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The president of the Spanish pharmaceutical company PharmaMar is one of the over 2,200 people listed by Spanish police as having purchased fake coronavirus vaccination documents.

The Biden administration has reportedly invited Spain to attend the Summit of the Americas, scheduled next month in Los Angeles. The summit was already controversial in Latin America because the authoritarian regimes of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua were not invited to attend. The invitation to former regional colonial power Spain could become a further irritation.

Dr. David Heymann said the leading theory was sexual transmission among gay and bisexual men at two raves held in Spain and Belgium.

Spanish populist Party VOX has defended the return of abdicated King Juan Carlos after the former monarch had been away from the country for nearly two years after prosecutors dropped financial investigations. VOX MP Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, the party’s

The government of the Spanish autonomous region of Valencia has proposed banning prostitution, claiming it violates the fundamental human rights of women. Valencia’s Ministry of Justice and Interior, headed by socialist politician Gabriela Bravo, is seeking to put an end to prostitution

The Socialist government of Spain is set to become the first country in Europe to offer women monthly leave from work for menstruation.

Spanish Minister of Equality Irene Montero is finalising the reveal of a rule that will allow minors above the age of 16 to seek abortion procedures without needing the permission of their parents. Girls aged 16 and 17 will again be

Police say they found a loaded anti-tank weapon at an address in the city of Zaragoza as well as the victim of an apparent drug overdose.

Police in the Spanish city of Bilbao are hunting down an alleged serial killer who is believed to have murdered four gay men since 2021 by luring them on the gay dating app Grindr. UPDATE 06/05/22: Suspect turns himself over,

Over 3,000 people are said to have gone missing or died at sea trying to reach Europe over the course of last year, according to the UNHCR.

The Spanish Interior Ministry has warned prison guards and other prison officials to take extreme caution over threats to their safety from Jihadi inmates after threats made in a radical Islamic magazine. the Interior Ministry warned prison employees to take

Algeria has threatened to suspend its gas exports to Spain, the latest twist in a complex triangle of diplomatic tensions.

The Spanish leftist government, along with neighbouring Portugal, have moved to cap gas prices at 50 euros per megawatt-hour in a bid to reduce growing electricity costs for citizens and businesses. Both Spain and Portugal announced Tuesday that they have

The government revoked the nationality of 78 babies from Moroccan mothers who lied about the father of their child being Spanish. 

Figures from the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE) have revealed that the Spanish population increased by over 50,000 people last year, with all of the growth driven by immigration.

The leftist leaders of Germany, Spain, and Portugal urged the French public to back incumbent President Macron over Marine Le Pen.

The Spanish Council of Ministers has approved a measure to scrap indoor mask mandates on April 20th, 700 days after the measure was passed. 

Spain has outlawed harassment of women seeking abortions at abortion clinics, which includes annoying or offending those seeking an abortion.

The Spanish supreme court has ruled that surrogacy exploits women, violates Spanish laws and the country’s constitution.

Three men were arrested, accused of being complicit in the deaths of 25 migrants who were allegedly thrown overboard from a smuggler boat. 

The socialist government of Spain said that supermarkets will be allowed to ration as a part of its “Response Plan” to the war in Ukraine.

Spanish opinion polling suggests that the centre-right People’s Party (PP) and the populist VOX party could form an absolute majority.

Spain has not fully implemented any of the 19 anti-corruption measures recommended by Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO, a report claims.

There are difficult months ahead for Eurozone nations, with the head of Europe’s ECB warning that the ongoing Ukraine Crisis poses ‘significant’ dangers to the currency union.

Spanish police have arrested one man and identified others who are believed to be part of a North African gang who preyed on Ukrainian refugees travelling along Spanish highways after escaping the Russian invasion of their country. The Spanish Civil

The Spanish government has announced it will be aiming to reduce petrol prices by 20 cents per litre in an effort to combat rising energy prices affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced a

The Spanish populist party VOX has stated that its regional vice-president María Estévez was violently assaulted in the town of Estella on Sunday by a group of masked extremists. The alleged assault is said to have taken place in the Plaza de

Ten European Union member-states have been exposed for selling hundreds of millions of euros worth of military kit to Russia between 2015 and 2020, despite sanctions.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) – High energy costs are stoking unrest in parts of Europe, with Spain deploying more than 23,000 police officers amid a truckers’ strike Friday and farmers in France and Greece snarling traffic with their protests.

Spanish populist-conservative VOX is set to enter govt in Castile & León following a historic deal with the conservative People’s Party (PP).

As many as ten per cent of the women who attempted to reach Spain illegally by boat in 2021 were killed, double the death rate of male migrants, according to statistics compiled by a Spanish NGO.

“The Boys” actor Antony Starr was reportedly given a 12-month suspended prison sentence in Spain for assaulting a man at a pub in Costa Blanca.

A sailor was arrested after trying to sabotage the megayacht of his Russian boss, who he claims sells weapons to the Russian military. 

Spain’s establishment conservative People’s Party (PP) is in crisis as its leader has been pressured to resign and the populist party VOX is now ahead of the PP in several new polls. An opinion poll released on Wednesday, February 23rd

Pope Francis sent his “heartfelt condolences” Friday to the families of the victims of a shipwreck that occurred off the coast of Canada, leaving several dead.

The European Union border agency Fontex has reported that illegal arrivals into the European Union in January of this year have increased by 78 per cent compared to the same time in 2021. Frontex reported on Tuesday that the number