Supreme Court

Former Spanish transport minister and Pedro Sanchez ally jailed for 24 years over Covid face mask corruption scandal

A FORMER Spanish transport minister and key ally of embattled prime minister Pedro Sanchez has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison over

23 Jun, 2026 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

PICTURED: Inside the fabulous holidays and luxury yachts of Pedro Sanchez’s former number two as he fights Covid corruption charges

SPAIN’s former Minister of Transport has been pictured leading a lavish lifestyle shortly after he allegedly received kickbacks during the Covid pandemic, it can be

7 Apr, 2026 @ 15:23

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s top court rules that kissing someone’s hand without their consent IS sexual assault

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has ruled that kissing a woman’s hand without her consent can constitute sexual assault. The landmark ruling confirms that any non-consensual physical

31 Mar, 2026 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Franco’s family loses final court battle in Spain over ownership of dictator’s summer home

THE Supreme Court has ordered the relatives of the dictator General Francisco Franco to hand over his Galicia summer residence to the State. The ruling

12 Mar, 2026 @ 11:34

Galicia·La Cultura·Lead

Spain’s top prosecutor is banned for two years after leaking information about boyfriend of Madrid mayor

SPAIN’S Attorney General has been convicted of leaking confidential information about the partner of a major political rival. Alvaro Garcia Ortiz has been banned from

21 Nov, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Sweden’s ‘Pablo Escobar’ who allegedly pioneered smuggling cocaine to Europe via sailboats has his conviction quashed in Spain

SWEDE Jonas Falk has won his last pending case in Spain’s legal system after the Supreme Court annulled a two-and-a-half year prison term for money

17 Oct, 2025 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain's Attorney General will stand trial over leaks involving partner of leading political opposition figure

Spain’s Attorney General to stand trial over allegations he leaked secret files on the Madrid president’s boyfriend

THE Supreme Court has announced a November trial of Spain’s Attorney General over alleged leaking details about the partner of a leading opposition figure. 40

3 Oct, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

BBVA suffers spectacular failure in massive rejection of hostile takeover bid for Sabadell Bank in Spain

BBVA goes to Spain’s Supreme Court to fight government ‘meddling’ in Sabadell Bank takeover

THE BBVA bank is going to the Supreme Court to challenge the Spanish government’s pre-conditions for its hostile takeover of Sabadell Bank. The legal challenge

15 Aug, 2025 @ 08:00

Lead·National News

Spain’s Supreme Court upholds law stating employers who pay staff late must cough up 10% interest

IT is an all-too-common problem for many employees: waiting an age to finally receive your monthly salary – or perhaps never receiving it at all.

25 Jun, 2025 @ 13:10

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Major ally of Pedro Sanchez resigns as corruption probe reveals €620k of contract bribes in Spain

Major ally of Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez resigns as corruption probe uncovers €620k of bribes

A SENIOR figure in the PSOE Socialist party has resigned over a corruption probe that could threaten the minority PSOE-led Pedro Sanchez government. Santos Cerdan,

12 Jun, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Pension error in Spain: Supreme Court rules some retirees could be owed €4,000

A SPANISH Supreme Court ruling has said that many pensioners can receive compensation that can exceed €4,000. The reason for the compensation is because many

2 Jun, 2025 @ 10:41

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Disgraced ex-King of Spain Juan Carlos will not face new tax probe

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has refused to reopen a probe into alleged tax offences committed by the Emeritus King, Juan Carlos. Last November a group of

5 May, 2025 @ 11:37

Lead·National News

Benidorm goes to major court in Spain in last chance bid to fight off €330m compensation bill

Benidorm suffers nightmare legal defeat over ‘historic’ €330m fine- more than double the council’s annual budget

BENIDORM City Council will have to find €330 million- over double its annual budget- after losing a Supreme Court appeal over a land compensation award.

4 Apr, 2025 @ 13:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain's war on tourist apartments continues with new law set to come into effect this week

How locals in Spain can block Airbnb-style flats according to new Supreme Court ruling

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has ruled that a community of home owners can prohibit tourist flats so long as at least three-fifths of them back such

8 Oct, 2024 @ 10:55

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Half of people in Spain say they would not pay to get their vehicle into a Low Emissions Zone

Madrid’s low emission zone is ANNULLED after court rules it is unfair to force low-income residents to buy greener vehicles

A MADRID low emission zone designed to improve air quality in the centre of Spain’s capital has been annulled after a leading court stated that

21 Sep, 2024 @ 12:59

Environment·Lead·Madrid

Warning: Town on Spain’s Costa del Sol will cut off water and issue fines of up to €600,000 to people who disobey drought measures

Thousands of residents face losing swimming pools and car park spaces on Spain’s Costa del Sol amid legal battle over land

RESIDENTS of four apartment complexes on Spain’s Costa del Sol face losing their swimming pools, gardens and car parks as part of an ongoing legal

2 Aug, 2024 @ 12:42

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

LET OFF: The 46 police officers charged for excessive force at Catalunya’s 2017 illegal independence referendum are absolved under new amnesty law

A TOTAL of 46 police officers who had been charged for their excessive use of force on civilians at the October 2017 illegal referendum on

2 Jul, 2024 @ 12:31

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Spain’s Supreme Court rejects amnesty for Carles Puigdemont: Arrest warrant remains for ex-President of Catalunya

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial amnesty law approved last month will not apply to Carles Puigdemont, the separatist leader and fugitive from

