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- Catalan premier ahead of Sunday vote: “We have already won” - Sat 30th Sep 2017
We have already won, we have won over the fears and the threats of an authoritarian state that didn’t want to let us get this far and tried to make us surrender at the first sign of difficulty.” That was the defiant message ... more - Two-hour waits at security leave Barcelona airport passengers fuming - Thu 27th Jul 2017
It’s been four days now and the waiting time is getting longer and longer. At Terminal 1 in Barcelona’s El Prat airport – and also in T2, albeit to a lesser extent – the time passengers were spending in lines for security ... more - Madrid buildings may soon ban informal vacation rentals - Wed 28th Jun 2017
Madrid’s residential buildings may soon be able to ban the use of housing units for short-term vacation rentals, according to legislative changes announced by regional premier Cristina Cifuentes ... more - Madrid judge bans anti-transgender “hate bus” from roads - Thu 2th Mar 2017
A Madrid court has banned a bus from traveling on the streets until its full-length ad, placed there by an ultraconservative Catholic group, is removed. The examining magistrate said in a writ that the ad’s message aims to ... more - US developer planning mega-resort outside Madrid - Thu 1st Dec 2016
The Cordish Companies, a US real estate developer and entertainment operator, is planning to invest at least €2.2 billion on a Madrid resort. The complex will create more than 56,000 jobs for the regional economy, the ... more - Spain's politicians plot to end 'memes' - Fri 11th Nov 2016
Spain's ruling Popular Party has presented a proposal to the nation's Congress that could result in a ban on the way social network users gain comic revenge on politicians ... more - Spain Officially Most Corrupt Country in EU - Fri 30th Sep 2016
Spain is officially the most corrupt country in the European Union according to a report by the European Commission ... more - Reform deal in sight to break Spain's political deadlock - Tue 16th Aug 2016
Spain's interim prime minister will move within touching distance of ending an eight-month legislative stalemate on Wednesday when his party considers an offer of support for a new government in exchange for political ... more - Prosecutor will use Manos Limpias arrest to get royal out of fraud trial - Fri 29th Apr 2016
The anti-corruption prosecutor in the Nóos case, which affects a member of the Spanish royal family, will use a recent raid against a far-right union to try to get Princess Cristina de Borbón acquitted of all charges ... more - Leader of Manos Limpias union wants to withdraw all court cases - Tue 26th Apr 2016
The head of a far-right union who was arrested for extortion this month wants to drop all the lawsuits he has initiated in Spanish courts, according to close aides ... more - Manos Limpias Head Arrested For Corruption - Mon 18th Apr 2016
An unexpected twist occurred on Friday in the national sport of corruption as the head of the anti-corruption organisation, Manos Limpias, was himself arrested, for corruption.. ... more - Madrid to give over part of city cemetery to Muslim community - Tue 15th Mar 2016
Madrid’s Carabanchel Alto cemetery will be the first graveyard in the city to allow Muslims to bury their loved ones following their own religious rites ... more - 12th anniversary of Madrid bombings - Fri 11th Mar 2016
Twelve years after Islamists bombed commuter trains in Madrid, Spain’s four victim associations united for the first time in the capital on Friday for a joint tribute to the 193 victims of Europe’s bloodiest terrorist attack ... more - Spain's fears over corruption up eight points - Tue 8th Mar 2016
A new survey shows that 47.5% of Spaniards consider corruption to be the country’s second-most-pressing problem, topped only by unemployment ... more - Royal Household filed Princess Cristina’s tax returns, husband claims - Wed 2th Mar 2016
The brother-in-law of Spain’s King Felipe VI, Iñaki Urdangarin, returned to face the questions of anti-corruption prosecutors on Wednesday morning as his embezzlement and fraud trial resumed in Palma de Mallorca ... more - Former King Juan Carlos of Spain 'Involved in Fraud' - Wed 24th Feb 2016
The former business partner of the Spanish princess' husband revealed the royal palace was involved on the fraud and embezzlement case. A main defendant testifies that a lawyer from the Spanish Royal Palace was aware of the ... more - Booing at Spain's National Anthem : Not Illegal - Sat 20th Feb 2016
The High Court has dismissed a complaint filed by a citizens’ group calling for an investigation into booing and whistling during the Spanish national anthem before last year’s King’s Cup soccer final, which was held in ... more - Spain's Princess Cristina : Innocent ? - Tue 16th Feb 2016
