A military court found the man guilty of continued abuse of authority. A gay Sergeant, in the Military Police in Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla, has been found guilty in the Military Supreme Court of an abuse of authority for caressing a soldier. He was handed down a nine month jail sentence for continued abuse of authority and degrading treatment of several soldiers. The man caressed... 

Benidorm, the Spanish Mediterranean resort synonymous with the worst of mass tourism, moved Monday to spruce up its image by cracking down on drinking and partying on its beaches. Its city council passed 74 measures that mandate fines of up to 750 euros for a range of violations, including the sale and consumption of alcohol on its five beaches. “Last August, there were more than 350 arrests... 

The youth is accused of dropping his trousers in front of the woman in the street. A 15 year old was arrested in Málaga last November 16 for allegedly sexually abusing and hitting a 36 year old woman in the face. The attack came when the youth was with two others in the street last October. The Local Police say the accused touched the woman, and dropped his trousers showing his private parts, before... 

The wintery conditions seen in the north and centre of the country are now forecast to head towards the South East. Heavy snowfalls are complicating traffic flow in the north of Spain as the rain there moves south to be replaced by colder temperatures and freezing. Tyre chains are needed on nearly 40 mountain passes of the main road network because of the snow, 12 passes are closed completely, and... 

A Dutchman and a resident of the United States have been arrested for selling the fake drugs over the Internet. The Civil Guard has recovered an important haul of Viagra, Levitra and Cialis. In fact 90,000 pills have been impounded in an operation carried out at Puerto Lumbreras in Murcia. Two arrests were made, of a Dutch man and another from the United States, who now faces charges of acting against... 

Those who want to take part in the fight on Saturday have to wear white or pyjamas. Nearly 20,000 users of the Internet are expected to meet in the Plaza de la Constitución on Saturday for what they hope will be the world’s largest ever pillow fight. The current Guinness book of Records number for such a fight is 3,000. Now more than 100,000 have been invited to the Málaga pillow fight which is... 

Spain on Saturday definitively turned down a request for political asylum from Osama bin Laden’s pacifist son Omar, his wife Zaina Asllsabah ben Laden said Saturday. Omar, one of the Al-Qaeda founder’s 19 children, had appealed agains Madrid’s refusal Wednesday to grant him asylum. Omar applied for asylum shortly after arriving in Madrid on Monday on a flight from Cairo, where he... 

The City Hall said it had happened because the ovens in the cemetery are broken. A breakdown in the ovens at a Sevilla cemetery has meant that coffins are being burnt in the open air. Some 12 to 14 coffins which are exhumed daily were being set alight on open ground in the cemetery. The matter at the San Fernando Cemetery has been brought to the public’s attention by the Partido Popular in the town,... 

The number of people unemployed in Spain rose by 7.3 percent in October from the figure the previous month, the biggest-ever monthly rise since records have been kept, the labour ministry said Tuesday. There were 2,818,026 job seekers in Spain in October, an increase of 192,658 people over the previous month and the seventh monthly rise running, it said in a statement. “The figures are obviously... 

One of Osama bin Laden’s sons has asked for political asylum in Spain, the Spanish interior ministry said Tuesday, months after he was refused permission to live in England with his British wife. Omar bin Laden, a self-described pacifist, made the request immediately after arriving at Madrid airport on Monday on a flight from Cairo that had been going on to Casablanca in Morocco. “He has... 

In Britain Lewis Hamilton is regarded as a sporting icon, the country’s first mixed-race formula one driver who tomorrow has a chance of becoming the sport’s youngest world champion. In Spain, however, the 23-year-old’s success, and race, has seen him become a hate figure for some fans. At pre-season tests in Barcelona in February he was confronted by a group of Spanish fans who... 

Mark Lewis barely speaks the language and is better known as an animal lover than a politician, but as of this week the Briton is both mayor of a Spanish town and, he claims, a victim of death threats. Lewis became acting mayor of the town of San Fulgencio, in the eastern province of Alicante, after half the other councillors were arrested by police investigating one of Spain’s more bizarre...