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ANALYSIS

Goodbye to a bad year? Start 2021 with optimism thanks to these 42 good-news stories

Kiko Llaneras | 31-12-2020 - 11:35 UTC

A list of positives from the last 12 months, in this newsletter from EL PAÍS data-analysis expert Kiko Llaneras

The coronavirus crisis

The year that Spain had to leave the hugs behind

Pablo Linde|Madrid | 31-12-2020 - 10:21 UTC

The script for 2020 was turned on its head due to a virus that silently spread across the world. From the first case identified in the country on January 31, to the administration of the first vaccine in December, this is how Spaniards lived through the year of Covid-19

IMMIGRATION

The Spanish prime minister’s migration journey

Maria Martin | 30-12-2020 - 11:10 UTC

The idea that Spain could lead a new immigration policy for the south of Europe soon got a reality check. In the space of two years, realpolitik and guidelines from Brussels have led to controls that dodge the issue of fair distribution of immigrants and fail to respond to the needs of an aging continent

BREXIT

Spain sets a 72-hour ultimatum in a bid to avoid a ‘hard Brexit’ in Gibraltar

Miguel González|Madrid | 29-12-2020 - 07:48 UTC

The Spanish Cabinet will today approve a raft of measures that will cover the new relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom once the latter definitively leaves the bloc

ORGANIZED CRIME

Spanish police bust Russian mafia network operating on Mediterranean coast

Patricia Ortega Dolz|Madrid | 23-12-2020 - 12:07 UTC

More than 20 suspects, including city councilors and Civil Guard officers, were arrested in Alicante province and Ibiza for their involvement with Alexei Sirokov

CORONAVIRUS

Spain suspends flights from the UK apart from those carrying Spaniards, Spanish residents

El País/Pablo Linde|Madrid | 21-12-2020 - 14:41 UTC

The move comes in the wake of the announcement by the British authorities of a new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus identified in parts of the country

CORONAVIRUS

Spain strengthens controls on UK arrivals amid fears of mutant coronavirus strain

Bernardo de Miguel/Pablo Linde|Brussels / Madrid | 21-12-2020 - 09:15 UTC

While several European countries have banned flights arriving from the country, the Spanish government says it is waiting for a joint response from the EU

INVESTIGATION

Russian security services followed dissident Navalny on the day he was poisoned

Joaquín Gil|Madrid | 14-12-2020 - 12:14 UTC

Since 2017, an elite group specializing in chemical substances has been monitoring an anti-Putin activist who was attacked with the Novichok nerve agent in August

INTERVIEW

Alexey Navalny: ‘I have no doubt that Putin gave the order to poison me’

Joaquín Gil|Madrid | 14-12-2020 - 12:12 UTC

The Russian dissident, who was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok in August, discussed his recovery with EL PAÍS. He accuses Putin of the failed assassination and of allowing lethal substances to be made in secret labs. He also admits it is difficult to protect himself from another attack

CORONAVIRUS

Spain changes coronavirus test requirements for air travelers, exempts children under six

Emilio de Benito/El País|Madrid | 10-12-2020 - 08:08 UTC

As well as a PCR test, arrivals in Spanish airports will from today be able to present so-called TMA tests, which give results in a shorter time frame and are cheaper

DIPLOMACY

Spain seeks to improve relations with Israel after years of diplomatic distance

Juan Carlos Sanz|Jerusalem | 09-12-2020 - 11:00 UTC

Arancha González Laya will become the first Spanish foreign affairs minister to officially visit the country since 2015

CORONAVIRUS

The first Spaniards to get the coronavirus vaccine: cross-border workers in Gibraltar

Jesús A. Cañas|Gibraltar | 07-12-2020 - 10:11 UTC

At least 270 people who work in the British Overseas Territory will be immunized in the next few days with the Pfizer dose, which has already been approved by the United Kingdom

MIDDLE EAST

Yemen: inside the ‘world’s worst humanitarian crisis’

Natalia Sancha|Ataq (Shabwa / Yemen) | 02-12-2020 - 08:30 UTC

After six years of war, the country is struggling with widespread poverty and famine, with dengue fever and malnutrition killing more children than bullets or Covid-19

OPINION

Credible relationships and flexibility: how tech transfer works in times of Covid-19

