Spain

Former ETA leader receives jail term for role in plot to assassinate King Juan Carlos

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19th September 2021
A former leader of the terrorist group, ETA, has been given a 15-year prison sentence for plotting to assassinate King Juan Carlos in the 1990s. Maria Soledad Iparraguirre Guenechea, also known as Anboto, is already serving a series of other jail terms. The latest sentence is for her role in a plot to assassinate Juan Carlos I in October 1997 during a visit to Bilbao for the official opening of…
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Queen Sofía of Spain awards namesake art prizes in Madrid

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16th September 2021
Queen Sofía of Spain has been a patron of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors since 1964, and on the night of Wednesday, she undertook a rare engagement to hand out the Queen Sofía Awards for Painting and Sculpture.  Her Majesty arrived at Casa de Vacas, located inside Madrid’s Parque del Buen Retiro, with the Secretary-General for Culture and Sports Víctor Francos, the…
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Queen Letizia celebrates art at Prado Museum

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14th September 2021
Queen Letizia has travelled to one of Madrid’s most beautiful places and celebrated an important anniversary.  Her Majesty visited the Villanueva building of the Prado Museum, where an exhibition opened to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Friends of the Prado Museum Foundation on 13 September.  The exhibition, titled “Forty years of friendship. Donations from the Friends of the…
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King Felipe visits Operations Command for Afghanistan evacuation briefing

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9th September 2021
On Thursday, King Felipe of Spain travelled to the outskirts of the Spanish capital to the Central Command of Operation, located in the Retamares Military base in the town of Pozuelo de Alarcón.  His Majesty made this visit to hear how the evacuation procedures from Afghanistan are going, the second time in only two weeks that he visited military bases that are participating in the process…
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