Spanish PM announces legal changes to make banks pay mortgage tax
Pedro Sánchez vows that “Spaniards will never again” pay the levy, but experts warn that lenders will simply raise interest rates
Prosecutor tried to probe actor Willy Toledo’s comments about Easter week
The activist’s lawyer has expressed his outrage over the move, calling it “more in line with the parameters used at the time by the Spanish Inquisition”
Ryanair sacks staff who staged photo of themselves sleeping on airport floor
The low-cost carrier claims that the image, which quickly went viral and appeared in the media, has caused “damage to the reputation of the company”
Killer of Spanish child Gabriel Cruz to court: “I have lost everything”
Testimony has emerged from Ana Julia Quezada, the self-confessed killer of the eight-year-old boy in southern Spain, who was caught by police while moving his body
17 migrants dead, 17 missing in worst tragedy in Strait of Gibraltar since 2009
A boat was shipwrecked near Barbate and another was found near the Spanish exclave city of Melilla with 13 bodies on board
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El Roto cartoon, November 7, 2018
After long debate, Supreme Court rules client must pay mortgage tax
In a 15 to 13 vote, justices from one of Spain’s top tribunals reversed a decision to make banks pay, triggering loud protests from society and calls for street demonstrations
Violent graffiti artists overrun subway stations in Madrid and Barcelona
Groups of young vandals orchestrated a series of attacks on trains over the long weekend, spraying paint in the faces of two police officers and a pregnant woman