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Marianne Murciano, Bob Sirott's wife and founder of Savvy-Planet, joins Bob to talk about the most popular party foods and a recipe for Taylor Swift’s favorite cocktail. Marianne joins Bob for a weekly segment following the 8:30 am newscast. For more savvy tips, go to Savvy-Planet.Com. Share your own savvy tip: hello@savvy-planet.com. Follow Marianne on Twitter […]

If you thought coalition negotiations here in New Zealand have been dragging on, spare a thought for Spaniards, who, after 4 months, finally know who's in charge. Pedro Sanchez of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party won parliamentary support to be Prime Minister again, after striking a controversial amnesty deal with Catalan separatists. Sanchez, who's been in the top job since 2018, lost out in July's snap election to the centre-right Popular Party. But after the Popular Party were unable to form a government, it was forced to concede to the Socialist Party, who have enlisted Basque and Catalan separatists in its bid to govern. Madrid-based journalist James Badcock spoke to Corin Dann.

The center-right Popular Party makes gains in Spanish elections against the ruling Socialists, which may produce a hung parliament. What does the result tell us about the political trend in Europe? Plus, the Federal Reserve seems set to end its interest-rate pause and raise rates again. Good idea? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spain faces a long political limbo after the Popular Party won the election without securing a majority (01:04). Tourists were involved in the largest bushfire evacuation in Greek history (12:26). And Chinese player Zheng Qinwen has won her first WTA title (47:44).

The conservative Popular Party has won the most seats in the election in Spain, but not enough for an absolute majority in parliament. Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in Israeli cities against a judicial overhaul. At least 16 people have been killed due to a building collapse in Cameroon's business hub Douala.

Hot labor summer: Growing strike movement colliding with pro-corporate union bureaucracies / Spain in election limbo after right-wing Popular Party and far-right Vox fail to secure majority to govern / The past twenty days have been the hottest ever recorded

The Popular Party falls short of forming a majority, however, after a poor performance by its far-right allies. Also: Last-ditch talks are held in Israel ahead of a parliamentary vote on controversial judicial reforms that have caused months of widespread protests. And Netflix releases its first original African animation series, Supa Team 4.

Every night over the last week, Russia has bombarded cities along Ukraine's southern Black Sea coast. With these attacks, the Russian military has tried to disrupt Ukraine's ability to export grain. And, "Stories from the Stage" are tales told by ordinary people with extraordinary experiences. We begin with Ana Hebra Flaster, who came to the United States from Cuba when she was 6 years old. Flaster is a writer who grew up in New England and her storytelling is inspired by her father. Also, in dozens of towns and cities across Spain, the far-right Vox party has found itself invited into ruling coalitions — and it has already begun dismantling policies meant to preserve nature and protect sexual and gender diversity. It now could strongly influence this weekend's federal elections, should the center-right Popular Party win a majority of votes. Plus, Kyiv's wedding officiant.

You may have heard a lot about the popular party drug nitrous oxide, otherwise known as laughing gas. Recently, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to ban it. But here in the UK, a review for the government has stopped short of recommending a laughing gas ban.So why has this drug become so popular now? And will the ban in the Netherlands actually stop young people from using it? ITV News Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker tells ITV News Presenter Faye Barker what you need to know...Produced by Anna Georgevic

Tens of thousands of Spanish public health workers and their supporters staged a demonstration to demand more primary health care staff and protest what they claim is the progressive dismantling of the public health system in favor of private providers by the conservative regional government in Madrid. The protest in the Spanish capital, dubbed the ‘white tidal wave' because of the white medical coats worn by many protesters, took place under the slogan “Madrid rises up for public health.” The Madrid region is at the center of the protests. Partial walkouts started in the region, with an all-out strike called for nearly 5,000 Madrid doctors. The protest was called by neighborhood associations, labor unions and leftist political parties. The Madrid regional government led by the Popular Party's Isabel Ayuso has come under fire in recent years, and especially since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, for poor staffing in hospitals and primary health care centers. Organizers say that though Madrid is the Spanish region with the highest income per capita it is also the one that spends the least amount per capita on primary health care. They claim that for every 2 euros spent on health care in Madrid, one ends up in the private sector. “The people of Madrid deserve quality primary health care and not delays of more than a week to see family doctors or pediatricians,” the AMYTS doctors' union says. Ayuso denies there are staff shortages and claims the protests and strikes are being orchestrated by left-wing parties in the run-up to municipal and regional elections next year. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

