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Spanish army skirts around tattoo troubles by launching ‘unisex’ uniform
Spain’s Ministry of Defense has tweaked its uniform rulebook after a female recruit was kicked out of the army for showing a tattoo on her ankle; visible with the previously mandatory skirt she had to wear at military parades.
Spain to boost defence budget
Spain is planning to boost defence spending by 73 percent to €18 billion ($22 billion) by 2024, an announcement that sparked outrage among opposition MPs who say social services will suffer.
Too fat to fight: Spanish Legion soldiers put on diet
The fierce reputation of Spanish Legion soldiers is being put to the test: too fat, some of them have been offered a weight-loss plan to save the "prestige" of the force.
Spain's arms firms fail to meet grade on ethics
Spanish defence companies failed to make passing grades in an analysis of ethics and corruption standards released by Transparency International UK on Monday.
Army prepared to act on Catalonia: chief of staff
Spain's top soldier was accused of inflaming tensions over Catalonia on Tuesday when he appeared to compare the current independence push in Catalonia with the collapse of the Spanish empire in the nineteenth century.
Spanish soldiers served rotten rations: report
Underpaid and demoralized Spanish soldiers are being supplied with rotten and insect-infested rations, a dissident lieutenant claimed in a newspaper piece on Friday.
Bestselling soldier jailed for 'corrupt' army claims
A lieutenant who's sold 10,000 copies of a book in which he exposes alleged cases of corruption in Spain's military has gone on hunger strike after being detained in a military prison.
Spanish soldier jailed on Iraq torture charges
For the first time ever, a Spanish soldier has been jailed for allegedly mistreating military prisoners as part of ongoing investigations into a brutal attack at a Spanish army base in Iraq in 2004.
Spain's defence minister: 'Drones are the future'
Spanish Defence minister Pedro Morenés has laid out plans for new arms programmes that will include unmanned drone aircraft despite the Armed Forces' €29.5 billion ($32.5 billion) debt .