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INVESTIGATION

Unete: the Spanish bitcoin scam that’s claimed 22,000 victims

Joaquín Gil Madrid

Digital currency devised by Spaniard José Manuel Ramírez Marco is thought to have attracted €50 million, but investors are now unable to get their money back

TelexFree, WishClub and Unete: online scams exposed by EL PAÍS

The three schemes took hundreds of millions from small investors lured in by the promise of hefty returns

FUTURE OF THE EU

A Brexit? Why Gibraltar is saying no thank you

Ana Carbajosa Gibraltar

A UK referendum on European Union membership has sparked concerns on the Rock, which currently benefits from low taxes and an open border with Spain

Sara Marcet breastfeeding her newborn child Serea. / ÓSCAR CORRAL

The tough task of becoming a mom in crisis-hit Spain

With a falling birth rate now reversed, it seems women are no longer waiting for job security before having their first child

Spanish birth rate rises for first time in five years

Agencies Madrid

Average maternity age up to 31.8 years in 2014 compared to 31.7 the year before, while life expectancy increases to a record 83 years, according to INE

SPAIN’S NEW MUNICIPAL MAP

New mayor of Cádiz unable to stop a home eviction despite mediation

Raúl Limón Seville

Leftist José María González has made housing, food and industrial reactivation his priorities in a city with 42 percent unemployment

More than half of voters unhappy with results of municipal elections

Survey reveals citizens’ dissatisfaction with pacts reached between parties to attain power

Illegal cockfighting club broken up outside Madrid

Three arrested after Civil Guard seizes 32 fighting birds in raid on secret venue near San Fernando de Henares

The Ézaro waterfall on the River Xallas. / ASOCIACIÓN RÍOS CON VIDA

€8.5m bond for firm that dried up unique waterfall

Hydroelectricity company Ferroatlántica benefited from a decision by a Galicia government official who now faces prison

How to sleep in the Spanish heat

A few simple tricks for surviving those sweaty summer nights – with no air conditioning required

POLITICS

Despite electoral defeat, Spanish PM postpones Cabinet changes

El País Madrid

Mariano Rajoy only brings in new Prime Minister’s Office undersecretary, despite rumors of big reshuffle. Move follows appointment of young faces to key party roles on Thursday

ROYAL FAMILY

After one year, King Felipe VI bolsters support for monarchy

Anabel Díez Madrid

Twelve months on from the abdication of Juan Carlos, Metroscopia poll for EL PAÍS reveals that 81% of Spaniards approve of how his son is carrying out his duties

Joan Ribó, mayor of Valencia, leaves City Hall with his bicycle. / JOSÉ JORDÁN

New Valencia mayor will sell predecessor’s armored Audi A8

Joan Ribó, of the leftist regionalist party Compromís, wants to visibly break with the governance style of Rita Barberá

Vicente López with his produce in La Almunia de Doña Godina / D. A.

The Spanish growers feeling the brunt of Russia’s food imports ban

Moscow’s retaliation for EU sanctions over the Ukraine conflict is hurting small fruit and vegetable producers

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EDITOR’S PICK

A journey to the center of London’s new underground

One of the most complicated stretches of Europe’s largest civil engineering project has been awarded to Spanish engineers

Bringing bullfighting’s present and past together

The library and soon-to-be reopened museum at Madrid’s Las Ventas offer a glimpse into the history of the practice

Are these Europe’s 10 best streets?

EL PAÍS correspondents across the continent choose their favorite thoroughfares in the cities where they live

A lesson in manners

Mary Biles explains how negotiating Seville’s narrow sidewalks taught her to rethink her very British ideas of politeness

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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LATIN AMERICA

Venezuela to hold elections on December 6

President Maduro had been under increasing pressure from the opposition and international figures to set a date

Brazil’s two biggest construction tycoons arrested in Petrobras case

Prosecutors investigating whether Lula da Silva improperly used connections

Argentina’s president puts son and allies on top of slates

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ends widespread speculation over whether she will run for another public post

The all-seeing eye of Mexico’s drug gangs

Authorities in Tamaulipas state take down surveillance cameras installed by secret cartel to keep tabs on police and rivals

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