Spain is one of the healthiest countries in the European Union. It has the longest life expectancy, and its public healthcare service is worldwide recognised. However, the population of its capital region, Madrid, has been suffering from a shortage of medical staff over the past few years. Despite being the region with the highest income per capita, Madrid is also the one that spends the least on primary care. Especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of the Community of Madrid, led by Isabel Ayuso of the Popular Party, has been criticised for understaffing hospitals and primary care centres. Last November 13, doctors' and neighbours' anger exploded into a massive rally. Thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid to protest against the collapse of primary care. On this podcast, host Marìa Dios talks to Isabel Vázquez Burgos, a doctor in Vallecas, one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Madrid and to Ángeles Rodríguez de Cara, an active member of the Regional Federation of Madrid's Neighborhood Associations, which backed the protest movement of November 13. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sinn Fein remains by far the most popular party in the country according to an Irish Times/Ipsos poll. However, there has been a significant lift in support for both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil following Budget 2023. Pat Leahy Political Editor of The Irish Times brings us the findings of this Irish Times poll.

Sinn Fein remains by far the most popular party in the country according to an Irish Times/Ipsos poll. However, there has been a significant lift in support for both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil following Budget 2023. Pat Leahy Political Editor of The Irish Times brings us the findings of this Irish Times poll.

Spain's Socialist-led coalition government is planning a temporary higher tax rate on the richest 1% of the country from next year, in addition to its windfall taxes on large energy companies and banks. “We are proposing a redistribution of the effort, among those who have the most, to fund the welfare state, which is everybody's,” Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in a speech. Finance Minister María Jesús Montero says the measure targets only millionaires. The expected increase in tax revenue will be used to alleviate hardship brought by higher prices for energy and food, she says. The annual inflation rate climbed to 10.5% in Spain in August. The exact increase and scope of the tax measure are still being worked out, the government says. The Socialists' junior coalition partner, Unidas Podemos (United We Can), is pushing for the new tax to be permanent. The current top rate of income tax, for those earning more than 300,000 euros ($293,000) a year, is 47%. The highest capital gains tax is 26%. However, regional governments have some leeway on taxation, and some of them run by the conservative Popular Party — the country's main opposition party — have been cutting taxes, saying that step will spur growth. A debate and vote by lawmakers on the government's proposed windfall tax on companies is expected in the coming weeks. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

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Hey, y'all! This week we are branching outside of the 50 states and taking a look at the Northern Mariana Islands. This American territory/commonwealth has a long, intricate history, but also features one of the more hilariously corrupt people we've talked about thus far. Join us as discuss Benigno Fitial and his self-focused Covenant Party.

24 hours popular party people. En este episodio de Pol&Pop analizamos la implosión del Partido Popular en la última semana. No insistimos sobre lo que ha ocurrido y es más que conocido, sino que lo ponemos en el hilo de las batallas anteriores por la hegemonía de la derecha y la ascensión del trumpismo en España. Intentamos averiguar qué ha cambiado en términos éticos y políticos para que todo esté cambiando tan rápido en el bloque y qué nuevos retos impone al bloque de la izquierda, que parece ver este y otros acontecimientos sin querer entender su verdadero impacto. Algo ha cambiado en la derecha e intentamos definir qué es. Os invitamos a acompañarnos. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

How did Sinn Féin adapt, evolve and rise to become the most popular political party in the Republic of Ireland? And if it does win power in a future election, can it satisfy the many disparate groups of voters who now support it? We talk to Pat Leahy, political editor of The Irish Times, and Aidan Regan, at UCD's School of Politics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

