Sixteen other properties also frozen by court. Valencia mayor and former regional premier summoned as witnesses
Judge exonerates Moroccan man who had previously fought with arrested businessman Juan Andrés Benítez
Only those with lowest economic means to continue receiving 180-euro monthly contribution
Alleged Gürtel number two and former party baron Pablo Crespo alleges he paid party leaders undeclared cash bonuses in Galicia
Filings by tax office with investigating judge contradict party’s version under which ex-treasurer had resigned two years earlier
Group backed by former Judge Baltasar Garzón and dean of Complutense University
Police believe that murder suspect’s home was attacked by victim’s relatives in anger over crime
Members of the Figueres local police force watch over the body of the man killed Friday at the cemetery. / cadena ser
30-year-old man was killed in a gunfight on All Souls Day
Damm patriarch Carceller and son may face tax fraud charges
Agency believes Sareb bad bank will find it difficult to meet home sales target
Immigrants leaving the country and young people moving back home considered prime reasons
Household debt drops to lowest level since 2007
Purchases in October climb an annual 34 percent after further extension of government aid to the industry
A customer outside a Costco outlet in Hackensack, New Jersey. / RON ANTONELLI (BLOOMBERG)
Costco is preparing to enter the Spanish market. The giant American discount chain will be opening outlets in Seville and Madrid next year
Latest edition of memoirs covers controversial days in wake of Atocha massacre
US spy agency followed three Catalans during their 2009 ordeal
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
Left-wing sources say move points to imminent announcement of intention to disarm
Strasbourg awarded Inés del Río 30,000 euros in damages under the European Human Rights Convention
Thousands of people heeded the CGTP union's call to protest outside parliament on Friday. / MARIO CRUZ (EFE)
Protestors demand lawmakers reject government plan for 2014
Capital slumps in Euro survey with pollution, noise and dirt as top gripes. Opposition to PP mayor leaps on evidence that change is urgently needed
A group of Chinese tourists enjoying a day on the beach in Thailand. / Zigor Aldama
Governments around the world are eager to lure big-spending Asian tourists
Forensic scientist José Antonio Lorente received an unexpected call from the Holy See
China’s Sinopec currently negotiating to buy Repsol’s 30-percent stake in Gas Natural. Two major corporate deals announced on Thursday alone
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
Risk premium drops down close to 230 basis points as markets confidence in Spain returns
"There is always more that can be done," Rajoy's government is told at industry meeting in Jerez de la Frontera
Some campaigners had asked for the vapor-producing products to be regulated by the Health Ministry
Single UPyD seat is crucial in evenly split assembly
Spanish exclave in North Africa reintroduces controversial razor wire to top of six-meter high frontier fence
The bridge on the C-58 highway, from where Adriana D. plunged to her death. / SUSANNA SÁEZ
Support groups say that practice "victimizes" roadside sex workers
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
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
Exclave unites to demand investigation into killings of Spaniards
Two regions have lowest market share of Apple devices, says report
The campaign website Change.org was founded in San Francisco in 2007. Its purchase of Spanish site Actuable has seen it take off across the Atlantic
Santi Costa has created a website where people offer objects and services for free and expect nothing in return
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In the wake of the crisis, the country has been left with 800,000 unsold properties. Demolishing unfinished buildings might be the only solution, say experts
Techniques used by agencies hired by service providers over small defaults are coming under increasing scrutiny
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
Foreigners flock to Colombian city to get high and abuse children, UN says
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
Ferrari driver taken to hospital after being subjected to huge g-forces during Abu Dhabi race
Carlo Ancelotti fumes as Rayo gives Real a scare
Spaniard falls 7-5, 7 in Sunday’s final
The Prado's big fall show features seven Velázquez portraits sent to the Austrian court 350 years ago
Madrid gets its first cat café, based on a Japanese idea
German thinker’s fame as a provocateur has not waned since defense of human genetic manipulation 15 years ago
Dance is worst hit, says industry report, with no respite in sight
Film on Caudillo's countryside communities sparks controversy at festival
Dystopian black comedy is available via Android or iOS app
No Branagh at the helm but ‘Thor’ wields his hammer once more
The return of foreign investment to Spain is among the most encouraging indicators
Rajoy lets problems fester because he thinks it desirable to let them harden into exasperation
Improved relations between Obama and Iran have increased the Saudis’ mistrust of the US president
Several US states have determined that depriving someone of the right to bear arms because they are blind is "discriminatory"
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