Joshua Setipa | 19-11-2020 - 12:12 UTC

The success story of an entrepreneur from Costa Rica shows that we can achieve equitable access to life-saving healthcare equipment by matching innovators and manufacturers in developing countries

INTERVIEW | BARACK OBAMA

Obama: “Significant damage has been done in the US and around the world by Trump”

Javier Moreno|Washington | 18-11-2020 - 21:34 UTC

In a conversation with the editor-in-chief of EL PAÍS, the former president reflects on the current moment and the pandemic, Donald Trump’s four years in power, the polarization in his country and also the future with Joe Biden in charge of the United States. His conclusion is optimistic – a cautious optimism

ISLAMIC TERRORISM

The young Spanish woman who went from ‘fallera’ to jihadist

Patricia Ortega Dolz|Madrid | 16-11-2020 - 17:27 UTC

Cristina B., whose social media pictures show her at Valencia’s Las Fallas festival or at sports competitions, was arrested last week for belonging to a terrorist organization after she tried to cross into the conflict zone in Syria to join ISIS forces, according to police sources

EDITORIAL

Democracy in the balance

El País | 04-11-2020 - 17:39 UTC

What’s at stake following a tense US election is more than a choice between two different political projects: it is the unity and stability of American society

IDEAS

Why Asia is better at beating the pandemic than Europe: the key lies in civility

Byung-Chul Han | 30-10-2020 - 10:48 UTC

The continent is experiencing a much milder second wave of the coronavirus than Europe due to the public spirit of the people, argues the philosopher Byung-Chul Han

CORONAVIRUS

Europe moves to limit social contact to household bubbles amid surge in coronavirus cases

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 22-10-2020 - 06:31 UTC

The new restrictions are aimed at preventing a total lockdown and mean that people can only socialize with a limited number outside of their home

GIBRALTAR

British armed forces complete military exercise in Gibraltar’s secret tunnels

Jesús A. Cañas|Cádiz | 12-10-2020 - 10:57 UTC

The four-day mission in the Rock’s vast underground network was aimed at testing soldiers’ ability to fight in “complete darkness”

INTERNATIONAL

Anti-virus company founder John McAfee arrested in Spain on tax evasion charges

Óscar López-Fonseca|Madrid | 06-10-2020 - 12:58 UTC

The millionaire entrepreneur is being held in custody in Barcelona until he can be extradited to the United States, where he could face up to 30 years in jail

CORONAVIRUS

Chinese hackers accused of stealing information from Spanish centers working on Covid-19 vaccine

Miguel González/Manuel Ansede/Macarena Vidal Liy|Madrid | 18-09-2020 - 09:43 UTC

Intelligence service says computer systems have been repeatedly attacked in the health and pharmaceutical sectors

JUSTICE

Spanish court sends ex-colonel to prison for 1989 Jesuit killings in El Salvador

J. J. Gálvez/El País|Madrid | 11-09-2020 - 14:08 UTC

Over three decades after a massacre that drew international attention, Inocente Orlando Montano was found guilty of "terrorist" crimes

WIKILEAKS

US demands hinder Spanish probe into alleged CIA ties to security firm that spied on Assange

José María Irujo|Madrid | 10-09-2020 - 15:47 UTC

American prosecutors want to know the judge's information sources before cooperating in an investigation into whether the company provided the intelligence services with sensitive material on the cyber-activist while he was living at the Ecuadorean embassy in London

OPINION

A ten-year-old girl aborts

Debora Diniz | 20-08-2020 - 09:08 UTC

Pregnancy alienates someone of that age from her own body; it is an extension of her perpetrator’s abusive acts. But extremists are not reasonable about either rights or science, and abortion inflames their feelings of hate

US-EU trade relations

US to maintain 25% tariffs on Spanish cheese, wine and other products

Sonia Corona|Washington | 13-08-2020 - 13:09 UTC

Washington will continue imposing duties on European Union exports despite calls from a bipartisan group of 13 US senators to suspend the measures

CORONAVIRUS

Why does Italy have fewer new Covid-19 cases than Spain?

Lorena Pacho|Rome | 03-08-2020 - 10:28 UTC

Since the Italian government eased lockdown restrictions, the country has been reporting an average of 200 daily infections, while Spanish authorities are recording more than 1,500

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