Court rules against permanent use of interim employees
A Spanish judge in a district administrative court in Alicante has ruled that an employee of the Alicante municipality who had been…
Justice System
Madrid denied hospital access to elderly with COVID-19
The scandal in Madrid over denial of hospital access to residents of care homes for the elderly at the height of the…
Court says harm to domestic animal is misdemeanor
Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld a Cantabrian regional court ruling against a man accused of beating and causing serious injuries to a…
Trial over Spanish Jesuits’ murder in El Salvador begins
Spain’s highest criminal court opened proceedings Monday against a former high-ranking Salvadoran military officer accused of masterminding the murder in El Salvador…
Court convicts Podemos deputy over eviction protest
Defense attorneys for Isabel Serra, a prominent member of Unidas Podemos and deputy for the party in the Madrid regional assembly, have…
Judge probes gov’t for allowing 8M Women’s Day march
? 1st V-P Carmen Calvo is hospitalized, tests positive for coronavirus ? A conservative judge in Madrid has opened an investigation into…
EU court rejects arrest warrant for rapper Valtònyc
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg has rejected a Spanish court’s request for the arrest and extradition…
Actor Willy Toledo cleared of religious hate speech
Spanish actor Willy Toledo has been acquitted by a Madrid criminal court of the charges of hate-speech against religious sentiment and obstruction…
Court acquits Spanish rapper of glorifying terrorism
Spain’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday overruled the country’s Tribuna Supremo high court and acquitted the lead singer of Spanish rap-rock group Def…
Belgian court keeps Puigdemont extradition option open
A Belgian court has denied an appeal to quash a request from Spain for extradition of former Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont…
Mothers of stolen babies demand government action
Family members of babies taken from their mothers at birth in Spanish hospitals both during and after the Franco dictatorship protested Monday…
Court says delivery riders exploited as false autónomos
The highest appeals court in the regional community of Madrid has handed a victory to 532 riders for the Deliveroo courier service…
Clock ticking on Puigdemont EU parliament immunity
The European Parliament (EP) announced last week that it has begun proceedings that could result in the withdrawal of parliamentary immunity from…
What does the EU court ruling on Junqueras mean?
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Strasbourg has issued a far-reaching and unprecedented ruling that overturns a widely accepted norm as…
Two ‘La Manada’ gang rapists given additional jail time
A regional criminal court in the regional community of Navarra has sentenced two of the five members of the La Manada group…
Andalucía Socialist ex-presidents convicted in ERE case
A court in southern Spain has found a group of former senior leaders of members of the Andalucía affiliate of Spain’s Socialist…
Court action threatened over removal of Quiepo remains
An umbrella organization representing groups focused on the historical memory of events occurring in Andalucia during Spain’s civil war say they will…
Families to finally recover Republican victims’ remains
A government agency has authorized the disinterment from the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum complex outside Madrid of the remains of 31…
Barcelona prosecutors appeal Manresa rape trial verdict
Barcelona’s district attorney’s office has announced it will appeal the verdict and sentencing of five men on a charge of sexual abuse…
Government moves to pre-empt Catalan digital Republic
The government of acting President Pedro Sánchez has moved to pre-empt efforts by the pro-independence leadership of Catalonia’s regional government to establish…
Who’s behind Catalonia ‘Tsunami Democràtic’ protests?
Spanish police and national security forces are investigating whether or not leaders of Catalonia’s pro-independence movement and political parties may be involved…
PSOE gov’t removes Franco from Valley of the Fallen
► After 44 yrs, former dictator’s remains disinterred from Valley of Fallen monument ► Remains removed from Basilica, taken by helicopter to…
One-third of gender-violence cases involve foreigners
► 32.12% of gender-violence cases from Apr-June reported by foreign women ► From 2007-2018, 28.3% of gender violence directed against foreign women…
Franco removal from Valley of Fallen set for Thursday
► Gov’t gives 48-hr notice to Franco family, removal to commence Thurs a.m. ► News reports say helicopter to transfer remains to…
Catalan leader blames infiltrators for violent protests
► Catalonia’s president Quim Torra blames provocateurs, infiltrators for rioting ► After three nights of violence, Torra says burning cars, vandalism should…
Jailed Catalan leaders soon eligible for part-time prison
► Beginning Jan 2020 through March 2021, part-time prison eligibility kicks in ► Time served, special leave will combine to slash actual…
Irreverent feminists acquitted of hate-crime charges
► Judge acquits women women accused of crime against religious sentiment ► Court says ‘coño insumiso’ procession legitimate, not incitement to hatred…
Supreme Court acquits Catalan separatists of rebellion, levies 9-13 year jail sentences & fines on lesser charges
► Panel of 7 judges throws out rebellion charge against principal defendants ► Sentences levied for sedition, misuse of funds & disobedience…
Tumult expected after Monday ruling in Catalan trial
► 1,000 anti-riot police sent to reinforce Mossos, National Police, Guardia Civil ► Work & transport stoppages, marches, general strike to follow…
Ex-Falange Prior denies consent for Franco exhumation
► Benedictine stood twice in elections as candidate for far-right ‘Falange’ party ► Valley of Fallen prior withholds consent, superiors insist he’ll…
Iberdrola paid bent cop to spy on judge, opponents
► Energy giant paid ex-policeman Villarejo to infiltrate opponents, spy on judge ► Ex-cop in jail without bail for criminal organization, bribery,…