise-in-defence-spending-four-years-ahead-of-schedule/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:33:12 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=408314 SPAIN has brought forward by four years its plan to spend 2% of its GDP on defence. The budget increase will happen this year, according to Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez,]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/22/spains-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-announces-immediate-rise-in-defence-spending-four-years-ahead-of-schedule/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/what-links-andalucias-easter-processions-to-the-fascist-millan-astray/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/what-links-andalucias-easter-processions-to-the-fascist-millan-astray/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=407013 MANY readers will know about the Spanish ‘Legion’, the crack unit of the Spanish Army, based in Ronda and Almeria. You are likely to see the Legion on the streets]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/what-links-andalucias-easter-processions-to-the-fascist-millan-astray/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/protests-planned-against-us-ships-carrying-arms-for-israel-at-spains-largest-port-sets-up-another-confrontation-with-trump/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/protests-planned-against-us-ships-carrying-arms-for-israel-at-spains-largest-port-sets-up-another-confrontation-with-trump/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:05:18 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=407171 A PROTEST has been organised in Algeciras for Sunday denouncing the alleged use of Spanish ports as a logistical stopping point for military cargo in transit to Israel.  The platform,]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/protests-planned-against-us-ships-carrying-arms-for-israel-at-spains-largest-port-sets-up-another-confrontation-with-trump/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/trump-admin-bluntly-tells-spain-to-increase-defence-spending-and-drop-the-google-tax-during-frank-white-house-meeting/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/trump-admin-bluntly-tells-spain-to-increase-defence-spending-and-drop-the-google-tax-during-frank-white-house-meeting/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=407035 IT was a ‘frank’ conversation between Spain’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise Carols Cuerpo and the US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, when they met in Washington on]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/trump-admin-bluntly-tells-spain-to-increase-defence-spending-and-drop-the-google-tax-during-frank-white-house-meeting/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/trump-tries-to-say-make-america-great-again-in-spanish-how-does-he-compare-to-the-average-expat-in-spain/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/trump-tries-to-say-make-america-great-again-in-spanish-how-does-he-compare-to-the-average-expat-in-spain/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=406732 DONALD Trump tried to speak Spanish in an interview with Fox News yesterday when he was asked to say make America great again. The host, Rachel Campos-Duffy, who has Mexican]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/trump-tries-to-say-make-america-great-again-in-spanish-how-does-he-compare-to-the-average-expat-in-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/13/spains-state-broadcaster-asks-eurovision-song-contest-organisers-to-talk-about-israels-participation-with-basel-event-just-weeks-away/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/13/spains-state-broadcaster-asks-eurovision-song-contest-organisers-to-talk-about-israels-participation-with-basel-event-just-weeks-away/#respond Sun, 13 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=405751 SPAIN’S state broadcaster, RTVE, has contacted Eurovision Song Contest organisers in a call for talks over whether Israel should be allowed to take part in May’s event in Basel, Switzerland.]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/13/spains-state-broadcaster-asks-eurovision-song-contest-organisers-to-talk-about-israels-participation-with-basel-event-just-weeks-away/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/12/eviction-of-ibizas-can-rova-2-settlement-halted-mid-operation-by-court-order/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/12/eviction-of-ibizas-can-rova-2-settlement-halted-mid-operation-by-court-order/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=405578 A MAJOR eviction operation targeting an illegal settlement in Ibiza was abruptly suspended on Wednesday. Thanks to a last-minute court ruling, the eviction of Can Rova 2 residents in Santa]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/12/eviction-of-ibizas-can-rova-2-settlement-halted-mid-operation-by-court-order/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/11/spains-prime-minister-backs-relationship-with-china-during-beijing-talks-as-tariff-war-hots-up-between-asian-giant-and-the-us/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/11/spains-prime-minister-backs-relationship-with-china-during-beijing-talks-as-tariff-war-hots-up-between-asian-giant-and-the-us/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:45:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=405529 SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said it was ‘important to continue making progress in building good economic relations between China, Spain, and the EU’. His remarks came after three]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/11/spains-prime-minister-backs-relationship-with-china-during-beijing-talks-as-tariff-war-hots-up-between-asian-giant-and-the-us/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/11/new-protections-for-the-costa-del-sols-controversial-donkey-taxis-this-summer-after-several-of-them-collapsed-from-the-heat/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/11/new-protections-for-the-costa-del-sols-controversial-donkey-taxis-this-summer-after-several-of-them-collapsed-from-the-heat/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=405507 MIJAS Town Council has introduced a new set of regulations aimed at protecting the welfare of animals used in the town.  