A JUDGE IN SPAIN has ordered that a woman, who falsely accused an extreme right-wing politician sexual assault, stand trial. Carlos Huge Fernandez Roca could have faced up to five years in prison for Maria del Valle Robles’s now-debunked allegations. The Provincial Court of Justice of Madrid exonerated the MP of the right-wing Vox party in 2022 after he was …
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FORMER Catalan premier and fugitive from justice Carles Puigdemont returned to Spain on Thursday, seven years after he fled the country to escape arrest for his role in the 2017 drive for independence in the northeastern region. On arrival in Barcelona, he gave a speech to an estimated crowd of around 2,500 people outside the parliament building, during which he …
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MILLIONS of Spaniards will enjoy a public holiday today as regions across the nation unite to celebrate the Day of Santiago Apostol. Santiago – better known in English as Saint James the Great – was one of Jesus’ twelve apostles and has the honour of being Spain’s patron saint. After the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, legend dictates that Santiago …
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