Spanish Judge Proposes Trial for Begoña Gómez, Wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, on Four Corruption Charges

MADRID – Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has concluded the investigation into Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and has proposed putting her on trial for four separate criminal offences: influence peddling, corruption in business, embezzlement of public funds, and misappropriation. In the same ruling, the judge also proposes trying Gómez’s former […]

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Israel Reprimands Spain Over Explosion of Giant Netanyahu Effigy

MADRID – Israel has formally reprimanded Spain’s most senior diplomat in Tel Aviv after a giant effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was blown up during a traditional ceremony in a southern Spanish town. The seven-meter (23-foot) effigy, stuffed with 14 kilograms (31 lb) of gunpowder, was detonated on April 5 in El Burgo, […]

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