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Police arrest gang accused of scamming foreign property buyers in Alicante

News Desk24th February 20262nd March 2026

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Spain’s National Police have dismantled a criminal organisation in the province of Alicante (Valencia region) that allegedly defrauded foreign nationals seeking to buy property, leaving...

Spain to release classified files on failed 1981 coup attempt

News Desk24th February 202626th February 2026

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Spain’s left-leaning coalition government said on Monday that it will declassify long-sealed documents linked to the failed 1981 coup attempt, a move Prime Minister Pedro...

Spain’s Constitutional Court rejects father’s bid to halt daughter’s euthanasia

News Desk23rd February 20262nd March 2026

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Spain’s Constitutional Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the father of a 25-year-old paraplegic woman who opposes her access to euthanasia, the court said...

Spain’s deputy chief of police resigns after rape accusations against him made public

News Desk20th February 202626th February 2026

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Spain’s National Police force was thrown into turmoil on Tuesday after its second-highest-ranking officer stepped down amid accusations of rape, in a fresh scandal that...

Spanish Congress rejects Vox burqa and niqab ban, as JxCat proposes EU-aligned alternative

News Desk20th February 202625th February 2026

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The Spanish Congress on Tuesday narrowly rejected a proposal to ban the burqa and niqab in public spaces, defeating a bill introduced by the far-right...

Tenerife hacker arrested at Ritz in Madrid over one-cent luxury hotel bookings

News Desk20th February 202624th February 2026

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Spain’s National Police have broken up a sophisticated cyber fraud operation following the arrest of a 20-year-old hacker from Tenerife who was able to reserve...

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia becomes world’s tallest church as central tower is crowned

News Desk20th February 202624th February 2026

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Builders working on Barcelona’s still-unfinished Sagrada Familia basilica placed the final element atop its largest tower on Friday, bringing the height of the world’s tallest...

Huge counterfeit perfume factory supplying EU dismantled in Catalonia, 1.2 million items seized

News Desk18th February 202623rd February 2026

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Spanish authorities have dismantled a major industrial operation in Catalonia that was producing tens of thousands of litres of counterfeit perfume, mimicking around 50 luxury...

Spain asks prosecutors to investigate X, Meta & TikTok over AI-created child pornography

News Desk18th February 202623rd February 2026

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Spain’s left-leaning coalition government said on Tuesday that6 it will ask prosecutors to examine X, Meta and TikTok over potential offences linked to AI-generated child...

Apartment building fire in Catalonia kills 5 young people and injures another 5

News Desk17th February 202623rd February 2026

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Five young people have died and five others suffered light injuries after a fire broke out late Monday in a five-storey apartment building in Manlleu,...

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