Top prize in Spanish Christmas Lottery goes to Almería town
Residents of Roquetas de Mar celebrate scooping €4 million awarded to number 79140
Markets react skittishly to election
Ibex 35 retreats and borrowing costs rise following new scenario of political uncertainty
Socialists confirm they will vote ‘no’ to Rajoy as prime minister
PP and C's pressure PSOE not to block investiture as maneuvering to form government begins
Change and stability
After turning the page on the two-party system, Spain now needs to be governed
Spanish general election 2015: As it happened
Popular Party is the most voted, leaving a highly fragmented Congress. Socialists maintain second place in terms of number of seats, but are closely followed by Podemos. Ciudadanos finishes fourth. Participation slightly up on 2011 polls
How the day’s voting unfolded
No major incidents but plenty of anecdotes reported at some of the 57,511 polling stations
PM rejects notion of “great coalition” with Socialists
On the last day of campaign, Rajoy seeks to portray himself as winner of Sunday’s polls
Youth who punched Spanish PM sent to a juvenile detention facility
Suspect’s lawyer says the 17-year-old’s parents are “ashamed” and “overwhelmed”
King Felipe presides at funeral of police officers killed in Afghanistan
Prime Minister Rajoy among attendees of the service in Madrid for the men The officers were killed in a Taliban suicide attack last Friday
Animal rights group condemns hunting of stray greyhounds in Ávila
Spanish authorities often let hunters shoot abandoned pets, says Justicia Animal
Antonio Banderas to pay Melanie Griffith €60,000 a month in alimony
Málaga-born actor and his US wife splitting the money they made between 2004 and 2014
I woke up after 15 years in a coma
Miguel Parrondo suffered a car crash in 1987 and did not regain consciousness until 2002 Seeing how many things had changed in the meantime was incredible, he says
Catalan premier defiant in wake of Constitutional Court ruling
Artur Mas says decision does not annul the will of the people in the northeastern region
Jihad supporter planning to join Islamic State arrested in Pamplona
Suspect is a Moroccan national who had recently become visibly radicalized, officials say
The debate was the winner
A fresh, agile encounter between three of the prime ministerial candidates has kick-started the election campaign
A transforming debate
In the absence of the prime minister, the three men who are reinvigorating Spanish politics will be discussing their ideas and policies tonight at EL PAÍS
Abengoa on verge of largest bankruptcy filing in Spanish history
The renewable energy and engineering company has filed for creditor protection
Rajoy is not taking things seriously
The Spanish prime minister appears to be isolating himself from his allies and turning a blind eye to the jihadist threat
Dylan Moran: ‘Off the Hook’ in Spain
The Irish ‘Black Books’ star brings his latest standup show to Málaga, Madrid and Barcelona
Cartels target Acapulco’s classrooms for extortion schemes
Military posted outside schools after students and teachers refuse to attend classes
Venezuelan official accuses DEA of “kidnapping” first lady’s nephews
Maduro government has not officially commented on last week’s drug arrests in Haiti Detained suspects face a New York court hearing on December 2
‘Justino’ becomes first animated star of Spanish Christmas Lottery ad
New commercial follows last year’s hugely successful campaign, and 2013’s flop
Five Latin Americans among the casualties in Paris attacks
At least two Brazilians and one Mexican are recovering from their injuries, say officials
More pressure on the EU
After the Paris attacks, the refugee crisis is moving towards its worst-case scenario
Spanish soldier thrashes US Marine in arm-wrestling contest
Video shot in Cádiz during recent NATO maneuvers has been circulating among the troops
Newspapers respond to charges made by ‘The New York Times’
Editors’ association defends the “quality of press freedom” in Spain
Madrid bans use of parking meters in center due to high pollution levels
Speed restrictions on access roads put in place yesterday maintained Prohibition sees low traffic on many streets, where meters were turned off at 6am
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