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Headmaster of British school on Spain's Mallorca found guilty of sex abuse in Scottish trial

Headmaster of British school on Spain’s Mallorca found guilty of sex abuse in Scotland

THE headmaster of an exclusive British school in Mallorca has been convicted by a Glasgow court of sexually abusing two women in Scotland. A jury on Friday found James Berry, 77, guilty

28 Jan, 2022 @ 19:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Madrid Judges Say Dove Painting Artist Did Not Desecrate Tomb Of Spanish Dictator General Franco

Madrid court acquits artist of desecrating Spanish dictator General Franco’s tomb with red paint

AN artist who painted a dove and a slogan on top of dictator General Franco’s tomb has been acquitted of desecration. Madrid’s Provincial Court also decided that Enrique Tenreiro did not infringe

18 Jan, 2022 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·National News

A judge has ordered the Valencian Ministry of Health to compensate 150 Alicante health workers who did not have any proper PPE equipment in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alicante court says doctors, nurses, and health support staff are entitled to compensation amounts varying between €5,000 and €49,180 for 'personal and moral damages'. There has been no comment from the Valencian government or Health Ministry. It's presumed that an appeal will be launched against the ruling. The lawsuit was filed against the regional Health Ministry by the Sindicato Medico(Medical Union). It claimed compensation on behalf of 150 Alicante area members for the 'non-compliance' of the Ministry for not providing safety protection between March and May 2020. The Alicante court ruling obliges each worker to get €5,000 if 'they were forced to work without adequate protection elements'. The payout is €15,000 for 'each workers who had to go into isolation if they were in contact with anybody infected with COVID-19'. A €35,000 payment is ordered for any worker 'infected with COVID-19 but who did not require hospital admission'. Any health worker who did catch the coronavirus and was hospitalised will get the highest amount of €49,180. The Sindicato Medico says that it is pleased by the recognition the court has given its members and pointing out the 'negligent attitude towards health and safety' of health workers. Similar claims have been filed in other courts in the Valencian Community.

Health workers win compensation bid over poor COVID-19 protection in Costa Blanca area of Spain

A court has ordered the Valencian Ministry of Health to compensate 150 Alicante health workers who did not have any the correct PPE equipment in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

11 Jan, 2022 @ 20:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

People who coerce hospitality businesses for enforcing COVID passports to face prosecution in Valencia region of Spain

People who threaten bars and restaurants for enforcing COVID passports will be prosecuted in Valencia region of Spain

PEOPLE who threaten bar and restaurant owners over COVID passports could face prosecution in the Valencian Community. Regional president, Ximo Puig, said he’s contacted the Prosecutor’s Office following reports of intimidation and

6 Jan, 2022 @ 15:00

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain fails in latest bid to extradite rapper from Belgium who insulted monarchy

Fugitive Spanish rapper Valtonyc wins another extradition battle in Belgian court

A convicted rapper, known as Valtonyc, has thwarted Spain’s latest bid to get him extradited from Belgian. Jose Miguel Arenas Beltran, 28, skipped a three-and-a-half jail sentence in May 2018 by fleeing

28 Dec, 2021 @ 17:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Barcelona’s Gerard Pique gets big tax break from Spain’s Supreme Court

BARCELONA footballer Gerard Pique has landed a €2.1 million pre-Christmas windfall courtesy of Spain’s Supreme Court. Pique, 34, has been given a refund of a 2016 fine dating back to returns filed

23 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Catalunya·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Football·Lead·Sport

Former Spanish King Juan Carlos Leaves Spain *file Photo*

Former Spanish king Juan Carlos gets good news over Saudi Arabia bung investigation

SWISS authorities have dropped a corruption probe into an offshore fund linked to King Emeritus Juan Carlos I. It had been alleged that the ex-monarch along with his former lover, Corinna Larsen,

13 Dec, 2021 @ 15:46

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Banco Santander ordered to pay banker €68 million just months after big staff cuts and branch closures in Spain

A Madrid court has ordered Banco Santander to pay €68 million to Italian banker Andrea Orcel for reneging on an offer to make him CEO in 2019. The bank announced cuts of

10 Dec, 2021 @ 15:50

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

UN says Spain must give abused children better protection and stop court bias against mothers

A United Nations report says Spain’s government must do more to protect children from domestic violence and sexual abuse. It believes courts need to overcome bias against women, and to apply a

9 Dec, 2021 @ 20:00

Crime & Law·Lead

A Worker Paints Over Policia Asesino Graffiti

EYEWITNESS: The Olive Press sent Heather Galloway to investigate Madrid’s San Cristobal neighbourhood, where a machete-wielding homeless man was gunned down by police

IT doesn’t take long to find the spot where a 44-year-old African immigrant was slain by five police bullets in broad daylight. Fittingly, on the wall of a health centre next to

12 Nov, 2021 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Cocaine smuggler who bought Mallorca yacht for £60m smuggling operation forced to hand over £300,000 cash

