The high court in Madrid has rejected a request from Switzerland to remand in custody a whistleblower who leaked bank details of HSBC clients to authorities. Hervé Falciani was detained in Spain on Wednesday but has been released pending the outcome of an extradition request. Mr Falciani is not permitted […]
Britain needs the EU for its security after Donald Trump’s ‘game-changing’ election as US President, says Mr Miliband. David Miliband has urged Labour to back calls for a new referendum on Brexit in the latest in a series of prominent interventions in domestic politics. Labour’s former foreign secretary said the only way […]
BREXIT has sent shivers down the spines of politicians and residents across the remaining EU27, with Europeans fearful for what might be around the corner as Britain leaves the European Union. While the EU seems content with Britain’s exit, countries like Germany, Denmark and Spain are poised and waiting to […]
The PMI recorded a reading of 51.7 last month, down from 54.5 in February Construction sector also suffered biggest slowdown since July 2016 in March Manufacturing sector picked up last month, but suffered quarterly contraction Activity across Britain’s services sector slumped to its lowest since July 2016 last month, the […]
Technicians from Spain’s tax office have advised members of the public not to use the new mobile phone App designed for filing annual declarations, since it does not allow the user to amend the details on their draft return. This means they could miss out on deductions they are eligible […]
The youngster suffered cardiac arrest after colliding with another child at Cala Bosque beach on the Costa Blanca. A British boy has died in a freak accident which happened while he played football on a Spanish beach. The nine-year-old is said to have suffered a cardiac arrest after colliding with […]
The former chief of Catalonia’s regional police and other regional security officials have been charged with sedition over their role in events leading last year to a banned independence referendum. In an indictment Thursday, Spanish National Court Judge Carmen Lamela says former Mossos d’Esquadra chief Josep Lluis Trapero was part […]
Spanish police on Wednesday detained Herve Falciani, a former computer analyst at the Swiss branch of HSBC who leaked documents alleging the bank helped clients evade millions of dollars in taxes, a police source said. “He was arrested in Madrid, in the street on the way to a conference,” a […]
Atleti have been making strides in Europe’s second tier competition and will look to continue when they host Jorge Jesus’ side Sporting Lisbon make a trip to the Wanda Metropolitano for their showdown with Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday night. After settling for third place in the Champions League, knocked […]
The Sindic (Ombudsman) of the Community of Valencia, José Cholbi, has told the Orihuela City council that it must provide “an adequate waste collection service to the people of the Orihuela Coast”. The mediation of the Ombudsman was requested by the Federation of Associations of Orihuela Costa (FAOC) who said […]
Donald Trump could lay siege to the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy with Spanish olives potentially falling victim to the US President’s “America First” policy, sparking panic in Brussels. Californian olive farmers have argued imports from their Spanish counterparts are gifted an unfair advantage because of the EU’s farming subsidies. […]
Police upped security Wednesday in front of government buildings in Catalonia and provided special protection for several political leaders, judges and prosecutors as further pro-independence protests loom, authorities said. Separatist activists have in the past weeks taken advantage of the void left by a renewed crackdown on the restive region’s […]
