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Spain complains to US about reported NSA spying activities

El País Madrid

American diplomat in Madrid bids to smooth over tension after country emerges as a target for intelligence agencies

ROCK OF CONTENTION

Britain mulls “unprecedented” legal action over Gibraltar

El País Madrid 4

London may respond with European complaint after Spanish threat to take the issue to the United Nations

Spain looks to Argentina for common front on Rock

Foreign ministers to explore possibility of working together on the Gibraltar and Falkland Islands disputes

Rajoy warns he will use “all legal means” in dispute over Gibraltar

PM meets with king and foreign minister in Mallorca as Britain announces Royal Navy fleet will pay the Rock a visit

Royal Navy Gibraltar visit “routine” say diplomats

Annual expedition will anchor at Rota and the Rock as territorial dispute simmers

PP'S HIDDEN FINANCES

Top PP official De Cospedal will testify about alleged slush fund

Secretary general to be questioned by High Court judge over alleged bonuses from slush fund

Bárcenas: “J. M. ordered” bonuses

Former PP party treasurer turns over pen drive documenting cash payments

SILENCED BY GANGS?

Gonzalo Alonso Hernández, in a photograph provided by his widow / EL PAÍS

Man murdered for speaking out on illegal dumping, family claim

Lola Hierro Madrid

Case of Spanish environmental activist killed in Brazil has been taken up by Amnesty International

WILDFIRES

Half of this year’s wildfires broke out in month of July, say officials

Lola Hierro Madrid

Environmentalists warn more blazes could be on the way

INDUSTRY

Workers at the Sestao dockyard during a press conference before staging a sit-in to protest Brussels' decision on tax breaks. / LUIS TEJIDO (EFE)

Shipyards fight to salvage a future

Faced by low-cost Asian competition, Spanish shipbuilders are betting on vessels with high technological content

No sign of recovery for industry

El País Madrid / Cádiz

Output from mines and factories contracts for 22nd month as the downturn continues

US prosecutors set to charge Spanish banker for JPMorgan losses

El País Madrid

Martín-Artajo could be extradited under an agreement with British authorities, according to ‘The New York Times’

COMPASSIONATE RELEASE

ETA kidnapper on cancer bail ordered to undergo medical exam

Court experts argue Bolinaga's terminal condition could be treated satisfactorily within the penitenciary system

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Police bust human-trafficking ring bringing Chinese to Europe and US

El País Madrid

Would-be migrants paid up to 50,000 euros each for smuggling assistance as authorities also point to sex trade links

PROFILE OF A PEDOPHILE

Daniel Galván Viña. / EFE / Al Massae

Sex offender never expected to be given royal pardon in Morocco

The Iraqi-born pedophile had an obscure past

Man awaiting trial included on bungled Morocco pardon list

Spanish-Moroccan drug-trafficking suspect freed along with notorious pedophile Galván

TRAGEDY IN GALICIA

Spanish Public Works Minister Ana Pastor in Congress on August 9 to announce measures to enhance security on the railway network. / EUROPA PRESS

Train network to undergo slew of revisions after crash: minister

El País Madrid

Job requirements at Renfe to be more stringent

Spanish rail operators pledge to boost safety following crash

El País Madrid

Adif and Renfe reiterate commitment to reviewing procedures in a parliamentary hearing on Santiago accident that killed 79

Investigators in fatal rail probe find tablet used by driver

Lorena Bustabad Padrón 1

Of 179 hurt in Galicia crash, 41 remain in hospital as the last injured child receives all-clear

Environment

Campaigners worry that green areas are still tagged for construction, despite indefinite delays in building work / Luis Azanza

Why the crisis could benefit nature

Juana Viúdez Madrid

Environmentalists wage legal campaign to reverse earmarking of land for building as crisis delays construction across Spain

BUSINESS

The Spanish papermaker standing strong in the crisis

Europac has expanded abroad to offset weakness in domestic market and the energy sector reform

Telefónica’s E-Plus deal in the air after Slim’s KPN bid

El País Madrid

Mexican tables full offer for Dutch company as Spain’s Ibex 35 index hits highest level in 18 months

SOCCER

Real Madrid players greeting Xerez during a first-division game in 2010 / Alejandro Ruesga

From top to bottom in three years: Xerez drops down to third division

Rafael Pineda Seville

Team is demoted to lowest echelon of La Liga for failing to pay its players

Benefit fraud

Whistleblowing anti-fraud mailbox dubbed “Stalinist” by labor unions

Government's new website which allows public to "shop a benefit cheat" met with anger

Equality

Ángela Bachiller in the Valladolid City Council chamber on her first day as a local councillor. / Nacho Gallego (EFE)