The former accountant at the Nóos Institute testified on Tuesday that the sister of Spain’s King Felipe, Cristina de Borbón, had no active involvement in a real estate company that she co-owned with her husband and Nóos ... more - Spain's Princess Cristina returns to court in tax fraud trial - Tue 9th Feb 2016
Spain's Princess Cristina returned to court in Palma de Mallorca on Tuesday as defendants began to testify in a fraud trial that centres on her husband's business affairs and has badly damaged the image of the royal family ... more - Spanish women "leaving it too late to have children" : Report - Wed 3rd Feb 2016
“If I could live my life again, I would start having children at the age of 25,” says Gloria Labay, now aged 51, and who waited until she was 38 before trying to become a mother. But after numerous pregnancies, artificial ... more - Spain's Princess Cristina court case underway - Sat 9th Jan 2016
Spain’s Princess Cristina is prepared for trial as a court set Monday to begin the process ... more - Amazon Spain to create 1,000 new jobs - Thu 19th Nov 2015
Online retailer Amazon announced on Wednesday that it hopes to create some 1,000 new jobs in Spain over the next three years as part of an expansion that will include a new distribution center in Barcelona, company officials ... more - Madrid offers assisted reproduction to all after lesbian couple ruling - Mon 12th Oct 2015
Just days after a court handed down a decision against government restrictions on assisted reproduction treatments, Madrid regional premier Cristina Cifuentes said her government will immediately open the publicly funded ... more - Trial involving King Felipe's sister Cristina to begin January 11 - Tue 6th Oct 2015
A member of the Spanish royal family, her husband, a former regional premier and 15 other people will stand trial early next year over the Nóos scandal ... more - Madrid region expecting to take in 2,400 Syrian refugees - Wed 16th Sep 2015
The Madrid regional government is expecting to take in around 2,400 Syrian refugees out of a possible total of 17,500 that Spain is due to accept. The government spokesman in the region, Ángel Garrido, stated in an interview ... more - Warning issued to regions giving health cards to illegal migrants - Fri 21st Aug 2015
Spain's conservative Popular Party government has warned four regions that they face strong measures for passing laws that give undocumented migrants health cards and unlimited access to the public healthcare system within ... more - King of Spain revokes title of Duchess of Palma - Sat 13th Jun 2015
Spain's King Felipe revoked the title of Duchess of Palma de Mallorca from his sister Cristina, who is accused of involvement in a fraud scandal that has shaken the royal family ... more - Spanish bank customers must hand in ID by April 30th - Thu 30th Apr 2015
Customers of Spanish banks have been thrown into confusion over an announcement made by BBVA bank that customers would get an extra 10 days to hand in up-to-date identification documents in compliance with new ... more - Spain's King Felipe lowers his salary - Thu 12th Feb 2015
King Felipe VI has decided to slash his own salary 20 percent in the first royal budget he has approved since his accession to the throne in June of last year ... more - Spain's Felipe VI condemns corruption in first Christmas speech - Fri 26th Dec 2014
Spain's King Felipe VI lashed out against corruption in his first Christmas Eve address but made no direct reference to his sister, Cristina de Borbon, who was ordered on Monday to stand trial for tax crimes. ... more - Sister's trial looms over King Felipe VI's first Xmas address - Wed 24th Dec 2014
This Christmas Eve, King Felipe VI faces his most important and difficult speech since his historic coronation address on June 19 ... more - Spain's Princess Cristina to stand trial on tax fraud charges - Mon 22th Dec 2014
Cristina de Borbon, sister of Spain's King Felipe VI, will stand trial on charges of tax fraud, the first Spanish royal to face prosecution in court. ... more - Infanta Cristina hands €600,000 civil liability bond to judge - Mon 15th Dec 2014
The sister of Spanish King Felipe VI, Cristina de Borbón, has paid the Palma courts the almost €600,000 civil liability bond demanded of her by prosecutors to cover her alleged profiting from financial crimes committed by ... more - Nóos case prosecutor seeks 15 years for king's brother-in-law Urdangarin - Mon 8th Dec 2014
Iñaki Urdangarin, husband of Spanish royal Cristina de Borbón, is closer to standing trial over the Nóos case, which involves millions of euros in embezzled money earned through no-bid contracts with the regional governments ... more - King bars royals from taking presents - Sat 6th Dec 2014
King Felipe VI has forbidden members of the Spanish royal family from accepting favors or expensive gifts "that could jeopardize the dignity of their institutional tasks." ... more - Spanish court upholds charges of tax fraud against Princess Cristina - Fri 7th Nov 2014
