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Spain overhauls ‘VioGén’ programme used to identify potential victims of domestic violence

News Desk17th January 202523rd January 2025

17th January 202523rd January 20252999

The Spanish government has unveiled significant updates to a programme that uses an algorithm to identify potential repeat victims of domestic violence. The decision comes...

Over 6,600 migrants died or disappeared trying to reach Spain last year

News Desk10th January 202415th January 2024

10th January 202415th January 20242213

A migrants rights group has reported that at least 6,618 people died or went missing while attempting to reach Spain by sea during 2023. This...

Sánchez excludes Podemos MPs from new cabinet, that has more women than men

News Desk20th November 202329th November 2023

20th November 202329th November 20233346

Recently re-elected socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced his new Spanish cabinet on Monday, and which excludes any ministerial posts for members of his previous...

32,000 migrants have reached the Canary Islands this year, a new record

News Desk6th November 202313th November 2023

6th November 202313th November 20232232

A record number of migrants – 32,000 – have managed to make the treacherous boat journey on the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands this year,...

20% of all crimes committed in Spain are now online

News Desk10th February 202315th February 2023

10th February 202315th February 20234018

The Spanish government on Wednesday pledged stronger action against cybercrime, saying it has come to account for about a fifth of all offences registered in...

Amnesty slams Spain & Morocco for ‘multiple human rights violations, a cover-up & racism’

News Desk13th December 202221st December 2022

13th December 202221st December 20222436

Amnesty International said on Tuesday that a failure by Morocco and Spain to properly investigate the deaths of 37 migrants at the border of Spanish...

Migrant paraglides over Melilla border to Spain

News Desk2nd December 20227th December 2022

2nd December 20227th December 20222452

Spanish authorities are looking for a person who paraglided over the border fence from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Thursday, in what appeared to...

Spanish police start wearing body cameras to help security

News Desk10th August 202217th August 2022

10th August 202217th August 20223286

The Spanish National Police have begun wearing body cameras to record their interactions with the public in a move aimed at ensuring greater security that...

Spain to re-open land borders with Morocco on 17 May

News Desk13th May 202219th May 2022

13th May 202219th May 20222592

Spain will re-open the land borders of Ceuta and Melilla with Morocco on Tuesday 17 May – precisely from midnight between Monday and Tuesday of next...

Spain’s spy chief sacked, following phone hacking scandal

News Desk10th May 202216th May 2022

10th May 202216th May 20222913

The Spanish government sacked Paz Esteban, the director of its intelligence agency (CNI), on Tuesday, following the hacking of politicians’ mobile phones, including the devices of...

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