Spain

Swiss prosecutors drop corruption and bribery case against Spain’s exiled King Juan Carlos

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14th December 2021
Prosecutors in Switzerland have dropped an investigation into Spain’s former monarch, King Juan Carlos, who had been accused of corruption and bribery. The Swiss investigation, which opened in 2018, came to an end this week after prosecutors failed to ‘sufficiently’ link the 83-year-old to any crime. Juan Carlos was alleged to have taken money for his role in securing a contract to build…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia preside over Spanish Language forum

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12th December 2021
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain ended their week by presiding over the meeting celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Association of Spanish Language Academies.  Their Majesties arrived at the Spanish Royal Academy headquarters in Madrid accompanied by many Spanish authorities, including the President of the Parliament and the Minister of Science and Innovation, as well as several…
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Portuguese newspapers report a possible return to Europe for King Juan Carlos

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30th November 2021
King Juan Carlos could be on his way back to Europe according to newspapers in Portugal. The man who ruled Spain for almost forty years has been in self imposed exile in Abu Dhabi for over a year. For much of that time, reports have circulated of the former monarch’s desire to return to Spain. There have been reports of loneliness and of missing family and friends. He has been visited…
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Spanish State Visit to Sweden officially begins

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24th November 2021
On the morning of Wednesday, 24th November 2021, Stockholm woke up dressed for a party, as the Swedish capital was getting ready for the two-days State Visit from the King and Queen of Spain. King Felipe and Queen Letizia already landed in the Scandinavian country the day before, and in the evening they held a reception for the Spanish population of Sweden. But a State Visit is…
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