Tag: scandal
Brothel creeping politicians of Andalucia – funded by the EU!
IT was a fund set up to stimulate employment in Andalucia, the region with the highest jobless total in Spain. But in reality it did...
Ex-bishop marries Spanish sweetheart in Barcelona after Pope says yes to sex
A SPANISH bishop who quit to marry an erotic novel writer 14 years his junior has finally tied the knot. Xavier Novell, 52 had his...
Flooring it: Marbella lawyer becomes Spain’s number one specialist in ‘floor clause’ scandal
WHEN Diego Echevarria moved to Marbella from Madrid two decades ago he was attracted by the international mix of residents, the climate and, certainly,...
SPECIAL REPORT: How €680 million of Junta de Andalucia cash was embezzled in ERE scandal, Spain’s biggest EVER public...
OVER €25,000 per month on cocaine, €400,000 for a fake chicken farm and thousands on bottomless gin and tonics
Olive Press helps Sky News track Prince Andrew in Southern Spain as royal flees questions over links to paedo...
As well as attending a friends 50th birthday, he has been seen playing golf at Spain's most expensive golf course, Valderrama, which costs €400 a round, not including a buggy
New leaked ‘Operacion Kitchen’ documents reveal how Spain’s Partido Popular leaders siphoned off millions for suits and a wedding
Revealed in a series of hand-written notes, kept by former PP treasurer Luis Barcenas, the documents demonstrate how the party was illegally funded on a national scale
Podemos leader faces confidence vote after ‘luxury’ home purchase
THE members of Spain’s anti-austerity party Podemos are to vote on whether it's leader should step down after buying a €600,000 ‘luxury’ home. The party’s...
PARTY’S OVER: Thomas Cook set to call time on boozy Club 18-30
After almost 50 years of providing infamous parties for young Brits abroad, the travel company is set to sell the brand to cater to millennials' changing holiday tastes
President of Madrid, Cristina Cifuentes, renounces masters qualification and apologizes to university in Spain
The Conservative politician claims she has not done anything illegal but blames the university for 'administrative irregularities'
Distribution company will also sue over Mallorcan meat scandal
THE distribution company connected to the rotten meat scandal has announced that they too will take the dodgy company to court. The Association of Food...
ESSAY: Why do politicians in Spain never resign?
As more scandal emerges over a leading politician’s faked university degree, Lenox Napier asks: ‘why do politicians never resign in Spain?’ SPAIN’S leading political problem...
Spanish politicians in Mijas are not all the same, says leading expert
Writes Bill Anderson
FIVE year investigation into Spain’s biggest ever public money fraud scandal sees 275 people probed but NOT ONE charged
THE investigation into Spain’s biggest ever public money fraud, the ERE scandal, is now into its fifth year...but the authorities have yet to prosecute...
Ex-Junta bosses Chaves and Grinan set to be prosecuted in €855 million ERE fraud scandal
Junta heads on the block
FIFA’s foul play
The arrests of 14 FIFA delegates and the publication of tales of corruption are long overdue
I know nothing: Chaves plays dumb in ERE scandal
Just like his famous comedy name-sake from Fawlty Towers, Manuel Chaves insisted this week: ‘I know nothing’
Ex-Junta de Andalucia president Manuel Chaves claims ignorance on Spain’s biggest public money scandal
Ex-Junta president insists he ‘would have acted’ had he known about €855 million ERE fraud
Princess Cristina to stand trial for tax fraud
The Infanta is to be tried in relation the her husband's charity scandal
Is Spain’s Catholic church on its knees?
The Spanish church is in freefall after a scandal exposed a sinister paedophile sect, praying on youngsters. Are its days of influence numbered, asks Jacqueline Fanchini and Tom Powell
Bankia produced rigged accounts to sell stocks to investors
The state-owned lender Bankia presented error-strewn accounts during its corruption probe
Health Minister Ana Mato resigns over Gurtel scandal allegations
Judge Pablo Ruz accused her of benefiting from illegal party kickbacks
BREAKING: Ex-Junta de Andalucia bosses to be probed over links to ERE fraud scandal
Manuel Chaves and Jose Antonio Grin to be investigated by the Supreme Court
Childhood friend of arrested Francisco Granados linked to massive corruption case
Builder David Marjaliza received large transfer from Granados' Swiss bank account
Bank chairmen ordered to pay millions of euros following ‘magic’ card expenses scandal
Former chairman of Caja Madrid and Bankia ordered to pay €19 million by today or face their assets being seized in the wake of Spain's expenses scandal
BREAKING: Mayoress of Manilva resigns from office
Antonia Munoz Vazquez has stepped down from her position as Mayoress of Manilva, amidst administration scandal
Spanish politicians and bankers targeted by expenses scandal investigations
Dozens of politicians, bankers and financial advisers embroiled in expenses scandal as Caja Madrid and Bankia come under investigation
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