Protesters took to the streets in Spain Thursday after a court ordered the release on bail of five men sentenced to nine years in prison for sexually abusing a young woman at Pamplona’s bull-running festival. The men, who called themselves “la manada” – “the wolf pack” – in a WhatsApp […]
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced that he will hold meetings with Catalan regional leader Quim Torra on the 9th July. The meeting will take place as part of a series of discussions with all the autonomous regions presidents. It’s understood the pair will meet at the Moncloa after discussions […]
Twenty Nine people have been arrested in connection with a large scale anti-drug operation which saw nearly 5 million doses of drugs confiscated. 15 Raids were carried out in Madrid, Valencia and Malaga, after an investigation lasting nearly a year. It’s understood the drugs were sold in gyms around Madrid, […]
A FATHER in Andalucía who bragged about never having worked a day in his life has lost custody of 11 of his 30 children. Social services, escorted by the Guardia Civil and the child prosecution service, collected the 11 from their schools in their home village of El Marchal and […]
Policia Nacional have arrested a motorcyclist who filmed himself driving at over 250km/h – who then posted the video onto a social media site. The man, from Lloret de Mar, was detained after an indepth investigation into his posts on the photo-sharing website Instagram. During his arrest, a motorcycle helmet […]
Three restaurants in Spain were ranked among the top ten but the prize went to Italian eatery Osteria Francescana. Italy’s Osteria Francescana was crowned the world’s best restaurant for the second time on Tuesday at an awards ceremony put on by British trade magazine Restaurant, beating out top eateries in Spain and France. Spain’s El Celler […]
European Union’s statistics bureau shows improving figures for the Spanish economy but they are still below the EU average The official figures are in: Spaniards did not overtake Italians in terms of wealth in 2017, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had forecast in April of this year. That IMF estimate, made […]
Spain has made progress in developing the legislative, institutional and policy framework against trafficking in human beings. However, improvements are needed in a number of areas, in particular more efforts are required to tackle trafficking for labour exploitation, says the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking […]
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker announces an “informal working meeting” to discuss migration and asylum. An emergency meeting of key European leaders has been convened in Brussels this Sunday to discuss migration at the request of Germany. In a highly unusual move, the European Commission is organising the “informal working […]
Pedro Sánchez’s government has announced plans to equalise maternity and paternity leave on 100% pay and also to reduce IVA on the arts and entertainment and on female sanitary products. During his first compulsory session reporting to Parliament, the new socialist president was asked by leader of left-wing Unidos Podemos, […]
Draft conclusions of a European Council summit call on EU states to “step up their work on preparedness” for “all outcomes”. European leaders will be told to step up preparations for a “no deal” Brexit, according to a leaked document. Draft conclusions of next week’s European Council summit, seen by […]
Brexit could take as long as two decades to get EU approval unless the two sides agree a “precise” blueprint in October, Guy Verhofstadt has said. The European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator wants the UK to have an “association agreement” with the EU. He told the UK MPs’ Brexit committee […]
