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TOURISM

Barcelona mayor bans granting of new tourist accommodation licenses

Clara Blanchar Barcelona

New leftist leader Ada Colau hopes one-year suspension on new hotels, B&Bs and rental homes will help create a balance between industry growth and quality of life for local residents

LABOR MARKET

Spanish unemployment falls by 94,727 people in June

Social Security affiliations rise by 35,085, surpassing levels when PM Mariano Rajoy came to power in December 2011

Latin America

Is Donald Trump the world’s most hated man right now?

Macy’s department store joins boycott to cut ties with Republican contender for remarks about Mexicans

From l to r: Aznar, Rajoy, Juan Carlos, González and Zapatero. / D. G.

Spain’s current and former PMs dine with King Juan Carlos

El País Madrid

Surprise gathering organized to celebrate the first anniversary of monarch’s abdication in favor of his son Felipe

SPANISH LEARNING

King Felipe unveils a Spanish proficiency test for the whole planet

Jan Martínez Ahrens Mexico City

Spain’s monarch travels to Mexico City to present new certificate for determining students’ language levels, wherever they are in the world

AIR TRAVEL

Ryanair launches petition to ban strikes by air traffic controllers

El País Madrid

Low-cost airline’s move comes as both Spanish and French staff get ready to leave their posts in July

ISLAMIST TERRORISM

Twenty-five combatants from Spain have died fighting in Syria and Iraq

New report, to which EL PAÍS has had access, reveals death toll. Since IS began trying to overthrow the regime of Bashar al-Assad, around 114 Moroccan volunteers have traveled from Spain to Syria

Citizen Safety Law

Five things Spain’s ‘gag law’ will stop you doing from today

Protesting in front of Congress, climbing buildings and other types of “risky” behavior will carry fines of up to €600,000

Greenpeace activists protest Citizen Safety Law at Congress

Agencies Madrid

Environmental group unfurls banner against controversial law. The organization says the legislation penalizes peaceful demonstrations

Air traffic controllers call second round of partial strikes for July

El País Madrid

Spain’s Enaire airport authority refuses to back down over sanctions against 61 employees for 2010 walkout

DRUG TRAFFICKING

The mystery of Spain’s abandoned drug helicopters

Daniel Verdú Madrid

Crashed choppers that no one wants to claim are cropping up around Andalusia every few months

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

The Dulce Nombre de María church’s web page.

Seville church website removes article on “curing” homosexuality

El País Seville

Parish priest says volunteer posted the text without giving warning

Gay rights supporters cheer as an LGTB banner is hung at Madrid City Hall. / J. R.

Rainbow flags fly from official buildings in Madrid and Valencia

New leaders to emerge from May 24 elections symbolize “new way of doing politics” by embracing LGTB rights ahead of Gay Pride

HEALTH SCARE

Six-year-old boy who contracted diphtheria dies in hospital

Child’s parents had chosen not to vaccinate him despite free service. He became first case of disease seen in Spain since 1987

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EDITOR’S PICK

The wedding of Socialist Jaume Collboni (l) and TV producer Óscar Cornejo.

A decade after legalization, same-sex weddings make up 2% of total

More than 30,000 gay and lesbian couples have tied the knot since Spain passed landmark legislation in 2005, says statistics institute

The best of Granada’s free tapas

The Andalusian city is famed for the Alhambra but is just as well known for the delicacies handed out with every drink

Why the heat puts us in a bad mood

Scientific research points to links between hot weather and irritability, anxiety, mood swings, and even wars

MOST-READ ARTICLES

Why Spaniards ‘shit in the sea’

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

How to sleep in the Spanish heat

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

Spain’s 20 top nudist beaches

As the Mediterranean waters begin to warm, it’s time to seek out spots along Spain’s 8,000-km coastline where bathers can bare all

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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LATIN AMERICA

US and Cuba announce the reopening of their embassies

July 20 set as date for reestablishment of formal diplomatic relations between the two nations after a 54-year freeze

Cuba becomes first nation to end mother-to-child HIV transmission

WHO also validates eradication of mom-to-baby spread of syphilis on island

King Felipe: “Mexico is respected in Spain”

Spanish monarch pays homage to Spanish Civil War exiles during his first state visit to Mexico City

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