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Spain’s Attorney General denies leaking documents in Supreme Court trial

News Desk13th November 202518th November 2025

13th November 202518th November 2025634

Spain’s Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz (main image) firmly denied leaking confidential legal material targeting the right-wing opposition as he testified in his own defence before...

Spain’s Attorney General moves closer to going on trial over alleged legal leaks

News Desk9th June 202516th June 2025

9th June 202516th June 20251767

Spain’s chief prosecutor, the Attorney General, moved a step closer to standing trial on Monday in a legal leaks case that has become a political...

Spain’s Attorney General attends court to testify in legal leaks case

News Desk29th January 20255th February 2025

29th January 20255th February 20251781

Spain’s Attorney General arrived at the Supreme Court in Madrid on Wednesday to testify as a suspect in a legal leaks case, one of several...

Amid controversy, Dolores Delgado set to become Attorney General

News Desk17th January 202025th January 2020

17th January 202025th January 20203081

The Spanish General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), a constitutional council that oversees the Spanish judiciary, has backed the nomination of the former socialist (PSOE) justice...

Supreme Court asks EU Parliament to suspend Puigdemont and Comín immunity

News Desk10th January 202013th January 2020

10th January 202013th January 20202471

Pablo Llarena, the Spanish Supreme Court judge, has now asked the European Parliament to suspend the MEP immunity of Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín. He is also maintaining...

Prosecutors’ Association reminds Spanish PM about its independence

News Desk6th November 201911th November 2019

6th November 201911th November 20193236

Spain’s Prosecutors’ Association [the Asociación de Fiscales (AF)] issued a statement on Wednesday to remind Spain’s acting prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, of its independence, and that...

Public media heads indicted as ‘criminal organisation’

Newsdesk / ACN15th May 201921st May 2019

15th May 201921st May 20192622

Spain’s Attorney General has requested the indictment of 27 officials for ‘criminal organisation’ over activities surrounding the October 2017 referendum – among them Catalan public...

Far-right Vox: 74 years for Catalan leaders

Newsdesk / ACN3rd November 20183rd November 2018

3rd November 20183rd November 20182445

The far-right party VOX has requested prison sentences of 74 years for each former Catalan minister on trial for organising a referendum and declaring independence...

Torra withdraws support of government

Newsdesk / ACN2nd November 20182nd November 2018

2nd November 20182nd November 20182291

The Catalan president Quim Torra withdrew support from the Spanish government on Friday after the public prosecutor confirmed the accusations of rebellion against pro-independence leaders...

Government defends Attorney General jail demands

Tim Parfitt / Agencies2nd November 2018

2nd November 20182238

The Spanish Government has defended as ‘professional, technical and juridical’ the decision of its Attorney General for asking between 7 and 12 years in jail...

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