Pedro Sanchez

GRANADA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Granada on Thursday.

In Spain, the scandal surrounding the president of the football federation, Luis Rubiales, is growing because of the kiss of one of the football players. The Women's World Cup winning team as well as other players have announced they will not play for the country while Rubiales is in charge.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his right-wing rival will each begin negotiations Monday to try to head off a fresh vote after an inconclusive snap election resulted in a hung parliament.

Defying polls that for months had written him off as defeated, the Socialist premier managed to curb the gains of the right-wing opposition.

Spanish voters go to the polls in a general election Sunday that could make Spain the latest European Union member to swing to the right.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the early election after his Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and its far-left partner, Unidas Podemos, took a beating in local and regional elections in May. Sánchez has been premier since 2018.

King Felipe VI of Spain (C) poses for a group photo with Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez (C-L), European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen (C-R), and other attendees at a reception after the meeting of the College of EU Commissioners in Madrid, Spain, 03 July 2023. EPA-EFE/Kiko Huesca Spanish agenda: low expectations, low disappointments

CHISINAU - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Chisinau on Thursday and thanked him for supporting Serbia over the latest developments in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbia-Spain relations are excellent, friendly and on an upward trajectory, and Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez's visit to Belgrade and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's trip to Madrid last year have lent a new impetus to them, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said after meeting with Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares in Belgrade on Thursday.

Spain will adopt a law that will equalize the number of men and women in important positions in politics and administration, as well as in large companies, said yesterday Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, quoted by BTA.

ABU DHABI - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke on the phone with Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday about the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and advancement of Serbia-Spain bilateral cooperation.

A machete-wielding man killed a sexton and injured a priest at two Catholic churches in the city of Algeciras on Wednesday before being arrested, Spain's interior ministry said. Authorities are investigating the attacks as a possible act of terrorism.

The suspect is in the custody of Spain's National Police. The ministry did not identify him.