Madrid court hears first case of allegations of Franco-era police torture
A judge in Spain heard evidence on Friday of alleged torture during the rule of the country’s late dictator Francisco Franco, in what rights groups...
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One of Spain’s ‘wolf pack’ rapists has sentence reduced due to legal loophole
Ángel Boza, one of the five men convicted in the landmark ‘Wolf Pack’ (La Manada) gang rape case in Spain, has had his sentence reduced by...
Spain strips deceased former Chilean leader Pinochet of Spanish military honour
Spain is stripping deceased former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet of a Spanish military honour bestowed on him more than 40 years ago by the country’s...
Pedro Sánchez cancels G20 trip to India after testing positive for Covid-19
Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has tested positive for Covid-19 in a compulsory test for attending the G20 summit in India, and has cancelled...
Puigdemont demands ‘amnesty’ for all independence activists as ‘precondition’ for Sánchez’s investiture
The exiled former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, demanded on Tuesday an amnesty for hundreds of activists facing legal action over a failed 2017 independence...
Yolanda Díaz ‘looks for democratic solutions via dialogue’ with Puigdemont in Brussels
Spain’s acting deputy prime minister and labour minister, Yolanda Díaz, who is also the head of the left-wing Sumar group of parties, went to Brussels...
Sánchez rejects Feijóo’s request to back his premiership bid and two-year term proposal
Spain’s socialist acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has rejected a proposal made by Alberto Núñez Feijóo to support his right-wing People’s Party (PP) for a two-year government...
King Felipe instructs Feijóo to try and form government, yet without guaranteed support
King Felipe VI has instructed the leader of the right-wing People’s Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, to try and form a government, despite not having...
‘Harassment, assault … denigrating Spanish sport’ – pressure grows on Rubiales to resign
The Spanish government has demanded transparency and urgent action from the country’s Football Federation (RFEF) against its president, Luis Rubiales, over his forced kiss on...
Socialist candidate Armengol elected as parliament speaker – seen as step to Sánchez securing re-election
Francina Armengol, the candidate proposed by Spain’s PSOE socialist party, was elected by MPs as the parliament’s new speaker on Thursday morning, which has been...
