Tag: Spain
Sergio Ramos releases World Cup anthem for Spain
MADRID: Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos released Friday an anthem for Spain's 2018 World Cup campaign which he co-wrote with Spanish flamenco fusion singer...
Spanish Socialist Sanchez becomes PM after Rojoy loses confidence vote over...
MADRID: Socialist Pedro Sanchez took over as Spain’s prime minister on Friday, after outgoing leader Mariano Rajoy lost a parliamentary confidence vote triggered by...
Spanish prime minister to face confidence vote on Friday
MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will face a vote of confidence in his leadership on Friday as corruption convictions handed down to dozens...
Spain raids Catalan public offices amid probe into aid money
MADRID: Authorities in Spain say police are raiding several public and private offices across Catalonia in an operation against the alleged misappropriation of public...
Catalan crisis threatens Spain’s 2018 budget and PM
MADRID: The Catalan crisis is putting the adoption of Spain's 2018 budget, and possibly even Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's rule, in jeopardy as Basque...
Israel summons envoys for Spain, Slovenia, Belgium over UN Gaza vote
JERUSALEM: Israel has summoned the ambassadors of Spain, Slovenia and Belgium over their votes at a UN body calling for an international probe of...
Catalonia’s cabinet picks are ‘provocation’ says Spain’s ruling party
MADRID: Catalonia's new leader Quim Torra named his cabinet on Saturday, though the inclusion of politicians who are either in jail awaiting trial or...
Spanish police bust hashish smuggling gang, arrest 14
MADRID: Spanish police say they have arrested 14 suspected drug smugglers and confiscated 3,700 kilos of hashish in a drug bust in southern Spain.
Police...
Protests in Spain as five cleared of gang rape at San...
MADRID: Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Spain on Thursday after a court cleared five men of the gang rape of a...
Spain to sign $2.2 billion framework deal to sell warships to...
MADRID: Spain is due to sign a framework deal to sell Saudi Arabia warships worth around 1.8 billion euros ($2.2 billion) on Thursday, a...
German prosecutors file for extradition of ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont
BERLIN: German prosecutors filed a request to a regional court on Tuesday for the extradition of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to Spain, where...
Former Catalan leader Puigdemont detained in Germany
BERLIN: Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was detained in Germany on Sunday, five months after entering self-imposed exile from Spain, where he faces up...
Spain’s top court rejects rapper’s freedom of speech argument, upholds conviction
MADRID: Spain's Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a rapper who argued that his lyrics praising terror groups were protected by freedom of...
Pakistan and Spain agree to strengthen cooperation in trade, investment
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Spain on Thursday agreed to take concrete measures to strengthen cooperation in all spheres, including trade and investment.
The agreement came during the 4th...
Russian hacker accused of extraditing US from Spain
WASHINGTON: A Russian man accused of operating a network of infected computers used by cyber criminals has been extradited to the United States from...
Ex-Catalan president wants his former govt reinstated
BRUSSEL: Catalonia’s former leader, Carles Puigdemont, has urged Spain to reinstate the secessionist government that he headed but that was dismissed following an illegal...
Catalonia independence demands annoy voters in other Spanish regions
A long-running conflict between Madrid and Barcelona over Catalonia's independence drive is annoying voters in the rest of Spain who feel their concerns are...
