Última hora

LABOR RULING

High Court strikes down Coca-Cola plan that laid off 821 workers in Spain

Cristina Delgado / María Fernández Madrid

Drinks firm will appeal to the Supreme Court and does not plan to re-hire bottling plant employees

INFRASTRUCTURE

Spanish government announces plans to part-privatize airports

Álvaro Romero Madrid

Operation to bring private capital into Aena is the most significant of its kind in the last 15 years

THE END OF JUAN CARLOS’ REIGN

Government seeks top immunity for king after crown handover

José Manuel Romero Madrid 1

Under plans, former monarch will only be tried by the Supreme Court in any civil or criminal inquiry, which goes beyond the privileges currently enjoyed by other politicians and officials

Antonio López in his studio in front of the photographs of the royal family in 1995.. / gonzalo cruz (archivo abc)

The painter still fighting to finish a Spanish royal portrait, 20 years on

Ángeles García Madrid

With Juan Carlos preparing to vacate the throne, artist Antonio López says he is close to completing the painting of the king and his family that he began two decades ago

INTERVIEW

Vincent Rossi, director of BlaBlaCar for Spain and Portugal.

BlaBlaCar: “Sharing a car is legal”

Thomas Gualtieri Madrid

Vicent Rosso, the carpooling website’s director for Spain and Portugal, defends its activities following this week’s taxi strikes

Ministry threatens to levy fines on car-sharing schemes

Brussels snubs Spain’s request to clarify rules for taxi alternatives

Ignacio Fariza / Álvaro Romero Madrid

Petition comes day after cab strike brought traffic chaos to Madrid and Barcelona

24-hour strike over car services leaves Madrid without taxis

A billboard advertising a brothel close to Catarroja in Valencia. / Jesús Císcar

Putting an official number on the Spanish sex trade

Jesús Sérvulo González Madrid

After talking to brothels and charities, Spain’s National Statistics Institute says GDP will grow up to 4.5% once black economy figures and other EU changes are added

Alzheimer’s charity forged patient’s will to keep part of her €3m fortune

María R. Sahuquillo / Javier Martín-Arroyo Madrid

Afal Futuro president admits to fraud over Madrid woman's inheritance in secret recording

First cannabis club shut down in Catalonia for drug trafficking

Jordi Mumbrú Escofet / Rebeca Carranco Barcelona

Authorities are keeping a closer eye on member-only associations that claim to be not-for-profit yet handle millions of euros

INTERVIEW

Nadal poses with the Roland Garros trophy in Paris. / GONZALO FUENTES (REUTERS)

Rafael Nadal: “I would rather die being brave”

After his historic ninth Roland Garros victory on Sunday, the world number one discusses tennis, tears and tattoos

Civil Guard investigating tax fraud in staging of Messi charity matches

José Antonio Hernández Madrid

Officers find transfers worth almost €1m sent to “G. Marín-Messi” in Caribbean offshore haven

CINEMA

The Madrid set of Spanish filmmaker Alex de la Iglesia’s 2010 movie ‘The Last Circus.’ / Samuel Sánchez

Madrid turns its back on the movies

The organization responsible for attracting international film shoots to the Spanish capital is on the verge of closure

Más información

culture

Subterfuge founders Gema del Valle and Carlos Galán in their Madrid offices. / Fede Serra

Subterfuge: 25 years of underground music

Iñigo López Palacios

The influential independent record label has changed the course of Spanish pop and rock music over the last quarter century. Now it's celebrating with a two-day festival reuniting all its past signings