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Madrid: an island in a sea of coronavirus restrictions
While many major European cities are implementing strict measures, the Spanish capital has a relaxed approach despite warnings from experts about the risks when infection rates remain high
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Spanish rapper convicted over tweets arrested after ignoring prison deadline
Pablo Hasél was taken to a penitentiary to serve a nine-month sentence for glorifying terrorism and insulting the Crown in a case that has reignited debate on freedom of expression
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Spain’s Jewish communities call for probe into neo-fascist demonstration in Madrid
At the event on Saturday, at which attendees carried Nazi symbols, a young woman made a speech proclaiming that “the enemy is always going to be [...] the Jew”
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Ex-Madrid premier Cristina Cifuentes acquitted of wrongdoing in master’s degree scandal
The regional High Court found no conclusive evidence that the former Popular Party politician ordered the forgery of university documents
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Coronavirus cases in Spain continue to fall, with incidence rate at lowest point in a month
Hospital occupation by Covid patients has also been falling for the last week, albeit at a slower rhythm than new infections
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‘Opening our hotel to migrants revolutionized our lives’
Briton Calvin Lucock and his Norwegian wife Unn Tove Saetran talk to EL PAÍS about how the experience of sheltering hundreds of boat arrivals has dismantled their prejudices
El Roto
El Roto cartoon, February 16, 2021
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