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Great ham swindle nets €17 million for a Madrid area gang who used fake labels to fool customers

POLICE have busted a giant swindle involving ham exports with bogus health seals that netted a company over €17 million in five years. Six people have been arrested by the Policia Nacional

16 Apr, 2024 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Reyes de Las Pistolas: A brief history of Spanish anarchism through the life of Buenaventura Durruti

JULY 1936. It’s the Summer of Anarchy in Barcelona, and the air smells of revolution. In a matter of days, the state system had collapsed and the economy had been almost entirely

15 Apr, 2024 @ 16:40

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid

Far-right group in Spain attracts full house at Madrid meeting thanks to video blaming immigrants for turning the country ‘into a dunghill’

A FAR-RIGHT group called Nucleo Nacional released a video earlier this week, encouraging supporters to attend a meeting that took place earlier today, Sunday, in central Madrid. In the recording, a hooded

14 Apr, 2024 @ 14:54

Lead·Madrid

Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, Pedro Almodovar and Dua Lipa in Madrid

Dua Lipa gets to be an ‘Almodovar girl’ for a day, as she dines with the Oscar-winning Spanish director in an exclusive Madrid eatery

“I WOULD love it if Almodovar called me to do a movie. Pedro loves women.” Those were the quotes that Spanish newspaper El Español chose to headline its recent interview with English-Albanian

11 Apr, 2024 @ 16:14

Celebrity·Lead·Madrid

Shrinking rental stock in Spain is blamed on ‘destructive’ new housing law as landords opt for tourist lets – sparking a tourism backlash on the Canary Islands and elsewhere

RISING rental pressures have been blamed on Spain’s new Housing Law 2023, which has seen landlords choose to take their properties off the market. This is according to a new report from

9 Apr, 2024 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·Other News·Property

Three youngsters killed, two seriously injured, in horror car crash in Spain’s Madrid region

THREE men aged around 20 years old were killed in a horror car crash in the Madrid city of Leganes on Saturday morning, while the two other occupants of the vehicle, also

6 Apr, 2024 @ 15:18

Lead·Madrid

Warning over ‘weed cookies’ sold in Spain: Woman claims she was ill and vomiting for seven hours after eating the laced treat

SPANISH media has reported that two people were poisoned in Madrid and exhibited symptoms of vomiting and intense dizziness after ingesting cookies laced with HHC, a semi-synthetic CBD derivative made from the

6 Apr, 2024 @ 09:48

Health·Lead·Madrid·Other News

‘I’m going to kill you f****t!’: Expat, 36, is victim of a shocking homophobic attack in Spain’s liberal Madrid

A YOUNG expat has been left emotionally scarred following a savage homophobic attack in Madrid. Pablo Neira, 36, was leaving a bar on the famous Gran Via with his friends on a

5 Apr, 2024 @ 10:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

IN PICS: Tennis ace Carlos Alcaraz, 20, receives Athlete of the Year award from King Felipe of Spain

SPANISH tennis star Carlos Alcaraz had a royal appointment on Thursday when received an award from King Felipe and Queen Letizia for being the best Spanish athlete at the National Sports Awards

5 Apr, 2024 @ 06:00

Galicia·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·National News·Other News·Sport

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez makes surprise visit to exhumation site at infamous Civil War monument in Madrid

SPAIN’S Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made a surprise visit today to the Valley of Cuelgamuros monument, where he saw first hand exhumation work that is currently taking place to remove

4 Apr, 2024 @ 13:53

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Luis Rubiales is arrested in Spain: Ex-football federation boss is cuffed after landing in Madrid

THE former Spanish FA president, Luis Rubiales, was arrested at Madrid airport on Wednesday morning after arriving back in the country on a flight from the Dominican Republic. The Guardia Civil has

3 Apr, 2024 @ 11:05

Crime & Law·Football·Lead·Madrid·National News·Other News·Sport

Government in Spain’s Madrid region under fire for sending bills to families of elderly Covid victims who died in senior residences – four years later

THE government in Spain’s Madrid region has been slammed by the public and opposition politicians alike for sending out bills to the families of elderly victims of the Covid-19 pandemic who died

2 Apr, 2024 @ 13:53

Coronavirus·Lead·Madrid

Kidnapped man rescued thanks to US tip-off after five-day €700,000 ransom ordeal in Spain

AMERICAN authorities tipped off the Guardia Civil about a kidnapping where the victim was threatened with death if he did not pay his captors €700,000. A 29-year-old Colombian man was freed from

