Spanish supermarket Dia to slash jobs
Financially troubled Spanish supermarket group Dia has said it wants to cut up to 2,100 jobs as it reported a massive loss. Dia, the target of...
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Banco Santander post 18% rise in profit
Spanish banking giant Banco Santander on Wednesday posted an 18% rise in 2018 net profit as revenue growth in Spain offset the negative impact of...
Greenpeace activists board ship off Spain
Greenpeace said on Saturday that six of its activists had boarded a tanker off Spain loaded with ‘dirty’ palm oil, in a protest against a...
EU Rights Court faults Spain on ‘biased’ ETA case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said Tuesday that it had ruled against Spain over a 2010 trial of Basque militants who claimed they...
Spanish artist defaces Franco tomb
A Spanish artist, Enrique Terneiro, painted a red dove and the slogan ‘For Freedom‘ on Francisco Franco’s tomb on Wednesday, at the vast mausoleum near Madrid where...
Spain rejects extraditing ‘Swiss Leaks’ Falciani
A Spanish court ruled Tuesday against extraditing Herve Falciani, a former HSBC analyst who leaked documents alleging widespread tax evasion, to Switzerland. Spain’s National Court...
Spanish police seize cocaine-stuffed pineapples
Spanish police said on Monday they have seized 67 kg (148 pounds) of cocaine found inside dozens of hollowed-out pineapples at Madrid’s main wholesale fruit...