10 years ago in 2011, Spain went through a crisis of representation. Until then, Spain had been praised as exceptional for its peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy in the late 1970's. Yet with the arrival of economic problems, that soon changed. On an international scale, the world was still struggling in the aftermath of the 2007-8 financial crisis. The Great Recession had begun. In Europe, the Eurozone debt crisis was underway. By 2011, Greece and Ireland had already had their first bailouts and at the beginning of the year Spain's neighbour Portugal would also request help from the EU as it could not meet the targets it was set. Spain would be next. Struggling with the growing economic crisis, the PSOE government, led by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, would make unpopular reforms to both the labour laws and pension system in late 2010. In the wake of the Arab Spring, Spain started to mobilise against what a good deal of people felt was an unrepresentative democracy, heavily dominated by the Popular Party and the PSOE. Small groups protesting specific issues from the young who felt they had not future to the elderly fighting pension reforms, these movements would soon start organising together for a more representative and participatory democracy. Come May 15th 2011, a huge protest through the centre of Madrid made up of these groups, would kick start the biggest political changes in the country since the transition. The 15-M movement was born. In this episode of The Sobremesa Podcast, I talk with Cristina Flesher Fominaya, the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Social Movement Studies, co-founder of the open access social movements journal Interface, and author of the book Democracy Reloaded: Inside Spain's Political Laboratory from 15-M to Podemos. Here we talk about how the 15-M Movement came about, what they were doing in the Sol camp, and how it would change the political landscape that we have come to know today.

Prime minister Pedro Sanchez has announced that any of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities can call their own state of alarm to contain localised coronavirus outbreaks. The Spanish government plans to build 32-foot cylindrical walls around its North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla to stop raids by migrants and individual attempts to enter the country. The government is taking the ongoing harassment that is being suffered by Unidas Podemos politician s Pablo Iglesias and Irene Montero very seriously, considering it not to be an isolated incident but rather the result of a political climate that is being fanned by the far right. .......................Over the past week a number of politicians, including Defense Minister Margarita Robles, have recalled the words of Pablo Iglesias in 2013, when he described noisy protests – known in Spanish as escraches – being staged at the time outside the homes of some members of the then-Popular Party government as being “democratic medicine.”

Episode 31I've been away for a while and life has slowed down a lot due to the global situation but I haven't disappeared and i will do my best to keep up with more episodes.As we lighten the mood up a little during these times, I sit with Thammatai or "Tai" as many people in Bangkok know him. Thai was born in a little village on the boarders of Thailand and made his way hustling through Bangkok until today as One of Bangkoks most popular party promoters and a shareholder of Sway bar in Thonglo!Enjoy!Find out more at https://the-jade-marrisa-podcast.pinecast.co

This week we discuss the Croatian presidential election and the possibility of Spain finally getting a governmentSupport us on Patreon!WE HAVE A T-PUBLIC STORE what a fashionable way to support our podcastWe now have a website that you can find here!Feel free to send us an email at PreviouslyInEurope@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @PrevInEuropeIf you can please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and if you can't do that tell a friend, this stuff really helps us outAlso, have you considered Matteo Renzi?No Election Left BehindCroatian Presidential ElectionShow NotesAlso happeningSpanish Government FormationRejected!So as expected they lost the initial vote where they needed an absolute majority... Their plan is to make agreements with enough regional parties in order to pass the second vote to form a minority government where abstentions don't count in the final tally (so they just need a simple majority); however...They need quite a few to abstain (>20 by my count but please correct me somebody, They got 166 (PSOE + Podemos + etc) with 18 abstentions). Which is effectively all the regional parties, and there are a lot of them.One of the representatives from one of the Canaries' parties voted against in this first vote instead of abstaining... so it's possible they don't have the votes if more go this way. If they get all the same votes for but the same number of abstentions they win but their margin is 2 according to agreementsWe'll find out on Tuesday I guessThe debate did not sound fun.. a lot of breaking up of Spain nationalist rhetoric from PP and Vox :-/https://www.dw.com/en/spains-sanchez-loses-first-of-two-chances-to-return-as-pm/a-51892166?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdfhttps://elpais.com/elpais/2020/01/03/inenglish/1578066750_393888.htmlhttps://www.ft.com/content/20fea4d6-2fc2-11ea-9703-eea0cae3f0dehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2019_Spanish_general_electionDeals Deals DealsThere's two, main one first:Podemos, the actual coalition deal:"...include tax rises for higher earners and large firms, an increase in the minimum wage and the partial overturning of aspects of the conservative Popular Party’s previous labor reforms.""income tax for those earning more than €130,000 a year will rise by two percentage points, and by four percentage points for those who earn more than €300,000. Capital gains tax will also rise by four percentage points above €140,000, to 27% compared to the current 23%. Corporate tax will have a new minimum rate of 15%, while banks and energy firms will have to pay 18%."https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/12/30/inenglish/1577714366_854324.htmlhttps://www.politico.eu/article/pedro-sanchez-to-present-program-for-ruling-spain-in-coalition-with-far-left/Sounds good and some reasonable things for Podemos to have gotten that are further than the PSOE would have been planning aloneRepublican Left of Catalonia (ERC), the deal with the largest regional party (by a long way) to abstain and give a chance at the government being formedThe deal sounds like what would have been a pragmatic solution to this all along and it only coming to fruition now is ridiculous..."The text makes clear that for the PSOE, the situation in Catalonia is a “political conflict,” a definition that the ERC wanted included from the outset of their negotiations.""The text of the deal sets out a forum with no restrictions on the content of discussions, and that will get going 15 days after the new government is formed."There are caveats that in the deal the constitution is conspicuously absent indicating Sanchez's people didn't want to make it all about allowing a mechanism for independence or similar, the concession seems to be they made it clear nothing is explicitly off the tableCasado of the PP indicated he might be willing to take this agreement to court... on constitutional grounds I guess? The PP have remained fun since Rajoy...Also the shroud of ongoing legal proceedings will in no doubt affect any formal discussions. The Catalonian president is being ousted by the courts (https://www.politico.eu/article/catalan-president-faces-being-removed-from-office/); many independence advocates have either been sentenced, are awaiting sentence or are in exile... Not to mention the whole ECJ siding with the elected MEPs not allowed to take their seats.The EU Parliament is expected to recognise those "banned" as MEPs as early as next week (https://www.politico.eu/article/oriol-junqueras-carles-puigdemont-parliament-to-recognize-jailed-catalan-separatist-as-mep-next-week/)https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/01/03/inenglish/1578040105_633743.htmlhttps://www.politico.eu/article/pedro-sanchez-clears-last-hurdle-to-rule-spain-with-far-left/Or I guess they could go for 5 elections in 5 years...

