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Spain’s Bizum phone payment app now works for some other countries, Krispy Kreme to open first store in Spain, firemen killed in Madrid and more news on Friday April 4th.
Spain’s Bizum phone payment app now works for some other countries
The popular mobile payment platform available on the banking apps of most people in Spain will now also allow users to send and receive money between four European countries : Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Andorra.
You only need the recipient’s phone number and a compatible bank , so you can use it the same way you do now.
The transfer is made instantly, from mobile to mobile, even if the money travels between different countries.
This new feature has been made possible thanks to Bizum’s partnership with Bancomat (Italy) and MB Way (Portugal) , two of the most widely used mobile payment systems in their respective countries.
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Krispy Kreme to open first store in Spain
Krispy Kreme, the iconic American doughnut and coffee joint, is taking its first step into the Spanish market by a store in the Westfield Parquesur shopping centre (Madrid).
Krispy Kreme already has a significant presence across Europe with over 200 retail outlets in the UK, Ireland, Turkey, Switzerland and France, and its next expansion plans include Germany and Spain.
It will have to compete with another American doughnut store franchise, Dunkin’ Doughnuts, which already has 59 eateries in Spain.
Spanish court recognises parental right to stop euthanasia of child even if there is no relationship
Catalonia’s High Court of Justice (TSJC) has ruled that a parent can prevent the assisted death of a child even if they do not have a good or established relationship.
In the ruling, the court upheld the appeals filed by the public prosecutor and the father of a man against the decision of a judge to authorise his euthanasia.
The 54-year-old man requested euthanasia, citing suffering in movement and speech as a result of three strokes and two heart attacks, but his father managed to stop it through the appeal. The ruling sets a precedent when it comes to determining whether parents are entitled to oppose the euthanasia process or not in Spain.
Prosecutors demand jail term for Ancelotti for tax fraud
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti’s tax fraud trial wrapped up Thursday in Spain, with public prosecutors demanding he be jailed for four years and nine months for allegedly hiding income from the tax office.
Ancelotti — who as a coach has won a record five Champions League trophies including three with Real Madrid — is accused of failing to pay more than one million euros ($1.1 million) due to undeclared earnings from image rights in 2014 and 2015 during his first spell at the club.
Prosecutors allege he set up a “confusing” and “complex” system of shell companies to hide his extra earnings during this time from his image rights and other sources such as real estate, and only reported his salary.
“We consider the acts of fraud, concealment and omission to be proven,” the lead prosecutor told the High Court of Justice in Madrid in his closing arguments, adding he maintained his demand that Ancelotti be jailed for four years and nine months.
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Two firemen dead, thirteen injured following fire in Madrid
Two firemen were killed and as many as 13 people injured following a fire in Alcorcón in the Madrid region this week.
The fire began in a garage and took at least two hours to put out. According to various sources, the fire started after a local resident accidentally started it when accessing the garage.
The blaze may have been caused by an electric car, more specifically a Porsche Taycan, as reported in local media outlet alcorconhoy.com.
Public prosecutor opens investigation into torture carried out by Franco’s police in Barcelona
The Barcelona Public Prosecutor’s Office, in cooperation with the Human Rights and Democratic Memory Unit of Spain’s state Prosecutor’s Office, has for the first time opened proceedings to investigate torture carried out by the Catalan Police during the Franco regime.
This follows years of legal struggle by the family members of victims.
The so-called ‘Political-Social Brigade’, which was based in police headquarters on Vía Laietana, was known as one of the most brutal and bloodthirsty police stations in the whole of Spain during the dictatorship, and became a symbol of repression and torture in the city.
