
“The Spanish royal palace even had microphones in the bathrooms”
Inventor Juan de la Cierva designed the king’s security system and won Spain its first Oscar

Inventor Juan de la Cierva designed the king’s security system and won Spain its first Oscar

Founder of Rumasa and Nueva Rumasa conglomerates was facing fraud charges

As a new Madrid councilor found out last month, off-color jokes can come back to bite you

“Second opportunity” law makes it easier to declare insolvency and devise repayment plans

The new Saudi king has visited the Málaga resort every summer for the last three decades

Minister’s letter brings to light the problems threatening the €6.7bn Medina-Mecca AVE line

With the Spanish driver now due to return to McLaren, EL PAÍS asks what went wrong

In almost half of the country’s provinces, a third of inhabitants are aged 65 or over

Prosecutors and police admit they need all the assistance they can get to fight cybercrime

Loreto Urraca has uncovered the dark history of her grandfather, who spied for the Franco regime

“Eurocannabis” taking over markets that were once dominated by Moroccan hashish

Over 77% of residents in San Fulgencio are expats – the highest proportion in the country

Mohamed Taieb Ahmed is missing after his boat was reportedly ambushed off the Moroccan coast

The leader of new party Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, argues that his policies are not populist

Leader Pablo Iglesias says his party will “move forward until we throw the PP and the PSOE out”

Criminologists are surprised at how neither woman suspected of murder talked other out of the plan They say mother and daughter shared a “toxic idea,” which they obsessed over for up to two years

The career of Montserrat Triana Martínez, whose mother admits to the killing, was progressing But then something went wrong in 2011, setting off a chain of events that led to Monday’s murder

Mother of ex-León Provincial Council employee says she fired gun that killed Isabel Carrasco Local policewoman hands in alleged murder weapon, saying it turned up in the trunk of her car

Controversial dinner for coup plotter highlights sense of entitlement among Civil Guard’s top brass

Sixteen years after entering Spain illegally, Albert Yaka and Michael Dike reflect on their experiences

Fernández Diáz calls criticism of Civil Guard’s actions “immoral”

Over 1,000 would-be immigrants try to enter Spanish exclave in two groups

Morocco has taken on the role of guarding Europe's southern frontier Thousands of men and women's only chance of making it into Europe is by reaching Spanish soil

Officially, the marriage of Princess Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin was an idyllic union But the Nóos inquiry court papers paint a very different picture

Royal Household decided best course of action was not to appeal against summons

Businessman Méndez Pozo believed to be true powerbroker in northern city Construction and media magnate plays down links to ruling Popular Party

For seven years Urdangarin's business deals remained out of the limelight But the Palma Arena case brought them to the fore, ensnaring his wife, Princess Cristina