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abortion DEBATE

Spanish government: fetal abnormality now valid reason for abortion

José Manuel Romero / Vera Gutiérrez Calvo Madrid

Conservatives backtrack on most controversial aspect of draft reform after widespread protests

FUEL FRAUD

Cocaine, kidnapping and massive tax fraud uncovered in diesel scam

José Precedo Madrid

Gang that sold adulterated agricultural fuel in gas stations across Spain may have been involved in drug dealing, abduction and money laundering, say police

ECONOMY

More tax relief for self-employed

EFE / Jesús Sérvulo González / Miguel Jiménez Madrid

Embattled homeowners who returned keys to the bank and victims of preferential shares misselling also to benefit from reforms

Income tax in Spain to fall 12.5% over two years

Jesús Sérvulo González Madrid 1

Government announces relief for taxpayers ahead of 2015 elections. Lowest rate to drop from 24% to 19% by 2016

THE HANDOVER OF THE SPANISH THRONE

Juan Carlos to have top legal protection from courts in a month

Fernando Garea Madrid

Government seeking opposition support for fast-track legislation tailor-made for Spain’s former king

Don Felipe and Mariano Rajoy at La Zarzuela. / VIDEO: EL PAÍS- LIVE!

King Felipe VI gets to work by holding first meeting with PM

El País Madrid

New king will soon travel to Vatican and Spain’s neighbors

The challenges facing Felipe VI

Felipe VI becomes the new
king of Spain

El País / Susana Urra Madrid

New monarch sworn in during low-key ceremony. Reign will be “a renewed monarchy for new times,” he says

Royal family greets crowd from palace balcony

Gossip magazine faces inquiry over imaginary Letizia interview

Rosario G. Gómez Madrid

‘Diez Minutos’ under fire after publishing conversation that “could have taken place” with Spain’s new queen

A queen with a mind of her own

Skull number 17 from the Atapuerca Bone Pit. / javier trueba-madrid scientific films

Skulls discovered at key Spanish site point to Neanderthals’ origins

Alicia Rivera Madrid

Unearthing of 430,000-year-old fossils at Atapuerca, in Burgos, sheds light on our cousins’ ancestors

Antonio Banderas buys Málaga penthouse after split from Griffith

Esperanza Codina Málaga

Spanish actor is keen to get out of LA and spend more time in his home town once his daughter starts college

Foundation linked to Podemos received €3.7m from Hugo Chávez

Francisco Mercado Madrid 4

The new Spanish party’s leader, Pablo Iglesias, and two top aides sat on board of non-profit organization that advised Venezuelan leader for a decade

“We have put our knowledge to the service of change”

Luis Gómez Madrid

Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias argues that his policies are not populist and that tax loopholes for big firms could be closed “in a week” with a new law

Podemos leader wins sweeping support in grassroots vote

Three decades of training scams

Álvaro de Cózar / Pilar Álvarez Madrid

Spain’s system of funding vocational programs has repeatedly shown itself to be open to corruption. Labor unions and business associations work in cahoots with front firms to siphon off public money

The cadaver dissection room at the Complutense’s faculty of medicine. / carlos rosillo