pain’s government has rejected a plan by separatists in Catalonia’s regional parliament to elect prominent secessionist politician Jordi Turull as Catalan president. The secretary of state for territorial administration, Roberto Bermudez de Castro, says Thursday’s vote in Barcelona is just another ploy in the region’s frustrated attempt to gain independence. […]
A Spanish police union has filed a complaint against politicians they say falsely accused them of involvement in the death of a Senegalese street vendor that sparked violent clashes in Madrid last week. The controversy has taken centre stage in the Spanish capital, with the ruling conservatives accusing the left-wing […]
A Spanish judge has summoned Catalan separatists he is probing for their alleged role in the region’s independence drive to tell them what they are charged with, the penultimate step before trial. Among those summoned to the Supreme Court on Friday is Jordi Turull, the former Catalan government spokesman who is tipped […]
The biggest rise was seen in the UK, with 12,141 new registrations. Spain’s economy may be recovering as it shakes off the effects of the crisis, but that isn’t slowing down the number of Spaniards who are moving abroad. In total, 76,197 people with Spanish nationality registered as residents in […]
Prosecutors in Spain have accused former Spanish international player, Xabi Alonso, of defrauding the Spanish state of €2m (£1.7m) between 2010 and 2012, and are seeking a five-year jail sentence and €4m fine The allegations of tax fraud are related to the former Real Madrid player’s income from image rights. […]
Five justices from the Supreme Court will have to decide whether to ratify the six-year, three-month prison sentence against Iñaki Urdangarin on corruption charges Five Spanish Supreme Court justices will begin a hearing on Wednesday to decide on the future of Iñaki Urdangarin, King Felipe VI’s brother-in-law, in connection with […]
At 10pm on Tuesday night, workers at the Amazon logistics center in the Madrid municipality of San Fernando de Henares began a 48-hour strike. It’s the first stoppage that the US e-commerce giant has suffered in Spain since it began operating in the country. The nearly 2,000 workers in the enormous high-tech […]
The hard-fought agreement between the UK and EU over a 21-month transition period after Brexit has been thrown into doubt after Spain refused to endorse the deal without further concessions over Gibraltar. With days to go before the 27 EU leaders are expected to welcome the two sides coming together over […]
Jordi Sanchez, a separatist civic leader in jail over his alleged role in Catalonia’s secession bid, is mulling dropping his bid to lead the region in what could ease a months-long political blockage. In an appeal Tuesday at the Supreme Court against the decision to keep him in jail pending […]
Spain’s airports will cap bottled water prices at €1.60 and install drinking fountains in response to complaints from passengers to the public ombudsman. Travellers say they cannot take water on the plane, because a maximum of 100 millilitres of liquid per container up to a total of one litre is […]
Spain’s central bank on Tuesday increased its growth forecast for 2018 to 2.7 percent from 2.4 percent as the government plans to reduce income tax for some workers and hike wages for civil servants. In a statement, it said this reduction in the tax burden would however lead to a […]
AID workers on a boat seized by Italian authorities could face between four and seven years in jail for ‘human trafficking’, forcing the charity to seek help from the Spanish government for the first time in its history. Proactiva Open Arms works tirelessly in the Mediterranean, rescuing refugees whose lives […]
