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Supreme Court rules in favor of oil prospecting
off Canary Islands

Spain's highest tribunal ignored seven appeals that cited the potential damage to island wildlife, fishing and tourism

ABORTION DEBATE

Internal pressure pushed government into abortion U-turn

Popular Party leaders fear damage that planned toughening of legislation could do at the polls, mobilizing left-wing voters

SPANISH SOCCER

Las Palmas fans throw chairs from the stands. / EFE

Prosecutor to investigate after Las Palmas game descends into chaos

Rafael Pineda / Txema Santana Seville / Las Palmas

Fans invaded pitch during Sunday fixture against Córdoba and saw team lose promotion at last gasp

FUEL FRAUD

The truck the network used to filter marked industrial fuel.

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

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

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

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

Felipe VI becomes the new
king of Spain

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

Gossip magazine faces inquiry over imaginary Letizia interview

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

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

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

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

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EDITOR’S PICK

Madrid Mayor Ana Botella tries out the new bikes on Monday. / C. R.

Glitches ruin inauguration of Madrid rental bike system

Would-be cyclists find they are unable to get the machines to work. City Hall has been promising this service since 2009

Apple opens doors of its new Spanish flagship store

Dancing employees entertain lines of fans waiting to be the first to walk into iPhone maker’s new Madrid premises

Why the Canary Islands are a new El Dorado of film shoots

A 38% tax break for filmmakers has attracted movies such as Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus,’ with 13 other projects underway

Mundial de fútbol Brasil 2014

Xavi and Iker Casillas chat during a training session. / alejandro ruesga

Xavi’s sad farewell to La Roja and Barcelona

Del Bosque says Spain has a “solid base” for the future after team’s 3-0 World Cup swansong against Australia

Barcelona welcomes the summer with a bang

Chris Finnigan tries to convey the chaos and disorder of the night of San Joan

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LATIN AMERICA

Unidentified bodies found in Texas town known for migrant crossings

Remains were inside plastic bags or were in direct contact with the earth

Central America on alert for mosquito-borne epidemic

Jan Martínez Ahrens Mexico City

The chikungunya virus causes fever and intense joint pain

A generation unafraid of losing

Mexico is relying on striker Oribe Peralta to beat Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic’s Croatia and progress in the World Cup

Assange says he will stay under Ecuador’s protection

After two years trapped inside country’s London embassy, WikiLeaks founder sees no option but to stay on

The latest in European science

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

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