Is Catholicism compatible with representative democracy? A twentieth-century Italian priest, Don Luigi Sturzo, certainly thought so. As populism threatens democratic norms across the globe, Massimo Faggioli tells us how Sturzo's anti-fascist Popular Party empowered lay Catholics to respectfully challenge the hierarchical church as they asserted their right to engage meaningfully in public life. Plus, we speak with Dr. Mike Lovell, president of Marquette University in Milwaukee, about the challenges facing Catholic higher education today: shifting demographics and cost structures, a changing curriculum, and addressing trauma and the mental-health needs of students.

In Spanish politics, the center-left Socialist Party has demolished the conservative Popular Party and checked risk of a major far-right surge. But meanwhile, the once very plausible-feeling dream of an insurgent radical left Podemos gaining power has faded. And fast. Dan discusses the Spanish situation with Carlos Delclós and Magda Bandera. Go to the Socialism 2019 conference in Chicago July 4-7! Register now at socialismconference.org Check out Next Left, a new podcast from The Nation magazine: thenation.com/next-left Support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig

In Spanish politics, the center-left Socialist Party has demolished the conservative Popular Party and checked risk of a major far-right surge. But meanwhile, the once very plausible-feeling dream of an insurgent radical left Podemos gaining power has faded. And fast. Dan discusses the Spanish situation with Carlos Delclós and Magda Bandera. Go to the Socialism 2019 conference in Chicago July 4-7! Register now at socialismconference.org Check out Next Left, a new podcast from The Nation magazine: thenation.com/next-left Support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Julie Hurwitz, a civil rights attorney and partner at the law firm Goodman, Hurwitz and James.A 19-year-old gunman opened fire inside a synagogue in Poway, California yesterday killing one woman and wounding at least four other people. The gunman had ranted on the internet against Muslims and Jews and said that he had taken his inspiration from recent attacks on a synagogue in Pittsburgh and on mosques in New Zealand. Are these racist, bigoted, and xenophobic attacks against worshippers the new normal in the United States? The hosts take a look at the latest attempt to demonize and suppress alternative media -- cementing the dominance of big corporations and establishment narratives, a task that takes on special significance ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Sputnik news analyst Nicole Roussell joins the show. Spaniards took to the polls this weekend and delivered a victory for the left of center government. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist Party was the biggest winner, but will need the help of smaller parties to form a government. The conservative Popular Party won just 66 seats, down from 137. And importantly, the far-right Vox Party won 26 seats and about 10 percent of the popular vote. Brian and John speak with Dick Nichols, the correspondent for Spain and Catalonia for Green Left Weekly. Russian officials held a press conference today revealing a new report about the so-called White Helmets, an organization in Syria presented as a humanitarian group that critics say has ties to terrorist militias and has been party to human rights violations. Lee Stranahan, host of the Radio Sputnik show Faultlines who was at the press conference covering the event for Sputnik News, joins the show. Two American veterans, members of the group Veterans for Peace, were arrested at Shannon Airport in Ireland in March and charged with taking part in a protest against US military flights through Shannon on their way to the Middle East. But the wheels of justice turn slowly in Ireland. The vets’ passports have been confiscated and, even though the charges against them are very minor, they may not leave the country and a trial could be three years away. Tarak Kauff, one of the Veterans for Peace activists trapped in Ireland, joins Brian and John. In a blockbuster story today, the Wall Street Journal reported that Boeing failed to inform Southwest Airlines and other carriers that a safety feature on the Boeing 737 Max-8 aircraft that warns pilots about malfunctioning sensors had been deactivated. FAA inspectors and managers also were unaware of the deactivation. Two 737 Max-8 jets crashed in the past six months, resulting in the deaths of some 500 people. Today, executives faced angry shareholders for the first time since the jets were grounded. Dr. Alan Diehl, an award-winning aviation psychologist and safety consultant, and a major air safety whistleblower in the 1990s, and Steve Keen, the author of “Debunking Economics” and the world’s first crowdfunded economist, whose work is at patreon.com/ProfSteveKeen, join the show.Monday’s regular segment Technology Rules with Chris Garaffa is a weekly guide on how monopoly corporations and the national surveillance state are threatening cherished freedoms, civil rights and civil liberties. Web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa joins the show.