A Spanish court said on Friday it would uphold charges of tax fraud against Cristina de Borbon, 49, sister of King Felipe VI, in a graft probe which along with other high-profile corruption cases has eroded Spaniards' faith ... more - Spain's Felipe VI to keep royals out of private sector - Mon 28th Jul 2014
Members of Spain's scandal-tinged royal family will not be allowed to work for private firms and palace accounts will be subject to external audit under new rules imposed by King Felipe VI to help the monarchy regain public ... more - Judge omits accountant's confession from royal corruption inquiry - Sun 13th Jul 2014
A Palma de Mallorca judge in charge of a corruption case involving Spain's Princess Cristina and her husband Iñaki Urdangarin has decided to ignore a last-minute confession by the accountant who worked at the latter's Nóos ... more - Spain's Princess Cristina to face corruption charges - Wed 25th Jun 2014
A Spanish court on Wednesday upheld corruption charges against Cristina de Borbon, sister of newly-crowned King Felipe VI, and her husband in one of the last steps before a trial that could cloud the monarchy's bid to ... more - Spain seeks total legal immunity for Juan Carlos after abdication - Sat 14th Jun 2014
The government is planning to grant King Juan Carlos the highest legal protection possible against potential lawsuits once he ceases to be the Spanish head of state ... more - Spain's King Juan Carlos abdicates - Mon 2th Jun 2014
Spain's King Juan Carlos said on Monday he would abdicate in favour of his son Prince Felipe, aiming to revive the scandal-hit monarchy at a time of economic hardship and growing discontent with the wider political elite ... more - Spain's Repsol Sells All Argentinian Assets - Sat 24th May 2014
Spanish oil company Repsol has ended its operations in Argentina, two years after the government seized its assets. Last month the Argentine congress gave final approval to pay 5bn dollars in compensation for Repsol's stake ... more - Argentina OKs settlement with Spain's Repsol over YPF - Thu 24th Apr 2014
The lower house of Argentina's Congress has approved a deal to compensate Spain's Repsol for the 2012 expropriation of its 51 percent stake in Argentine oil company YPF ... more - Spain to Offer Legal Immunity to Royal Family - Fri 4th Apr 2014
Friday's weekly cabinet meeting of the Spanish Government saw PM Mariano Rajoy approve a draft legislation which would effectively increase the legal protection afforded to certain members of the Royal Family ... more - Repsol agrees compensation deal with Argentina - Fri 28th Feb 2014
Spain and Argentina put an end to nearly two years of a heated dispute late Thursday when the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner signed a formal agreement to pay €3.62 Bln to Repsol in compensation for ... more - Spanish princess questioned in corruption investigation - Sat 8th Feb 2014
Spain's Princess Cristina was questioned by a judge on Saturday in a corruption case that has deepened public anger over graft among the ruling class and discontent with the royal family ... more - Princess Cristina to give testimony in royal corruption case - Sat 8th Feb 2014
Spain's Princess Cristina - younger daughter of King Juan Carlos - will appear in court for questioning by a judge on Saturday in a corruption case that has deepened public anger over ruling class graft at a time of ... more - "Princess Cristina is Innocent" : Rajoy - Tue 21st Jan 2014
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy said Princess Cristina is innocent of corruption allegations less than three weeks before she is due to testify as a suspect in court ... more - Spain's Princess Cristina to testify over corruption charges - Sat 11th Jan 2014
Spain's Princess Cristina, daughter of King Juan Carlos, will appear before a Palma de Mallorca court to testify over tax fraud and money-laundering charges she denies but has decided not to appeal, her lawyers said on ... more - Spanish Lawyers Consider Allowing Princess Cristina to Testify - Sat 11th Jan 2014
Princess Cristina's defence team is studying the possibility of not appealing the subpoena issued by a Palma de Mallorca judge earlier this week for her to testify in tax fraud and money-laundering proceedings he initiated ... more - Spanish Judge Focuses on Princess Cristina in Fraud Case - Tue 7th Jan 2014
The king's daughter, Princess Cristina, has become an official target in an ongoing embezzlement investigation against her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin ... more - Senior PP Officials Criticise Spain's Abortion Reform - Wed 1st Jan 2014
Another senior Partido Popular official has publicly spoken out against his government's proposed abortion law. Extremadura premier José Antonio Monago said he plans to present his argument against the reform on January 8th ... more - Spain Royal PA Not Immune as Investigation Witness - Sat 30th Nov 2013
A three-judge panel in Palma de Mallorca on Friday denied a petition filed by the official royal secretary to be excluded from the ongoing investigation into the diversion of public money that allegedly took place at the ... more - Royal couple failed to pay €281,109 in corporate taxes - Wed 20th Nov 2013
