“Your real parents abandoned you”
The majority of children adopted from overseas suffer racism Most find they have to come to terms with who they are and where they come from alone
Private guards to protect the public
The government plans to give security personnel some of the same functions as the police But the idea is causing concern among workers in the sector
Government pardons drop by more than half after “kamikaze” controversy
Motorists, gender violence offenders and tax fraudsters reap zero tolerance stance following decision to release driver sentenced to 13 years for road death
Six dead after country’s worst coal-mining disaster for 18 years
Emergency services evacuate further five workers to hospital, all in a serious condition, after methane gas leak at León facility
ETA bomber Inés del Río released from A Coruña jail
Popular Party government moves to avoid backlash from victims over Strasbourg ruling
Spain’s gulag prisoners brought to light on PM’s Kazakhstan visit
Many of estimated 750 Spanish prisoners in Soviet camps were held in Central Asian country’s “Valley of Hell”
Demonstrators brave heavy rain to demand an end to the monarchy
Police prevent around 1,500 protestors from setting up camp at Oriente Palace
"This is hand-to-hand combat"
Immigrants and security forces clash almost every day along the Melilla border 1,700 sub-Saharans have got past the guards to enter Spain this year
Great drain robbery: police bust gang who used sewer system to rob banks
Father-and-son team would break in through tunnels and then lie in wait
Villagers’ fear as forest fires cross from Portugal to Spain
Strong winds sent flaming leaves and brush across the Duero river Elderly residents and children had to be evacuated by firefighters
Valladolid appoints Spain’s first Down Syndrome councillor
Ángela Bachiller joins city council in first for disabled people in Spain Only the UK is also known to have voted in a politician with Down Syndrome
Madrid students protest plan to exclude 3,500 for not paying fees
Undergraduates affected by crisis must pay by September or leave courses
Rise of the crop rustlers
Farmland robberies have spiked since the crisis struck and desperate growers are demanding action Tools, machinery, fuel, copper and foodstuffs are all being taken
Selling off grandma’s jewelry at a loss
Hard-up Spaniards are increasingly turning to cash-for-gold stores for quick money
Companies join unified healthy-worker program
Firms complying with World Health Organization norms receive a certificate