Spain moots ban on arms exports to Egypt
Military equipment licenses worth up to 100 million euros to be reconsidered by government in Madrid
No room for women in the armed forces
The number of female recruits in the armed forces has remained stable at around 12 percent since the services were opened up to both sexes 25 years ago
Spain looks to Argentina for common front on Gibraltar
Foreign ministers to explore possibility of working together on the Rock and Falklands disputes
Royal Navy Gibraltar visit “routine” say diplomats in Madrid and London
Annual expedition will anchor at Rota and the Rock as territorial dispute simmers
Hermetically sealed archives
Historians want access to files in the Foreign and Defense Ministries The former's papers are off-limits while the latter has 10,000 secret reports
Spanish hostages freed in Somalia after a year and nine months
Doctors Without Borders workers said to be in good health NGO says it did not offer any ransom for release of Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut
Gibraltar: a 300-year-old debate
As the Rock marks its tercentenary, the discussion over its status continues to burn Fishing altercations, tax spats and the UK’s EU membership are all in the mix
Bárcenas claims PP paid legal costs of Yak-42 tragedy case in cash
Sixty-two military personnel were killed in air disaster and many wrongly identified
US to pay Spain 200 million to host missile shield
Four destroyers and 1,100 military personnel to be based at Cádiz port for at least four years
Spain may be willing to apologize to Bolivia for Morales’ airspace snub
Austrian daily reports US envoy informed Vienna government that Snowden was on board presidential plane
Snowden seeks asylum in Spain via a fax sent to the consulate in Moscow
Foreign Ministry will not consider the cyberespionage whistleblower’s petition Spanish law requires requests to be submitted in national territory or on the border
Military wants stricter sexual and racial harassment sentences
Draft of armed forces' new penal code severely punishes several types of discrimination, including homophobia and Islamophobia
Rajoy feels no threat from jailed former party moneyman
Prime minister vows to respect court’s verdict in Bárcenas case
Armed forces lose budget battle
Spain's military cannot be sustained with its current of level funding and debt Chiefs fight to maintain vital capacities but international missions being cut back
Female captain who was victim of sexual harassment now gets pariah treatment
Women who court found suffered abuse from superior officer faces jail over disloyalty charge
US appoints former HBO executive and gay rights activist to Madrid embassy
Spanish government says arrival of another non-diplomat is proof that relations with Washington are running smoothly Costos expected to take keen interest in digital piracy issue
Rajoy: Spain has no immediate plans for VAT changes
PM confirms plans to meet with Rubalcaba to agree common front for EU summit
Spain’s new security strategy warns of growing cybercrime and Al Qaeda threats
The 83-page document attributes ETA’s defeat to “the strength of Spain’s democracy"
Ten years on from the Yak-42 air crash, and no one is held responsible
Failed by Spanish justice, families of the 62 victims plan to take case to Strasbourg
Pacific Alliance foursome agree to lift most trade tariffs by July
Founding nations Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico set to welcome Costa Rica into bloc
Defense needs extra €1 billion a year to pay off urgent arms bills
Military scales back its order for Eurofighter jets Finance Ministry asked for exceptional “loan” to cover expenses
Diplomat removed from Jordan mission over Egyptian-born husband
Spanish intelligence report revealed concern over "recruitment by foreign service"
The story of Private Charlie
On March 17 EL PAÍS released a video in which Spanish soldiers were seen kicking two detainees at the Diwaniya base For the first time in Spain, a military court has opened an investigation into prisoner abuse The testimony of Private Charlie (an assumed name used by a serviceman stationed in Iraq between August and December 2003), now offered by EL PAÍS, does not clear up who was behind that barbaric act, but it does describe the environment that made it possible: a combination of tension, inadequate training, phony camaraderie and a feeling of impunity
Spain draws line under diplomatic spat with Venezuela over vote recount
Foreign Ministry statement recognizes Maduro as winner of country’s controversial presidential election EU still has not decided whether it will formally acknowledge Sunday’s race results
Defense Ministry accepts Iraq prisoner abuse video is authentic
Court process begins which could lead to trial of soldiers shown beating inmates
Spy chief accuses Catalonia of trying to identify overseas agents
CNI director admits using services of hacker but denies that king’s friend Sayn-Wittgenstein played any secret service role
Video of Spanish troops supposedly beating Iraqi detainees sparks outrage
Former defense chief says he had no knowledge of the 2004 incident Tape shows five soldiers kicking and insulting detainees while sixth makes recording
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