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PM’s chief of staff paid highest government salary, website reveals

New transparency project lists yearly payments to ministers, secretaries of state and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy

Spanish government launches first transparency website

Administration to release 500,000 details on how it spends public funds, but some information will remain under wraps

A child plays in El Gallinero in April 2011. / Gorka Lejarcegi

298 children living like Nigeria’s poorest outside Madrid — report

Youngsters in El Gallinero shantytown live among trash, drugs and violence only 12km from city center, says Save the Children

Judge orders ride-share firm Uber to cease all operations in Spain

EP Madrid

Precautionary measure comes ahead of court case to be filed by Madrid Taxi Association. Magistrate accepts argument that service constitutes unfair competition

A group of men search for hash on a beach in Chiclana. / J. C. T.

Hashish galore!

Pedro Espinosa Chiclana de la Frontera

Locals are flocking to a Cadiz beach in the hope of recovering packages of drugs lost by smugglers during a police chase

Canary Islands judges rule against suspending oil exploration

Appeal had been filed by regional government in bid to stop Spanish energy firm Repsol prospecting in the area

SOCCER VIOLENCE

Interior Ministry sacks Depor, Atleti security chiefs after fan brawl

El País Madrid

State secretary Francisco Martínez says clubs failed to pass on “detailed” information about ‘ultras’ planned journey to Madrid

The mass kissing protest in Burger King on Saturday. / AP

Expulsion of gay couple from Burger King spurs kissing protest

The two young men were ejected from the Madrid restaurant by a security guard after a family complained

ROYAL CORRUPTION

Prosecutor seeks 18 years for king’s brother-in-law Urdangarin

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Anti-corruption attorney’s 500-page document for Nóos case judge also asks for Spain’s Infanta Cristina to be acquitted

King bars royals from accepting favors or expensive presents

Minor courtesy gifts will still be admitted, although no price limit has been established and is instead left to “common sense”

MEDIA

State broadcaster slammed for ETA slur during Pablo Iglesias interview

Podemos leader told by TVE news chief he was “in luck” because Basque terrorists were released from prison last week

Political change near irreversible, says Podemos after voter poll

Party sees itself consolidated despite dropping to second behind Socialists

A lion on top of the man at Barcelona Zoo. / Ramón Serra Martínez

Man who jumped into Barcelona Zoo lion enclosure in critical state

Rebeca Carranco Barcelona 1

Justo José M.P., an on-leave policeman, was mauled after climbing in with the animals on Sunday

Gallery owners took this photograph of the hole made in the wall by the burglars. / EFE

Burglars waltz out of Madrid art gallery with 70 paintings

A nearby security guard questioned the thieves but did not suspect any wrongdoing despite the odd hours

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EDITOR’S PICK

A hiker in the Anaga rural park in Tenerife.

Around Spain in 20 miniadventures

From canoeing in Asturias to dogsledding in the Pyrenees, check out a countrywide selection of outdoor thrills and spills

First direct freight train from China reaches Madrid

The route, which crosses eight countries, is the longest in the world and takes 21 days to reach the Spanish capital

Spain’s mushroom mafias

The economic crisis is driving a growing trade in illegally collected fungi that has seen gangs strip forests of valuable species

Put down Orwell, pick up Spanish literature

Chris Finnigan checks out Hispabooks, a small publishing house in Madrid that is changing perceptions of Spain abroad

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LATIN AMERICA

Ibero-American Summit reinvents itself in a less ambitious format

Leaders leave thorny issues aside to reach an agreement on a “soft” agenda

Latin America seeks new growth model based on quality education

Leaders at Ibero-American Summit also propose sweeping structural reforms

Divisions threaten to spoil Ibero-American Summit

M. G. / J. M. A. Veracruz, Mexico

The absence of Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Bolivia deepens split

Mexico targets drugs and poverty in troubled south

President Enrique Peña Nieto’s proposed strategy combines combating the influence of organized crime with economic aid

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