US chain Costco to open Madrid store
The wholesaler inaugurated its first Spanish branch in Seville last May
PP’s Madrid mayor candidate shrugs off first controversy
Esperanza Aguirre was at odds with party over future role as head of regional branch
Angora clothes from Inditex go to good cause in Syrian refugee camp
Photos show shipment of around 23,000 items arriving to displaced people in Lebanon
This week’s movie releases
David Oyelowo leads the way in Martin Luther King biopic ‘Selma’ Julianne Moore and Robert Pattinson follow David Cronenberg’s ‘Maps to the Stars’
Mortgage foreclosures up 7.4% in 2014
20 squatter families evicted from Madrid building as recovery fails to halt repossessions
A glimpse of Mallorca from Barcelona
Perfect mix of weather conditions allows Balearic island to be seen from Catalan capital
Colombia will send top military aides to negotiate definitive FARC ceasefire
President Santos admits “not everyone will be happy” when peace deal is finally reached
Zaragoza on orange alert after Ebro River bursts its banks
Rising waters force local residents from homes, while emergency crews called out 75 times
This week’s movie releases
Colin Firth plays an ass-kicking gentleman spy in ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ Domhnall Gleeson strives to separate robot from human in Alex Garland’s ‘Ex-Machina’
Fernando Alonso discharged from hospital, but will miss rest of testing
Spanish F1 driver suffered a concussion in a mysterious crash in Barcelona on Sunday
Rajoy accused of lying by opposition leader, whom PM calls “pathetic”
Heated debate sees Pedro Sánchez and Popular Party prime minister trade insults
Four jihadist recruiters arrested in Catalonia and Melilla
Those detained edited and translated ISIS propaganda into Spanish
Central Spain shaken by 5.2-magnitude earthquake
The epicenter of the tremor, which was felt at 5.16pm, was located in Albacete province
How is the proliferation of art fairs changing the business?
Ahead of the ARCO art fair in Madrid, the Arts and Culture supplement of EL PAÍS asks two specialists to discuss the effect of the rise of contemporary art fairs held around the world
Cathedral thief gets 10 years for stealing 12th-century manuscript
Former electrician at Santiago pilgrimage site also had €1.7m in cash stashed at home
Venezuelan opposition leader marks first year in prison
Maduro government has rejected UN demands for Leopoldo López’s release
Judge sets €800m civil bond for former chiefs at Bankia
Move comes as part of probe into allegations of wrongdoing in lead-up to lender’s flotation
Andalusia police arrest dozens in phony education training scam
Among those detained is the former Socialist mayor of Jerez de la Frontera
This week’s movie releases
‘Foxcatcher’ and ‘Jupiter Ascending’ provide a double dose of Channing Tatum
Snow and plunging temperatures leave hundreds of motorists stranded
Military vehicles deployed to rescue 220 people from roads in northern Spain
New King Felipe VI euro coins go into circulation
Currency bearing image of former monarch Juan Carlos to be gradually replaced
Podemos edges ahead of Socialists in voting intention, CIS survey shows
Pablo Iglesias’s party sits 1.7 points in front of PSOE. PP remains top with 27.3% of votes
Spain prepares for subzero temperatures
National weather service warns about first cold snap to hit peninsula in three years
Government and Socialists sign anti-terrorism pact to tackle jihadists
Opposition leader Sánchez says PSOE may appeal life-sentence clause linked to deal
Spanish unemployment gets off to worse start in 2015 than last year
January sees loss of 199,902 jobs as jobless claims rise by 77,980
Prosecutor wants Barcelona soccer club chief targeted in Neymar case
Josep María Bartomeu may be investigated for withholding €2.8 million in fiscal year 2014
Venezuela permits army to use firearms for controlling protests
Watchdog groups say move violates the Constitution and shows government is scared
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