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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Wednesday he was weighing the possibility of resigning after a court opened an investigation into his wife Begoña Gómez on suspicion of graft ..read more
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11h ago
The Canary Parliament has voted against introducing an ecotax for holidaymakers or banning the sale of properties to non-residents, following huge protests over the weekend against mass tourism in the Spanish archipelago ..read more
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14h ago
The government of Tenerife is attempting to agree on either an ecotax or charging tourists an entrance fee to the island’s top nature spots following huge protests over the weekend against mass tourism on Spain’s Canary Islands ..read more
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18h ago
A Madrid court said Wednesday it had opened a preliminary investigation into Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, on suspicion of influence peddling and corruption ..read more
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19h ago
A Spanish judge probing the alleged hacking of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's and other MP's phones with Pegasus spyware has reopened the investigation after getting documents from French judicial authorities, a court said Tuesday ..read more
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19h ago
A top drug trafficker is on the run after accidentally being bailed from jail in Spain, officials said Tuesday, dodging a bid to extradite him to the Netherlands where his Mocro Maffia gang is based ..read more
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19h ago
Who has to pay the real estate agent commission (usually equivalent to one month's rent) in Spain: the landlord or the new tenant? And are there exceptions to the rules or underhand tricks agents use to get tenants to cough up more money ..read more
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2d ago
Spain's left-wing government on Tuesday upped the pressure on the Catholic Church to compensate victims of sexual abuse committed on its watch ..read more
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2d ago
The regional government of Madrid is finalising the approval of the so-called Mbappé Law, a very favourable new personal income tax regime for foreigners who settle and invest in the Spanish capital ..read more
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2d ago
The Catalan government is offering a grant of up to €40,000 for those who want to buy a house to renovate in municipalities of less than 500 inhabitants in the region ..read more