Spain
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Talking Europe hosts former Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya, who is now dean of one of the top international relations schools in the world – the Paris School of International Affairs.
4 Apr
Former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales is in trouble again after being detained as part of a corruption probe. He is already the subject of a criminal investigation after kissing a female player at the World Cup.
26 Mar
Media companies claim Telegram is allowing users to upload their content without permission. A Spanish court has now ordered for the platform to be suspended as a "precautionary measure."
26 Mar
A Spanish court has reversed course and halted a controversial order to temporarily suspend messaging app Telegram nationwide. Media firms say Telegram was allowing users to upload their content without permission.
25 Mar
In this edition we discover Spain's Rio Tinto, or Red River, in Andalusia. The waterway's unique purple and burgundy tints, as well as sometimes yellow or blue colours, are due to the significant quantities of iron in the river.
21 Mar
Some delighted bystanders imitated its clinky-clanky gait or presented their pets to the whirring contraption with flashing lights on top.
11 Mar
Worldcoin, a project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, offers cryptocurrency to people who sign up for an iris scan. Spanish officials say they are worried about its processing of biometric data.
7 Mar
A Spanish prosecutor is seeking a prison term of four years and nine months for Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti who is accused of avoiding 1 million euros ($1.1 million) in taxes on image rights revenues while he was at Real Madrid in 2014 and 2015.
27 Feb
Located one hour from Madrid, the Toledo Training Command centre is one of the largest military training centres in Europe. Hundreds of Ukrainian civilians who have volunteered to head to the front are training there as part of the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM), set up in October 2022. Spain is one of the EU's key training providers, having already trained 4,000 Ukrainian soldiers.
4 Feb
A proposed law had stoked controversy for promising amnesty in exchange for supporting the governing coalition of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. However, separatists said the proposed guarantees did not go far enough.
3 Feb
In the midst of a record drought, Spain's northeastern Catalonia region will face tighter water restrictions following three years of below-average rainfall.
1 Feb
Outrage in Spain over a poster of Jesus that's deemed homoerotic. Finally, an Australian MP accuses a national broadcaster of photoshopping her body for a news report.