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Supreme Court releases ex-ally of PM implicated in corruption probe, but is barred from leaving Spain

News Desk20th November 202520th November 2025

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Spain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Santos Cerdán (main image), a former senior socialist (PSOE) figure and close confidant of Prime Minister...

Spanish court preparing trial for former transport minister José Luis Ábalos

News Desk4th November 202510th November 2025

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Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday started preparations for the country’s former transport minister, José Luis Ábalos (main image), once a close ally of Prime Minister Pedro...

Spanish PM denies corruption in rowdy senate hearing, calling it a ‘circus’ and ‘witch hunt’

News Desk30th October 20253rd November 2025

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday angrily rejected allegations of Socialist Party (PSOE) corruption during a stormy appearance before a Senate inquiry, dismissing the...

Begoña Gómez, wife of Spain’s PM, denies embezzlement in new court hearing

News Desk10th September 202516th September 2025

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Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, appeared in court in Madrid on Wednesday, where she denied allegations that she improperly used...

Spain’s Supreme Court confirms trial of country’s Attorney General will go ahead

News Desk10th September 202516th September 2025

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The legal woes facing Spain’s left-leaning coalition government resurfaced on Tuesday, as the country’s Attorney General was ordered to stand trial – just one day...

Pedro Sánchez: ‘There are judges doing politics and politicians trying to do justice’

News Desk2nd September 20258th September 2025

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday accused certain members of the judiciary of stepping into politics, while facing intensifying scrutiny over corruption allegations involving...

Pedro Sánchez vows not to quit, and presents 15-point anti-corruption plan

News Desk9th July 202517th July 2025

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday pledged ‘not to throw in the towel’, despite a damaging corruption scandal engulfing his socialist PSOE party. Rather...

Sánchez battles to control PSOE crisis, as claims of sexual harassment force a new resignation

News Desk6th July 20259th July 2025

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Amid a deepening corruption scandal involving alleged kickbacks and the use of sex workers, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez saw his PSOE socialist party take...

Judge orders pre-trial detention for PSOE’s former organisation secretary

News Desk30th June 20256th July 2025

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A Spanish Supreme Court judge has ordered the former secretary for organisation of Spain’s ruling PSOE socialist party, Santos Cerdán (main image), to be held...

Pedro Sánchez challenges opposition parties to file a no-confidence motion

News Desk17th June 202523rd June 2025

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday dared the country’s right-wing and far-right opposition parties to bring forward a no-confidence vote against his minority coalition...

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