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Spanish Government Weighs in on Lamine Yamal Dwarfism Row
Sports Illustrated - New York
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July 16, 2025
The clamor surrounding Lamine Yamal’s controversial birthday party continues to grow, with the Spanish government now getting involved. A disability rights group accused the Barcelona star of hiring people with dwarfism “solely for entertainment...
Spanish airport theft ring exposed in major Guardia Civil crackdown
Spanish News Today
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Date Published: 16/07/2025 The operation, codenamed Simba Free, has led to 66 arrests, 18 further people under investigation, and the identification of three minors involved in the crimes. Altogether, the group is believed to have stolen items...
Spanish footballer investigated for using dwarf entertainers at birthday bash
Spanish News Today
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Date Published: 16/07/2025 Barcelona footballer Lamine Yamal has come under fire after a group of people with dwarfism were seen arriving at his 18th birthday party last weekend. The celebration, held at a private estate in Olivella near...
Lessons from the Spanish flu: Why we must keep talking about the COVID-19 pandemic
The Globe and Mail
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July 16, 2025
Karima-Catherine Goundiam is the founder and chief executive officer of digital strategy firm Red Dot Digital and business matchmaking platform B2BeeMatch. Open this photo in gallery:A boy wearing a face mask outside the Royal Alexandra Theater in...
Lamine Yamal in trouble? Spanish group vows legal action
India Today
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July 16, 2025
Lamine Yamal has landed in trouble for exorbitant celebrations on his 18th birthday. Yamal's wild party on July 13 has attracted multiple controversies. The Barcelona starboy has been criticised for reportedly hiring people with dwarfism to...
Sanctioned Russian’s Son Charged in Spanish Money Laundering Case
OCCRP
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July 16, 2025
Dmitry Artyakov, the son of a top Russian defense official, has been charged by a Spanish judge at the National Court with being “criminally responsible for the crime of organized crime” in addition to “money laundering,” according to court...
A Star Soccer Player’s Lavish 18th Birthday Party Has Sparked A Government Investigation In Spain, And The Whole Thing Sounds Outrageous
Buzzfeed
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July 16, 2025
BBC Sport reported that the Association of People with Achondroplasia and other Skeletal Dysplasias in Spain (ADEE) has filed a legal complaint against the soccer player and “publicly denounces the hiring of people with dwarfism as part of the...
Tropical fruit company in Malaga province puts 500 jobs up for grabs: this is how to apply
SUR in English
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July 16, 2025
Eugenio Cabezas Vélez-Málaga Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 13:54 Compartir Tropical fruit cooperative Trops, which is based in Vélez-Málaga on the eastern Costa del Sol, is looking for 500 people to help with its forthcoming harvest of mangoes and...
The Barcelona effect on Spain: The pros and cons of a club dominating the national side
The New York Times
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July 16, 2025
When you watch Spain you get the feeling this is a team that play alongside each other every weekend, as if it were club football rather than a group thrown together on the international stage. The reason? In large part, it is because so many...
Brighton predicted XI for Stoke City friendly in Spain tonight as 'important' new signing starts - gallery
Sussex World
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July 16, 2025
Brighton will play their second pre-season friendly of the summer as they take on Championship outfit Stoke City in Spain tonight (6pm kick-off, UK time). Fabian Hurzeler's team are in the Costa Del Sol as as part of a 10-day training camp. Last...
Spain: Team to beat in Euro knockouts
The Express Tribune
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July 16, 2025
ZURICH: Spain have lived up to their billing as the team to beat at Women's Euro 2025 as the world champions prepare to take on hosts Switzerland in the quarter-finals, with a potential final with England on the horizon. The most talented squad at...
Barcelona's Yamal slammed after hiring people with dwarfism to perform at his birthday party
Euronews
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July 14, 2025
Published on 14/07/2025 - 15:53 GMT+2 Barcelona’s teen sensation Lamine Yamal is facing threats of legal action after reportedly hiring people with dwarfism to perform at his 18th birthday party. The footballing sensation celebrated his birthday...
Pablo Iglesias loses his job at the university
Ara
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July 14, 2025
Pablo Iglesias, former leader of Podemos and former vice president of the Spanish government, will no longer teach Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid. Iglesias had been teaching there for three years, but now he's out of...
Socialist Spain is drowning in sleaze
The Critic
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July 16, 2025
About fortnight ago, as we both relished scoops of Spanish socialist sleaze while boarding a plane to Hungary, I ran into a longtime pal who splits life between the two nations. My friend’s fusion of dogged rightism and bicultural adaptability —...
Church in Spain: "No violence" after tensions with immigrants
Rome Reports
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July 15, 2025
In Murcia, Spain, a weekend of clashes and tension erupted following the alleged assault of an elderly man by young North African immigrants. The incident was captured in videos circulating on social media. In fact, groups were organized both...
Spanish AI Debt Collection Startup Murphy Raises $15 Million
Finovate
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July 15, 2025
AI debt collection startup Murphy raised $15 million in pre-Seed and Seed funding to scale its autonomous, multilingual AI agents that help organizations recover hard-to-collect debt across sectors like banking, BNPL, utilities, and healthcare....
Spain’s MaserGrup buys local vermouth brand Perucchi 1876
Just Drinks
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July 15, 2025
Spanish conglomerate MaserGrup has acquired local spirits brand Perucchi 1876 through its subsidiary, Vermuts Miró. In a statement, Vermuts Miró said it is looking to strengthen “its leadership in the Spanish market by expanding its portfolio”. It...
Tomato tariff takes effect, threatening Mexican exports and jobs
Mexico News Daily
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July 14, 2025
A 17% tariff on most fresh tomato imports from Mexico to the United States was expected to go into effect on Monday as the decades-old Tomato Suspension Agreement (TSA) comes to an end. The TSA had allowed Mexican producers to export tomatoes to...
Spanish government requests probe into Lamine Yamal's birthday party
Sporting News
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July 14, 2025
Spain's Ministry for Social Rights has requested an investigation into Barcelona star Lamine Yamal's 18th birthday party for potential breaches of disability laws, per ESPN. The request comes after allegations that Yamal's party had individuals...
Spain’s govt demand investigation into Barcelona star Lamine Yamal’s 18th birthday party after ‘dwarves were exploited’
Zambian Observer
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July 15, 2025
The Spanish government has demanded an investigation into Barcelona superstar Lamie Yamal’s controversial 18th birthday party after ‘dwarves were exploited’ and women with ‘specific breast measurements were paid to attend’. A social media model...