26 febrero 2015
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economy

Consumer spending driving Spanish economic upsurge

National Statistics Office confirms GDP grew 1.4% in 2014 with a 0.7% rise in fourth quarter – the largest since 2007 and matched only by Germany – thanks to increased household consumption

Madrid government paid judges €27,000 to attend four meetings

Three magistrates and six court clerks allegedly demanded bonuses for consulting on regional IT project

Security

An alleged member of DDP enters a Madrid courthouse in 2011. / luis sevillano

Madrid begins deporting Latino street gang members

Thirty-four people connected with Los Ñetas, DDP, Trinitarios and other violent groups are to be sent back to their countries of origin

HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty puts spotlight on Spain’s immigration policy

Rights organization’s annual study notes reports of excessive force and unlawful expulsions in Ceuta and Melilla exclaves

INDEPENDENCE BID

Catalan independence vote not constitutional, rules top court

M. F. / M. N. / P. R. Madrid / Barcelona 1

Tribunal finds in favor of appeals filed by central government against November 9 poll. “There is only one route left for the people of Catalonia, and that is elections,” says regional premier

POLITICS

The moment when Deputy Joan Baldoví fainted in Congress. / Photo: Claudio Álvarez / Video: EL PAÍS LIVE

Femen, a fainting deputy, Candy Crush and a Basque hot potato

The 2015 State of the Nation Debate has been characterized by a number of bizarre moments

Truths and half-truths from the State of the Nation Debate

EL PAÍS analyzes the claims and counter-claims made by Prime Minister Rajoy and opposition leader Pedro Sánchez

BUSINESS

Five energy firms hit with €32.4m fines for fixing gasoline prices

Repsol will have to pay highest amount after stock market watchdog finds evidence of unfair trade practices

Alonso leaves hospital on Wednesday. / as

Fernando Alonso discharged from hospital, but will miss rest of testing

Oriol Puigdemont / El País Barcelona / Madrid

Spanish F1 driver suffered a concussion in a mysterious crash in Barcelona on Sunday

How prone is Spain to earthquakes?

Authorities in Albacete town at epicenter of Monday’s tremor confirm it caused no damage to people or property

Central Spain shaken
by 5.2-magnitude earthquake

El País Madrid

The epicenter of the tremor, which took place at 5.16pm, was located in Albacete province. The effects were felt in a number of regions, including Madrid, Valencia and Murcia

A bird's eye-view of Madrid's four skyscrapers and the plot meant to hold an international convention center. / Álvaro García

Madrid’s “great artificial sun” becomes a hole in the ground

City’s ambitious convention center project never rose above the foundations. Now it wants to recoup losses by renting the space

Catalan regional police to start using stun guns

Rebeca Carranco Barcelona

Region’s home affairs department is planning to buy around 100 electroshock weapons, but activists say public debate is required first

A child peers at a model of a Neanderthal. / Neanderthal Museum / H. N.

Neanderthals divided tasks by gender, researchers reveal

Dental evidence points to fact that males and females of humankind’s cousin species performed different jobs

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EDITOR’S PICK

Doula Paca Muñoz with one of the 200 pregnant women she has helped.

Doulas defend their profession

Providers of support to pregnant women uphold their work in the wake of a harsh report published by Spanish nurses

Spanish television’s clap trap

The cash that TV firms pay to studio audiences has become a way to make ends meet for some crisis-hit Spaniards, who take home around €10 for 10-hour days

Arco art fair looks to the Americas

Madrid’s premier art gathering is looking to transform itself into a global reference for Hispanic creation

Painting with stones

Chris Finnigan meets the mosaic master responsible for restoring some of Barcelona’s ‘trencadís’ masterpieces

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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LATIN AMERICA

“I don’t know why my prints aren’t on that gun”

The IT expert who loaned Argentinean prosecutor Alberto Nisman the pistol found by his body talks to EL PAÍS

Tensions rise in Venezuela after 14-year-old is shot dead at demonstration

Police ransack opposition party’s HQ after officials sign national transition manifesto

101 animals rescued from Mexican politician’s home

Local deputy in Puebla state had been operating his own private zoo for 15 years under deplorable conditions

Bolivian anthem strikes a sour note with Chile

Morales orders hymn calling for return of Pacific coast territory to be played at all official events

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