Margarita Robles

Spain expels two US spies, but defence minister Robles denies it will affect the bilateral relationship

"We are allies and friends", says Robles, after expelling American spies who bribed Spanish agents for data access

Spanish minister Robles criticises Constitutional Court for handling of Puigdemont appeal

Margarita Robles did not hesitate to criticise the three-judge chamber for the way it rejected Puigdemont and Comín's appeal

Spanish defence minister demands expulsion of soldiers who raffled prostitute's services

Margarita Robles clarified that it took place in a private WhatsApp chat absolutely outside the structure of the army

Spanish letter bombs: wave of home-made explosive packets sent by post in Spain

One of 5 packet bombs caused minor injury at the Ukrainian embassy, but Spain sees no need to raise its terror alert level

Spain won't send its tanks to Ukraine as they are in "absolutely deplorable" state

Spanish defence minister Robles asserts that the army's combat vehicles would be more of a liability than a help

Spanish intelligence told government in 2019 it was spying on Catalan VP Aragonès

CNI spy agency told the Sánchez executive they were spying on Pere Aragonès, suspected of coordinating CDR activists

Pedro Sánchez sacks director of Spain's CNI intelligence agency over Pegasus case

Paz Esteban falls due to the infection of the phones of the Spanish prime minister and several ministers

Spain's CNI admits spying on Aragonès and on Puigdemont's circle, with court approval

Intelligence head Paz Esteban shows court authorization to spy on 18 people, less than a third of the known Catalangate cases

The Citizen Lab researcher's questions about the espionage against Pedro Sánchez

Canadian research centre that uncovered espionage calls on Spain to carry out a "comprehensive investigation" on Pegasus use

Lawyers ask judge to investigate Civil Guard and Spanish Police over Catalangate

Boye warns that the minister Robles' words justifying the espionage will be considered a crime outside Spain

Sánchez wins vote, accuses Catalan parties of "unhealthy politics" and backs Robles

Spanish PM survives first post-Catalangate test and reproaches "politicking" by parties that voted against economic decree

Catalangate puts Pedro Sánchez on the ropes as key economic vote arrives

The espionage affair has destroyed the collusion with ERC and led Pedro Sánchez's cabinet to negotiate with the PP

Spanish minister Robles attacks critics of CNI spy agency: "It can't defend itself"

CNI sources say that Pegasus spyware was acquired to "spy abroad" and judicial approval to use it in Spain would be unlikely

Russia-Ukraine war | Spain is to send more troops to Russian border

Defence minister Margarita Robles says that more Spanish troops are to be deployed in NATO countries bordering Russia

Spain continues commitment to NATO effort, as it sends 6 fighters to Lithuania

Pedro Sánchez increases his commitment to the Atlantic Alliance, with rhetoric stressing defence of "territorial integrity"

Spain offers fighter planes to NATO as tension grows with Russia over Ukraine

A Spanish naval vessel is already en route to the Black Sea and two more will be sent

Robles downplays euphoria: "We will bring over from Afghanistan those we can"

Spanish minister Robles closes door on Catalan judicial structure approved in 2006

Spanish military staff have received Pfizer jabs although AstraZeneca was assigned

Spanish soldiers give Nazi salutes in video, but minister looks the other way

Spanish minister rebukes politicised military group seeking monarch's support

Spain's internal espionage denounced: "never before seen in democratic Europe"

Coronavirus | Soldiers find bodies lying among the living in Spanish rest homes

Spain's state of alarm comes into force, imposing a centralised lockdown

Catalan executive requests meetings with central government to clarify CNI and terror attack link

Spain's defence minister: armed forces are the "principal guarantor of the constitutional order"

Deep state's scheme to stop Margarita Robles becoming Spanish interior minister