Donkey taxi and horse-drawn carriage services have become an]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/11/new-protections-for-the-costa-del-sols-controversial-donkey-taxis-this-summer-after-several-of-them-collapsed-from-the-heat/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/10/wheres-the-missing-police-whatsapps-gibraltars-mcgrail-inquiry-comes-back-with-a-bang/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/10/wheres-the-missing-police-whatsapps-gibraltars-mcgrail-inquiry-comes-back-with-a-bang/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:08:14 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=405239 THE so-called McGrail inquiry reconvened yesterday to examine allegations of ‘a number of possible deletions’ of Whatsapp messages between senior Royal Gibraltar Police officers. Seeing the familiar faces back in]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/10/wheres-the-missing-police-whatsapps-gibraltars-mcgrail-inquiry-comes-back-with-a-bang/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/08/spains-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-arrives-in-vietnam-for-historic-visit-amidst-trump-tariff-uncertainty/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/08/spains-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-arrives-in-vietnam-for-historic-visit-amidst-trump-tariff-uncertainty/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=404929 PEDRO Sanchez arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday in the first-ever official visit by a Spanish Prime Minister. The Spanish Air Force plane landed at Hanoi with Sanchez accompanied by the]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/08/spains-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-arrives-in-vietnam-for-historic-visit-amidst-trump-tariff-uncertainty/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/07/do-spain-and-the-eu-really-charge-39-tariffs-on-american-imports-the-truth-behind-trumps-reciprocal-trade-war/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/07/do-spain-and-the-eu-really-charge-39-tariffs-on-american-imports-the-truth-behind-trumps-reciprocal-trade-war/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=404603 “THEY charge us 39%, so we’re going to charge them 20% – we’re charging them essentially half,” is what US President Trump said about the trade tariffs he put on]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/07/do-spain-and-the-eu-really-charge-39-tariffs-on-american-imports-the-truth-behind-trumps-reciprocal-trade-war/feed/ 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/04/spain-is-threatened-by-an-avalanche-of-cheap-asian-imports-after-trumps-tariff-tornado/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/04/spain-is-threatened-by-an-avalanche-of-cheap-asian-imports-after-trumps-tariff-tornado/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 10:45:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=404162 IT’S feared effects of the United States tariffs on Asian countries could reverberate negatively in Spain. Washington announced its new tariffs earlier this week with Asian countries hit particularly hard]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/04/spain-is-threatened-by-an-avalanche-of-cheap-asian-imports-after-trumps-tariff-tornado/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/03/spain-keeps-using-the-wrong-british-flag-iceland-hybrid-union-jack-has-been-rolled-out-for-uk-officials-three-times/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/03/spain-keeps-using-the-wrong-british-flag-iceland-hybrid-union-jack-has-been-rolled-out-for-uk-officials-three-times/#respond Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=404013 FOR the third time since 2021, an ‘Iceland-hybrid’ Union Jack has been rolled out for UK Officials. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid displayed the wrong British flat at]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/03/spain-keeps-using-the-wrong-british-flag-iceland-hybrid-union-jack-has-been-rolled-out-for-uk-officials-three-times/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/03/trump-demands-spain-and-nato-spend-5-of-gdp-on-defence-just-a-day-after-instigating-a-global-trade-war/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/03/trump-demands-spain-and-nato-spend-5-of-gdp-on-defence-just-a-day-after-instigating-a-global-trade-war/#respond Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:11:30 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=404002 THE United States has demanded that Spain and all NATO members commit to a ‘realistic path’ towards spending 5% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on their military. With the]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/03/trump-demands-spain-and-nato-spend-5-of-gdp-on-defence-just-a-day-after-instigating-a-global-trade-war/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/01/getting-close-the-uk-insists-a-deal-with-the-spain-on-gibraltar-must-respect-the-rocks-sovereignty-and-the-uk-military-base/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/01/getting-close-the-uk-insists-a-deal-with-the-spain-on-gibraltar-must-respect-the-rocks-sovereignty-and-the-uk-military-base/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:20:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=403374 THE British foreign minister has insisted that a deal for Gibraltar must ‘protect the Rock’s sovereignty and the autonomy of the United Kingdom’s military base there.’ David Lammy was speaking]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/01/getting-close-the-uk-insists-a-deal-with-the-spain-on-gibraltar-must-respect-the-rocks-sovereignty-and-the-uk-military-base/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/03/20/trump-admin-to-consider-the-sovereignty-of-gibraltar-as-part-of-probe-into-trade-and-shipping-constraints-in-the-strait-of-gibraltar/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/03/20/trump-admin-to-consider-the-sovereignty-of-gibraltar-as-part-of-probe-into-trade-and-shipping-constraints-in-the-strait-of-gibraltar/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=401338 THE status of ‘Gibraltar’s sovereignty’ is going to feature in part of an investigation by the Trump administration into ‘unfavourable shipping conditions’ in the Strait. The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/03/20/trump-admin-to-consider-the-sovereignty-of-gibraltar-as-part-of-probe-into-trade-and-shipping-constraints-in-the-strait-of-gibraltar/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/03/17/embattled-valencia-president-carlos-mazon-shuts-door-on-illegal-migrants-after-striking-budget-deal-with-far-right-vox-party/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/03/17/embattled-valencia-president-carlos-mazon-shuts-door-on-illegal-migrants-after-striking-budget-deal-with-far-right-vox-party/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=400481 VALENCIA president Carlos Mazon says his region won’t accept any further illegal migrants in temporary reception centres paid for by the national government. Monday’s announcement coincided with his Partido Popular]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/03/17/embattled-valencia-president-carlos-mazon-shuts-door-on-illegal-migrants-after-striking-budget-deal-with-far-right-vox-party/feed/ 1