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Coca-Cola pulls ad featuring Basque actor “with ETA sympathies”

El País / Agencies Madrid

Gotzon Sánchez “publicly and manifestly expressed sympathy for” Herrira, a support organization for the terrorist group’s convicts, according to a complaint sent to the company by a victims’ association

Spanish government seeks to crack down on Twitter hate speech

State attorney warns all online insults cannot be tackled in generalized way. “Incitement to hatred” provision cannot be applied to all cases, she says

Jewish community files complaint in wake of anti-Semitic tweets

Jesús García Barcelona 4

Offensive comments appeared on Twitter from Spanish users after basketball team Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Real Madrid on Sunday. Victory saw the Israeli side win the Euroleague title

HIGH-PROFILE TAX DODGERS

Opera star Caballé pays taxman to avoid fraud case going to trial

Camilo S. Baquero Barcelona

The Spanish soprano, who is under investigation for allegedly evading €500,000 in income tax, says the adviser who recommended her financial setup died three years ago

Spain freed two French spies to ensure support in fight against ETA

The men had been detained in Catalonia in 2002 in possession of a custom-made sniper rifle. Their mission was never clarified, but it was thought they were planning an assassination

Spanish consul in London resigns after hosting probed ex-bank boss

Miguel Blesa, a suspect in the preferred shares scandal, stayed as a personal guest at diplomat’s official residence for five days

universal justice

Seven more drug suspects freed as result of universal justice reform

María Fabra Madrid 1

Law change means Syrian sailors can no longer be tried in Spain despite being caught with 16,000 kilos of hashish aboard their vessel

RACISM IN SPORT

The fan is caught on camera making monkey-style gestures at Racing’s Koné. / DIARIO AS

Racist gestures at soccer game cost Barcelona employee her job

Juan I. Irigoyen Barcelona

Woman also barred from second division team Llagostera’s stadium for performing monkey-style actions at black player

WEB PRIVACY

Erasing your past from the internet

Celebrities and regular citizens alike are increasingly hiring firms to remove damaging data. New European ruling on “right to be forgotten” will help resolve open cases, companies say

José Andrés during his speech.

Spanish chef José Andrés inspires George Washington graduates

TV gourmet follows in footsteps of Michelle Obama by delivering top university’s graduation ceremony speech

EUROPEAN ELECTIONS

Spanish conservatives forgive sexist remarks by European contender

Women at Popular Party rally play down Miguel Arias Cañete’s views about male “intellectual superiority”

Politician “went easy” on debate opponent to “not look sexist”

Top European candidate for Spain’s Popular Party did not want to seem to be “intimidating a defenseless woman.” Miguel Arias Cañete says he worried about abusing his “intellectual superiority” over Socialist rival in TV discussion

EVICTION CRISIS

Spanish home repossessions increased 10% in 2013

Álvaro Romero Madrid 1

Lenders took back nearly 50,000 properties last year. Figures released by Bank of Spain suggest more borrowers are handing back keys in payment

Anti-abortion activists protesting outside the Dator abortion clinic in Madrid. / LUIS SEVILLANO

Abortion clinics in Spain report rise in vandalism ahead of law reform

As government drags its feet on planned legislation to restrict access to terminations, anti-abortion activists step up pressure

CRIME

Russian mafioso linked to 33 murders arrested at Spanish border

El País Madrid

Described as “extremely dangerous,” Dmitry Zavyalov had been spotted strolling with woman around Costa Brava resort town

MARCOS MORENO

Spain ups border checks in Gibraltar

Authorities allege a spike in tobacco smuggling, while The Rock says controls are politically motivated

Más información

BULLFIGHTING

Bullfighter David Mora is gored in the ring on Tuesday in Las Ventas. / Santi Burgos

Madrid bullfight suspended after all three matadors gored

Antonio Lorca Madrid

Las Ventas bullring forced to cancel ‘corrida’ because of multiple injuries for first time in 35 years

EDITOR’S PICK

CHANGES IN THE CHURCH

My life as a priest’s wife

Spanish campaigner Emilia Robles explains why pressure on the Church to reconsider the rule of celibacy is growing

Alternative madrid

Jitterbugging the economic blues away

Crisis-hit Madrileños are turning to the lindy hop, jive and other styles to brighten up their own dark times

TV PREVIEW

Spanish successes spice up fall schedules in the US

Fox’s ‘Red Band Society’ and NBC’s ‘The Mysteries of Laura’ both have their roots in shows produced in Spain

The game of the name

Ahead of an upcoming vote on whether to rename the Spanish town of “Killjews,” Jeff Wiseman visits some of Spain’s other unusually named locations

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LATIN AMERICA

US fears coffee disease may destabilize Central America

More than 500,000 jobs could be lost in coming years if plague is not contained, says USAID

War as usual in Colombia

Dialogue with FARC is the main topic on presidential campaign trail. Colombians remain about the peace process

Colombia’s Santos accuses rival of “sabotaging peace”

But Democratic Center candidate claims slander campaign ahead of Sunday's presidential elections

“The protests will continue. Venezuelans are fed up”

Wife of opposition leader Leopoldo López condemns his solitary confinement

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

OPINION

Shame on us

Rosa Montero Madrid

Sahrawi refugees are systematically being denied Spanish citizenship. Now, one woman is doing something about it

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Atomium brings together universities, newspapers and businesses to boost the movement of knowledge

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