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Spain, Norway and Ireland spent months lobbying EU members to join them in their announcement. (File) Spain, Norway and Ireland announced that they will recognise a Palestinian state on May 28 and they urged other European states to follow their lead. The three countries said they hoped their decision would accelerate efforts towards securing a…
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File image of Luis Rubiales© AFP Disgraced former Spanish football federation (RFEF) chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his forcible kiss on the lips of Women’s World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso, a Spanish high court judge decided Wednesday. “(Rubiales will be tried) for the non-consensual kissing of Spanish national team player Jennifer Hermoso at…
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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Spain on May 4 denounced comments by Argentina’s presidency which had accused the Spanish government of bringing “poverty and death” to its own people. The office of Argentinian President Javier Milei had published a statement on X, accusing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of damaging Spain’s…
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Madrid, Spain: Spain’s left-wing government said on Friday it would scrap a national prize for bullfighting, a move which angered supporters of the controversial spectacle but was welcomed by animal rights groups. “A growing majority” of Spaniards are concerned about animal welfare, so “we did not believe it is appropriate to maintain an award that…
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The clinic’s manager and anaesthetist have been arrested. A 30-year-old British model and beautician died after undergoing a boob job in Spain, News.com.au reported. The incident happened in September 2023 when Donna Butterfield underwent two cosmetic operations at a private clinic in Palma, Majorca. Notably, she had a breast enlargement performed several years ago but had returned to…
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Duke Fernando Fitz-James Stuart and Sofia Palazuelo For those who find their names lengthy and spelling them a challenge, consider the case of the Royal Baby of Spain, whose name is 157 letters long. This name is so long that the Spanish Duke has been told to significantly shorten his daughter’s name if he wants…
Ombudsman Angel Gabilondo, right, delivers a report on the country’s first independent probe into the abuse of minors within the Catholic Church to President of the Congress Francina Armengol, left, at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Spain, on October 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Over 200,000 minors are estimated to have been sexually abused…
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File photo of Jenni Hermoso Women’s World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso returned to training with the Spanish national team on Monday for the first time since disgraced former president of the country’s football federation Luis Rubiales resigned. The 33-year-old has become a symbol in the fight against sexism and earned global support after Rubiales forcibly…
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Spain clinched their place at Euro 2024 on Sunday after a 1-0 win away to Norway, also sending Scotland through from Group A as Turkey joined the growing ranks of qualifiers. Barcelona midfielder Gavi scored the only goal early in the second half in Oslo, bouncing a shot into the corner to help Spain qualify…
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Spain coach Luis de la Fuente was a surprise appointment and an early humiliating defeat by Scotland in March put his fledgling project on the ropes no sooner than it had begun. The Luis Rubiales forced kiss scandal further shook Spanish football and De la Fuente was criticised for his response to it, but he…
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