Catalan premier Mas responds by saying that region's people “will be asked to decide future” in next year's planned referendum
Mariano Rajoy (right) speaks to Esperanza Aguirre at a dinner for the Madrid PP last week. / ULY MARTÍN
Mired in corruption, and with the police recently having searched its party HQ, the government is unable to shake off controversy two years into its mandate
Court orders task force to confiscate records related to Bárcenas and payments made to architect. Rajoy said his ruling party is "not worried”
Málaga judge's investigation should focus on company registered in US tax haven, state attorneys argue
El santuario de A Virxe da Barca, en llamas. / XESUS BUA
Fire believed to have spread from an electrical installation
Regional government will protect those unable to pay winter bills
French minister expresses “profound concern” at the Popular Party's draft law saying Spain “has taken a backward step”
More permissive legislation giving women free choice up to 14 weeks did not lead to increase as some sectors forecast
Former Socialist minister adds voice to women’s group protests over reform which signals end to free choice
World number 236 handed five-year ban for not reporting approach to rig 2010 Challenger Circuit game
Three women celebrate their winning Christmas lottery ticket in Leganés, Madrid on Sunday. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA (EL PAÍS)
Leganés, Mondragón and Bailén share out 640-million-euro ticket
Price of a one-minute call has now dropped below 10 euro cents
A toy assembly line, at the Alicante factory of Spanish toy manufacturer Famosa. / pepe olivares
Spanish manufacturers say that exports have provided a lifeline during the crisis, and that domestic sales are starting to pick up
Unesa says industry minister’s claim of “crude manipulation” is a sign of “contempt” for the sector as PM talks of new system
Government to review bills after invalidating wholesale tender due to suspicion of collusion
Iberian Partners, the biggest bottler in Spain, will close plants and reduce its workforce after deal between family-owned businesses
NSA reported to have monitored Almunia’s calls at start of European crisis
Barcelona players celebrate after one of their five goals against Getafe. / PEPE ANDRÉS (DIARIO AS)
Champion goes top top in 2-5 win at Getafe after Atlético battled to victory over Levante
PM explains talks in Córdoba are aimed at “bolstering dialogue”
Bosses at lender were pressured to agree to a range of questionable deals
Miguel Blesa was being persuaded to use influence to purchase art collection that belonged to late Spanish painter and sculptor Gerardo Rueda
Decrease was meant to apply to benefits of state workers
Minimum annual rise in benefits will be 0.25 percent and maximum 0.5 percent plus inflation
Overseas shipments climb 6.2 percent in first 10 months of 2013
Husband given brain impulse test as suspect in wife's disappearance
The thief, whose identity remains unknown, broke into a house in Jaén city and escaped with several electrical items. He later told police about the filmed abuse of children he discovered
World Cup hero ends speculation over a possible winter transfer window move to the Premier League
"You cannot implicate or punish anyone for what he is but for what he has done," says writ
Three decades on, victims of the Alcalá 20 nightclub fire want to forget
Fresh from the discovery that an Atapuerca specimen has the oldest human DNA in the world, site director Juan Luis Arsuaga on success and his frustrated ambition to be a caveman
Juan Luis Arsuaga is the co-director of the Atapuerca paleontological site, Burgos province. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ
Spanish and Guatemalan researchers make “exceptional” fresco find
Ex-Sevilla club chief Del Nido faces seven years in jail after being found guilty of embezzling 2.8 million euros
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Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (top left) celebrates a goal by Spain during the 2012 European Championships. / alejandro ruesga
Brussels’ investigation into alleged illegal state aid to top Spanish clubs could further damage nation's reputation
International media is beginning to focus on recovery rather than scandals
'The Laocoön,' painted by by El Greco aroun 1610 and now in Washington's National gallery of Art, was a key influence on 20th-century Expressionism.
A very different picture is emerging of Domenikos Theotokopoulos. Rather than being a religious mystic, the Cretan was a proud and worldly artist
Forty years ago this week, the dictator's heir apparent, Carrero Blanco, was assassinated by the Basque terrorist organization
Four masks set to be auctioned off on December 26 along with over 1,000 other objects created for Teatro Real. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA
Over 1,000 costumes, masks, wigs, furniture and all kinds of stage props to go under the hammer later this week
The first official census on public educators is released
Carriers won't accept bolívars for tickets
‘El Universal’ charged with harming children’s welfare
Half of working population has no security protection
Spanish world junior triple jump champion Ana Peleteiro has her sights set on joining the Olympian elite
Star says club’s vice president Javier Faus knews “nothing about soccer”
The museum's latest addition is a spectacular medieval coffered ceiling
Carme Ruscalleda recently won two stars for her Sant Pau restaurant in Tokyo
Spanish bridal gown designer Rosa Clará inaugurates her first store in Bogota
With 15 percent of listeners now tuning in online, internet stations are finding a niche
Government and sector pact to raise investor tax breaks from 18 to 25 percent
Men direct 90 percent of films and star in six of every 10
After the Oscar-winning The Secret in Their Eyes, Juan José Campanella returns with Foosball
The king argues the case for a diverse Spain which is capable of reform based on law and dialogue
Can the same ethical precept be honest and courageous on the lips of one person, and abject and cowardly on those of another?
Courts investigating complicated corruption cases should be given more resources without delay
Homosexuals were among the first to be disillusioned by the Cuban revolution
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