Tag: Spain

Spanish princess to stand trial in royal first

Cristina charged in two counts of accessory to tax fraud in connection with her husband’s business affairs

Spain says it can help us in energy, infrastructure development

Spain is one of the main wind and renewable energy producer in Europe with advanced expertise in the construction of ports, roads, highways &...

Spain wakes up to ‘homegrown’ extremist threat

Spain is fighting a new wave of “homegrown” extremism, raiding cells and hunting radicals on the internet as scores of Spaniards join fighters in...

Spanish MPs adopt ‘Recognise Palestine’ motion

MADRID Spanish lawmakers overwhelmingly adopted a motion Tuesday calling on the government to recognise a Palestinian state, following similar moves in other European nations. The...

Spanish woman jailed for 35 years for killing, freezing her newborns

MADRID-  A woman convicted of killing two of her newborn babies and keeping their bodies in freezers received a 35-year jail sentence in Spain on...

Annual tomato festival leaves Spanish town red

BUNOL-   The streets of an eastern Spanish town are awash with red pulp as thousands of people pelt each other with tomatoes in the annual...

3 injured in 6th Bull-Run at Spain’s San Fermin

PAMPLONA, Spain Three persons were hospitalized after several thousand people tested their bravery by dashing alongside six fighting bulls through the slippery streets of Pamplona...

2 gored in 4th bull-run of Spain’s san fermin

PAMPLONA, Spain A fighting bull gored two Spaniards and tossed several others into the air in a frantic fourth running of the bulls Thursday at...

Jihad supporters arrested in Spain, Germany

  MADRID- Eight people have been arrested in Spain and another in Germany on suspicion of working for a jihadist group in Iraq and Syria, authorities...

Spain’s King Juan Carlos abdicates to revive monarchy

The once popular Juan Carlos, who helped smooth Spain's transition to democracy in the 1970s after the Francisco Franco dictatorship, seemed increasingly out of...

Spain, Morocco bust jihadist recruitment cell

MADRID- Spain's Interior Ministry says Spanish and Moroccan police have arrested seven suspected members of a cell that allegedly recruited jihadists to fight in Syria...

Pakistanis jailed in Spain for terror protest innocence

A group of Pakistanis jailed in Spain in 2009 over a plot to bomb the Barcelona metro protested their innocence Thursday, claiming they were...

Spanish court orders arrest of former Chinese president over Tibet

MADRID- A Spanish judge on Monday sought the arrest of China's former president and premier over accusations of genocide in Tibet in an eight-year-old case...

Spain princess faces court in historic fraud scandal

PALMA- Spain's Princess Cristina gave testimony before a judge on Saturday in a corruption case that has deepened public anger over graft among the...

Spain: Search for family members swept by sea, one dead body...

The body of a man on Spain's north-west coast was recovered on Tuesday by rescuers. Three people from the same family were swept out...

Protests against Spanish monarchy intensify

Thousands marched in a bid to end 38 year old Spanish monarchy and demand the return of a democratically-elected head of state,  in Madrid on...

Spain defeat S Africa

Spain came from 1-0 down to claim a 2-1 victory over South Africa in the Hopman Cup at Perth Arena. Kevin Anderson had put...