PM ignores the fallen reign in Spain
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JOHN Howard is the second leader of the coalition of the willing to go to the polls in an election likely to be dominated by national security, the Iraq war and the US alliance.
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Spain's king brought President Bush a message of goodwill Wednesday from Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose vocal opposition to the Iraq war has chilled U.S.-Spanish relations.
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Police say they control the Spanish consulate in the Swiss capital - but there is no sign of the intruders.
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Prime minister denies shift in US-UK relations.
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MADRID -- Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero alleged yesterday that his predecessor's government erased computer records after the March 11 train bombings, when it blamed Basque separatists amid mounting evidence of an Islamic link.
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Spain coach Luis Aragones refused to criticise those guilty of racist chanting during last nightâs clash with England. Three England players were targeted for abuse by the Bernabeu support, and when repeatedly
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Spain's prime minister condemned an initiative by Basque lawmakers to make their region virtually independent, deriding it Monday as secessionist, unconstitutional and anomalous in a Europe seeking to become more united.
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JosÃ© MarÃ­a Aznar, Spain&#39;s former prime minister, accused the Socialist government yesterday of failing to investigate suspected links between Islamic terrorists and Basque separatists.
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For the second time in recent months, the prime minister is ignoring a decision of the Likud Party leadership, releasing signals that he plans to continue coalition negotiations with the Labor Party despite last weekâs decision rejecting
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MADRID (International Herald Tribune) - The Spanish government on Tuesday dismissed a proposal by the head of the Basque regional government to let Basques vote on whether to continue being part of Spain. The plan presented to Prime Minister JosÃ© Luis RodrÃ­guez Zapatero by Juan JosÃ© Ibarretxe, head of the Basque government, revived debate about the status of the Basque region amid a crackdown by the authorities on the separatist movement's radicals as well as questions of nationhood threatening to dominate general elections in March.  Zapatero rejected the proposed referendum as unconstitutional and said it was a rehash of a similar plan, floated by Ibarretxe in 2005, that was rejected by Parliament. That plan called for Basques to vote on becoming a "free associated state" within Spain and for separate representation before bodies like the European Union. Ibarretxe, a leading member of the Basque Nationalist Party, which governs the region as part of a coalition, denied that a referendum would be illegal and vowed to press ahead with it in October 2008. He said it would be the first step in a "Basque-style Downing Street process," referring to the 1993 declaration by the governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom that paved the way for peace in the British province of Northern Ireland.
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Abdeljalil Bounhar -- AP Photo Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, right, chats with his foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos during a meeting in Rabat, Tuesday, March 6, 2007.Comment
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Sunday made his first visit to the Basque region since the Basque separatist group ETA broke a nine-month ceasefire in December last year.Comment
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Spain opposes separation as EU countries are expected to formally recognise independent state
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SPAIN MADRID -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told the Basque regional premier yesterday his plan for virtual independence from Madrid was a dead end and rejected any negotiations on the matter. But the Basque leader Juan Jose Ibarretxe remained defiant, saying that if his plan was rejected by Madrid he would still put it to the Basque ...
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Spain's prime minister accused the  previous government of deceiving the public about who carried  out the March 11 train bombings and of erasing computer records  for the crucial three days between then and elections.
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Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero paid a surprise visit to Spanish troops in south Lebanon on Saturday, the government said in a statement. via Gulfnews
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MADRID, Sep 27 (IPS) - Negative trends in some of the main sectors of the   Spanish economy are threatening the government of Socialist  Prime Minister  JosÃ© Luis GonzÃ¡lez and its plans for increased  social spending and foreign  cooperation.