Did a group of high-ranking police officials working for the Spanish Interior Ministry carry out special jobs to damage the reputation of political rivals of the Popular Party during the administration of former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy? ONE-SIXTH of Spanish citizens were born to either a foreign mother or father, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics ......The INE’s Continuous Household Survey showed around 16.9 per cent of Spanish citizens had at least one parent born outside of Spain, or more than 7.8 million people. The amount has risen from almost 7.3 million in 2013......around 15.7 per cent. ......THERE are almost 241,000 British citizens living in Spain, down from a peak of almost 400,000 in 2011 according to new figures of British nationals living in Spain.......... The number of property purchases in Alicante Province fell by 4.7 per cent in January this year from the month before, with a total of 3,685 transactions registered............Whatever the reason or reasons, statistics show that the number of property purchases registered with the Property Registry office fell in January in almost every part of the country. In the UK Critics today warn the government's new plan to clean up the internet could be the st draconian crackdown on online free speech in the Western democratic world, The broadcasting watchdog has received 2,644 complaints about Jon Snow's comment, which referred to pro-Brexit protesters who brought Westminster to a standstill 'It's been the most extraordinary day,' he said. 'A day which has seen ... I have never seen so many white people in one place, A British tourist has been arrested after allegedly cutting tiles from a mosaic in Pompeii and trying to take them as a souvenir. The 20-year-old woman -climbed over a rail around the mosaic, according to police. A 68-year-old who was jailed for abusing his granddaughter has been told he must complete his 12-year sentence despite the teenager saying she made it up. The grandfather's conviction will not be quashed despite the 17-year-old girl saying she lied while offering evidence as the main witness at his trial.

Did a group of high-ranking police officials working for the Spanish Interior Ministry carry out special jobs to damage the reputation of political rivals of the Popular Party during the administration of former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy? ONE-SIXTH of Spanish citizens were born to either a foreign mother or father, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics ......The INE’s Continuous Household Survey showed around 16.9 per cent of Spanish citizens had at least one parent born outside of Spain, or more than 7.8 million people. The amount has risen from almost 7.3 million in 2013......around 15.7 per cent. ......THERE are almost 241,000 British citizens living in Spain, down from a peak of almost 400,000 in 2011 according to new figures of British nationals living in Spain.......... The number of property purchases in Alicante Province fell by 4.7 per cent in January this year from the month before, with a total of 3,685 transactions registered............Whatever the reason or reasons, statistics show that the number of property purchases registered with the Property Registry office fell in January in almost every part of the country. In the UK Critics today warn the government's new plan to clean up the internet could be the st draconian crackdown on online free speech in the Western democratic world, The broadcasting watchdog has received 2,644 complaints about Jon Snow's comment, which referred to pro-Brexit protesters who brought Westminster to a standstill 'It's been the most extraordinary day,' he said. 'A day which has seen ... I have never seen so many white people in one place, A British tourist has been arrested after allegedly cutting tiles from a mosaic in Pompeii and trying to take them as a souvenir. The 20-year-old woman -climbed over a rail around the mosaic, according to police. A 68-year-old who was jailed for abusing his granddaughter has been told he must complete his 12-year sentence despite the teenager saying she made it up. The grandfather's conviction will not be quashed despite the 17-year-old girl saying she lied while offering evidence as the main witness at his trial.

