Spain’s Princess Cristina will stand trial on tax fraud charges on January 11, a court has announced.

Spain’s King FelipeVI has stripped his sister Princess Cristina of her title as Duchess of Palma de Mallorca in the latest move to distance the royal family from the princess as she awaits trial for tax fraud.

Spanish emergency services safely evacuated around 170 people from a burning ferry crossing the Mediterranean from Mallorca to the port of Valencia, said government and port authorities.

A newly-wed couple from Co Dublin who booked their honeymoon at a luxury Montego Bay hotel in Jamaica, were forced to move to an inferior hotel after only 48 hours, a judge has heard.

Luton Airport is expected to return to normal service this morning after a major security scare caused chaos for holidaymakers.

An Aer Lingus flight was forced to return to Dublin Airport this morning due to a technical fault.

A Spanish judge moved closer to indicting Princess Cristina, the sister of newly proclaimed King Felipe VI, paving the way for a historic trial in a corruption and embezzlement investigation centring on her husband.

Spain’s princess Cristina testified today in a historic judicial hearing aimed at helping determine whether she and her husband illegally used company funds for personal expenses, including lavish parties at their modernist Barcelona mansion.

On a picture perfect spring day in 2009, Spain’s Princess Cristina and her husband held a First Communion celebration bash at their modernist Barcelona mansion with drinks and nibbles served from huge party tents on the sprawling grounds. The cost: €4,591.

PORTS OF CALL: Rome, Palermo, Tunisia, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia

Princess Cristina, the younger daughter of Spain’s King Juan Carlos, has been charged with tax fraud and money-laundering, piling further scandal on the once-beloved but increasingly unpopular royal family.

Princess Cristina, the daughter of Spain’s King Juan Carlos, has been subpoenaed by a Spanish court as a suspect in an investigation of alleged tax fraud and money laundering.

Shannon Airport’s chief executive-designate yesterday spoke of “the new belief” since the airport was freed from the control of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

Protesters jeered the Spanish king’s son-in-law today as he arrived for questioning by a judge about allegations he and a partner funnelled away millions of euros through fraudulent deals.

Spanish police have arrested a man who allegedly planned to imitate the 1999 Columbine school killings by planting bombs around a university campus to kill thousands of students.

Ryanair’s safety record is coming under scrutiny by both Spanish and Irish officials with the European Commission offering to intervene if needed.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy defended his government’s harsh austerity measures aimed at correcting the country’s grim economic forecast, a day after tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets to protest his handling of the country’s worst crisis in decades.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy today defended his government’s harsh austerity measures aimed at correcting Spain’s grim economic forecast, one day after tens of thousands of people took to the streets in protest against his handling of the country’s worst crisis in decades.

The former president of Spain’s Balearic islands has been jailed for six years for bribing a newspaper columnist to praise him in his articles.

A luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, gashing open the hull and forcing some 4,200 people aboard to evacuate aboard lifeboats to a nearby island early today.

Spanish airspace reopened this afternoon after a strike by air traffic controllers that left thousands of British holidaymakers stranded, authorities in the country said.

Aer Lingus today announced new routes and increased frequencies on flights from Cork and Belfast to Spain and the Canary Islands for summer 2011.

US first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha went for lunch with Spain’s king and queen at the royal family’s holiday retreat on the resort island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean.

Five revellers were injured but there were no gorings at a danger-filled and crowded weekend running of the bulls at Spain’s San Fermin festival today.

Ryanair is to base one new aircraft in Bristol airport and two new planes at Liverpool.

THE leaders of Spain’s main political parties paid tribute to two slain police officers as security forces guarded against a fresh attack on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the armed Basque group ETA.

A CORK family was caught up in a horror bombing on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca which killed two police officers and led authorities to block all outgoing flights and ships from leaving as part of a manhunt.

THE MD-82 plane that crashed in Madrid is part of the MD 80 series commonly seen in Irish airports. The aircraft series is regarded by industry watchers as having a good safety record.

A SISTER plane of the jet that crashed in Madrid yesterday had to make an emergency landing five days ago after suffering suspected engine problems.

Ryanair has today announced 16 new routes across Europe and its 19th base in Dusseldorf.

Shannon Airport got another major boost today with the announcement that EUjet is to offer 1.3 million extra seats over an expanded network of 32 destinations.

AIRLINE EUjet yesterday revealed a major boost to services from the west of Ireland to some of Europe’s top holiday destinations.

Irish airline EUjet today revealed a major boost to services from the west of Ireland to some of Europe’s top holiday destinations.

London is the European Union’s biggest city and Palma in Majorca its fastest growing.

AS Spaniards mourned a six-year-old girl and a 57-year-old man killed by a powerful car bomb, the Spanish government yesterday blamed the Basque separatist group ETA and promised a tough reprisal against the group and its political arm.