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Drinking alcohol is no grounds for work dismissal says top Murcia court in landmark ruling in Spain
MURCIA'S Supreme Court has ruled that drinking three litres of beer in a day is not sufficient grounds on its own for dismissing an...
Resident kept awake at night by barking dog loses €60,000 compensation bid in Spain’s Valencia region
THE Valencian Superior Court(TSJCV) has rejected a €60,000 compensation bid by an Antella resident for being kept awake at night by a barking dog.
The...
EU tightening up on drafty homes may cause problems in Spain
EU’s plans to clamp down on drafty homes may cause grief for Spanish property owners where many buildings are poorly insulated.
Under proposed new EU...
Spain’s crime rate drops and is better than UK
Security forces reported a total of 2,325,358 crimes in 2022 of which 83.9% fell under the category of ‘conventional crime’. This figure represents a...
Spain passes new gender parity law on eve of International Women’s Day
A new law will make it mandatory for corporate boards to be composed of at least 40% women.
Spain’s Parliament passed the ‘gender parity law’...
Judge in Spain’s Malaga puts a price on a woman’s work
A JUDGE in Malaga has just answered a question that all parents will have asked themselves at one time or another: how much money...
Ex-Barcelona star Dani Alves remains behind bars before rape trial in Spain
FORMER Barcelona footballer Dani Alves will remain in prison ahead of his trial on alleged rape charges.
Alves, 39, lost an appeal to be released...
Protect yourself against the rising wave of petty theft in rural Spain
SPANISH law-making is currently under the spotlight. The controversial ‘Solo Si es Si’ legislation, designed to improve the sentencing of sex offenders, based on...
Pedro Sanchez says court veto over appointing judges is ‘unprecedented’ in Spain’s democratic history
A crisis has erupted in Spain after the Constitutional Court(CGPJ) blocked the Senate from voting on a bill to change the way that judges...
Neymar and co-defendants cleared of fraud over 2013 transfer to Spain’s Barcelona
A court has cleared footballer Neymar and his co-defendants in a fraud trial linked to his 2013 transfer from Brazilian club Santos to Barcelona.
The...
Sex assault victim tricked out of €10,000 compensation by attacker declaring bankruptcy in Spain’s Valencia
A former Valencia area councillor has declared himself bankrupt to avoid paying €10,000 in compensation to a female employee he sexually abused.
The woman's solicitor,...
Former King of Spain Juan Carlos frets over British court’s appeal hearing on whether to grant him immunity in...
THE Spanish royal family finds itself washing its dirty laundry in public as a British court will rule on a dispute between former King...
Police officer becomes first person in Spain with criminal conviction for spreading ‘fake news’ on social media
A Guardia Civil officer has become the first person criminally convicted in Spain of spreading 'fake news'.
He used a social media account to falsely...
Prosecutor drops fraud and corruption charges against former Barcelona footballer Neymar in Spain
THE Public Prosecutor has dropped corruption and fraud charges on Friday against football star Neymar and others concerning the Brazilian’s 2013 move from Santos...
Not all animals in Spain are equal
Spain's PSOE party is wanting to place hunting and working dogs into a loophole in the new animal rights law proposed to protect companion animals.
Europol most wanted list: Spain’s most dangerous alleged fugitives revealed
SPAIN’S most dangerous alleged criminals have evaded police who suspect them of horrific crimes, and now their profiles have been made public.
Europol on Wednesday...
CYBERCRIME ALERT: Latest WhatsApp scam alerted by Spanish police
SPAIN recorded more than 305,000 cybercrimes last year, 2021, according to the Statistical Crime System (SEC).
The theft of personal data on the Internet is...
EXPLAINER: What Spain’s new ‘only yes means yes’ law means for rape victims in Spain
SPAIN'S Congress approved a ‘yes means yes’ law on Thursday, qualifying all non-consensual sex as rape.
The legislation passed with 205 votes in favour, 141...
Far-right British extremist based on Spain’s Costa Blanca in extradition setback over inciting racist attacks in UK
THE National Court has approved the extradition of a Costa Blanca-based far-right British extremist on two counts of inciting racist attacks in the United...
Man refused full custody of son despite ‘harm’ fears of ex-wife being Hare Krishna believer in Spain’s Murcia
A man has lost a bid to get full custody of his son claiming he is being harmed because his ex-wife practices the Hare...
Spain’s top court orders end of height discrimination against female police force recruits
THE Supreme Court has ordered the Policia Nacional to stop discriminating against 'shorter' woman wanting to join it.
A prospective female candidate filed a complaint...
MPs in Spain back new law to enshrine memory of people killed by General Franco regime
SPANISH MPs have approved a new law that will enshrine the memory of victims of dictator General Franco.
The bill was backed by 173 lawmakers...
Spain slammed over Basque Country woman forced to have caesarean section birth
A United Nations committee says a Basque Country woman should be compensated after being forced to have a caesarean section birth which involved having...
Ryanair ordered to pay flight delay compensation by court in Spain’s Mallorca after four-year tussle
A Mallorca court has awarded six Ryanair passengers €1,533 in compensation after their flights were delayed in the summer of 2018.
The Irish budget airline...
Ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont wins latest battle to stop extradition to Spain
EX-CATALUNYA president Carles Puigdemont has had his European Parliament immunity restored by the European Court of Justice(ECJ).
It means that he cannot be extradited to...
Spain fails in latest bid to extradite Mallorca rapper from Belgium
MALLORCAN rapper Josep Miqeul Arenas, known as Valtonyc, has won another Belgian court ruling which has again refused Spain's bid to extradite him.
The Ghent...
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