Did a group of high-ranking police officials working for the Spanish Interior Ministry carry out special jobs to damage the reputation of political rivals of the Popular Party during the administration of former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy? ONE-SIXTH of Spanish citizens were born to either a foreign mother or father, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics ......The INE’s Continuous Household Survey showed around 16.9 per cent of Spanish citizens had at least one parent born outside of Spain, or more than 7.8 million people. The amount has risen from almost 7.3 million in 2013......around 15.7 per cent. ......THERE are almost 241,000 British citizens living in Spain, down from a peak of almost 400,000 in 2011 according to new figures of British nationals living in Spain.......... The number of property purchases in Alicante Province fell by 4.7 per cent in January this year from the month before, with a total of 3,685 transactions registered............Whatever the reason or reasons, statistics show that the number of property purchases registered with the Property Registry office fell in January in almost every part of the country. In the UK Critics today warn the government's new plan to clean up the internet could be the most draconian crackdown on online free speech in the Western democratic world, The broadcasting watchdog has received 2,644 complaints about Jon Snow's comment, which referred to pro-Brexit protesters who brought Westminster to a standstill 'It's been the most extraordinary day,' he said. 'A day which has seen ... I have never seen so many white people in one place, A British tourist has been arrested after allegedly cutting tiles from a mosaic in Pompeii and trying to take them as a souvenir. The 20-year-old woman -climbed over a rail around the mosaic, according to police. A 68-year-old who was jailed for abusing his granddaughter has been told he must complete his 12-year sentence despite the teenager saying she made it up. The grandfather's conviction will not be quashed despite the 17-year-old girl saying she lied while offering evidence as the main witness at his trial.

Did a group of high-ranking police officials working for the Spanish Interior Ministry carry out special jobs to damage the reputation of political rivals of the Popular Party during the administration of former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy? ONE-SIXTH of Spanish citizens were born to either a foreign mother or father, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics ......The INE’s Continuous Household Survey showed around 16.9 per cent of Spanish citizens had at least one parent born outside of Spain, or more than 7.8 million people. The amount has risen from almost 7.3 million in 2013......around 15.7 per cent. ......THERE are almost 241,000 British citizens living in Spain, down from a peak of almost 400,000 in 2011 according to new figures of British nationals living in Spain.......... The number of property purchases in Alicante Province fell by 4.7 per cent in January this year from the month before, with a total of 3,685 transactions registered............Whatever the reason or reasons, statistics show that the number of property purchases registered with the Property Registry office fell in January in almost every part of the country. In the UK Critics today warn the government's new plan to clean up the internet could be the most draconian crackdown on online free speech in the Western democratic world, The broadcasting watchdog has received 2,644 complaints about Jon Snow's comment, which referred to pro-Brexit protesters who brought Westminster to a standstill 'It's been the most extraordinary day,' he said. 'A day which has seen ... I have never seen so many white people in one place, A British tourist has been arrested after allegedly cutting tiles from a mosaic in Pompeii and trying to take them as a souvenir. The 20-year-old woman -climbed over a rail around the mosaic, according to police. A 68-year-old who was jailed for abusing his granddaughter has been told he must complete his 12-year sentence despite the teenager saying she made it up. The grandfather's conviction will not be quashed despite the 17-year-old girl saying she lied while offering evidence as the main witness at his trial.

