Spain's ruling Popular Party to investigate alleged corruption linked to a...
Protestors shout slogans as they carry a banner reading 'Popular Party, dangerous party' during a protest against a measure raising Court fees in Madrid, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. Spain has sold euros...
View ArticleSpain PM resists resignation demands amid scandal
Click photo to enlarge Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attends a bilateral signing with Poland at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Monday, July 15, 2013. Conservative Spanish Prime Minister...
View ArticleSpain’s Slow-Moving Scandal Edges Closer to the Top
MADRID — The sense of scandal surrounding Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has crested yet again, after another week of allegations and denials in which the former treasurer of his Popular Party continued...
View ArticleSpain's Mariano Rajoy refuses to step down
Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister, refused to bow to pressure to resign amid increasing scrutiny over his alleged involvement in a funding scandal that threatens to derail the government....
View ArticleRajoy moves to defuse fallout from party's 'shady' bonuses
GUY HEDGECOE in Madrid The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, has presented a series of anti-corruption measures as he desperately seeks to defuse the crisis sparked by a scandal related to the...
View ArticleSpain PM vows to stay on amid corruption scandal
MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Monday he had no plans to bow to opposition parties demands that he resign following newspaper publication of text messages in which he tells a...
View ArticleRajoy urged to go before congress amid allegations
Pressure is mounting on Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy to appear before congress to answer questions about allegations of corruption in his Partido Popular (PP) that have threatened to derail...
View ArticleSpain PM Mariano Rajoy resists resignation demands amid scandal
MADRID: Spain’s prime minister on Monday brushed off demands he should resign after text messages emerged showing him comforting a political party treasurer under investigation over a slush fund and...
View ArticleRajoy Rejects Calls for Resignation From Opposition
By DAVID ROMÁN And RICHARD BOUDREAUX CONNECT MADRID—Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Thursday he had erred in trusting the former party treasurer now at the heart of a widening corruption...
View ArticleSpanish PM Mariano Rajoy admits error, vows to remain in power
Prime minister Mariano Rajoy admitted for the first time yesterday that he made a mistake in trusting a party colleague at the centre of a corruption scandal but denied any wrongdoing and vowed to...
View ArticleSpain’s Aznar criticises his successor and hints at possible political...
He prides himself on his prowess as a long distance runner, but even some of José María Aznar’s long-time allies suspect he has overstretched himself with his most recent gambit. The former Spanish...
View ArticleSpanish PM to face parliamentary questions over corruption scandal
Mariano Rajoy says he will appear before parliament at end of the month or early August, after pressure from opposition Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister. Photograph: Pierre-Philippe...
View ArticleSpain PM faces call to quit over slush fund scandal
By Elodie CuzinPublished July 14, 2013AFP A woman holds a placard depicting Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy during a demonstration against corruption at the People Party's headquarters in Madrid...
View ArticleRajoy sits out corruption storm within Spanish ruling party
Dissent is growing within the usually disciplined ranks of Spain's ruling center-right People's Party over a corruption scandal, but there are few signs yet of any rebellion strong enough to topple...
View ArticleAnalysis: Rajoy sits out corruption storm within Spanish ruling party
MADRID (Reuters) - Dissent is growing within the usually disciplined ranks of Spain's ruling center-right People's Party over a corruption scandal, but there are few signs yet of any rebellion strong...
View ArticleSpanish PM refuses to step down under pressure over scandal
MADRID, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Monday refused to resign under mounting pressure due to allegations of illegal financing in the ruling party. Rajoy vowed to...
View ArticleAnother lost hope of the Spanish rightwing
Sergio Alejandro Gómez THE political movie starring Esperanza Aguirre, former president of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, now leader of Partido Popular (PP) in the region, who manages to weave...
View ArticleSpain’s Real Crisis Is a Leadership Void, Analysts Say
MADRID — The sense of scandal surrounding Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has crested yet again, after another week of allegations and denials in which the former treasurer of his Popular Party continued...
View ArticleSpanish PM Mariano Rajoy faces allegations of slush-fund cash payments
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was allegedly paid from a slush fund operated by the governing People’s Party (PP) when he was a minister in the 1990s, according to documents published in the...
View ArticleSpanish PM under pressure in party slush fund scandal
MADRID, Community of Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faced calls to explain himself or resign over his alleged support for the ruling Popular Party’s disgraced former treasurer, who...
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