1 Jul, 2024 @ 14:11

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Spain’s Supreme Court sentences priest from Toledo to eight years in jail for abusing a minor and ‘carrying out exorcisms’

THE Spanish Supreme Court has sentenced a priest from Toledo to eight years in jail, after he was found guilty of abusing a minor and

29 May, 2024 @ 17:26

Lead

Ryanair loses Supreme Court battle in Spain after cutting staff’s wages during the Covid pandemic

BUDGET airline Ryanair has been told by Spain’s Supreme Court that staff pay cuts and working condition changes imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic in July

8 Apr, 2024 @ 16:26

Galicia·Lead·National News·Other News

Catalan president, Pere Aragones, among dozens of separatists hacked by specialist spyware in Spain

Snap election called in Spain’s Catalunya region after parliament rejects budget proposal

VOTERS in Spain’s Catalunya region will be going to the polls on May 12, after regional premier Pere Aragones yesterday called a snap election. The

14 Mar, 2024 @ 10:42

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Spain’s top court rejects bid to stop removal of medals awarded by dictator General Franco

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has backed the stripping of medals awarded to dictator General Francisco Franco by himself as well as his collaborators. It rejected an

9 Mar, 2024 @ 11:00

Lead·National News·Other News

Jealous expat who slashed girlfriend' 15 times in drunk and drug-fuelled rage before dumping body gets his prison time cut on Spain's Costa Blanca

Jealous expat who stabbed girlfriend and dumped body in rubbish container gets jail time cut on Spain’s Costa Blanca

VALENCIA’S Supreme Court has cut four years from the prison term of a Dutch national who stabbed his girlfriend 15 times and dumped her body

22 Aug, 2023 @ 17:51

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

A Mysterious High Pitch Noise Is Driving British Resident Crazy On Spain's Costa Blanca

Woman from Spain’s Salamanca ordered to pay €10,000 after discussing neighbour’s noisy sex on TV program

GOSSIPING about a neighbour’s sex life has proved to be costly for a woman from the Spanish city of Salamanca, after it landed her with

2 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Thirty years later, Supreme Court finally quashes rape conviction against Moroccan bricklayer

THE SUPREME COURT has quashed a rape conviction passed down to a Moroccan bricklayer for a sexual assault that took place more than 30 years

30 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Moroccan bricklayer wrongly convicted for rape in Spain may finally see justice

A MOROCCAN bricklayer wrongly convicted for rape more than 30 years ago may finally be about to see justice in Spain, after the Supreme Court

25 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Former Spanish transport minister and Pedro Sanchez ally jailed for 24 years over Covid face mask corruption scandal

PICTURED: Inside the fabulous holidays and luxury yachts of Pedro Sanchez’s former number two as he fights Covid corruption charges

Franco’s family loses final court battle in Spain over ownership of dictator’s summer home

Spain’s top prosecutor is banned for two years after leaking information about boyfriend of Madrid mayor

Sweden’s ‘Pablo Escobar’ who allegedly pioneered smuggling cocaine to Europe via sailboats has his conviction quashed in Spain

Spain’s Attorney General to stand trial over allegations he leaked secret files on the Madrid president’s boyfriend

BBVA goes to Spain’s Supreme Court to fight government ‘meddling’ in Sabadell Bank takeover

Spain’s Supreme Court upholds law stating employers who pay staff late must cough up 10% interest

Major ally of Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez resigns as corruption probe uncovers €620k of bribes

Pension error in Spain: Supreme Court rules some retirees could be owed €4,000

Disgraced ex-King of Spain Juan Carlos will not face new tax probe

Benidorm suffers nightmare legal defeat over ‘historic’ €330m fine- more than double the council’s annual budget

How locals in Spain can block Airbnb-style flats according to new Supreme Court ruling

Madrid’s low emission zone is ANNULLED after court rules it is unfair to force low-income residents to buy greener vehicles

Thousands of residents face losing swimming pools and car park spaces on Spain’s Costa del Sol amid legal battle over land

LET OFF: The 46 police officers charged for excessive force at Catalunya’s 2017 illegal independence referendum are absolved under new amnesty law

Spain’s Supreme Court rejects amnesty for Carles Puigdemont: Arrest warrant remains for ex-President of Catalunya

Spain’s Supreme Court sentences priest from Toledo to eight years in jail for abusing a minor and ‘carrying out exorcisms’

Ryanair loses Supreme Court battle in Spain after cutting staff’s wages during the Covid pandemic

Snap election called in Spain’s Catalunya region after parliament rejects budget proposal

Spain’s top court rejects bid to stop removal of medals awarded by dictator General Franco

Jealous expat who stabbed girlfriend and dumped body in rubbish container gets jail time cut on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Woman from Spain’s Salamanca ordered to pay €10,000 after discussing neighbour’s noisy sex on TV program

Thirty years later, Supreme Court finally quashes rape conviction against Moroccan bricklayer

Moroccan bricklayer wrongly convicted for rape in Spain may finally see justice

EXPLAINER: What is behind Spain’s big San Juan celebrations as traditional beach bonfires are banned in some areas

Former Spanish transport minister and Pedro Sanchez ally jailed for 24 years over Covid face mask corruption scandal

A Roman wreck and a British steamship among discoveries from fascinating study of Spain’s Cadiz coastline – which may also have solved a nautical mystery

Red weather alert in Andalucia: ‘Extraordinary danger’ warning issued ahead of scorching 44C highs

Terror fugitive wanted by Belgium caught during routine police check near Estepona beach club

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