‘A lot going on behind the scenes’ says UK ambassador about driving licence negotiations
‘There is a lot going on behind the scenes,’ the British Ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, has said in his latest message to UK nationals
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Spain’s Ombudsman says little ‘enthusiasm’ from Church into child abuse inquiry
Spain’s Ombudsman, Ángel Gabilondo, has said there is little ‘enthusiasm’ within Spain’s Catholic Church for the on-going investigation that he is leading into child sexual abuse
Confirmed: pop singer Shakira will face trial in Spain on charges of tax fraud
A judge in Barcelona on Tuesday approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud. Spanish prosecutors accused the entertainer in
Spanish politicians react to results of the Italian elections
A party with neo-fascist roots, the Brothers of Italy, has won the most votes in Italy’s national elections, looking set to deliver the country’s first
Minor earthquake felt on Costa del Sol in early hours of Monday morning
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake with its epicentre in Málaga was detected early on Monday morning, Andalusia’s 112 emergency service control centre reported. The authorities said
Pedro Sánchez tests positive for Covid-19
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Sunday that he has tested positive for Covid-19. The leader of Spain’s socialist PSOE party and of the country’s
Spain plans a temporary tax on the wealthiest 1% of population for two years
The Spanish government is planning to impose a temporary tax on the wealthiest 1% of the country’s population, starting from next year amid soaring inflation,
Madrid’s Prado Museum to investigate if art was confiscated during Franco regime
Madrid’s El Prado Museum is investigating the provenance of 62 works of art in its collection to determine whether some of them derive from confiscations
Spain grants ‘personhood status’ to Murcia’s Mar Menor lagoon
Spain has granted ‘personhood status’ to the Mar Menor salt-water lagoon on the coast of Murcia, in an effort to give its threatened ecosystem better
Spain fines the food delivery firm Glovo €79 million
Spain has fined delivery company Glovo nearly 79 million euros for violating a 2021 law that obliged app-based food delivery platforms to make their riders