Europol: Twelve suspects of an Irish high-risk criminal network arrested
Irish and Spanish law enforcement authorities took decisive action against one of Ireland’s high-risk criminal networks. In a coordinated series…
Spain: EU Commission approves €699m state aid to support energy storage
The EU Commission has approved a €699 million Spanish scheme to support investments in energy storage facilities to foster the transition towards a…
Discriminating non-resident taxpayers: EU Commission refers Spain to the Court of Justice
The EU Commission has decided to refer Spain to the Court of Justice of the European Union for having failed to remedy…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 24 -28 February 2025
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Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 17 -21 February 2025
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EU emergency support: €99m for farmers in Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, and Hungary
EU Member States gave a positive opinion to the EU Commission proposal to mobilise €98,6 million from the agricultural reserve to directly…
Climate, energy, innovation, housing: EIB Group invests €12.3bn in Spain in 2024
The European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group), which comprises the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF),…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 10 – 14 February 2025
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Statement by the Weimar+ group on the support to Ukraine
Statement issued by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, and United Kingdom: "We…
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Phobos and 8Base ransomware: Russian key figures arrested in cybercrime crackdown
The Hague, 11 February 2025 A coordinated international law enforcement action last week has led...
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 3 – 7 February 2025
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IAEA recognizes Spain’s commitment to improving nuclear and radiation safety
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts assessed that Spain showed a strong commitment to nuclear and radiation safety,…
UN and Member States condemn US Executive Order imposing sanctions on the ICC
The Internation Criminal Court and many international leaders condemn the issuance by the US of an Executive Order seeking to…
Operation CABRAS: French-Spanish drug trafficking ring dismantled
Operation CABRAS, led by the French Gendarmerie under the supervision of the Specialised Interregional Jurisdiction (JIRS) of Rennes, targeted a…
Europol warns consumers to be mindful about fake medicines offered online
Between April and November 2024, law enforcement, judicial, customs, medical and anti-doping authorities from 30 countries joined forces in Operation…
EuroHPC: Procurement contract signed for Quantum Computer located in Spain
The new system will be accessible to a wide range of European users, from the scientific community to industry and…
30 arrested in crackdown on Chinese human trafficking ring in Spain and Croatia
A sophisticated Chinese criminal network involved in illegal immigration and human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation has been…
Abusing the EU’s Temporary Protection: 23 underground bankers arrested
An international investigation spanning several years has led to the arrest of 23 criminals running a sophisticated money laundering scheme.…
Europol: 7.2 tonnes of cocaine and €6 million seized in large drug sting
The Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil), supported by Europol, has dismantled a large-scale drug trafficking network in an investigation involving…
EU Council greenlights the amended RRF plans of Greece, Cyprus, and Spain
The EU Council today approved the Commission’s positive assessment of the amended recovery and resilience (RRF) plans submitted by Greece,…
Spain: EU Commission receives 5th RRF payment request for up to €22.1bn
The EU Commission has received Spain's 5th payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), for up to €6.7…
Archaeological treasures: Four suspects arrested for illegal exports
Italian authorities have disrupted a sophisticated operation that was illegally exporting precious archaeological artefacts belonging to the Italian state. The…
Spain: EU Commission approves €81m state support to Diamond Foundry Europe
The EU Commission has approved a €81 million Spanish measure to support Diamond Foundry Europe in setting-up a new factory for…
EU electricity retail markets: ACER Country Sheets identify opportunities and threats
For the first time, ACER has published its Country Sheets on retail electricity markets across EU Member States and Norway.…
EU-funded migrant integration measures: EU Auditors point at lack of monitoring
Migrants represented 6.1% of the EU's population in 2023. While €1.9 billion was allocated under the Asylum, Migration and Integration…
