It was no matter if, but when a cesspool around Anbang would open. For years, research has been conducted into the shadowy financial trade and walking of the Chinese insurance giant, owner of the Dutch company Vivat, and now Beijing has intervened hard by taking control of the company. CEO Wu Xiaohui is being prosecuted for fraud.
A rapper from Mallorca has to go into the cell for 3.5 years because of his lyrics. Singer \u0026 # x27; Valtònyc \u0026 # x27; glorified in his songs terrorism and insulted the Spanish royal family, according to the judgment. The Spanish Supreme Court, according to justice, sanctioned a verdict by a lower court on Tuesday.
The Spanish police have rolled up a large gang of drug smugglers. Certainly 43 people have been arrested and about 5000 kilos of drugs have been intercepted. Detectives have seized 15 million euros worth of stuff. At least 139 bank accounts have been frozen. It is called 'one of the most powerful drug organizations in the world'.
A demented woman in Spain accidentally killed her husband by serving him a cup of cleanser instead of a cup of coffee.
The Spanish police arrested 40 people in a major campaign against the spread of child pornography. The police reported Saturday that they are suspected of exchanging 'very disturbing material.'
Spain has extradited a notorious Russian hacker, Peter Levashov, to the United States. Levashov would have led the so-called Kelihos botnet.
The stay of Carles Puigdemont in Belgium can go into the papers, because according to the Belgian business newspaper L'Echo he is going to rent a pricey villa in the Belgian town of Waterloo.
The Catalan ex-prime minister and foreman of separatists in the region, Carles Puigdemont, seems to be tired of his political role. Spanish media spread on Wednesday a sort of farewell message that Puigdemont would have sent to party and ex-minister Antoni Comín: 'It's over, we've sacrificed ourselves, the Moncloa has triumphed.'
The Catalonian parliament president Roger Torrent has postponed the session meant for choosing a head of government for the Spanish region. At first, Torrent wanted to have Carles Puigdemont, who had been deposed in October, elected prime minister again.
The Spanish Constitutional Court is of the opinion that Carles Puigdemont can only be sworn in as a regional leader of Catalonia if he is physically present in parliament on Tuesday. Puigdemont must also have permission from the judge to attend the ceremony.
Spain declared the Venezuelan ambassador to persona non grata on Friday. That happened a day after Caracas had told the Spanish ambassador the guard.
The parliament of the Spanish region of Catalonia chooses a new regional prime minister on 30 January. The parliament said that in a statement on Thursday. The only candidate at the moment is Carles Puigdemont, the ex-premier who has fled to Belgium and is still living there.
The Spanish government is going to challenge the candidacy of Carles Puigdemont as leader of the Catalan region at the Constitutional Court in Madrid. That's what deputy prime minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría said on Thursday, according to the Spanish news agency Europa Press.
The deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont does not exclude the possibility that he will go to Catalonia next week to be sworn in as the leader of the Spanish region. ' There are many possibilities '', he said in Brussels after a meeting with the president of the Catalan parliament, Roger Torrent.
A Spanish chief judge charged with the possible issuance of a European arrest warrant against the fugitive Catalan ex-prime minister Carles Puigdemont, for the time being sees it. Spanish media reported Monday that the Public Prosecution Service wanted to have Puigdemont arrested Monday or Tuesday in Denmark, but the magistrate put a stop to it.
The fugitive ex-premier of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, arrived in Copenhagen on Monday without problems. Puigdemont goes to a meeting in the university of the Danish capital. Spain had threatened with a European arrest warrant.
The Catalan Parliament, chosen last month, met for the first time on Wednesday. Two parties seeking independence, the PDeCat (Democratic European Catalan Party) and the ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia) want to reinstate former Prime Minister Carles Puigdemont (PDeCat) as head of government.
The Spanish government continues to rule the northeastern region of Catalonia when it attempts to reinstall the fledgling former prime minister of the region, Carles Puigdemont. That said the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajo said Monday at a meeting of the board of his party, the center-right People's Party (PP), reported Spanish media.
In a discotheque in southwestern Madrid, 26 people were injured in the night from Saturday to Sunday when a suspended ceiling gave way. The emergency services were quickly on the spot at the discotheque in the Carabanchel district and eleven of the wounded were taken to a hospital for further treatment.
Even though he is still 'stuck' in Brussels- and can he expect arrest if he crosses the Spanish border- the Catalan separatist parties have again chosen as their presidential candidate: Carles Puigdemont- dropped off by Madrid and wished to his attempt to proclaim the republic.
The former Catalan Prime Minister Artur Mas is stepping on as leader of the separatist PDeCAT party. He spoke at a press conference about the need to make room for 'new leaders.'
Hundreds of Spaniards are stuck on the roads to and from Madrid. The traffic jams were caused by heavy snowfall. The army has since been deployed to liberate motorists from their plight.
The former Deputy Prime Minister of Catalonia, Oriol Junqueras, remains stuck. The Spanish Supreme Court decided to do so because there is a risk that the politician will go over again. The authorities suspect him of rebellion, incitement and abuse of tax money.
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The Spanish king Felipe VI called upon the Catalan policy makers three days after the regional parliamentary elections to act responsibly and wisely. 'In Catalonia, the road must not lead again to confrontation or exclusion,' said the monarch on Sunday evening in his Christmas speech on TV.
The Catalan former Prime Minister Carles Puigdemont wants the Spanish government to allow him to return to Spain to become the president of the region at the opening session of the Catalan Parliament. He said that in an interview with Reuters news agency.
The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has offered to enter into a dialogue with the new government of Catalonia to be formed on the basis of Thursday's regional elections. According to him, it will take time to repair the enormous break that has arisen in the northeastern region.
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont 'is ready' to meet with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. A meeting can take place in Brussels or elsewhere, but not in Spain as long as Madrid does not guarantee that it will not be arrested.
The separatist parties in Catalonia have won a majority in the regional parliamentary elections. After 99.89 percent of the votes were counted, it appeared that the three parties that strive for independence together had 70 seats, a narrow majority in the 135-seat Catalan parliament.
Oriol Junqueras, leader of the left-wing Catalan party Esquerra Republicana (ER), said he no longer wants unconditional separation from Spain. He wants to consult with Madrid about a form of Catalan independence within Spain.
