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‘Effeminate’ and ‘shameful’ poster of Jesus angers Spain’s ultra conservatives

News Desk30th January 20245th February 2024

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A poster of Jesus Christ to promote Holy Week in Seville has drawn fierce criticism from Spanish ultra-conservatives, who denounced it as ‘effeminate’ and ‘offensive’ to...

Judges extend probes into Puigdemont’s alleged ‘Kremlin ties’ and ‘Tsunami terrorism’

News Desk29th January 20245th February 2024

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On the eve of a key vote in the Spanish Congress on a controversial amnesty law for Catalan activists and politicians involved in a failed...

Spanish police dismantle criminal network that sold corpses in Valencia

News Desk29th January 20245th February 2024

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The Spanish National Police said on Monday that they had dismantled a criminal network linked to a funeral parlour in Valencia that allegedly sold dead...

Spanish film director denies accusations of sexual violence by three women

News Desk27th January 20244th February 2024

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Three women have accused Spanish film director Carlos Vermut of sexual violence in an investigation published in Spain’s leading daily newspaper El Pais. None of...

Spanish police arrest ‘ex-military gang’ of six following 71 burglaries on Costa del Sol

News Desk27th January 202430th January 2024

27th January 202430th January 20243047

Spain’s National Police said this week that they had detained a criminal gang of Eastern Europeans with military training who specialised in breaking into luxury...

Huge ecstasy laboratory dismantled by police in Valencia, with 12 arrests

News Desk25th January 202430th January 2024

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One of the biggest ecstasy laboratories ever in Spain has been dismantled on the outskirts of Valencia, the Spanish National Police said in a statement...

Luis Rubiales to face trial for kissing Jenni Hermoso at Women’s World Cup

News Desk25th January 202430th January 2024

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Luis Rubiales, former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), will face trial for kissing the player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent during...

Spanish government tweaks terrorism clauses in draft amnesty law

News Desk24th January 202429th January 2024

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Spain’s ruling PSOE socialists and Catalan pro-independence parties reached a deal on Tuesday to amend a planned amnesty law that was pledged by Prime Minister Pedro...

Madrid to host Formula One race from 2026 around IFEMA exhibition centre

News Desk23rd January 202429th January 2024

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A grand prix in Madrid will join the Formula One calendar from 2026 on a track that will include street and non-street sections around the...

Supreme Court says Spanish government broke law sending child migrants back to Morocco

News Desk22nd January 202429th January 2024

22nd January 202429th January 20241762

The Spanish Supreme Court ruled on Monday that authorities acted illegally when they sent unaccompanied child migrants back to Morocco, after thousands of people forced...

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