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Spanish tennis star Arantxa Sánchez Vicario found guilty of multi-million euros fraud

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, once the world’s number-one tennis player, has been found guilty of fraud alongside her former husband, Josep Santacana, whom she blamed for the crime. ADVERTISEMENT Spain’s former professional tennis player Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and her ex-husband Josep Santacana were found guilty of fraud by a Spanish court on Wednesday and were both given a prison sentence. The

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Pedro Sánchez officially elected as Spanish Prime Minister

Spanish deputies voted in Sánchez for a second term by 179 votes to 171. Only right-wing opposition lawmakers voted against him. ADVERTISEMENT Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez was re-elected as Spain’s prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Thursday, winning another term in office after a snap election in the summer proved inconclusive. The vote allowed

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Spain’s Sanchez secures another term, ending four-month deadlock

Spain’s parliament voted to make Pedro Sanchez prime minister for another term on Thursday, ending a protracted deadlock after an inconclusive general election in July. His Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) reached separate deals with a number of regional parties to earn their backing, including a contentious bill on amnesty for Catalan separatists that has

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Spain re-elects Socialist PM Pedro Sánchez

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was re-elected by Parliament on Thursday, winning the votes of 179 of a possible 350 lawmakers. Sánchez’s victory immediately follows his leveraging of an amnesty deal with Catalan separatists in order to secure votes from the region’s representatives in Madrid. Oriol Bartomeus, professor of political science of the Autonomous University

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