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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...

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...

How a Russian pilot’s call to his ex-girlfriend may have revealed his location in Spain – before he was...

A RUSSIAN military pilot who was murdered in Spain after defecting to Ukraine may have been tracked down by his killers after he invited...

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’...

PICTURED: Russian pilot, 28, who defected to Ukraine is named as the victim of a gangland-style assassination in a...

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,...

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...

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

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...

PICTURED: Mother, 48, who was ‘killed by the teenage sons she adopted from Russia’ – as youngest suspect, 13,...

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...

Russian warmonger uses loophole to hold onto €15million villa in exclusive Marbella neighbourhood: Staunch Putin ally is under the...

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...

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...

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...

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

A UKRAINIAN media outlet tracked down a number of properties in Spain belonging - or supposedly belonging - to sanctioned Russians who support their...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Spain expels 27 Russian diplomats to follow lead of fellow EU countries

27 Russian diplomats and embassy staff are to be expelled from Spain. Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, said on Tuesday that their departure will take...

Authorities seize another superyacht belonging to Russian oligarch on Spain’s Mallorca

YET another superyacht belonging to a Russian oligarch has been seized by Spanish authorities under sanctions imposed as a result of the Ukraine invasion. A...

JP Morgan behind Russian superyacht seizure in Gibraltar

THE investment bank, JP Morgan Chase is behind the recent seizure of a Russian superyacht in Gibraltar. The banking giant won a court order allowing...

Russian oligarch behind Spain’s Dia supermarket chain moans about ‘hardships’ of sanctions and not being able to eat out...

THE oligarch behind Spain’s Dia supermarket chain has moaned about the hardships of not being able to access his fortune since sanctions were imposed...

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