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7 Feb 2005, 3:57 am
[JURIST] In Monday's international brief, Spain [government website] has began an amnesty program that will allow a large portion of its illegal immigrant population to apply for legal resident status. [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 2:06 pm
[JURIST] Spain's Congress of Deputies [official website, in Spanish] Wednesday passed legislation [press release, in Spanish] condemning the coup and subsequent fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco [BBC backgrounder; LOC backgrounder], overcoming opposition from conservatives that the bill would reopen controversies best left in the past. [read post]
2 Sep 2006, 7:41 am
[JURIST] EU Justice and Migration Commissioner Franco Frattini [official profile] has told a Spanish newspaper that Spain contributed to a recent spate of illegal immigration between Africa and Europe by a three-month amnesty program [BBC report] for illegals that it launched in February 2005. [read post]
13 Nov 2011, 6:06 pm
” http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/nov/13/england-spain Since Sir Alex was not coaching, and only Jones was out there from the Red Devils, I will not challenge this analysis. [read post]
18 Jul 2007, 12:13 pm
[JURIST] The Spanish Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that former Argentine naval officer Ricardo Miguel Cavallo [TrialWatch profile] can properly be tried in Spain for crimes against humanity. [read post]
26 May 2024, 10:29 am
Thousands of people gathered in Spain’s Balearic Islands on Saturday to protest against mass tourism ahead of the upcoming summer season. [read post]
24 Mar 2024, 2:47 pm
The General Council of Professional Colleges of Engineering in Spain released a statement against the ruling, considering it to be disproportionate. [read post]
5 Jul 2017, 12:18 am
Kingdom of Spain, case number 1:17-cv-03808, in the U.S. [read post]
21 Dec 2020, 3:34 am
Spain’s Supreme Court Friday ordered lower courts to investigate deaths caused by COVID-19 in the country’s nursing homes. [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 11:46 am
The UNCITRAL Secretariat announced today that Spain has become the first State to ratify the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, otherwise known as the Rotterdam Rules. [read post]
23 Oct 2014, 5:15 am
The rapid economic boom of the 1990s and early to mid-2000s sparked a surge of immigration to Spain. [read post]
20 Nov 2014, 10:30 am
Spain’s Duchess of Alba, the quintessential embodiment of one of those rich, spirited old ladies for whom the word “eccentric” was reserved, has died at age 88. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 5:46 am
SPAIN'S Afghan infantry battalion. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 5:34 am
Spain's Data Protection Agency [Privireal backgrounder] filed 90 orders for Google to remove the websites from its database. [read post]
26 Feb 2011, 11:25 am
Article 23.4 of the Ley Organica del Poder Judicial (LOPJ) [text, in Spanish] authorizes Spanish courts to hear certain types of international cases, but requires that the case have a "relevant connection" to Spain [Publico report, in Spanish], following a limitation placed on universal jurisdiction [JURIST... [read post]
3 May 2011, 10:52 am
[JURIST] Spain's National Court on Tuesday sentenced [text, PDF, in Spanish] two Somali pirates to 439 years in prison each for their involvement in the 2009 hijacking of a Spanish fishing boat off the coast of Somalia. [read post]
16 Jul 2008, 5:26 am
Jose Manuel Barroso [official profile], the president of the European Commission, congratulated Spain [text, PDF, in Spanish] on its passage of the Treaty, thanking the country for its "unwavering support for [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 5:55 am
[JURIST] Spain's lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies [official website, in Spanish], on Tuesday rejected [press release, in Spanish] a proposal [text, in Spanish; PDF] to ban the burqa [JURIST news archive] and other full face veils, by a vote of 183 to 162 with 2 abstaining. [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 6:27 am
[JURIST] Spain's government approved draft legislation [text, PDF, in Spanish] on Friday that would impose a fine of €30,000 (USD $40,800) for offenses such as insulting the government, burning the flag or protesting parliament without prior approval. [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 7:47 am
[JURIST] The lower house of the Cortes Generales [official website, in Spanish], Spain's national legislative body, overwhelmingly approved a law [text, PDF, in Spanish] Wednesday recognizing the abdication of King Juan Carlos and allowing for his son Prince Felipe [BBC profiles] to take his place. [read post]
