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Spanish Supreme court’s president resigns

MADRID | As reported on Thursday by El Confidencial, Carlos Dívar, the president of the Spanish Supreme court and the Judicial Council (CGPJ) announced that he will step down from the two positions following criticism over about 30 trips to Marbella and other luxury resorts paid with public funds to a value of about €28,000. Dívar’s decision to resign, which he announced to the members of the council in a plenary…


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Balearic Islands’ former president found guilty in anti-corruption trial

Jaume Matas, who was regional president of Balearic Islands, became Tuesday the first former autonomic premier and the second former national minister to face a prison sentence. The Provincial Court of Majorca condemned him to 6 years in prison for an offence of management fraud, a crime of falsifying an official document, a crime of commercial document forgery, a crime of malfeasance in competition with an offence of embezzlement and…