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Spanish professor who heads up Russian cyber terrorism cell named in Europe’s most wanted list

A SPANISH academic once welcomed as an expert on terrorism and extremism has now been branded a cyberterrorist and placed on Europe’s “most wanted” list.

17 Sep, 2025 @ 12:19

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Valencia man gets €49k payment after his penis stays erect for 30 hours and hospital makes mistake with prosthetic implant surgery

Hospitals in France told to prepare to receive thousands of wounded soldiers amid possibility of ‘large scale war in Europe’

FRENCH hospitals have been put on a war footing after a letter sent by the country’s health ministry warned of the possibility of an all-out

2 Sep, 2025 @ 12:44

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Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, arrives in Vietnam for historic visit amidst Trump tariff uncertainty

Spain secures exemption from NATO’s demands to spend 5% of GDP on defence

PRIME minister Pedro Sanchez claimed victory on Sunday after striking a last-minute deal with NATO that would allow Spain to remain a member of the

23 Jun, 2025 @ 17:58

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Almost seven in 10 Romanians in Spain voted for pro-Russian far-right candidate in recent election

THE European Union breathed a sigh of relief on Monday as centrist candidate Nicusor Dan launched a surprise comeback to win Romania’s presidential run-off, even

20 May, 2025 @ 16:13

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Ukraine President Zelensky to address Spain's parliament next week

Spain bends to pressure from EU and Nato and will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine

SPAIN has succumbed to pressure from both the European Union and Nato and will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine in a bid to strengthen the

26 Apr, 2024 @ 15:23

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Threat from Russia is ‘total and absolute’, warns Spain’s Defence Minister Margarita Robles

SPAIN’S defence minister, Margarita Robles, has issued a stark warning to her fellow citizens about the threat that Vladimir Putin’s Russia poses to the European

17 Mar, 2024 @ 10:24

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Spain’s clothing giant Inditex to make gradual return to Ukraine, after two-year closure caused by Russian invasion

SPANISH clothing giant Inditex, which is the parent group of brands such as Zara and Bershka, is to make its return to Ukraine after a

1 Mar, 2024 @ 12:07

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Kremlin brands Maxim Kuzminov, the Russian pilot shot dead in Spain, a ‘criminal traitor’

THE Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov who was found shot dead last week in Villajoyosa in Spain’s Alicante province has been branded a ‘criminal traitor’ by

20 Feb, 2024 @ 12:01

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

PICTURED: Russian pilot, 28, who defected to Ukraine is named as the victim of a gangland-style assassination in a car park just metres below tourist apartments on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A YOUNG Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine has been named as the victim of a gangland-style assassination in Spain last week. Maksim Kuzminov, 28,

19 Feb, 2024 @ 16:59

Alicante·Lead·Must Read

Alexei Navalny dies in prison: Spain demands full explanation from Russia over death of Putin’s fearless political opponent

ALEXEI Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and fearless critic of President Putin, has died in what Western officials are labeling as a brutal political assassination.

16 Feb, 2024 @ 14:29

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Brussels: Russia's Pm Vladimir Putin And European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso Meeting

Revealed: How 7 Russian spies who were ‘experts in sabotage and assassinations’ travelled to Spain’s Catalunya during the height of the independence movement

SEVEN spies from Russia’s elite intelligence service wing travelled to Barcelona between 2014 and 2019 during the Catalan independence crisis, it has emerged. At least

12 Feb, 2024 @ 14:33

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PICTURED: Mother, 48, who was ‘killed by the teenage sons she adopted from Russia’ – as youngest suspect, 13, will face no charges

THE identity of the mother allegedly murdered by her teenage sons in northern Spain has been revealed. Silvia Lopez, 48, was found with stab wounds

9 Feb, 2024 @ 11:16

Cantabria·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Russian warmonger uses loophole to hold onto €15million villa in exclusive Marbella neighbourhood: Staunch Putin ally is under the toughest form of sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

A RUSSIAN warmonger has held onto a multi-million euro villa despite being the subject of tough international sanctions. Alexey Chepa, an MP in Moscow’s State

