This week’s movie releases
A stellar cast of franchise veterans and newcomers alike unites for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’
Ex-Barcelona soccer club boss named as official suspect in Neymar tax fraud case
High Court judge summons Sandro Rosell to testify on June 13
Spain’s hard-won shipwreck coins finally go on public display in Cartagena
Exhibition of half-a-billion-dollar hoard taken from frigate Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes opens Spanish government took trove back from US treasure hunter Odyssey after a long legal battle
A necessary king
The monarch who smoothed the path to democracy has given up the crown to further its modernization
The life of a royal family
A chronology of King Juan Carlos’ 76 years, from birth to renouncing the throne
Politicians react to royal bombshell
Socialist leader hails most important political development “since Spain’s return to democracy”
King addresses Spaniards via television message to announce his abdication
"The Prince of Asturias has the maturity and the necessary preparation to assume the role"
King Juan Carlos abdicates
PM Mariano Rajoy makes surprise announcement that Spanish monarch will step down, paving way for Prince Felipe to take over as head of state
Madrid’s best new cocktail bars
A clutch of contemporary drinking spots have found their place alongside the city’s classics
This week’s movie releases
Angelina Jolie turns nasty in ‘Sleeping Beauty’ remake ‘Maleficent’ Tom Cruise keeps springing back from the dead in Doug Liman’s sci-fi actioner ‘Edge of Tomorrow’
A responsible politician
Socialist leader Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba has acknowledged his party’s European defeat and is making way for leadership changes
Socialist leader throws in the towel after poor showing at European elections
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba calls extraordinary party meeting in July to choose new leadership
A blow to the two-party system
The results of Sunday’s polls open the door to a broader political spectrum that could define the next general elections in Spain
Guaranteeing the future
Prince Felipe is showing poise and balance ahead of his future role as head of state
This week’s movie releases
Nicole Kidman is a princess in critical peril in the panned 'Grace of Monaco' And Jude Law fattens up to play the lead role in ‘Dom Hemingway’
Coca-Cola pulls ad featuring Basque actor “with ETA sympathies”
Decision comes after complaint sent to drinks manufacturer by a terrorist victims’ association
Russian mafioso linked to 33 murders arrested at Spanish-French border
Described as “extremely dangerous,” Dmitry Zavyalov had been spotted vacationing on Costa Brava
The law is sufficient
Excesses committed on social networking sites in the wake of the murder of politician Isabel Carrasco can be pursued without toughening the penal code
Drug trafficker arrested over body found with incision in stomach
A young lawyer, thought to be a drug mule, turned up dead in Málaga in 2010 The suspect is alleged to have let the man die before cutting out cocaine bags from his intestines
This week’s movie releases
Bringing an indie flavor to the Hollywood blockbuster, Gareth Edwards’ ‘Godzilla’ stomps into town
No time for speculation
A flurry of theories over the motives for the killing of a Popular Party politician is out of place
Bank monitoring
The government’s plans to create a new database holding the financial details of all Spaniards have raised a number of legal issues
Atlético Madrid and Barcelona get ready for unique Liga ‘final’ at Camp Nou
Title race to go down to wire after both contenders slip up on Sunday Real Madrid waves farewell to hopes after Celta defeat
Government to create database for monitoring all Spanish bank accounts
Measure aimed at combating money laundering and terrorism funding But experts fear new system could be used as a political weapon
Eight years on, judge targets rail chiefs in Valencia subway crash probe
Tragic accident in 2006 left 43 people dead and 47 others injured Until now, only the driver – who was killed in the incident – had been held accountable
This week’s movie releases
Set on a train circling an icy future Earth, ‘Snowpiercer’ is a sci-fi thriller to get excited about
“We will report on news that’s in the interest of readers, not of an ideology”
Antonio Caño, the new editor-in-chief of EL PAÍS, answers the public’s questions
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