Spanish police rescue then arrest ‘drug traffickers being held hostage at sea’
Eight drug traffickers who were being held hostage by an armed member of their own gang were rescued at sea and then arrested by the...
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Spain and Ireland seek economic sanctions if Israel breaching obligations
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar have written to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, expressing deep...
PP tries to backtrack on whether Feijóo had been willing to pardon Puigdemont
Spain’s main opposition party, the right-wing People’s Party (PP), has denied that any conversations with the Catalan pro-independence party Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) took place regarding a...
Sigourney Weaver’s Goya speech: ‘The excellent actress who dubs me should be up here, too’
American actress Sigourney Weaver won Spain’s International Goya Award at the weekend in recognition of what the Spanish Film Academy classed as an impressive career, during which...
Spanish customs agents seize 8 tonnes of cocaine hidden in fake power generator
Spanish customs agents have seized an eight tonne shipment of cocaine from the small Latin American country of Suriname. It was hidden in a container disguised as...
Fallen tree from strong winds injures 14 people on rollercoaster at PortAventura
A falling tree hit one of the rollercoasters at Spain’s PortAventura World amusement park in Salou (Tarragona) on Sunday, injuring 14 people, two of them...
Eight arrested after two Guardia Civil officers killed in drug boat chase
Eight people have now been arrested after two Guardia Civil officers were killed on Friday during a drug traffickers’ boat chase. A video shared on...
Farmers in Spain stage fourth consecutive day of protests
Farmers in Spain persisted with their protests on Friday, as part of on-going demonstrations against European Union agricultural policies and urging for actions to address...
Spain’s Eurovision song ‘Zorra’ – an insult to women or defending them?
Spain’s Eurovision song entitled ‘Zorra’, which can be literally translated as an anti-female slur, such as ‘whore’ or ‘bitch’ – but it can also be...
Dani Alves insists ‘sex was consensual’ as he testifies in final day of trial for alleged rape
The trial of ex-Barça and Brazil international Dani Alves for alleged rape ended on Wednesday, with the footballer telling the court his version of events involving...