Valladolid appoints Spain’s first Down Syndrome councillor

Ángela Bachiller joins city council in first for disabled in Spain

Environment

Money for endangered brown bears

Javier Rico Madrid

European funding pledged for endangered species protection groups

Brain drain

“Spain trains us only for other countries to reap the rewards”

DNA expert from Jaén among researchers searching for work abroad as funding for R&D dries up

BUSINESS

Record numbers of firms call in receivers in first half of year

A persistent lack of credit may explain why some seemingly viable companies end up going under

economy

Unions rail at Rehn’s “outrageous” proposal of wage cuts for jobs

Agencies Madrid

CCOO says neoliberal policies have exacerbated crisis

ERE Case

Layoff fund case now Spain’s biggest corruption probe on record

Judge targets 116 over illicit payouts from Andalusian regional government's labor department

Más información

Lanzarote cites Repsol’s own recognition of oil spill danger

Energy company investigation describes risk of blowout as "moderate" in text posted online

El Golfo, one of Lanzarote's wild beaches / Santi Burgos

TENNIS

New-look Nadal wants his throne back

Spaniard’s Montreal victory proves determination to reinvent his game

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Nen, nena, niña or niño, baby knows best

If there is one way to fit in as a foreigner in Barcelona, it is to have a baby

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

SUMMER WILDFIRE

The Sa Coma Freda valley after the wildfire had passed through. / TOLO RAMÓN

Hell comes to paradise

The island of Mallorca was hit by its worst wildfire in decades in late July. EL PAÍS visited the Unesco-protected area worst affected and talked to those caught in the path of the flames

Food

Cádiz-based chef Ángel León uses discard fish at his restaurant

Bring back ugly fish and dirty lettuce

Top chefs are campaigning to clean up our eating habits

Travel

A Chinese tourist tries on a ring at the Suárez jewelry store / Luis Sevillano

How to spend it in Madrid

Retail tourism may help steer the capital's suffering stores out the crisis

Three hundred years of fine writing

Spain’s Royal Academy of Language is celebrating its tercentenary

IMMIGRATION

Lucía Navarro is 26 and hails from Madrid but now works for a charity in London. / Jordi Adrià

London calling

With no job prospects or an end to the depression at home in sight, growing numbers of Spaniards are trying their luck abroad

“In Spain you can be a mobster but still merit full approval”

Mortgage Victims Platform spokeswoman says Spain is mishandling evictions

LATIN AMERICA

Peña Nieto unveils petroleum reform plan

Sonia Corona / El País Mexico City

Leftist López Obrador calls for a mass demonstration

Argentineans say “no” to Fernández in primaries

Alejandro Rebossio Buenos Aires

Sunday’s vote seen as a referendum on “Kirchnerite” presidencies

US asks Cuba for inquiry into dissident’s death

Maye Primera Miami

Spanish driver confesses that someone ran him off road

Venezuelan court kills challenge to race results

Alfredo Meza Caracas

Capriles announces he will take fight to international forums

Mexico City mayor’s marijuana legalization bill fires national debate

Leftist party behind proposal remains divided over the issue

Colombia accuses Nicaragua of granting oil concessions

Tensions heighten between two nations despite ICJ ruling

Argentina high rise blast leaves a dozen dead

Alejandro Rebossio Buenos Aires

Workers search frantically to find the missing buried under rubble

Lessons in endurance

Amaya Iríbar / El País Moscow / Madrid

Race walker López picks up Spain’s first Moscow medal after marathon runner Aguilar sends message of hope to veterans

EDITOR'S PICK

Mercenaries' tales

The human face of war unearthed

Historians uncover information on Swiss soldiers who fought in the Battle of Bailén

GASTRONOMY

Acclaimed chefs search for plan B

The crisis is forcing top restaurants to look for new ways to woo customers

Culture

Anal sex and other beliefs

Isabelle Stoffel takes her hit monologue 'The Surrender' from Madrid to Edinburgh

The history of humor

Three centuries of Spanish comics

The Tebeosfera project has catalogued a total of 17,000 titles

CINEMA

San Sebastián picks its film line-up

El País Madrid / San Sebastián

Table soccer-themed animation 'Foosball' to open the autumn festival

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Guillermo del Toro gets back in the director's chair to oversee monster epic Pacific Rim

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Buzz in the telephone market

América Móvil’s bid for KPN is a further step toward concentration in the cellphone market

OPINION

The face you deserve

We cannot control our birthright but we do become what we are

EDITORIAL

Summer fever

Spain has the right on its side regarding Gibraltar, but it must weigh the consequences of its actions

Opinion

New approach to drugs

Could it be time for Mexico to legalize marijuana?

The latest in European science

Atomium brings together universities, newspapers and businesses to boost the movement of knowledge

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