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CORRUPTION

Alhambra chief arrested in money-laundering investigation

Police are looking into the 2007 awarding of the contract to rent audio guides to visitors of the Granada site, Spain’s most-visited tourist attraction

ENERGY POLICY

Spain faces billion-euro compensation over renewables cuts

Government suffers first setback as arbitration court says it is competent to judge claims filed by foreign solar investors

LABOR MARKET

David Pena in the garage of his home outside Santiago. / Óscar Corral

“I had 130 contracts in two years”

The number of Spaniards hired for jobs lasting less than a week is rising. Many live insecure existences, waiting for the phone to ring

Schools say they lack means to deal with special education. / C. R.

Why Iván has to travel 57 kilometers just to get to school

Parents of children with disabilities are torn between taking them to special education centers or to regular schools

REGIONAL POLITICS

Cristina Cifuentes becomes new Madrid regional premier

Conservative leader emerges as the standard-bearer for Popular Party regeneration, and asks to correct the mistakes of the past

Star Carmen Sevilla visits Spanish troops in 1957 during the Ifni War.

Spain refuses to declassify state files from 1931 to 1968

Government says it lacks the resources to analyze the thousands of documents from Franco and Civil War years one by one

MUNICIPAL POLITICS

Prosecutor wants ex-Madrid culture chief investigated over tweets

EFE Madrid

Ahora Madrid councilor Guillermo Zapata was forced to step down after making jokes about the Holocaust and ETA victims on Twitter in 2011

WAGES

Most common salary for workers in Spain is €15,500, says new report

National Statistics Institute figures for 2013 also show that the average wage has dropped slightly to €22,697.86

HOUSING

Amnesty report slams lack of action over Spain’s evictions crisis

There have been 600,000 foreclosures since the crisis began, while local authorities have sold off subsidized housing to investment funds instead of creating a larger pool of affordable homes

BUSINESS

Ono headquarters in Madrid. / ÁNGEL NAVARRETE (BLOOMBERG)

Vodafone reveals losses of €642 million after Ono cleanup

Repurchasing of debt, tax problems and directors’ bonuses to blame for balance sheet of Spanish telecoms firm, which British multinational bought last year

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

Justice

Ex-Rwandan general wanted by Spain for war crimes arrested in UK

Former army official faces charges related to the murders of three Spanish aid workers in 1994

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

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EDITOR’S PICK

The octogenarian skater makes his way to the park. / Antena 3

The case of the senior skater, or why things aren’t always as they seem

When TV show ‘El Hormiguero’ disguised one of Spain’s best skaters as a grandpa, chaos ensued at a Madrid skatepark

Why do the Spanish “shit in the sea”?

New book explores the origins of puzzling Spanish idioms that can sound shocking, vulgar or nonsensical to many foreigners

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

A lesson in manners

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

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LATIN AMERICA

Death of pop star stuns half of Brazil and baffles other

While millions mourned the passing of Cristiano Araújo, many others had no idea who the ‘sertanejo’ singer was

Human Rights Watch links Colombia’s military top brass to summary killings

Generals and colonels “allegedly knew, planned or ordered” executions

Venezuelan opposition leader López ends his hunger strike

Jailed ex-mayor says president has met his demand to hold parliamentary races this year

Mexicans lose thirst for soft drinks as so-called “cola tax” takes effect

Sales in sugary beverages dropped by 6% last year, according to a new study

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