Court maintains Spanish king’s sister Cristina as suspect in tax fraud case

El País and other news sources reported on the 7 November 2014 that Princess Cristina de Borbón, the sister of Spain’s King Felipe VI, was likely to be tried in court alongside her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin, as part of the so-called Nóos corruption case.

The court case began on the 11 January 2016 with preliminary hearings. The formal trial was likely to begin on the 9 February 2016.

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ESO: Background information: Spanish princess Infanta Cristina summoned over fraud http://www.europeansources.info/record/spanish-princess-infanta-cristina-summoned-over-fraud/

BBC News, 07.11.14: Tax trial confirmed for Spain's Princess Cristina http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29953560

Deutsche Welle, 11.01.16: Spain: Princess Cristina goes on trial for tax evasion http://dw.com/p/1HbDa

BBC News, 11.01.16: Spain's Princess Cristina tried for fraud http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35278172

The Local.es, 11.01.16: 'All citizens equal before the law': Princess Cristina fraud trial starts http://www.thelocal.es/20160111/all-citizens-equal-before-the-law-as-princess-cristina-goes-on-trial-for-fraud

El País, 11.01.16: Spanish royal should not stand trial for tax fraud, defense claims http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/11/inenglish/1452523170_180141.html

eldiario.es, 11.01.16: Princess Cristina sponging her way to acquittal (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE176051-Princess-Cristina-sponging-her-way-to-acquittal

El País, 12.01.16: Prosecutors present new Tax Agency report defending Infanta Cristina http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/12/inenglish/1452586645_468652.html

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