International investigators take down encrypted messaging service MATRIX used by criminals
Authorities are staying on top of the encrypted messaging services that criminals use to undertake their activities. A joint investigation…
Spain: EIB and Cunext sign €30m loan for eco-friendly recycled copper in Córdoba
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Andalusian company Cunext has signed a €30 million loan to finance the construction of…
Spain: EIB and ILUNION sign €60 million green loan for energy efficiency investments
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and ILUNION, a company of ONCE Social Group, have signed a €60 million green loan to…
European Hydrogen Bank: Auctions-as-a-Service scheme to fund clean investments
Today, the EU Commission, Spain, Lithuania and Austria are announcing new financial support for the development of renewable hydrogen via…
Fake Art Case: International operation leads to seizure of 2,000 fake works
The fake art recovered by the authorities included forged works by famous artists such as Banksy, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso,…
Crackdown on cocaine trafficking from South America in Italy and Albania
An international operation coordinated by Eurojust and Europol has disrupted the trafficking of large quantities of cocaine from South America…
Investigators dismantle criminal network manufacturing narco-boats to smuggle drugs
Spanish and Portuguese authorities have rolled up of a sophisticated drug trafficking network operating in both countries. The criminal group…
EU launches humanitarian air bridge operation for Lebanon
Today, the EU launched a Humanitarian Air Bridge operation consisting of three flights from Dubai and Brindisi with the first one reaching…
Gas market manipulation: Spanish energy regulator fines Enérgya VM Gestión de Energía
Spanish energy regulator Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has imposed a €1 million fine on Enérgya…
Encrypted platform used by organised crime: 51 arrests in wide-scale operation
During a global operation, authorities from around the globe took down an encrypted communication platform used for criminal activities such…
Outcome of the meeting of Xi Jinping and Pedro Sánchez
On the afternoon of September 9, 2024, China's President Xi Jinping met with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who is…
ECDC alert: West Nile virus season in full swing in Europe
In 2024 and as of 31 July 2024, eight countries in Europe reported 69 locally acquired human cases of WNV infection. Cases were…
EU and Spain provide €15.5m for social allowances to vulnerable Palestinian families
The European Union and Spain provided €15.5 million for the payment of social allowances through the National Cash Transfer Programme.…
Renewable hydrogen: €1.2bn Spanish investment state aid approved by EU
The European Commission has approved a €1.2 billion Spanish scheme to support investments in the production of renewable hydrogen to…
Spain: EU Commission disburses 4th RRF payment of €9.9bn
The EU Commission is disbursing to Spain the fourth payment for €9.9 billion (net of pre-financing) in grants, under the…
First EU-coordinated medical evacuation of Palestinian children from Egypt to Spain
In a first EU-coordinated medical evacuation, 16 Palestinian children and their families were transferred from Egypt to Spain. The operation…
Eurojust: Pan-European drug trafficking network dismantled
An operation in five countries led to the dismantling of an organised crime group (OCG) active across Europe. Investigations ongoing…
Terrorist communications and propaganda: Major takedown of critical online infrastructure
Judicial and law enforcement authorities across Europe and in the United States have dismantled critical online infrastructure in a large-scale…
Spain: EU Commission preliminarily agrees on 4th RRF payment request
The payment request covers 34 reforms and 26 investments driving positive change for citizens and businesses in Spain in the…
ECFR: Views from the capitals – quotes on the European Parliament elections
After the European Parliament elections yesterday and the high results for right-wing parties across Europe, national governments must recalibrate their…
European elections: Preliminary results in Spain
Preliminary results of the European elections in Spain.
Spain: IMF Executive Board concludes 2024 Article IV consultation
With a growth rate of 2.5 percent in 2023 and continued solid activity momentum, the Spanish economy has demonstrated remarkable…
European elections 2024 background: Spain country sheet
Find here information on electoral rules, poll opening and closing times and candidates for the 2024 European election in EU…
Spain champions support for enhanced IMF-WBG Framework: Raising SDR Impact
Spain champions the call to step up the impact of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) through the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…