Telephone metadata and other communications are given to US experts for deciphering despite prohibition of network trawling under country's laws
Margallo says government will take "concrete measures" once informed about US spying
Review will determine what intelligence should be collected, says United States in reply to Spanish protests
Victims of fraud will still have to pay for procedure unless the surgery was undertaken for medical reasons
Magdalena Álvarez is suspected of involvement in the Andalusia public fund fraud
Leftists want referendum to include a range of options
Former party number two calls for split after PSC breaks ranks by abstaining from Congress vote against right to decide
“There is a shared analysis that something must be done,” says Catalan government spokesman
Circus animals will not be able to visit Catalonia should the new law pass. / c. secanella
Rights groups and circus associations clash over proposal to ban animals in big tops
99 Catalan municipalities already have similar law against such exploitation in place
The deaths of orca trainers in the US and Spain two months apart are examined in a new documentary
The Valley of the Fallen monument, where Franco's remains lie. / EFE
Former dictator currently buried at Valley of the Fallen monument
Strasbourg awarded Inés del Río 30,000 euros in damages under the European Human Rights Convention
A demonstrator at Sunday's protest holds up a photo of PP councilor Miguel Ángel Blanco, who was killed by ETA. / Paco Campos (EFE)
PP government sends representatives to demonstration, despite anti-Rajoy jeers
Survey reveals that restoration work had hidden some of the scars from Spanish democracy’s longest night
Risk premium drops down close to 230 basis points as markets confidence in Spain returns
Inditex founder Amancio Ortega retains top place
Advance data backs Bank of Spain's announcement of return to growth
Prices fell in October, but deflation not yet an issue for the Spanish economy
Hundreds of war exiles have reached the country but few are granted refugee status
Friends and relatives await release of bodies as Castilla y León region calls three days of mourning
Emergency services evacuate further five workers to hospital, all in a serious condition, after methane gas leak at León facility
Spain is trying to meet its goal of 6.5 percent, as agreed with Brussels by the government
Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro. / Bernardo Pérez
Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro defends the government’s handling of the economy
Alfonso Basterra waits during a police search. / ÓSCAR CORRAL
Alfonso Basterra says he “will leave prison with head held high”
Regional premier Ignacio González again defies central government run by his own Popular Party
Country rated 142nd out of 189 for setting up a company, behind Uzbekistan, Zambia and South Sudan
Dutch Finance Minister Dijsselbloem believes country's huge unemployment problem warrants retirement age increase
Commission also demands more measures regarding operator’s wholesale broadband
Nationalized banking group earned 648 million euros up to September after closure of a third of branch network
Zinkia files for protection from its creditors after bond sale fails to attract necessary investment
José María Castillejo, Zinkia's chairman, with the production company's most famous character in the Madrid stock exchange. / EFE
Diego Costa's commitment to Spain may come back to haunt Brazil
Techniques used by agencies hired by service providers over small defaults are coming under increasing scrutiny
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Spain's blue-chip Ibex 35 stock index has risen by around 20 percent since the start of the year. / LUCAS JACKSON (REUTERS)
The markets, demonized for dragging the country to the brink of disaster, are providing new capital
The anniversary of the deaths of five young women at a massive party is looming, but the court investigation has made little progress
These old commercial cloisters were once the life and soul of the Spanish capital, but are now mostly closed or in decline. A new movement is afoot to revitalize the shopping galleries
Opera star Josep Carreras was at the height of a magnificent career when he was diagnosed with the illness in 1987. Now he divides his life between music and fighting to find a cure
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
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
Peña Nieto dedicates new pardons law to Tzotzil schoolteacher unjustly accused of murder
Former billionaire’s OGX was the talk of the petroleum industry when it debuted in 2007
Argentinean justices rule in favor of divesting broadcast licenses
Border businessmen threaten to close shop in protest at tax changes
Abortion and gay marriage are taboo topics for the revolution
Drug traffickers and vigilantes continue to up the ante in cities
Márquez finishes second, while Espargaró takes Moto2 championship
Dance is worst hit, says industry report, with no respite in sight
Book by former bank chief José Ángel Sánchez Asiaín National Prize for History
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
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
Reinforcing religious content in high schools is another backward step in quality of education
Rajoy slid down the plane of submission, saying that the foreign minister was merely to summon the US ambassador and "ask him for information" about the spying
Another accident caused by firedamp gas hits the ailing Spanish coal-mining industry
The Parot doctrine effectively made parole discretional, and was aimed, reasonably enough, at plugging a loophole that permitted these situations
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