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Spain, Ireland, Slovenia & the Netherlands withdraw from Eurovision, after Israel remains eligible

News Desk5th December 202511th December 2025

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Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Slovenia announced on Thursday that they will withdraw from next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after organisers confirmed Israel...

EU rights court rules France must compensate jailed ETA terrorist for poor medical care

News Desk4th December 20258th December 2025

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that France must compensate a former military chief of the ETA terrorist group €10,000 for...

Trial of Spanish PM’s brother for alleged corruption postponed until late May

News Desk4th December 20259th December 2025

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A Spanish court announced on Wednesday that the start of the politically charged trial involving alleged influence peddling and administrative misconduct by Prime Minister Pedro...

Spain pushes back ‘Verifactu’ invoicing system for SMEs and self-employed to 2027

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The Spanish government has decided to give small firms and self-employed workers additional time to adjust to the new Treasury-designed invoicing system, Verifactu. Under the...

Spain commits €1.3bn to push electric vehicle production and sales towards 2035 target

News Desk3rd December 20259th December 2025

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Spain will allocate close to 1.3 billion euros next year to bolster its electric vehicle (EV) market and manufacturing base, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced...

PM Sánchez moves to break deadlock with Catalan JxCat party via fast-track decree law

News Desk2nd December 20258th December 2025

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday unveiled a new set of initiatives designed to unblock negotiations with the Catalan pro-independence party Junts per Catalunya...

Disgraced former king defends his legacy in video ahead of memoir release

News Desk2nd December 20258th December 2025

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Spain’s disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I resurfaced on Monday in an unexpected video targeting younger audiences, released just days before his memoirs are due to...

Spanish army’s emergencies unit deployed to help combat African swine fever detected outside Barcelona

News Desk1st December 20258th December 2025

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Spain has sent more than 100 members of its military to assist in containing an outbreak of African swine fever detected just outside Barcelona —...

Spanish police dismantle neo-Nazi cell plotting for a ‘race war’

News Desk1st December 20258th December 2025

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Spain’s National Police said on Monday that they had dismantled a Spanish branch of ‘The Base’, a transnational neo-Nazi and white supremacist organisation classified as...

Two ‘rebel nuns’ released on bail after alleged cultural-heritage misappropriation

News Desk30th November 20254th December 2025

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Two former Spanish nuns who were expelled from the Catholic Church and later aligned themselves with a fringe sect have been detained on suspicion of...

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