A wave of housing protests swept across dozens of Spanish cities on Saturday as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez weighed calling a snap election. The largest […]
Author: Aitor Hernandez-Morales
No country for old women: Pressure builds on Spain’s Sánchez over eviction of elderly tenant
MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez faces renewed pressure as housing protests in Madrid escalate and his left-wing allies demand tougher action, straining his […]
Emma Bonino, Italy’s activist commissioner, dies at 78
Indefatigable Italian rights activist and European heavyweight Emma Bonino died aged 78, her party Più Europa announced on Friday. A former European commissioner and member […]
Sánchez’s release of declassified Ceuta files turns into ‘own goal’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez might have hoped declassifying official files on this summer’s mass migrant surge into Ceuta would vindicate his government’s handling of […]
EU to crack down on short-term rentals in bid to slash housing prices
Brussels is seeking to bring down housing costs in Europe’s most popular cities by giving local governments the tools to rein in Airbnb and other […]