A JAILED Liverpool man who thought a £60 million cocaine smuggling plot would make him rich has been ordered to hand over more than £300,000. Gary Swift, 55, has been handed a

10 Nov, 2021 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

EUTHANASIA DEBATE: Woman ‘ignored’ after asking to be painlessly killed in Spain’s Zaragoza takes own life

AN elderly woman crippled by a painful hip condition that left her bedridden in constant pain, has killed herself after her pleas for euthanasia were ignored. She had spent four months ‘desperately’

9 Nov, 2021 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Health·Lead

Spain refunds fines imposed on thousands of people who broke 2020 lockdown rules

Spain to give back fines to people who broke 2020 emergency lockdown rules

FINES imposed for breaking Spain’s 2020 ‘State of Alarm’ COVID-19 lockdown are to be refunded. The Ministry of Territorial Affairs said it will start giving back money to people who violated stay-at-home

25 Oct, 2021 @ 11:29

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

What you need to know about the new driving fines set to come into force across Spain

PLANS to introduce five new traffic fines over the next few weeks have been given the green light. The Congress of Deputies gave their seal of approval to rules proposed by the

2 Oct, 2021 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

UK fugitive hunted over death of woman, 36, faces extradition from Spain

A BRITISH fugitive wanted in connection with manslaughter is facing extradition from Spain after ten years on the run. Officers captured Alison Gracey in Bizkaia in the Basque Country in April shortly

13 Sep, 2021 @ 09:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Ryanair luggage rules over flight switches are ruled ‘unfair’ by the Supreme Court in Spain

SPAIN’S highest court has voided Ryanair rules permitting baggage to be sent on a flight other than that of the passenger. The Supreme Court backed a complaint from the OCU consumer group

23 Jul, 2021 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

Government responds as Spain’s first state of alarm declared unconstitutional

THE government has hit back after Spain’s top court ruled that last year’s strict coronavirus lockdown was unconstitutional. In a statement, the Minister of Justice Pilar Llop said that while the government

15 Jul, 2021 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

Explainer: Euthanasia law in Spain comes into force

A NEW assisted suicide law came into effect on Friday, making Spain the fourth country in the European Union to legalise euthanasia. Parliament gave final approval for the bill on March 18

27 Jun, 2021 @ 16:59

Health·Lead·National News·Other News·Politics

Benidorm court refuses joint custody of a Maltese pet dog as Civil Code changes have not become law in Spain

Benidorm court won’t grant interim joint custody for a dog as Civil Code changes are not yet law in Spain

A Benidorm judge has refused to grant an interim joint custody order for a pet dog because the Civil Code statutes have not changed yet. An application was lodged in April over

25 Jun, 2021 @ 11:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Man loses dead wife's inheritance in Spain because he started a new relationship

Court orders man to pay back his dead wife’s inheritance in Spain because he found love again

A man has lost his dead wife’s inheritance because he broke a promise not to have a relationship with another woman. A court in A Coruña ruled against the man with his

18 Jun, 2021 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead

No ‘Daddy Issues’ for Julio Iglesias as Spain’s Supreme Court rules against man claiming to be his illegitimate son

VETERAN performer Julio Iglesias does not have an illegitimate 44-year-old son according to the national Supreme Court. Javier Sanchez claimed that he was the son of 77-year-old Iglesias after an alleged brief

30 Apr, 2021 @ 20:30

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Valencia

Barcelona threatens war against irresponsible electric scooter riders

ELECTRIC scooter owners may have their machines seized by authorities if they commit repeated offences against pedestrians or other car users under plans being considered by authorities. Barcelona City Council is studying

26 Apr, 2021 @ 20:30

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Benidorm court to hear dog custody case involving separated Costa Blanca couple in Spain

A dispute over the custody of a pet dog will be settled by a Benidorm court. The news comes in a week when Spanish parliamentarians supported a proposal to change the Civil

22 Apr, 2021 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Graffiti Day For The Freedom Of Rapper Pablo Hasel In Barcelona Spain 07 Feb 2021

Rapper in controversial free-speech jailing is forcibly removed from university campus in Spain’s Catalunya

SPANISH rapper Pablo Hasel was detained in Catalunya this morning(February 16) after a day-long stand off with police involving himself and dozens of his supporters at Lleida University. The Lleida sit-in was

16 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

SUPREME COURT says newspaper was right to publish name and photo of abuser on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S highest legal body has backed the right of a newspaper to publish the full name of an abuser who beat up his girlfriend in an Elche house in 2011. The Supreme

14 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Woman who fell on pavement due to mulberry tree berries loses payout bid in Spain’s Valencia City

A WOMAN has lost her bid to get €20,000 in compensation after she slipped on a pavement covered with fallen berries. The case was rejected by a Valencia court after she blamed

7 Oct, 2020 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Valencia

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