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CATALAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS

Tensions threaten unity of Catalan leader Mas’s pro-sovereignty platform

Pere Ríos Barcelona

Regional premier accused of blackmailing pro-independence groups into accepting his list of candidates for September 27 election

FESTIVAL ROW

Matisyahu performs in Seattle in October. / M. Hayward (Getty)

Rototom festival reverses decision to ban Jewish US singer Matisyahu

Event organizers apologize for canceling New York musician’s concert and invite him to perform again

Spanish government criticizes festival’s ban on Jewish US singer

Foreign Ministry says organizers’ request for Matisyahu to make a political statement “violates the conscience”

Latin America

Why radio is proving the medium for peace in Colombia

Community broadcasters are being trained to bring stories of truth and reconciliation relating to the country’s decades-old conflict to remote regions

GREEK BAILOUT

Spain’s Congress approves third EU bailout for Greece

Ruling Popular Party blocks European reform debate proposed by Socialists. Spain to contribute €10 billion to Greek rescue package

tourism

Budget airlines carried half of passengers in Spain last month

Low-cost carriers see traffic rise 7.9% year-on-year in record July for Spanish tourism. Traditional operators make more modest gains

Latin America

Maradona with former World Cup referee Ali Bennaceur. / FACEBOOK

Maradona visits Tunisian referee who gave him “Hand of God” goal

Argentinian soccer star calls official who oversaw controversial 1986 World Cup match against England his “eternal friend”

latin america

Spanish chef José Andrés no longer alone in his fight against Trump

Silvia Ayuso Washington

Mexican ex-diplomat starts fund-raising drive to help pay Spaniard’s fees in lawsuit filed by presidential candidate

Trump pledges to deport all illegal workers if elected

Cristina F. Pereda Washington

Republican presidential candidate plans to pay for border wall by raising certain US visa charges for Mexicans

CRIME

Suspected Cuenca murderer “not sorry,” says Romanian friend

Jesús Duva / P. Ortega Dolz Madrid / Cuenca

Police believe Morate only planned to kill ex-girlfriend Marina Okarynska as the two victims were buried in a hole dug for just one person

Suspected killer of two Cuenca women arrested in Romania

Jesús Duva / Patricia Ortega Dolz Madrid / Cuenca

Police used fugitive’s cellphone signal to track him from the French-Spanish border at Portbou

Latin America

Brazilians stage third march to demand president’s resignation

Felipe Betim São Paulo

Thousands take to the streets of large cities once again as Rousseff’s approval rating stands at eight percent

ACCIDENTS

Lifeguards urge caution after 115 drown in Spain in July and August

Nearly half of fatalities on beaches and in swimming pools so far this year have occurred during summer vacation period

The Llanito expression ‘estoy de libertad’ means ‘to be on holiday.’

Why Gibraltar’s Llanito dialect is rapidly dying out

Young people are turning their backs on the curious blend of Spanish, English and other languages spoken on the Rock

Latin America

Kerry at US embassy opening: “The future is for Cubans to shape”

Secretary of state praises Presidents Obama and Castro for having courage to stop being “prisoners of history” as he presides flag-raising ceremony in Havana

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Editor's pick

“Megateo” with alleged members of the EPL in 2013. / 'SEMANA'

Colombia seeks to uncover the mystery of “Megateo”

Around 350 officers are now hunting the elusive insurgent leader and drug trafficker, who some believe may already be dead

Mountain biker’s death highlights dangers of Spain’s cycle-path traps

43-year old killed in July after riding into cable strung across Cantabria bike route

Ricky Gervais: “A bull killing a matador isn’t murder. It’s self-defense”

Comedian rails against bullfighting after learning of Spaniard’s goring death

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Verne in english

Eight cartoons demonstrating why we hate selfie sticks

One Barcelona illustrator’s drawing about the cumbersome contraptions has proved a social networks smash

I live in Barcelona and work in London (well, sometimes)

After his blog post proving it was doable went viral, Sam Cookney decided to put his crazy plan into practice

Café Comercial’s final tradition: the pending coffee

Historic Madrid coffeehouse adopted an Italian custom of paying for the next customer's drink

MOST-READ ARTICLES

Eight spots for a vacation fling

From Madrid to the Caribbean, the places where you’re most likely to find romance this summer

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

The deserted Spanish villages going for a song

Around 1,500 entire municipalities are currently on the market, with some going for as little as €50,000

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Unacceptable discrimination

Spanish politicians need to make their position clear on the political and religious intolerance to which Jewish-American singer Matisyahu has been subjected

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