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Popular Party politician slammed in Spain’s Menorca after she uses public historical site for daughter’s birthday party

A SENIOR politician in Menorca has been slammed by the opposition after she organised a birthday party for her daughter in a protected historical site

14 Sep, 2023 @ 13:37

Lead·Menorca·Politics

OLIVE PRESS OPINION: Luis Rubiales comes from a long tradition of Andalucian entitlement and impunity

THE Rubiales-in brigade like to wring their hands and ask – what is the world coming to? What is Spain coming to if, in this

10 Sep, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·Natalie Rose Kern's Marbella Diaries·Opinion

Former Andalusian premier convicted in so-called ERE case escapes jail due to cancer diagnosis

THE FORMER regional premier of the Andalusia region, Jose Antonio Griñan, will escape jail for now after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The politician

26 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Lead·Politics

Two PSOE candidates for Mojacar (Almeria) detained for allegedly buying votes

TWO PSOE candidates have been detained for allegedly buying votes in Mojacar (Almeria) for the May 28 local elections. Francisco Flores and Cristobal Vizcaino, second

24 May, 2023 @ 16:34

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: PP candidate for mayor in Mojacar (Almeria) allegedly misused municipality funds to benefit his father’s business

PP candidate for mayor of Mojacar Francisco ‘Fran’ Garcia allegedly misused municipality funds to benefit his father’s business Garcia is said to have bought over

23 May, 2023 @ 12:59

Almeria·Andalucia·Lead·Politics

Spain: Liga Bbva: Rcd Espanyol V Fc Barcelona

Referee Real Estate Empires: The unexplained wealth of Spain’s elite referees under the spotlight

AN anti-corruption spotlight has been shone on a cluster of top Spanish referees after a report revealed their sprawling property empires. Caught up in the

11 May, 2023 @ 18:30

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A top chief in the Malaga Guardia Civil under investigation for partying with drug traffickers near Gibraltar

ONE of the top commanders of the Guardia Civil in Malaga is under investigation for allegedly partying with drug traffickers and then trying to cover

12 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Nightmare border dispute with policeman’s family leads expat to sell up and flee remote mountain region in Spain’s Granada

AN expat has been forced to sell her country home after taking a neighbouring landowner to court for assaulting her. Human rights campaigner Sarah Hermitage

5 Apr, 2023 @ 17:45

Granada·Lead·Must Read

Spain's government joins legal action against La Liga's Barcelona involving refereeing consultant

UEFA to investigate FC Barcelona over alleged payments to refereeing official to influence decisions

UEFA, the governing body of football in Europe, has opened an investigation into FC Barcelona over a growing scandal involving alleged multi-million-euro payments made by

23 Mar, 2023 @ 16:12

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Spain’s government joins legal action against Barcelona over referee consultant cash

THE government’s Sports Council is to join the legal action against FC Barcelona over €8.4 million of payments made to a refereeing consulant. The cash

13 Mar, 2023 @ 14:25

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Pedro Antonio Sa?nchez En La Conferencia De Presidentes, 17 De Enero De 2017

Former Murcia president sentenced to three years in jail for rigging auditorium tender

The former president of Murcia has been sentenced to three years in jail for rigging the tender of an auditorium project during his time in

6 Mar, 2023 @ 12:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Former deputy in ‘Mediator’ corruption case ‘went to brothel’ on day his Socialist Party denounced prostitution in Congress

THE FORMER Socialist Party deputy at the centre of a corruption scandal, Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo, went to a brothel on the day that his

1 Mar, 2023 @ 21:00

Canary Islands·Lead·National News·Politics

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Prepares For An Interview At A Nato Summit In Madrid

Opposition parties pile on to Spanish government over ‘Mediator’ corruption scandal

THE LEADER of Spain’s main opposition Popular Party, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Tuesday accused the governing Socialists of covering up a corruption case that has

28 Feb, 2023 @ 20:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Corruption prosecutors in Spain seeking 15-year jail term for former interior minister in ‘Operation Kitchen’

THE ANTI-CORRUPTION public prosecutor at Spain’s High Court has called for former interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz to be given a 15-year prison sentence as

27 Feb, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Much sought-after yacht belonging to scandal-ridden Tory peer Michelle Mone finally tracked down in Barcelona

THE infamous yacht of scandal-embroiled Baroness Michelle Mone has been tracked down near Barcelona by activists who renamed it ‘Pandemic Profiteer’. The search has been

2 Feb, 2023 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain falls on corruption ranking for the second year in a row

SPAIN HAS fallen for the second year running on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), put together by an organisation called Transparency International (TI). According to

31 Jan, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead·National News

Doctor tells court that disgraced politician José Antonio Griñán should not go to jail

A DOCTOR has told the Seville High Court that former Andalusian president José Antonio Griñán should not go to jail due to the prostate cancer

9 Jan, 2023 @ 20:15

Lead·Politics

Neymar and co-defendants cleared of fraud over 2013 transfer to Spain’s Barcelona

A court has cleared footballer Neymar and his co-defendants in a fraud trial linked to his 2013 transfer from Brazilian club Santos to Barcelona. The

13 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Prosecutor drops fraud and corruption charges against former Barcelona footballer Neymar in Spain

THE Public Prosecutor has dropped corruption and fraud charges on Friday against football star Neymar and others concerning the Brazilian’s 2013 move from Santos to

28 Oct, 2022 @ 14:38

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Corrupt ex-Costa Blanca mayor in Spain gets prison term over waste contract bungs

FORMER Calpe mayor, Francisco Javier Morato, and two ex-Partido Popular councillors have been convicted of receiving bribes over a waste contract awarded in 1998. Javier

25 Oct, 2022 @ 12:33

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Husband of Marbella mayor formally accused of belonging to a criminal organisation, money laundering

THE SPANISH High Court has formerly accused Lars Broberg, the husband of Marbella Mayor Ángeles Muñoz, of belonging to a criminal organisation and laundering the

24 Oct, 2022 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Ex-Valencia president, Eduardo Zaplana, accused of using laundered money to buy €1.6 million apartment in Spain's Madrid

Former Valencia region president Zaplana faces up to 19 years in jail if convicted of corruption in Spain

TWO former Partido Popular presidents of the Valencian Community face long jail stints if convicted of corruption over the award of a regional Wind Energy

10 Oct, 2022 @ 15:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police officers jailed for running protection racket on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO Torrevieja Policia Local officers have been jailed for demanding money from businesses to avoid fines for alleged law breaking. One officer was given five

8 Sep, 2022 @ 17:12

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Neymar and two ex-Barcelona presidents face fraud trial in Spain this October

FOOTBALL star Neymar will go on trial this October over financial irregularities in his transfer to Barcelona from the Brazilian club Santos. The 30-year-old Paris

27 Jul, 2022 @ 17:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

EXPLAINER: How €680 million of Junta de Andalucia cash was embezzled in ERE scandal, Spain’s biggest EVER public money corruption case

OVER €25,000 per month on cocaine, €400,000 for a fake chicken farm and thousands on bottomless gin and tonics

27 Jul, 2022 @ 10:01

Crime & Law·Lead

Andalucia’s ex-president and corrupt Socialist cronies face jail over massive fraud scandal after appeal rejected by Spain’s Supreme Court.

Spain’s top court has upheld convictions for 16 former top officials from Andalucia’s Socialist party in one of the biggest fraud scandals to hit Spain’s

27 Jul, 2022 @ 09:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

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