The tax agency has produced a new financial profile of Iñaki Urdangarin, the king's son-in-law who is being investigated for embezzlement of public money and tax fraud ... more - Spanish Prosecutor : Princess Cristina no Case to Answer in Investigation - Thu 14th Nov 2013
The Department of Public Prosecutions in Spain today announced their decision not to indict Princess Cristina as part of the wider investigation into the alleged fraudulent activities of her husband, Inaki Urdangarin ... more - Duke of Palma causes further embarrassment to Spain's Royal Family - Fri 8th Nov 2013
Most of us could identify and empathise with anybody unlucky enough to have made an embarrassing faux pas in front on the in-laws ... more - Court impounds properties of Spanish king's son-in-law - Tue 5th Nov 2013
A Spanish judge on Monday attached €6.1 Mln in assets belonging to Iñaki Urdangarin, including half of the Barcelona home he shares with his wife, Princess Cristina, the younger of King Juan Carlos's 2 daughters ... more - Small earthquake hits Spain near gas storage project - Tue 1st Oct 2013
A small earthquake struck Spain's east coast on Tuesday, the strongest ever measured in the area, just days after the government halted work on a big offshore gas storage plant following hundreds of recent minor tremors ... more - Argentina and Spain v Britain, Falklands and Gibraltar ? - Thu 26th Sep 2013
Argentina and Spain agreed on Thursday to team up to pressure Britain to discuss their separate claims on British territories: the Falklands in the south Atlantic and Gibraltar near the southern tip of Spain ... more - Spain Arms Argentina against UK - Mon 5th Aug 2013
Spain is selling a fleet of 20 Mirage jet fighters to Argentina in a deal worth €10 million raising alarm in Whitehall over the Falkland Islands ... more - Spanish court to hear Repsol lawsuit against YPF - Thu 11th Jul 2013
A Spanish court has agreed to hear an unfair competition claim brought by oil major Repsol against former Argentine subsidiary YPF over the exploration of the vast Vaca Muerta shale oil field, court documents seen by Reuters ... more - Spain coastal law revamp sparks fears of new construction wave - Thu 9th May 2013
A Spanish law allowing some construction to take place closer to the coast was approved by parliament on Thursday, raising alarm among ecologists and opposition parties who say the change could further blight the ... more - PP hampers draft eviction bill - Thu 28th Mar 2013
The Partido Popular's refusal to back a popular initiative for the concept of dation in payment, whereby a homeowner unable to meet mortgage payments can cancel the debt with the bank by handing over the keys, was met with ... more - PAH to use ECJ ruling to prevent Mortgage Evictions in Spain - Wed 27th Mar 2013
Spain's Mortgage Victims Platform (PAH) announced yesterday that it would embark on an intensive campaign to stop people from being evicted from their homes using a recent decision by the European Court of Justice as its ... more - king's son-in-law appears in court - Sat 23rd Feb 2013
The Spanish king's son-in-law appeared before a judge on the island of Mallorca on Saturday to respond to charges of tax fraud in a €6 mln embezzlement case that has eroded public support for the once-popular royal family ... more - Urdangarin appeals €8.1 million bond - Thu 7th Feb 2013
The king's son-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarin, and his ex-business partner Diego Torres on Tuesday appealed a joint bond of €8.1 million imposed on them by a judge for their implication in the Nóos Institute case, according to ... more - Argentina Suspends WTO Complaint Over Spain - Fri 25th Jan 2013
Argentina suspended a trade complaint against the EU over Spanish biofuel curbs after Spain dropped its plan. The Spanish government issued a law in April last year requiring that only EU fuel could meet quotas for ... more - World Bank tribunal accepts Repsol complaint over YPF takeover - Fri 21st Dec 2012
The World Bank's arbitration body started moving ahead this week on a complaint by Spanish oil major Repsol over Argentina's expropriation of its controlling stake in energy company YPF ... more - Hospital workers strike in Spanish capital - Mon 26th Nov 2012
Many employees of the Spanish Healthcare system today began a 2 day strike in the capital against the government's plansto privatise a number of Hospitals and services as part of an auseterity drive to tackle the worsening ... more - Spaniards Flee To Argentina - Wed 17th Oct 2012
According to official figures, more than 65,000 Spaniards have jumped ship and fled for the shores of Argentina in search of work since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008 ... more - "Hispancising of Catalonia a bad idea" : King Juan Carlos - Sun 14th Oct 2012
