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IMMIGRATION

Morocco: “dysfunctions” led to huge influx of migrant boats to Spain

José Precedo / Jesús Duva Tarifa / Madrid

Country’s security forces had not been patrolling its northern coast since Monday, says EU border agency. Spanish Interior Ministry to send 500 more officers to affected areas

835 more African migrants picked up off Spanish coast

Cándido Romaguera / Agencias / Toñy Ramos Madrid / Melilla

Huge influx of immigrants by sea continues as over 700 attempt to jump Melilla fence

Government gives definitive go-ahead to prospecting off Canaries

El País Madrid

Energy firm Repsol says it will begin oil exploration surveys later this year, and expects results by early 2015

ERE INVESTIGATION

Supreme Court to rule on senior politicians in labor fund scandal

Seville judge hands over section of massive ERE corruption case involving two ex-Andalusia regional premiers and five others with parliamentary immunity

Religion teacher Luis Alberto González. / Rafa Avero

Catholic Church sacks gay religion teacher in Canary Islands

Txema Santana Las Palmas

Regional government had already ratified former priest Luis Alberto González’s position for the next academic year

EBOLA OUTBREAK

Priest brought to Madrid after contracting ebola dies in hospital

El País / J. Jiménez Gálvez Madrid / La Iglesuela 1

Seventy-five-year-old Spanish clergyman Miguel Pajares, who was flown back from Liberia last week, had been being treated with experimental ZMapp serum

REFERENDUM ROW

Catalan deputy premier suggests independence vote could be delayed

Miquel Noguer Barcelona

Sovereignty referendum planned for November 9 could be postponed if government appeals it to Constitutional Court, says Joana Ortega

Irishman who threw suitcase full of cocaine out of hotel window arrested

Ferran Bono Valencia

The 39-year-old, known only as P. G., was caught in possession of 55 kilos of the drug in Valencia

“El Nene” makes the victory sign in a private photo taken in January.

Is this really the end of drug baron “El Nene”?

Mohamed Taieb Ahmed, once responsible for up to a 10th of all cannabis entering Spain, is missing after his speedboat was reportedly ambushed off the Moroccan coast

ROCK OF CONTENTION

Spain to investigate smuggling in Gibraltar after EU recommendation

Spanish High Court to look into contraband and money-laundering activity in response to European anti-fraud office calls for London and Madrid to probe financial irregularities in British territory

Spanish public transport use drops by seven million in one year

Number of passengers down 1.8% compared with June 2013

Two Spaniards travel to Ukraine to fight alongside pro-Russian militia

El País Madrid 6

The pair, both members of far-left political youth groups, say they view the conflict as akin to the Spanish Civil War

TOWARD THE END OF ETA

Ministry to slash bodyguard protection as ETA threat recedes

Jesús Duva Madrid

Protection will gradually be withdrawn from more than 1,500 public figures, saving millions of euros in the process

Pujol at his wife's family home in Queralbs (Girona). / Pere duran

Pujol seeks refuge in Queralbs

El País Barcelona

Ex-Catalan premier and his family have been trying to escape public eye since admitting to hiding funds overseas

Catalan regional government moves to regulate cannabis use

All aspects – from cultivation to sale – will be controlled, while non-residents and under-21s will not be allowed to join clubs

June house sales in Spain up 8.8% compared to same month in 2013

But figures for first half of 2014 reveal fall of 5.2% compared to same period a year earlier

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EDITOR’S PICK

Miguel de Cervantes, as drawn by Loredano.

Newly unearthed documents shed fresh light on ‘Don Quixote’ author

Finds in Seville reveal Cervantes worked as a purveyor for Philip II’s navy and establish a relationship with a previously unknown woman

Stressed-out Spain

More than five years into the economic crisis, growing numbers of Spaniards are suffering from health problems

CINEMA

Imax movie theaters to close in Madrid and Barcelona

Only three of the giant-screen cinemas, which have been hit hard by the crisis, will remain in Spain

Eviction drama on the big screen

A documentary and a feature film tackling the topic are both in production in Spain, which has seen a rash of repossessions

You can’t stop the party

Superstar DJ David Guetta finally made it to Mallorca to play a gig last week. Vicki McLeod finds out what the holdup was

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LATIN AMERICA

FARC chief says peace agreement will not be signed this year

The rebel leader says discussions on victims will take several months

Venezuela puts its US-based oil refinery network on sale

President Maduro’s regime wants to sell its Citgo corporation to avoid sanctions

Russia to buy Brazilian meat in the wake of US-EU food embargo

Foreign trade groups celebrate Moscow’s decision to increase imports

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

OPINION

The truth was painful but it set me free

Guido’s meeting with the biological family from which he was taken during Argentina’s military dictatorship fills the rest of us recovered grandchildren with strength

The latest in European science

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

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