29 Mar, 2024 @ 15:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Other News

‘I’m a little nervous’: Ex-darling of the left in Spain Pablo Iglesias prepares to open a bar in Madrid after leaving the world of politics

PABLO Iglesias, the former leader of the Spanish leftist Podemos party, has admitted he is “a little nervous” ahead of the opening of his new bar in Madrid. Iglesias, 45, is the

19 Mar, 2024 @ 16:39

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Gay sauna horror in Spain: Victim, 40, ‘is drugged’ before ‘waking up to two men raping him’ inside Madrid venue

A MAN has been arrested for an alleged rape inside a gay sauna in Madrid. The suspect, a Romanian man aged 26, is accused of penetrating a 40-year-old Spaniard who had ‘passed

18 Mar, 2024 @ 13:21

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Ana Knezevich latest: Brother of missing US expat in Spain denies Spanish reports that police discovered ‘biological remains’ inside her flat

THE brother of missing US expat, Ana Knezevich, has denied reports by the Spanish media claiming ‘biological remains’ were discovered inside her apartment. Can you help us find Ana? Email: [email protected] It

18 Mar, 2024 @ 13:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Husband of missing US expat Ana Knezevich ‘refused to take lie detector test’, media in Spain reports

THE estranged husband of Ana Knezevich, the US expat who went missing in Madrid on February 2, has refused to take a lie detector test when the FBI offered one. That’s according

17 Mar, 2024 @ 09:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Fentanyl is discovered in Spain: Madrid officials call for calm over possible vial of the ‘zombie drug’ that has decimated neighbourhoods in the US

AFTER Madrid police discovered a possible vial of fentanyl — the deadly opioid wreaking havoc on the streets of US cities — during a drug raid last week, the city’s vice mayor

15 Mar, 2024 @ 15:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds to perform two concerts in Spain as part of ‘Wild God’ tour

LEGENDARY rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will visit Spain this year as part of their new ‘Wild God’ tour. The Australian group, known for their emotionally intense blend of

15 Mar, 2024 @ 11:11

Barcelona·Catalunya·Entertainment·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Knife-wielding British schizophrenic jailed for attempted murder of young schoolboy in Spain’s Madrid

A mentally-ill British dual-national has been jailed for 10 years after stabbing a six-year-old boy outside the British International Hastings School in Madrid. The assault happened in December 2021 when the boy

14 Mar, 2024 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Pressure grows on Madrid regional premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso to quit, after revelation that her partner admitted tax fraud over sale of Covid-19 masks

OPPOSITION parties in the Madrid regional government ramped up the pressure on Partido Popular (PP) premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso to quit on Thursday, after it emerged that her partner, Alberto Gonzalez Amador,

14 Mar, 2024 @ 15:55

Lead·Madrid·Politics

New man in Madrid named as UK appoints new Ambassador to Spain

THE UK has appointed a new Ambassador to Spain- Alex Ellis- who will take up his post this summer. Ellis, 56, will replace Hugh Elliott in Madrid after holding the position since

14 Mar, 2024 @ 14:54

Lead·Madrid·National News·Other News

Crucial victory for Pedro Sanchez as controversial amnesty law for Catalan separatists gets parliamentary backing in Spain

CONGRESS in Madrid on Thursday backed an amnesty bill for Catalan separatists by 178 votes to 172. The lower house of parliament result is good news for Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, who’s

14 Mar, 2024 @ 14:18

Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·National News·Other News·Politics

Rafael Nadal, 37, buys brand new €4million luxury apartment in Spain’s Madrid

TENNIS star Rafa Nadal has bought a €4 million luxury Madrid apartment in the city’s Colon y Serrano district. The property is one of 11 luxury homes in the Villa de Paris

13 Mar, 2024 @ 12:59

Celebrity·Lead·Madrid·Other News·Property

Ayuso President Of The Community Of Madrid Speaks About Accusations Of The Pp

Prosecutors in Spain’s Madrid open tax fraud probe into partner of regional premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso

PUBLIC prosecutors in Madrid have opened a court probe into the activities of the partner of regional premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso. Alberto Gonzalez Amador is being investigated on allegations of tax fraud

12 Mar, 2024 @ 11:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

‘Biological remains’ were found in Madrid flat of missing US expat Ana Maria Knezevich, as sixth week of disappearance approaches

SOURCES close to the investigation into the disappearance on February 2 of US expat Ana Maria Knezevich say that they found ‘biological remains’ in her Madrid apartment. That’s according to a report

12 Mar, 2024 @ 09:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

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