During last Friday's Military parade to commemorate la dia de Hispanidad, King Juan Carlos took Education Minister José Ignacio Wert to task over his controversial vow to "Hispanicize Catalan students." ... more - Spain mulls changes to coastal property law - Sat 6th Oct 2012
The Government yesterday agreed to a reform of the 'Ley de Costas', to extend an amnesty for the owners of beachfront properties that would otherwise have to be demolished ... more - No worries for Repsol in Venezuela - Sat 11th Aug 2012
President Hugo Chavez ruled out on Friday any retaliatory measures against Repsol's interests in Venezuela as a result of its legal battle with his ally President Cristina Fernandez's government in Argentina. "Do you ... more - US Senator calls for Argentina to be suspended from G20 - Mon 14th May 2012
A US senator has proposed that Argentina be removed from the G-20, accusing President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of "violating international rules and agreements" following the expropriation of YPF-Repsol ... more - Corporate Spain not blind to Latin American risk - Tue 8th May 2012
Spanish companies keen to do business in fast-growing Latin American markets have been quietly taking steps to protect themselves from the risk of nationalisation exposed by the seizure of important assets by Argentina and ... more - Argentina nationalizes oil company YPF - Sat 5th May 2012
Argentina's Congress nationalized the country's biggest oil company, YPF, by an overwhelming lower house vote on Thursday that underscored broad popular support for a measure that threatens to scare off foreign investment ... more - Argentina's YPF takeover heads for final approval - Fri 4th May 2012
The nationalization of Argentina's biggest oil company was headed toward final congressional approval on Thursday, reflecting broad domestic support for a measure that has rattled private investors ... more - Argentine Senate approves YPF nationalization bill - Thu 26th Apr 2012
Argentina's Senate today approved a government bill to nationalize the country's biggest oil company, YPF, clearing the way for likely approval by the lower house next week ... more - Argentina's YPF cuts computer link with Repsol - Sun 22th Apr 2012
Argentine oil group YPF has cut computer links with parent Repsol, two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday, following Buenos Aires' plans unveiled last week to seize control of the leading energy company ... more - Spain has few ways to pressure Argentina over YPF - Thu 19th Apr 2012
Spain has threatened to retaliate against Argentina for nationalising a Spanish energy firm, but Madrid will find it hard to put real pressure on a maverick nation that has been shut out of world debt markets and has ignored ... more - Rajoy slams Argentina over YPF Repsol takeover - Wed 18th Apr 2012
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy blasted Argentina's decision to seize control of energy company YPF, a unit of Spanish oil major Repsol, saying the action would damage ties between the two countries ... more - Rubalcaba criticised for requests to reopen closed airport - Fri 18th Nov 2011
The Presidential candidate for the ruling PSOE party, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, has been criticised for attempting to re-open Logrono airport after its closure at 20.00hrs on Sunday, to enable him to return to Madrid. ... more - Alicante Hoteliers call on AENA to resolve differences with Ryanair - Thu 27th Oct 2011
Two hotel associations in the Alicante province (Hosbec and the Provincial Association of Hotels), have called upon AENA to be more flexibile in their approach to Ryanair to prevent the permenant cancelation of 31 flights ... more - Dozens of austerity protests held over the weekend - Mon 16th May 2011
Thousands of protestors attended numerous rallies over the weekend in a stand against the government's austerity measures, intended to resolve the country's financial crisis. ... more - Spanish Government Courts foreign investment - Tue 23rd Nov 2010
The Spanish government encouraged foreign investors to bet on Spain and its high-potential sectors like renewable energy and infrastructure, and recalled the role that the Iberian country plays as a gateway for investment in ... more - Clinton offers U.S. help on Falklands dispute - Tue 2th Mar 2010
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday the United States stood ready to help Argentina and Britain resolve new tensions over the disputed Falkland Islands, which sparked a war between the two countries in 1982 ... more - Spain to open world's first 'Gastro-Uni' - Mon 18th Jan 2010
Spain is set to have the world's first "gastronomic university", where students will have the opportunity to explore the science of taste in a state-of-the-art laboratory ... more - Drop in smoking cuts cancer deaths in Europe - Tue 1st Dec 2009
A decline in smoking in Europe and better screening mean fewer people are dying of cancer, but lung cancer deaths in women are rising in places like Scotland and Hungary where more women smoke, doctors said on Monday ... more