Spain
3 Feb
Spanish football may have triumphed on the international stage in both the men's and women's game in recent years, but off the pitch
31 Jan
Spain's disgraced former football chief Luis Rubiales goes on trial on Monday over his forced kiss of star striker Jenni Hermoso that triggered global outrage.
29 Jan
Spain's top prosecutor on Wednesday denied leaking legal documents about the partner of the Madrid region's influential conservative leader, legal sources said, a case embarrassing Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Alvaro Garcia Ortiz refused to answer anyone but his lawyer during a 90-minute testimony at the Supreme Court, the sources added, in an appearance without…
24 Jan
European authorities on Friday said they had seized more than six million euros in cash and arrested 25 suspects in Spain after dismantling a Barcelona-based international cocaine smuggling network. EU law enforcement agency Europol said the investigation that began in 2022 unearthed a scheme in which Bulgarian, Colombian and Spanish citizens colluded to smuggle the…
23 Jan
Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has faulted a report by Amnesty International on the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest in August, last year.
21 Jan
Separatist rebels in northern Mali have said that a Spanish national kidnapped in mid-January between Algeria and Mali has been freed thanks to their intervention and handed over to Algerian authorities in good health. There has been no confirmation from Spanish or Algerian authorities. The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a coalition of separatist rebel groups,…
20 Jan
Record 31-time Copa del Rey winners Barcelona will face Valencia in the quarter-finals, after they were paired in Monday's draw. Spanish and European champions Real Madrid travel to neighbours Leganes, while Atletico Madrid host Getafe in another capital derby clash. Barcelona thumped Real Betis 5-1 in the last 16 to progress to the last eight,…
18 Jan
A staircase collapsed Saturday in a building damaged by last year's floods in Spain -- the deadliest in decades -
14 Jan
Spain's national police arrested Sevilla defender Kike Salas on Tuesday according to Spanish media, with the player alleged to be involved in an illegal betting scandal which benefitted people close to him. A court in Moron de la Frontera in the province of Seville opened an investigation into the player and two other young men…
26 Dec
At least 10,457 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2024, an NGO said Thursday, more than 50 percent more than last year and the most since it began keeping a tally in 2007.
15 Dec
Retiring Spanish football legend Andres Iniesta bid farewell to his playing career Sunday in an exhibition match between Barcelona and Real Madrid greats in Tokyo and will now look to go into coaching. The 40-year-old announced in October that he was hanging up his boots after a career that saw him win two European Championships…
13 Dec
A couple in Spain is accused of selling their 14-year-old daughter to a 22-year-old man for 5,000 Euro (or 5,200 dollars) some three years ago, according to local media reports. READ ALSO: Nigeria may collapse without functional judiciary, Ozekhome warns The girl managed to flee and the parents, who went to the police station in…