Spain’s weak coalition government was put on the defensive Tuesday when it was revealed that the prime minister’s and defense minister’s cellphones had been tapped using Pegasus malware. Felix Bolanos, a cabinet minister, told a news conference on Monday that the phones of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Defense Minister Margarita Robles were hacked … Read more
MADRID: The Spanish government is increasingly under fire over its use of the European Union’s massive economic recovery funds, with critics blasting the distribution of aid as too slow and arbitrary. Spain is due to receive 140 billion euros ($160 billion) from the fund by 2026, half of it in grants, making it the programme’s … Read more
MADRID: Spain’s leftist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez started the year with a bullish economic outlook. Months later, he faces protests, strikes and an emboldened opposition as the recovery from the pandemic slump trails other European nations. Gone is the optimism shown earlier this year when Sanchez forecast a strong comeback in 2021 for the Eurozone’s fourth-largest … Read more
