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Rajoy making last-ditch efforts to form new government in Spain
Sep 04, 2016 02:57Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has held a meeting with leaders of his conservative People’s Party (PP) as part of attempts to map out a strategy after legislators rejected his second bid to form a new government.
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Spain parliament to vote on Rajoy
Sep 02, 2016 12:27Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is to make another effort to win a parliamentary confidence vote to win a second term in office and form a new government to end the 8-month political deadlock festering the country.
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Spanish PM warns of new elections as deadlock continues
Aug 03, 2016 02:04Acting Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warns that voters may be facing a third trip to the polls in less than one year as the country’s two main political parties fail to reach an agreement on forming a new government.
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Spain king ‘asks premier to form government’
Jul 29, 2016 04:55Spain’s King Felipe VI has once again called on the country’s acting prime minister to form a government to unclog seven months of a political stalemate following a second round of indecisive elections.
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Catalonia determined to secede from Spain: Officials
Jul 27, 2016 10:31The Catalonian government says it will use its democratic mandate to push forward with secession from Spain because Madrid has failed to cooperate on the issue.
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Spain demands explanation over UK nuclear sub collision
Jul 22, 2016 10:12Spain has called for “urgent” answers from authorities in London after a British nuclear submarine collided with a merchant vessel off the coast of disputed Gibraltar.
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Spaniards head to polls in repeat general elections
Jun 26, 2016 10:51People are heading to the polling stations in Spain for the second general elections in six months to pick a new government.
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Anti-Austerity protests sweep across Italy, Spain
May 29, 2016 02:20Thousands of Italians have taken to the streets of Rome and several other major cities to express their resentment with the austerity policies imposed by the government of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
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Spain’s Podemos joins rival leftist party for June vote
May 10, 2016 02:51Two leftist Spanish parties say they have reached a preliminary agreement to join forces in a coalition ahead of the upcoming general elections in the country.
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Three Spanish reporters kidnapped in Syria freed
May 08, 2016 02:26Three Spanish reporters who had been kidnapped in Syria around 10 months ago have been freed, the Spanish government says.