Is there a way out of Venezuela’s protracted agony? Stephen Sackur speaks to Juan Andres Mejia, Deputy of Venezuela’s Voluntad Popular party. For millions of Venezuelans every day is a struggle for survival. This is an oil rich country where the shops are empty, the power is out and healthcare is collapsing. And politics offers little hope of salvation. The Maduro Government is clinging to the trappings of power while the country’s other self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido leads mass protests against him. Juan Andres Mejia is one of Guaido’s key allies in the Venezuelan parliament. Is there a way out of Venezuela’s protracted agony? (Photo: Juan Andres Mejia. Credit: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)

Is there a way out of Venezuela’s protracted agony? Stephen Sackur speaks to Juan Andres Mejia, Deputy of Venezuela’s Voluntad Popular party. For millions of Venezuelans every day is a struggle for survival. This is an oil rich country where the shops are empty, the power is out and healthcare is collapsing. And politics offers little hope of salvation. The Maduro Government is clinging to the trappings of power while the country’s other self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido leads mass protests against him. Juan Andres Mejia is one of Guaido’s key allies in the Venezuelan parliament. Is there a way out of Venezuela’s protracted agony? (Photo: Juan Andres Mejia. Credit: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)

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Red roses and books flooded the streets of Barcelona as Spain's Catalonia region celebrated its St George's Day on Sunday, with a tradition which is vying for a place on a prestigious UN list. As France was concentrating on the polls a SPOKESMAN for the French Interior Ministry has now confirmed that there was only one individual who was known to the authorities and he opened fire on officers, killing one and leaving two injured before being shot himself. There was also an incident at the Gare du Nord railway station BREMAIN IN SPAIN, a group campaigning for the rights of British citizens in Spain, was part of a delegation to the UK Embassy in Madrid on April 19. After 35 years in politics, this key figure in the ruling Popular Party, Esperanza Aguirre, resigns from office for the third time Five people have been taken to hospital after a ferry crashed off Gran Canaria. The car ferry smashed into a port wall in Las Palmas after an engine failure. Five more were treated on scene. A total of 5,695 people were released from slavery by Spain’s security forces between 2012 and 2016, according to the Interior Ministry. As victims of human trafficking, some were forced into unpaid labor, but the great majority were made to work as prostitutes. A SPANISH academic has claimed that Moroccan intelligence services have helped Spain avert several terrorist attacks in recent years that could have an outcome similar to the attacks that rocked France, Belgium, Germany and the UK. The election dominates the news in the UK as all the leading politicians posture around the country. Support for Sturgeon's breakaway is dropping and the Communists have endorsed Corbyn who majored on every populist issue he could find including new Bank Holidays. Jailed Muslim extremist Nadir Syed, 24, pictured, who wanted to decapitate a prison officer, has won a case in the High Court claiming keeping him in isolation was against his human rights In the UK Former prison officer Safak Bozkurt, pictured, smuggled in cannabis, mobile phones, sim cards and charger cables into HM YOI Isis in Thamesmead, London for £1,000 in cash. Romanian tennis legend Ilie Nastase was unrepentant on Saturday for a racist joke where he said Serena Williams' baby would be 'chocolate with milk' on Friday.

Red roses and books flooded the streets of Barcelona as Spain's Catalonia region celebrated its St George's Day on Sunday, with a tradition which is vying for a place on a prestigious UN list. As France was concentrating on the polls a SPOKESMAN for the French Interior Ministry has now confirmed that there was only one individual who was known to the authorities and he opened fire on officers, killing one and leaving two injured before being shot himself. There was also an incident at the Gare du Nord railway station BREMAIN IN SPAIN, a group campaigning for the rights of British citizens in Spain, was part of a delegation to the UK Embassy in Madrid on April 19. After 35 years in politics, this key figure in the ruling Popular Party, Esperanza Aguirre, resigns from office for the third time Five people have been taken to hospital after a ferry crashed off Gran Canaria. The car ferry smashed into a port wall in Las Palmas after an engine failure. Five more were treated on scene. A total of 5,695 people were released from slavery by Spain’s security forces between 2012 and 2016, according to the Interior Ministry. As victims of human trafficking, some were forced into unpaid labor, but the great majority were made to work as prostitutes. A SPANISH academic has claimed that Moroccan intelligence services have helped Spain avert several terrorist attacks in recent years that could have an outcome similar to the attacks that rocked France, Belgium, Germany and the UK. The election dominates the news in the UK as all the leading politicians posture around the country. Support for Sturgeon's breakaway is dropping and the Communists have endorsed Corbyn who majored on every populist issue he could find including new Bank Holidays. Jailed Muslim extremist Nadir Syed, 24, pictured, who wanted to decapitate a prison officer, has won a case in the High Court claiming keeping him in isolation was against his human rights In the UK Former prison officer Safak Bozkurt, pictured, smuggled in cannabis, mobile phones, sim cards and charger cables into HM YOI Isis in Thamesmead, London for £1,000 in cash. Romanian tennis legend Ilie Nastase was unrepentant on Saturday for a racist joke where he said Serena Williams' baby would be 'chocolate with milk' on Friday.

