Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has told the country's National Court he did not know anything about the ruling Popular Party's accounting practices when a corrupt scheme allegedly helped fund it.

Spain's National Court said it is investigating seven current and former HSBC executives in the private banking business accused of money laundering and criminal organisation.

Despite having rolled their Citroen DS3 WRC seven times in yesterday’s shakedown stage, Tyrone’s Kris Meeke and his Killarney co-driver Paul Nagle (Citroen DS3R3) made it to the start of last evening’s Super Special in the Lotos 72nd Rally Poland, round seven of the World Rally Championship.

Two people have been arrested in the north African enclave of Ceuta on suspicion of belonging to a jihadi terror cell and being prepared to carry out attacks in Spain, the Spanish Interior Ministry said today.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King are being released in Spain, according to family members.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King are being released in Spain, according to family members.

A Spanish judge has ordered the detention for 72 hours of a British couple who took their critically ill five-year-old son abroad against doctors’ advice.

A Basque separatist terrorist sentenced to thousands of years in prison has walked free after the European Court of Human Rights ruled her rights to have her the term reduced were violated.

Spanish police have arrested an 85-year-old Irish Roman Catholic priest suspected of sexually abusing three altar boys in Britain over many years.

A Spaniard who was convicted in Morocco of raping 11 children and then mistakenly pardoned by the North African country’s king must be held in jail while officials from both countries discuss his fate, a Spanish court has ruled.

Spain’s bailed-out Bankia has posted a full-year net loss of €19.2bn, the biggest ever suffered by a Spanish company, after the lender cleaned up its balance sheets of bad property loans and other risky investments.

Pressure is growing on Spanish conservative prime minister Mariano Rajoy to explain how a former party treasurer amassed €22m in a Swiss bank account.

The Spanish judge famed for pursuing international human rights cases has been convicted of overstepping his jurisdiction in a domestic corruption probe.

The Spanish judge known for investigating crimes against humanity took the stand in his own trial, rejecting charges that he had overstepped his jurisdiction by probing right-wing atrocities linked to the Spanish civil war.

The Pope is due to arrive in Madrid today for a four-day visit to celebrate World Youth Day, with thousands of people preparing to protest against his visit.

A YOUNG chemistry student working as a volunteer on preparations for a visit by the Pope to Spain has been arrested on suspicion of planning a gas attack against protesters opposed to the pontiff’s stay.

THEIR ranks include a plastic surgeon, a prison guard and a high-school principal. All are Spanish, but have little else in common except this: They want old internet references about them that pop up in Google searches wiped away.

Spain’s National Court has convicted two members of Basque separatist group Eta of attempted murder and sentenced them to 377 years in prison.

Police have arrested nine people suspected of leading a group considered part of the violent Basque separatist organisation Eta, Spain’s Interior Ministry said today.

THREE members of Basque separatist group Eta were jailed for 1,000 years each yesterday for a bombing that killed two people at Madrid airport.

Three members of Basque separatist group Eta were jailed for 1,000 years each today for a bombing that killed two people at Madrid airport.

THE crusading Spanish judge who brought charges against Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden was suspended yesterday, a possible end to his career.

THE Spanish judge who became an international hero by going after Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden was indicted yesterday for daring to investigate what is arguably Spain’s own biggest unresolved case — atrocities committed during and after its Civil War.

The leader of the armed Basque group ETA was arrested in France today, officials said, in another setback for the separatists, who have seen five of their commanders taken into custody in the last two years.

Two small bombs blamed on Basque separatist group ETA exploded on the Spanish island of Majorca today.

A Spanish judge opened a criminal investigation into the country’s civil war atrocities today, the first official inquiry into one of the darkest chapters of its history.

A NOTORIOUS ETA terrorist who flew to Ireland after serving 21 years in a Spanish prison may be forced to return to face new charges, it has emerged.

A Spanish judge has charged 11 Muslims with planning suicide attacks on Barcelona’s public transport.

A Spanish judge has charged 11 Muslims with planning suicide attacks on Barcelona’s public transport.

Three Tibetan monks gave evidence in Spain’s National Court today as part of an investigation into alleged genocide by China’s Communist troops in Tibet.

A Spanish judge started proceedings against 40 members of the Rwandan military today on charges of terrorism and genocide.

THIRTY men have gone on trial for allegedly plotting to blow up a court that is the hub of Spain’s anti-terror investigations.

Thirty people went on trial today accused of plotting to blow up a Spain’s main anti-terror court with a bomb that could have killed 1,000 people.

AN ITALIAN man held on suspicion of trying to extort money from the parents of missing Madeleine McCann has been detained in prison on orders from a National Court judge pending his extradition to France, officials said yesterday.

An Italian man held on suspicion of trying to extort money from the parents of missing Madeleine McCann has been detained in prison on orders from a National Court judge pending his extradition to France, officials said today.

An Italian man held on suspicion of trying to extort money from the parents of missing British 4-year-old Madeleine McCann is to appear before Spain's National Court tonight.

A Spanish judge ordered six people to be held in jail on provisional charges of belonging to a terrorist group, while freeing six others, the National Court in Madrid said today.

A trial into Europe’s worst terrorist attack in 15 years gets under way in Spain today, with 29 suspects facing charges in bombings that killed 191 rush-hour commuters nearly three years ago.

The trial of more than two dozen suspects in the Madrid train bombings will begin on February 15, Spain’s National Court said today.

Spanish police today said they are awaiting an Interpol order to carry out an arrest warrant from an Argentine judge for former President Isabel Peron, who is believed to be living in Madrid.

A former police officer alleged to have been a member of a far-right death squad active in Argentina during the mid-1970s has been arrested in Spain on a warrant to face murder charges in his native country.

The former Chilean dictator remained stubbornly opposed to any efforts to bring him to trial, writes Chris Moncrieff.

Spanish prosecutors will request jail terms of more than 38,000 years for the lead suspects in the 2004 Madrid train bombings when their trial gets under way next year.

Spain’s National Court today found a former leading member of the armed Basque group Eta guilty of taking part in the 1996 slaying of a Socialist politician and sentenced him to 82 years in prison.