EUROPEAN ELECTIONS
Top European candidate for Spain’s Popular Party did not want to seem to be “intimidating a defenseless woman.” Arias Cañete says he worried about abusing his “intellectual superiority” over Socialist rival
Criminologists are surprised at how neither mother or daughter suspected of murder talked the other out of the plan. They say women shared a “toxic idea,” which they obsessed over for two years
Authorities detain 19-year-old from Valencia town after he wrote a slew of tweets calling for more politicians to be shot. Interior minister has pledged to go after anyone who glorifies killing
The career of Montserrat Triana Martínez was progressing. But something went wrong, setting off a chain of events that led to murder
Both feared and admired by her allies and opponents, Isabel Carrasco, who was shot dead on Monday, had a passion for politics, and was never afraid to face up to criticism
A young lawyer, thought to be a drug mule, turned up dead in Málaga in 2010. The suspect is alleged to have let the man die before cutting out cocaine bags from his intestines
Esperanza Aguirre spent less than five minutes with police officers before driving off, not between 15 and 20, as she told the media
A SYSTEM under scrutiny
The government has paid €10bn to cover excess construction bills in six years, the same amount it cut from health and education. Arrests over high-speed rail works point to an overly abused system
ONLINE PRIVACY
Legal battle between tech giant and Spanish data protection agency ends in favor of privacy rights. Around 200 cases in Spain were awaiting Luxembourg ruling, which applies to all search engines
BUSINESS
Warehouse club confident it can overcome reticence of local customers to pay an annual membership fee
HERITAGE
State Heritage Office dismisses claim that Church “usurped” historic building. It was purchased for just €30 by the bishopric, which wants to wipe out traces of its Islamic past
THE HIDDEN ECONOMY
The authorities are going after the 100,000 people estimated to be employed illegally in Alicante. But as the crisis bites deeper, combating the submerged economy is getting harder
CASTELLÓN QUAKES
Scientists link offshore Castor storage project to 512 quakes – the biggest of which measured 4.2 on the Richter scale – recorded in Castellón province last September. Plant has been shut since