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Julio Iglesias seeks retraction and damages from Yolanda Díaz over ‘sexual abuser’ remarks

News Desk25th February 202625th February 2026

25th February 202625th February 2026146

The lawyer of Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias has filed legal action against Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister and Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz, after she publicly referred...

Spain asks prosecutors to investigate X, Meta & TikTok over AI-created child pornography

News Desk18th February 202623rd February 2026

18th February 202623rd February 2026355

Spain’s left-leaning coalition government said on Tuesday that6 it will ask prosecutors to examine X, Meta and TikTok over potential offences linked to AI-generated child...

Spanish police bust sex trafficking ring in Mallorca, freeing 15 Chinese women

News Desk26th January 20262nd February 2026

26th January 20262nd February 2026708

The Spanish National Police have freed 15 victims of sexual exploitation who were recruited by a criminal organisation through adverts on social media. According to...

Spanish prosecutors drop sex abuse case against Julio Iglesias, citing lack of jurisdiction

News Desk24th January 202627th January 2026

24th January 202627th January 2026638

Spanish prosecutors have dropped a sex abuse and human trafficking complaint against veteran singer Julio Iglesias, ruling that Spain’s courts do not have jurisdiction over...

Facing fallout among women voters over sex scandals, the PSOE tighten harassment protocols

News Desk13th December 202516th December 2025

13th December 202516th December 20251220

Spain’s governing socialist (PSOE) party is confronting a wave of sexual misconduct and prostitution scandals that now threaten one of its defining political pillars —...

Spain’s Catholic Church discloses 101 abuse claims this year, under its new compensation system

News Desk23rd November 202527th November 2025

23rd November 202527th November 2025861

Spain’s Catholic Church said on Friday that it has received 101 reports of sexual abuse so far this year under its newly established compensation framework....

Catholic bishop in southern Spain denies abuse allegation as Vatican opens investigation

News Desk10th November 202517th November 2025

10th November 202517th November 20251117

A Catholic bishop in Spain is under investigation by the Vatican following an allegation of sexual abuse, which he categorically denies, his diocese confirmed in...

Man arrested in Barcelona for allegedly secretly filming and recording women for online ‘seduction course’

News Desk30th May 20253rd June 2025

30th May 20253rd June 20251422

A man in Barcelona has been arrested for allegedly recording conversations with women in public without their knowledge and using the videos to market an...

Rubiales ‘absolutely sure’ that Hermoso said he could kiss her

News Desk11th February 202519th February 2025

11th February 202519th February 20251580

Luis Rubiales, the disgraced former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), reaffirmed before a judge in Madrid on Tuesday that the footballer Jenni Hermoso...

Podemos founding member, Íñigo Errejón, quits politics amid sexual assault accusations

News Desk25th October 202431st October 2024

25th October 202431st October 20243242

Íñigo Errejón, one of the founders of Spain’s left-wing Podemos party, has quit politics and his post as spokesman for the Sumar left-wing umbrella group...

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