Egyptian Fugitive Pleads Guilty to Rideshare Fraud After Extradition from Spain
NEWARK, N.J. – Today, Hatem Ghouneim, a 35-year-old Egyptian citizen, admitted his involvement in defrauding a rideshare company of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ghouneim’s guilty plea to three counts of wire…
Ferrovial says Dutch relocation could damage brand in Spain
MADRID (Reuters) – Ferrovial’s decision to move its holding company to the Netherlands to try to speed up a U.S. listing could have an adverse impact on its brand in Spain, the…
Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain
MADRID (Reuters) – Killer whales severely damaged a sailing boat off the coast of southern Spain, the local maritime rescue service said on Thursday, adding to dozens of orca attacks on vessels…
Villagers evacuated as wildfire ravages woodlands in western Spain
MADRID (Reuters) -Emergency crews evacuated around 600 villagers in western Spain overnight as a wildfire blamed on arsonists ravaged up to 8,000 hectares (19,800 acres) near the border with Portugal, officials said.…
Spain gives Vivendi approval to raise stake in media group Prisa
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish media company Prisa said on Friday its second-largest shareholder Vivendi, had obtained the Spanish government’s go-ahead to raise its stake in the publisher of the El Pais newspaper.…
Spain cuts 2024 budget deficit target to 3% of GDP
MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government intends to lower the budget deficit to the equivalent to 3% of gross domestic product in 2024 from 3.9% projected for this year, Budget Minister Maria…
Airbus to give 5%-7.4% pay hike to workers in Spain, union says
MADRID (Reuters) – Aircraft maker Airbus agreed with Spanish labour unions to raise its workers’ salaries by between 5% and 7.4% this year on top of a 1,000 euro ($1,094) bonus that…
North Korea slams U.S. for protecting raiders of Spain embassy in 2019 case
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL(Reuters) – North Korea criticized the U.S. for refusing to extradite a man who was accused of staging a break-in at North Korea’s embassy in Spain in 2019, saying…
Dolce & Gabbana plans U.S., Spain and Maldives real estate projects
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian fashion group Dolce & Gabbana said on Monday it would enter the real estate sector, with two residential schemes in the United States and Spain and a hospitality…
Spain inflation falls more than expected to 3.3% in March
(Reuters) – Spain’s consumer price inflation slowed to 3.3% in March, its weakest annual rate since August 2021 and down from 6.0% in February, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute showed…
Stellantis in talks to assemble electric cars in Spain, Cinco Dias reports
MADRID (Reuters) – Stellantis is in talks with the Spanish government regarding the production of small electric vehicles in the country, newspaper Cinco Dias reported on Monday citing unidentified sources at the…
Ford to cut 1,100 jobs in Spain – spokesperson
MADRID (Reuters) -U.S. auto maker Ford plans to slash 1,100 jobs at its plant located in Valencia in eastern Spain, a company spokesperson said on Friday. The layoffs, which were shared with…
Money Launderer For $5 Million Vehicle Sale Scam Extradited From Spain
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ION VIOREL IONITOIU, a Romanian national who resided in Spain, was extradited to the United States…
France in new row with Germany and Spain over nuclear-derived hydrogen
By Michel Rose, Belén Carreño and Kate Abnett PARIS/MADRID/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A new row has erupted between France, Germany and Spain over nuclear energy, with Paris furious about a lack of support…
Zara starts charging for clothing returns from home in Spain
MADRID (Reuters) – Fashion giant Zara has started charging shoppers in Spain for returns of online purchases, the company announced on Wednesday, though store returns remain free. Customers now have to pay…
Auto lobby urges Spain to speed up vehicle electrification as sales lag
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s auto industry is in dire need of an overhaul to catch up with European peers and speed up its electrification process as automakers struggle to recover from a…
Venezuela releases ex-interior minister from prison; he will go to Spain
CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan court on Saturday released former Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres from jail after he was imprisoned for nearly five years, allowing him to travel to Spain, relatives…
DAVOS 2023: Spain says ‘very close to deal’ with Britain on Gibraltar
By John Irish DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Spain’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that Madrid and London were closing in on a deal to find a definitive solution settling the post-Brexit status…
Spain seeks to set nuclear and hydro prices to end windfall profits
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain wants the EU to allow it to set prices for nuclear and hydroelectric as it seeks to decouple the cost of electricity production from gas and curb windfall…
Spain to ask EU for extension to Iberian gas price cap until end 2024
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will seek European Union permission to extend its temporary cap on reference prices for natural gas and coal used by power plants until at least the end of…
Spain vows more vigilance, protection as murders of women spike in December
MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government promised on Thursday increased police protection for victims of domestic violence after at least nine women in Spain were killed by their current or former partners…
Police arrest in Spain one of FBI most wanted fugitives
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police on Friday said they had arrested one of the U.S. FBI’s Ten Most Wanted fugitives, who was staying at a hotel in Madrid under a false identity.…
Spain passes pioneering sexual, reproductive health law
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s parliament on Thursday passed a sexual and reproductive health law that allows girls aged 16 and 17 to undergo abortions without parental consent and, in a first for…
Cepsa and Repsol say fully cooperating with Spain anti-trust investigation
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s two largest oil companies Repsol and privately owned Cepsa said on Wednesday they were fully cooperating with Spanish anti-trust watchdog on a preliminary investigation recently opened on alleged…
‘Magnitsky’ dirty Russian money laundering suspect arrested in Spain
MADRID (Reuters) – A woman has been arrested as part of a probe into a crime gang suspected of laundering dirty money linked to the 219 million euro ($233 million) Magnitsky corruption…
Spain exhumes 53 bodies from Franco dictatorship’s shallow graves
By Vincent West ORDUNA, Spain (Reuters) – Forensic archaeologists have exhumed 53 bodies from shallow graves in the Basque town of Orduna that were dug in 1941, as part of a process…
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