Goodbye to a bad year? Start 2021 with optimism thanks to these 42 good-news stories
A list of positives from the last 12 months, in this newsletter from EL PAÍS data-analysis expert Kiko Llaneras
A list of positives from the last 12 months, in this newsletter from EL PAÍS data-analysis expert Kiko Llaneras
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
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
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
More than 20 suspects, including city councilors and Civil Guard officers, were arrested in Alicante province and Ibiza for their involvement with Alexei Sirokov
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
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
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
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
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
Arancha González Laya will become the first Spanish foreign affairs minister to officially visit the country since 2015
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The four-day mission in the Rock’s vast underground network was aimed at testing soldiers’ ability to fight in “complete darkness”
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
Intelligence service says computer systems have been repeatedly attacked in the health and pharmaceutical sectors
Over three decades after a massacre that drew international attention, Inocente Orlando Montano was found guilty of "terrorist" crimes
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
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
Washington will continue imposing duties on European Union exports despite calls from a bipartisan group of 13 US senators to suspend the measures
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