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Spanish football embroiled in another match-fixing scandal with a lower league club president going down
SPANISH football has been hit by another match-fixing scandal that has seen a number of arrests allegedly including a club president.
Police swooped on 17...
Ex-lover’s €145 million claim against former King Juan Carlos I challenged in London court
LAWYERS representing Spain's former king, Juan Carlos I, were back in a London court to challenge a €145 million claim for damages brought by...
Two PSOE candidates for Mojacar (Almeria) detained for allegedly buying votes
TWO PSOE candidates have been detained for allegedly buying votes in Mojacar (Almeria) for the May 28 local elections.
Francisco Flores and Cristobal Vizcaino, second...
Barca slam report they have been hit with hefty €15m fine over ‘irregular transfer payments’ and demand retraction
FC BARCELONA has vehemently denied a report claiming that the club has been hit with a substantial €15.7 million over irregular player transfer payments.
A...
Referee Real Estate Empires: The unexplained wealth of Spain’s elite referees under the spotlight
AN anti-corruption spotlight has been shone on a cluster of top Spanish referees after a report revealed their sprawling property empires.
Caught up in the...
Disgraced former King of Spain finally to return to the country after fleeing to Abu Dhabi in 2020
THE King Emeritus, former King Juan Carlos I, is finally set to return to Spain on April 19th after fleeing the country in disgrace.
He...
Ryanair boss fumes over latest Spain flight disruption caused by French air traffic controllers
RYANAIR CEO Michael O'Leary has described a new wave French air traffic control strikes disrupting flights to and from Spain as a 'scandal'.
Speaking at...
Liquidators probing whether crypto exchange Globix was ‘a fraud or Ponzi scheme’ as the CEO flees to Barcelona
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THE Gibraltar courts have stepped in to probe a suspect crypto trading platform amid allegations it...
Otero begins mass lay-offs and blames war in Ukraine and inflation on construction company’s collapse
DISGRACED construction magnate Ruben Otero has blamed the collapse of his company on the war in Ukraine in a letter to employees.
The embattled developer...
‘Like living in the wild west’: The Otero scandal that has hurt thousands
IT was marketed to high-earners from Northern Europe as the opportunity to come and live the Spanish dream.
To escape the dreary weather and own...
New sexual allegations emerge against Placido Domingo during performance in Spain in 2000s
LEGENDARY opera singer Placido Domingo is facing new historical sexual harassment charges three years after the the first accusations derailed his career.
An anonymous singer...
EXPLAINER: Why podcast ‘Corinna and the King’ is causing so much embarrassment for Spain’s Juan Carlos I
As anyone watching the most recent series of The Crown will have been reminded, Queen Elizabeth II famously suffered an ‘annus horribilis’ in 1992...
Former Spanish king Juan Carlos I gave mistress ring worth one million euros
THE former king of Spain gave his ex-mistress a giant engagement ring worth more than a million euros as an anniversary gift.
Sources close to...
EXPLAINER: How €680 million of Junta de Andalucia cash was embezzled in ERE scandal, Spain’s biggest EVER public money...
OVER €25,000 per month on cocaine, €400,000 for a fake chicken farm and thousands on bottomless gin and tonics
EXCLUSIVE: Expats’ €14,000 medical bill because insurance company ‘wouldn’t answer phone’ after accident in Spain
A BRITISH couple have a huge medical bill for hospital care, despite being fully covered by their private health insurance company.
The expats have been...
Scandal-hit former King Juan Carlos rules out a return to Spain
SPAIN’S former King Juan Carlos has said he will remain for now in the United Arab Emirates but will visit Spain frequently after fraud...
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,...
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...
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