A Spanish court freed a fugitive accountant wanted by Hong Kong over an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud despite an eleventh-hour intervention by Beijing, the Sunday Morning Post has learned.
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- Mar 4, 2013
- Updated: 7:25am
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Spanish King Juan Carlos' son-in-law Inaki Urdangarin was questioned by a judge on the island of Majorca over allegations that he embezzled millions of euros of public money paid to Noos, a...
Hong Kong has regrettably lost a long-running battle in the Spanish courts to have a high-profile fugitive accountant sent back for trial in connection with an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud...
A fugitive accountant wanted over an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud has been freed from custody in Spain after that country's highest court called into question the independence of Hong Kong's...
A lifeboat from a British-operated cruise ship plunged 20 metres into the sea at a port in Spain's Canary Islands during a safety drill, killing five crew members and injuring three others,...
Speaking at a special executive committee meeting on Saturday at his party’s Madrid headquarters, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said “it is false” that he received or distributed undeclared money...
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yesterday fought back over allegations that he received undeclared payments from his ruling party, as he sunk deeper into a major corruption scandal.
The global economic crisis is causing a major shift in the demographics of European soccer with cash-strapped Spain and Portugal witnessing an exodus of talent to rival leagues, a study has found...
Thousands of winners of Spain's US$1.1 billion El Nino lottery broke open champagne and wept for joy, savouring their luck at a time when the country faces its most severe economic crisis in...
Spain's King Juan Carlos said he had "energy and hope" to continue ruling in his first public interview in more than a decade, after a year blighted by scandals.
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