21 Oct, 2023 @ 10:00

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Marbella·Must Read

Russian warship and submarine are intercepted off the coast of Spain’s Mallorca

THE Spanish Navy has intercepted a Russian warship and submarine off the coast of Mallorca. The Spanish ship known as ‘Rayo’ stopped the vessels in

19 Oct, 2023 @ 14:14

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Aid worker from Spain killed in Ukraine after Russian attack hit her convoy

SPAIN’S foreign minister confirmed on Sunday that a Spanish aid worker had died in Ukraine, after her convoy was hit by a Russian attack. Emma

10 Sep, 2023 @ 12:45

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REVEALED: Torrevieja, Alicante, Marbella, San Roque, Catalonia – The luxury villas in Spain owned by Russian supporters of Putin and the invasion of Ukraine

A UKRAINIAN media outlet tracked down a number of properties in Spain belonging – or supposedly belonging – to sanctioned Russians who support their country’s

22 Jun, 2023 @ 17:15

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Spain ups its growth forecasts for 2024 and 2025 despite devastating DANA floods

Firms in Spain see business volume nearly double in 2022, despite tensions in the economy

SPANISH companies nearly doubled their business volume in 2022 compared to the year before, thanks in large part to the energy sector. This is despite

27 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

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Putin’s ex-wife racing against the clock to sell Marbella properties as EU sanctions loom

THE former wife of Russian president Vladimir Putin is ‘urgently’ selling two luxury Costa del Sol apartments in a bid to dodge EU sanctions coming

1 Mar, 2023 @ 13:30

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Response Effort To Russian Rocket Strike At Dnipro Apartment Block

Mallorca-based airline put on US sanctions blacklist for helping Russia buy drones from Iran

An airline headquartered in Palma de Mallorca has been added to the US sanctions blacklist for allegedly helping Iran sell the drones Russia has used

25 Jan, 2023 @ 19:30

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After 18 years, Irish promoter Stephen Garland brings down the curtain on the ‘Giggling Guiri’ comedy club

BACK in 2005, a new comedy club arrived in Madrid and Barcelona. The brainchild of Irish promoter Stephen Garland, the idea was to bring top-flight

21 Jan, 2023 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Entertainment·Lead·Madrid

Dna Reveals Vicious Costa Blanca Double Murderer To Be Russian Who Fled Spain

DNA reveals vicious Costa Blanca double-murder suspect to be Russian who fled Spain

DNA evidence has revealed a Russian man- formerly based in Torrevieja- as the main suspect in two Costa Blanca killings in 2020. He also tried

3 Nov, 2022 @ 19:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Week one of Spain’s energy saving measures produces 3.7% fall in consumption

ELECTRICITY usage in Spain fell by 3.7% in the first week of measures introduced by the government to reduce demand on gas generated energy. The

17 Aug, 2022 @ 17:15

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REVEALED: This is the €17million hideaway of blacklisted Russian oligarch and friend of Putin in Spain’s Mallorca

A RUSSIAN oligarch and his artist wife with ties to Putin own an idyllic villa close to Pollença on the Spanish island of Mallorca that

7 Jun, 2022 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Property

Spain pushes for EU cash for new gas pipelines as alternative to Russian energy supplies

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has said he believes the EU should front cash to pay for any new gas connections between Spain and those European

1 Jun, 2022 @ 15:00

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May inflation rate figure in Spain unexpectedly rises to 8.7%

Inflation rate in Spain unexpectedly rises to 8.7%

INFLATION rose in May after falling in April, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics(INE). Advanced data showed May’s Consumer Price Index(CPI) at

30 May, 2022 @ 12:45

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Rising electricity bills keep Spain's inflation rate at 2.7% in August

Reduced power bills coming to Spain after it makes EU deal to slash wholesale electricity prices

WHOLESALE electricity prices in Spain will be capped for a year starting from May. Based on current wholesale rates, the move would produce an estimated

26 Apr, 2022 @ 17:15

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