The former Catalan premier should be able to go home without fear of being arrested, but it could be a while before his case is fully dropped if the Supreme Court raises a question of unconstitutionality
The transfer of image rights is not a crime but hiding income is
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has invited soccer player Jenni Hermoso to formalize her complaint against the RFEF president over the non-consensual kiss at the World Cup final. Meanwhile, the mother of the embattled official has started a hunger strike inside a church against ‘the bloody and inhumane hounding’ of her son
Alberto Rodríguez has hired the legal team of ex-Catalan premier Carles Puigdemont to prove he should not have been stripped of his status because of a prison conviction involving 2014 events
The separatist leader was released following a brief arrest and has flown back to Belgium. He has a hearing in Sardinia on October 4, but failure to show up could mean an end to the proceedings
The future ‘Only Yes Means Yes’ law will consider sex acts without explicit consent as rape, and provide financial assistance to victims of abuse
The decision comes as Valencia relaxes its coronavirus measures and Madrid sets a midnight closing time for some outdoor dining areas
Courts are issuing contradictory decisions on regional requests for coronavirus restrictions while the opposition is demanding legal reforms. The prime minister, meanwhile, says there are already enough tools in place to control the situation
The country’s regional governments have been calling for more action from the central government in order to avoid judicial chaos once the emergency situation ends on May 9
According to the central government and several experts, the regions will need legal backing to introduce coronavirus restrictions on movement, such as the curfew
To reduce the chances of a request being rejected, Judge Pablo Llarena has asked for a preliminary ruling from the EU Court of Justice on how the case should be interpreted by law
Plans are hampered by delays in criminal code reform and clemency requests, as well as an adverse court decision on flexible prison regimes
Juan Carlos I is embroiled in two other court probes into alleged financial wrongdoing, but hopes that they will be dropped because of his immunity prior to his 2014 abdication
The top tribunal’s ruling said it is ‘premature’ for the prisoners to be allowed more flexible conditions for their incarceration, and rejected regional penitentiary and government suggestions that they had been jailed for their political beliefs
Prosecutors are examining the conditions under which the ex-monarch received or used money that he allegedly did not declare. And a new probe into money laundering is also underway
Supreme Court prosecutors will take over a probe reported to involve credit cards used by the ex-monarch after stepping down from the throne in 2014
Justices ratified criminal penalties against 29 individuals and upheld the civil liability of the Popular Party
The decision means that Quim Torra will have to step down from his position, paving the way for a fresh institutional crisis in Catalonia
A court says there is enough evidence to try the one-time regional chief, his wife and their seven children for taking bribes in exchange for government contracts and other favors
But government says it could resort to emergency powers again if spikes in infections are not controlled
The probe will focus on Juan Carlos‘s connection to suspected payments made in exchange for the contract to build the AVE high-speed rail link to Mecca
A month after the outbreak began, the country is still struggling to find a reliable way to count the victims
Deputy regional premier admits that as many as 3,479 of the people who died last month inside the region’s senior centers showed symptoms but were never counted as official victims of Covid-19
The Barcelona Electoral Commission has given the regional parliament 48 hours to name a replacement, but Quim Torra says he will not step down
The legal representation of the Spanish state has, however, stated that the immunity granted to Oriol Junqueras by the European Parliament should be suspended as soon as possible
Carles Puigdemont, who is in self-imposed exile, believes the Supreme Court has an “obligation” to shelve the case against him because he enjoys immunity as an elected MEP
As the Socialist Party and Catalan Republican Left get closer to a deal to get Pedro Sánchez sworn back into office, lawmakers are asked to stay near Madrid in case they need to rush back from holidays