PSOE and PP make ‘last attempt’ to agree on renewing legal watchdog
Spain’s socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the right-wing opposition People’s Party (PP), at Moncloa on Monday, in order...
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Former Spanish priest sentenced to 30 years for abusing minors
Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld a sentence imposed on a former priest to 30 years in prison for abusing seven minors at a Catholic boarding...
Spain seeks to replace Offical Secrets Law, but top secrets could remain confidential for 50 years
The Spanish government has unveiled a proposed draft Classified Information Law, the first since the country returned to democracy in 1978. The current law was...
Spanish Supreme Court rules that ‘shorter’ women can join police force
The Spanish Supreme Court has condemned a ‘discriminatory’ rule that prevented shorter women from joining the country’s police force. Candidates for the Spanish National Police...
Supreme Court to allow appeals against pardons given to Catalan independence leaders
Spain’s Supreme Court has reversed its decision to uphold the pardons granted for the formerly jailed Catalan independence leaders. On Tuesday, the court voted in favour...
Puigdemont returns to Belgium before Sardinia extradition hearing on 4 Oct
Final update on Sun 26 Sept at 19h. Former Catalan president and MEP Carles Puigdemont, detained by Italian police on his arrival to Sardinia on Thursday evening...
Pardons for jailed Catalan leaders expected soon, despite fierce opposition
With the Spanish coalition government (PSOE–Podemos) led by socialist Pedro Sánchez currently considering granting pardons to the nine jailed pro-independence Catalan leaders, Spain’s right-wing and far-right opposition...
EU Parliament lifts MEP immunity of Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí
The European Parliament has voted to lift the immunity from prosecution of the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, and two of his former ministers, Toni...
Former king Juan Carlos in new ‘credit card investigation’
Three months after Spain’s disgraced former king Juan Carlos I left Spain for the United Arab Emirates following on-going investigations concerning corruption scandals, he is now...
Quim Torra appeals against ban, seeks ‘justice in Europe’
Quim Torra has appealed his ban from office before Spain’s Constitutional Court, and also pledged to seek ‘justice in Europe’ after being disqualified from the...
