Commissioners claim latest overhaul of system is step backward and segregates students for ideological reasons
Organization's Committee on Social Rights concerned about general slide on basic protection for poor amid economic crisis
Report says economic recovery “remains fragile” as Commission expects bad bank to have posted losses last year
Study calculates black market operations in Spain were equivalent to almost a quarter of total national output in 2012
Sector sold 22.4 billion euros in government bonds in December ahead of ECB stress tests later this year
Ribera healthcare management says it respects Madrid government's decision to cancel hospital privatization plan
Regional health commissioner Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, the architect of the proposal, resigns after court rejects petition to lift a cautionary injunction against PP government
Doctors associations and protest groups celebrate Madrid government’s withdrawal of hospital outsourcing plans
FAES paper on Catalan sovereignty drive stakes out territory Popular Party leader Rajoy should be occupying
Former PM blames international commitments as divide widens between moderates and hardliners over ETA policies
Veteran spokesman in European Parliament offers no explanation as to why he is stepping down
The Civil Guard rescues a kidnapped businessman / GUARDIA CIVIL
Authorities release video of rescue of kidnapped businessman
Contracts for two floating hotels worth 298 million euros each
Basque cooperative conglomerate is struggling to decide on how to restructure its business structure
Long-awaited operation expected to involve 400 million euros from the Orderly Bank Restructuring Fund
New president Bartomeu claims Madrid club plot lurks behind Neymar corruption case in High Court
Blas Piñar speaking in Madrid in 2007. / MANUEL ESCALERA
Fuerza Nueva politician styled himself as the successor to Franco but failed to rise from obscurity
Family of TV cameraman killed by US artillery in Iraq outraged by Spain's plan to cut back on universal justice cases
Popular Party bill to limit universal justice is aimed at appeasing Beijing after Socialist government took first steps to clip Spanish judiciary’s wings in 2009
Document also claims number of terminations has not fallen under current legislation, despite figures showing the contrary
Justice chief Gallardón goes on the attack against Socialists but prime minister promises to hear out all sectors of society
Royal Household decided it was best not to appeal summons
Budovsky tells High Court extradition hearing that the US wanted to break his business
Liberty Reserve founder used internet payment processor to shift alleged $6 billion in proceeds from different crimes
Number one’s Australian Open back problem being treated before start of clay-court tour
Spain captain forced to pick makeshift team with Nadal, Ferrer and doubles specialist Marc López all absent
Racing players applaud their fans at the Anoeta stadium. / Juan Herrero (EFE)
Players and staff will forfeit quarterfinal tie if entire board does not resign
The more than 60 million foreign visitors to Spain spent 59 billion euros, with an average daily spend of 109 euros
Concession holder, which is owned by construction group OHL, has debts of 55m euros
‘Abertzale’ left takes control of prisoners’ affairs after detentions against legal support team led by Arantza Zulueta
Businessman Méndez Pozo believed to be city's true powerbroker
Luis Garicano, an LSE professor, argues that Spain’s institutions need a huge dose of transparency if confidence is to recover
Heir to Spanish throne grounded in Dominican Republic after technical problems are reported on Airbus
Supermarket magnate called in for questioning over donation
Madrid says it will find lost paintings and other listed objects but most of the items have not been seen since 2003
The municipal storeroom, where Madrid City Hall keeps furniture and other artifacts. / Samuel Sanchez (EL PAÍS)
Madrid Fusión goes back to basics but for some the event is still too much about pressing the flesh
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Patients lie in the corridor of an emergency ward at a Madrid hospital.
The lack of places at mid-term care centers is blocking up thousands of hospital beds
Sadik Mohamed left Ceuta to fight in Syria, where he was trained by Al Qaeda. He decided to return to Spain when he realized he was to be used in a suicide mission
Prolific Golden Age playwright included ‘Women and menservants’ on a list of his comedies, but it had been gathering dust until 2010
Catalonia has some 400 cannabis clubs. / CONSUELO BAUTISTA
Spain is bucking a global trend with its plans to crack down on use of the drug. Portugal celebrates different approach with cannabis having been decriminalized on the quiet
Agriculturalists and conservationists differ on the foothold the Iberian wolf has on the peninsula. No coherent management plan exists to promote coexistence
Under new law, pure-breed ‘bellota’ pigs must be listed to be classified as ‘pata negra’
Fernández de Kirchner asks regional allies to ward off financial crisis
Washington calls on Castro to release activists prevented from protesting at event
Self-defense forces will take part in rural security operations
A self-defense militia has taken matters into its own hands in Mexican state
Chilean-Peruvian dispute put to an end
After decades of bullying, adamant Panamanians refuse to budge
Alejandro Agag hopes to carve out a name for himself in Formula E
The opera of 'Brokeback Mountain' gets world premiere at the Teatro Real
Cervantes Prize winner José Emilio Pacheco dies in Mexico City at 74
Bill Viola’s videos brush up against some old masters in Madrid
The founders of the pioneering Galería Edurne celebrate by fulfilling a dream
Hollywood star leads reporters a merry dance in Valencia as he shoots new film
This year’s nominees applaud 86-year-old director at pre-gala gathering
Spike Lee remakes Korean classic Oldboy, as Spain's Jaume Collet-Serra presents thriller Mindscape
The cold shoulder that some are giving to Rajoy is not as important as the need for leadership
One morning she noticed that she wasn’t praying for the police at the healthcare protests. It was all so strange…
The privatization process in Madrid was a serious threat to an essential public service
With a message on a sign, the state is exhorting you not to despair, telling you that your message can wait a few minutes
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