US Ambassador to Spain James Costos arrives on Monday morning at the Foreign Ministry's Santa Cruz Palace in Madrid. / BERNARDO PÉREZ (EL PAÍS)
Foreign Ministry official passes on message of concern over latest revelations to US Ambassador James Costos
The agency tracked communications from government members but officials hint that spying took place during Zapatero era
Spain, France and Italy to lead coalition in an attempt to prevent European Commission from obtaining more power
PP government sends representatives to demonstration, despite anti-Rajoy jeers
Juan Manuel Píriz released after 29 years in prison
Popular Party will finally attend terrorism victims’ rally in Madrid on Sunday, but Cabinet will not be represented
Tax expert tells court how Popular Party baron Carlos Fabra paid off series of unnecessary bank loans with dirty cash
Mayor puts decision down to lack of consensus
The construction crisis means a need to seek other ways of appearing in the press
BBVA cuts cash dividend payment in line with central bank recommendation
Earnings boosted by lower balance clean-up costs But bad loans continue to advance, while interest income falls
Students demonstrating against public education cutbacks and the government's reform plans in Murcia. / Marcial Guillén (EFE)
Unions say vast majority of teachers stayed away but Education Ministry calls protest a failure based on “simplistic” slogans
Sareb received over 30 offers for commercial real estate
Ryanair passengers currently have to pay 40 euros to have their boarding pass reprinted at the airport. / PERE DURÁN
Judge rules that 40-euro fee for reprinting of boarding pass breaches consumer protection laws
Manolo Escobar starred in string of movies but remained best known for sing-along party favorite
Number of people out of work declines by 72,800 as the jobless rate drops just below 26 percent
Country emerges from recession after more than two years
Overseas arrivals climbed 4.7 percent from the same month in 2012 as Madrid regains its luster
Two videos reveal blows dealt to suspect by Mossos d'Esquadra.
Residents recorded Catalan police force attempting to subdue 50-year-old businessman
Rock contracts a Portuguese company to deliver 40,000 tons of building material for controversial resort project
Family of jailed former senator were tied up by intruder, police say. 63-year-old suspect, who demanded “hard disks and pen drives,” has psychiatric problems
Truckers have been trapped in country for 10 months without passports
Construction group looking to return to profits in 2015
Move being interpreted as bet on recovery of crisis-stricken Spanish sector
Spanish builder and service company will remain major shareholder
CEO Willie Walsh confident that 600-million-euro restructuring will make the difference to Spanish airline
University lecturer invited to attend debate "felt humiliated" after being told to disrobe after surname mix-up
Ruling states that "[work] contract had been terminated during her probationary period"
Local favorite defeated for the sixth straight time in a final
Alonso only manages 11th, leaving Red Bull driver to sew up title
Márquez finishes second, while Espargaró takes Moto2 championship
Controversy surrounds refereeing performance at Camp Nou
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Aid workers Blanca Thiebaut (left, in a white skirt) and Montserrat Serra (right, in beige pants) return to Spain in July after their kidnapping. / MEDICOS SIN FRONTERAS
Increasing numbers of attacks against NGOs have reopened debates about safety
Laura was abused by her boyfriend when she was 15 years old. She ended the relationship when his parents found out about his violent behavior. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ
New data shows that an increasing number of males in Spain are developing violent and domineering behavior toward their partners while still in their teens
A scrap metal dealer is training young men to compete in brutal no-holds-barred bouts
A global network of small-scale artisans, combining cutting-edge technology with design, is attracting followers in Madrid
Politicians who make the step up when their mentors step down face skepticism from the public, who didn't vote for them
Maduro creates office to supervise Havana's social programs
Rousseff introduces bill in answer to alleged US spying activities in her country
Mexico reports 171 cases of infectious disease
Maduro government declines to lift controls
Cuban government introduced the scheme in 1994
Messi also back to help stuttering Barça while Costa clatters on
The 2013 Prince of Asturias Award winners have been out in Oviedo in the run-up to the ceremony
Photographer Annie Leibovitz among Prince of Asturias winners in Oviedo
Remembering Hilma af Klint, the woman who pioneered modern art
Madrid space recreates the famous photo agency's first show of 52 years ago
The success of the nationwide Fiesta del Cine event has reopened the debate on cinema ticket costs
‘Grand Piano’ stars Elijah Wood as a star musician making a comeback from a breakdown
The government must not bow to those who reject an independent, European court
It all began with the megalomaniac T-4 airport terminal at Barajas in Madrid, planned in 1996 as soon as the new prime minister got his hands on the purse strings of power
The United States cannot go on declining to explain its espionage practices
When I was a teenager, Argentinean men simply shook hands. But about 20 years ago, the fad for kisses started
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