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Explainer: Spain chosen by Fifa to host 2030 World Cup – but it won’t be alone
FIFA, the international governing body for football, yesterday announced that it had chosen Spain as host for the 2030 World Cup. But there’s a...
FC Barcelona legend Sergio Busquets to leave Spain this summer as Saudi Arabia beckons
SERGIO BUSQUETS will leave FC Barcelona this summer, ending an 18-year association with the La Liga club.
The 34-year-old midfielder, who joined Barca's youth team...
Spain’s Barcelona picked to host yachting’s America’s Cup in 2024
THE oldest trophy in international sport, the America's Cup, will be fought for in the waters off Barcelona in autumn 2024.
The yachting team event...
High Court in London rejects sovereign immunity for Spain’s Emeritus King, Juan Carlos, over damages claim by ex-mistress
SPAIN'S former monarch, Juan Carlos, could be forced to give evidence in a damages claim brought by his ex-mistress in a London High Court...
Corruption probes into former King of Spain, Juan Carlos, dropped due to ‘lack of evidence’
PROSECUTORS in Spain are shelving two corruption probes involving former monarch, Juan Carlos, due to a lack of evidence.
It's more good news for the...
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...
10-man Real Madrid win 11th Spanish Super Cup against rivals Atletico in Saudi Arabia
The Galacticos captain put away the decisive spot kick at Jeddah’s King Abdullah Sports City Stadium
Andalucia warships propping up Saudia Arabia’s war chest as Yemen war produces ‘worst famine in 100 years’
WARSHIPS built in Cadiz have boosted Spanish arms sales to Saudi Arabia by more than €1 billion.
It comes as the Saudi-led war in Yemen...
Pedro Sanchez justifies selling Andalucia warships to Saudi Arabia, as violence and famine in Yemen continue
Foreign aid can not reach everyone who needs it in Yemen, because of the fighting, and Saudi's weapons, bought from European countries, have been used to kill thousands of civilians
Spain makes U-turn on bombs sale to Saudi Arabia despite concerns over use in Yemen
Just 48 hours after Defence Minister Margarita Robles said the sale was 'undergoing review', the government decided to reactivate it
Spain to halt sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia amid fears of their use in Yemen conflict
The process of cancelling a contract signed between Mariano Rajoy’s former government and the Arab state in 2015 is currently underway
Spain shatters weapons exports record as sales to Saudi Arabia soar 133%
The bulk of all sales were aircraft assembled at a plant in Sevilla
NEVER GONNA DANCE AGAIN?: Teenage boy arrested for doing the Macarena on busy road
A TEENAGER has been arrested in Saudi Arabia after footage of him doing the Macarena on a busy street in Jeddah went viral.
The 14-year-old...
Lucrative warship sale on agenda as Spanish king set to visit Saudi Arabia
The visit has already been re-scheduled twice: it was originally planned for February 2016, but cancelled after 47 people were executed by the Saudi Kingdom.
King Felipe urged to ‘demand human rights’ after Spain strikes €40 million arms deal with Saudi Arabia
The sale was delayed for around six months amid fears that the weapons would be used in Yemen
Spain’s arms exports boom with Saudi Arabia taking lion’s share
Some countries were denied exports
Sad Spain ranks below Saudi Arabia and Qatar in World Happiness Report 2016
Denmark emerged as the happiest country in the world
Work begins on Spanish ‘pilgrim train’
Multi-million-euro train project which saw Spain pip France to the post begins in the Middle East
Gibraltar receives royal visit
His Royal Highness Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia visits the Rock on tour of Gibraltar
Spain beats France in the bid for the ‘pilgrim train’
Spanish led consortium awarded billion euro contract to build first high speed AVE train in the Middle East
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EXCLUSIVE: Trial date for Madeleine McCann suspect is FINALLY revealed: Paedophile Christian Brueckner, 46, will face multiple rape and...
MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Bruckner will finally go on trial on February 16 next year, the Olive Press can reveal.
German prosecutors have confirmed...
