Shorouk Express Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez condemned as “unacceptable” the “extrajudicial operations” carried out by the United States on alleged drug-trafficking boats off Venezuela, in an interview published Friday. Speaking to Italy’s L’Espresso magazine, the Socialist premier urged a peaceful resolution to the growing crisis between President Donald Trump’s administration and Caracas, which have…
Shorouk Express We’ve all heard the ‘mañana, mañana’ reference (tomorrow, tomorrow) about some Spaniards, so does this word have anything to do with it? The term cantamañanas literally translates as ‘tomorrow singer’, but in Spanish it describes someone who is a fantasizer and irresponsible, and whose word shouldn’t be taken seriously. A suitable translation in…
Shorouk Express Spanish star Rosalía on Thursday announced 2026 world tour dates for her critically acclaimed new album “Lux”, with shows across Europe, the United States and Latin America. The 33-year-old, hailed for her genre-defying versatility, revealed the news on Instagram. Advertisement The trips will begin with a stop in the French city of Lyon…
Shorouk Express Do you have some unexpected guests or want to impress visitors from abroad? Here’s how to create an authentic Spanish tapas feast with minimal effort. Picture this, you have friends and family visiting from abroad and you want to impress them with an authentic Spanish tapas feast, but you don’t have a lot…
Shorouk Express Brandishing slogans such as “enough is enough!” and “not another day!” Spain’s conservative opposition Popular Party rallied in Madrid on Sunday to demand Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez resign. The rally came days after Sanchez’s government suffered two setbacks in quick succession: the conviction of Spain’s Sanchez-backed attorney general over a judicial secrecy…
Shorouk Express Spanish airline Iberia said Saturday that hackers had accessed confidential customer information, the latest in a series of attacks on carriers, though it added that there were no signs of fraudulent use of the data. “Iberia has detected a security incident involving unauthorised access to the systems of one of our service providers,…
Shorouk Express Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a former close ally of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez into custody in a corruption investigation that has threatened to topple the leftist government. The probe into José Luis Ábalos, a former transport minister and Socialist party heavyweight who helped propel Sánchez to power in 2018, is one…
Shorouk Express The man that polls suggest could be the next Prime Minister of Spain has proposed bolstering sentences for sex offenders, including deporting foreigners who commit sexual crimes. The leader of Spain’s centre-right opposition People’s Party (PP) has stated that if he becomes Prime Minister his government will deport foreign sex offenders. Alberto Núñez…
Shorouk Express Hundreds of Spanish fascists marched through Madrid on Friday, a day after the country marked the 50th anniversary of divisive right-wing former dictator Francisco Franco’s death. The Falange — an organisation that sees itself as the successor to defunct fascist movements that helped bring Franco to power in a devastating 1936-1939 civil war…
Shorouk Express Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday called on Spaniards to defend the “miracle” of their democracy as the divided country marked the 50th anniversary of ex-dictator Francisco Franco’s death. The general’s demise on November 20th, 1975 ended 36 years of authoritarian right-wing rule that followed a devastating 1936-1939 civil war which brought him…
