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The Community of Madrid will take Puente to the National Court for more than three years without convening the Sectoral Conference

The Community of Madrid has decided to take legal action against the Ministry of Transport, headed by Óscar Puente, for not convening the Sectoral Conference on Transport, the "main coordination body" between the central Government and the autonomous communities. More than three years have passed since the last meeting, a...

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Sáenz de Santamaría says she is unaware if the CNI investigated Bárcenas and assures that Rajoy did not speak to her about Kitchen

The former vice president of the Government Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría declared this Monday before the National Court (AN) tribunal that she does not know if the National Intelligence Center (CNI) carried out investigations on the former treasurer of the PP Luis Bárcenas, and she stressed that the former president...

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The National Court leaves Jordi Pujol out of the trial due to his cognitive decline

The National Court tribunal that is trying the Pujol family for alleged illicit enrichment has decided to exempt the former president of the Generalitat, Jordi Pujol i Soley, 95, from criminal responsibility, after the former Catalan leader underwent a new medical examination this Monday.The president of the court communicated it...

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Guillermo Bárcenas points to an order from the Rajoy Government to make his father's life impossible in prison

Guillermo Bárcenas, son of the former PP treasurer Luis Bárcenas, declared this Monday before the National Court (AN) tribunal that, in his opinion, there was an "order" to "make his father's life impossible" during the time he remained imprisoned in Soto del Real prison (Madrid). He links this supposed instruction...

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Jordi Pujol appears before the National Court in the trial for his family's fortune in Andorra

Jordi Pujol has been summoned by the Audiencia Nacional within the trial investigating his family's fortune in Andorra, a case in which the Prosecutor's Office requests nine years in prison for the alleged illicit origin of those funds. According to information released by the EFE Agency, the court has ordered...

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Bárcenas' son, Sáenz de Santamaría and Arenas focus the fourth week of the trial for Operation Kitchen

The National High Court (AN) faces the fourth week of the trial for 'Operation Kitchen' with the appearances of Guillermo Bárcenas, son of the former PP treasurer; the former vice president of Mariano Rajoy's Government, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, and the PP senator Javier Arenas, a former member of the...

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The National Court investigates the number two of the Spanish consulate in Algiers for an alleged scheme of false visas

The National Court has opened an investigation against the man who until a few weeks ago was the number two at the Spanish consulate in Algiers, within the framework of an alleged scheme dedicated to the irregular granting of visas to enter Spain. According to what El País has reported, the case focuses on...

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Cospedal acknowledges meetings with Villarejo but denies having commissioned him: "I asked him questions"

The former Secretary General of the PP, María Dolores de Cospedal, admitted this Thursday before the National High Court (AN) tribunal, which is trying the 'Operation Kitchen', that she had several meetings with the retired commissioner José Manuel Villarejo, one of the accused in the case. However, she denied at...

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The judge vetoes the semi-freedom of the ex-leader of ETA Anboto and orders her re-entry into prison

The head of the Penitentiary Surveillance Court of the National High Court at Plaza 1, José Luis Castro, has decided not to authorize semi-freedom for the former ETA leader Soledad Iparraguirre, alias "Anboto", nor for the former member of the terrorist organization Juan Ramón Carasatorre, which implies that both will...

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Bárcenas admits he ordered a prisoner to delete audios linked to Rajoy

The former treasurer of the PP, Luis Bárcenas, has acknowledged this Monday before the National Court tribunal that is trying 'Operation Kitchen' that he asked a module mate in prison to "destroy" some audios related "to MR, who was Mariano Rajoy".As a witness, Bárcenas detailed that he met this inmate...

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Rajoy, Bárcenas and the ex-treasurer's wife focus the third week of the Kitchen trial alongside Cospedal

The trial being held by the National Court regarding the so-called 'Operation Kitchen' enters its third week with the most anticipated testimonies of the process. In this new phase, the appearances of former President of the Government Mariano Rajoy, former PP treasurer Luis Bárcenas, his wife Rosalía Iglesias, and former...

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The former Minister of the Interior Jorge Fernández Díaz (i) and his number two, Francisco Martínez (2d), during the first day of the Operation Kitchen trial, at the National Court, on April 6, 2026, in San Fernando de Henares, Madrid. Pool

The National Court maintains the trial of Operation Kitchen and rejects indicting Cospedal as the PSOE requested

The National Court tribunal prosecuting 'Operation Kitchen' has decided not to stop the oral hearing, thus disregarding the request for suspension made by several defenses due to alleged failures in the investigation phase. Likewise, it has rejected the request from the PSOE, which acts as a popular prosecution, to charge...

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Facade of the National Court, on July 7, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Eduardo Parra - Europa Press

The National Court orders the Treasury to return 107.5 million to Orange and Vodafone for the IAE

The National Court has ruled in favor of Orange and Vodafone on the appeals filed by both telcos against the settlements of the Tax on Economic Activities (IAE), which obliges the Tax Agency to reimburse them jointly 107.5 million euros.The judicial resolutions, dated March 10 and February 18, uphold the...

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The Community of Madrid will take Puente to the National Court for more than three years without convening the Sectoral Conference

Sáenz de Santamaría says she is unaware if the CNI investigated Bárcenas and assures that Rajoy did not speak to her about Kitchen

The National Court leaves Jordi Pujol out of the trial due to his cognitive decline

Guillermo Bárcenas points to an order from the Rajoy Government to make his father's life impossible in prison

Jordi Pujol appears before the National Court in the trial for his family's fortune in Andorra

Bárcenas' son, Sáenz de Santamaría and Arenas focus the fourth week of the trial for Operation Kitchen

The National Court investigates the number two of the Spanish consulate in Algiers for an alleged scheme of false visas

Cospedal acknowledges meetings with Villarejo but denies having commissioned him: "I asked him questions"

The judge vetoes the semi-freedom of the ex-leader of ETA Anboto and orders her re-entry into prison

Bárcenas admits he ordered a prisoner to delete audios linked to Rajoy

Rajoy, Bárcenas and the ex-treasurer's wife focus the third week of the Kitchen trial alongside Cospedal

The National Court maintains the trial of Operation Kitchen and rejects indicting Cospedal as the PSOE requested

The National Court orders the Treasury to return 107.5 million to Orange and Vodafone for the IAE

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