Controlling teen drug use: Prevention versus intervention
Pediatricians and lawmakers are dubious about a non-binding motion in the Canary Islands to allow drug tests on teenagers at their parents’ request
In Spain, many face stark choice between proper meals or warm homes
A Red Cross study shows that nearly a million of its beneficiaries have trouble paying for food, medicine and school supplies
Spain unveils plans to increase statute of limitations on sex offenses
In response to demands from children’s organizations, victims will be able to report abuse until at least the age of 40
James Rhodes on abuse law: “Spain has an opportunity to do something extraordinary”
The Madrid-based British pianist and writer, who was abused as a child, welcomes the government’s plans to abolish a statute of limitations on pedophilia offenses
Emerging nations will go on leading global GDP growth despite crisis
Forum organized by EL PAÍS unites experts including Brazilian ex-president Lula da Silva
Ethiopia closes the door on Spanish adoptive parents
After five months in Addis Ababa, two couples told to head home without their adopted sons
“We lost our child to bureaucracy”
Several families have been denied the chance to adopt children from Russia The delay has been caused by Madrid and Moscow's hammering out of a bilateral agreement
Fears of oil spills and drilling grip residents of Canary Islands
More than 1,100 tankers have passed through the tourism-dependent area so far this year
The radio revolution
With 15 percent of listeners now tuning in online, internet stations are finding a niche
Forty-two days to hand over a baby
The government wants to give mothers more time to confirm any decision to put a child up for adoption An average 350 newborns a year are turned over at birth
Photojournalist gored at controversial Toro de la Vega bull hunt
One other person also treated at event condemned by animal rights activists
13 hours to shoot a thriller
TV station Calle 13 teams up with website #littlesecretfilm fto deliver quick-shot suspense flicks
The latest tremors in Lorca
It's almost two years since an earthquake toppled 1,500 homes in the Murcia town Locals are increasingly frustrated over the slow pace of reconstruction and aid
Socialist youth leader’s “five-star” speech goes viral, then vitriol is turned on her
Beatriz Talegón lambasted party members for staying at luxury hotel in chic beach resort
“White tide” of health demonstrations spreads from Madrid to 15 other cities
Thousands of medical professionals and healthcare users take to the streets
Learning to drive the long way
Frustrated by the monopoly of driving schools, Gabriel Lucas went it alone
Ecuador takes Spain’s mortgage law to European Court of Human Rights
Public defender calls on Strasbourg to alter Civil Procedure Law on evictions
PP youth leader freed from Spanish jail after return from Cuba
Ángel Carromero was convicted by island authorities after car crash led to dissident’s death
PP youth leader freed from Spanish jail after return from Cuba
Ángel Carromero was convicted by island authorities after car crash led to dissident’s death
Families gather at Barajas to mourn Spanair crash victims
Search for answers continues four years after disaster
Gomera park chief believes fire is work of arsonists out to destroy Garajonay
Ongoing blaze was attempt to wipe out one of Europe's great natural wonders, says official