This week we have a cranky start, and a serious end. Pretty fun middle.

The Popular Party’s (PP) ability to wage a successful campaign ahead of regional elections to be held on September 25 in Galicia and the Basque Country is being hampered by the numerous corruption investigations affecting the Spanish conservative group. Thousands of Catalan separatists rallied across their province on Sunday to show their support for a break away from Spain, which would leave the country without one of its richest regions. Excessive speed caused train crash in Galicia that killed four people and a Spanish train driver leaves 109 passengers stranded at end of shift. THE National Police working closely with the police forces of El Salvador and Honduras have arrested a man known as the ‘Mexican’ in the Madrid area who had been sent to Spain by an international gang known as Mara 18 to establish a new branch in Europe. The CSU, which works alongside Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, has demanded tougher immigration rules and said that new arrivals must socially integrate and learn German. The UK Commons foreign affairs committee savaged David Cameron's judgment in rushing to war in 2011, saying the intervention was based on 'erroneous assumptions'. European judges have ordered Britain to pay thousands of pounds to a terrorist who helped the failed July 21 bombers because his human rights were breached. Critics said the broadcasting watchdog had effectively legitimised explicit scenes immediately after the watershed, and warned of the potential impact on children. Mother-of-seven Hoden Aden, 44, was driving near to a zebra crossing in the car park in Wembley, north London, when she crashed into two-year-old Fahima Hassan, who was holding her mother's hand. Convicted murderer Darren Jackson, 51, of Burnley, Lancashire, absconded from HMP Sudbury yesterday morning. He was handed a life prison sentence in 1986.

The Popular Party’s (PP) ability to wage a successful campaign ahead of regional elections to be held on September 25 in Galicia and the Basque Country is being hampered by the numerous corruption investigations affecting the Spanish conservative group. Thousands of Catalan separatists rallied across their province on Sunday to show their support for a break away from Spain, which would leave the country without one of its richest regions. Excessive speed caused train crash in Galicia that killed four people and a Spanish train driver leaves 109 passengers stranded at end of shift. THE National Police working closely with the police forces of El Salvador and Honduras have arrested a man known as the ‘Mexican’ in the Madrid area who had been sent to Spain by an international gang known as Mara 18 to establish a new branch in Europe. The CSU, which works alongside Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, has demanded tougher immigration rules and said that new arrivals must socially integrate and learn German. The UK Commons foreign affairs committee savaged David Cameron's judgment in rushing to war in 2011, saying the intervention was based on 'erroneous assumptions'. European judges have ordered Britain to pay thousands of pounds to a terrorist who helped the failed July 21 bombers because his human rights were breached. Critics said the broadcasting watchdog had effectively legitimised explicit scenes immediately after the watershed, and warned of the potential impact on children. Mother-of-seven Hoden Aden, 44, was driving near to a zebra crossing in the car park in Wembley, north London, when she crashed into two-year-old Fahima Hassan, who was holding her mother's hand. Convicted murderer Darren Jackson, 51, of Burnley, Lancashire, absconded from HMP Sudbury yesterday morning. He was handed a life prison sentence in 1986.

On 11 March 2004 bombs exploded on early-morning commuter trains in the Spanish capital, killing almost 200 people. Another 1,800 people were injured. Three days later, Spain held general elections, in which the ruling Popular Party suffered a surprising defeat. Witness hears from two Spanish politicians. (Photo: Wreckage of a Spanish train and emergency service teams. Credit: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images)

Spain's prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, and his Popular Party are embroiled in a scandal that threatens to bring down the government. The flare-up in the long-rumbling scandal comes at a bad time for Spain, which continues to struggle to revive an economy where unemployment is around 20 per cent. Tobias Buck, Madrid bureau chief, and Tony Barber, Europe editor, join Gideon Rachman to discuss the crisis. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.