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The spurned son from a secret romance fights for a $16.2 million inheritance

Mikel Ormazabal|San Sebastián (Spain)|Oct 10, 2025 - 13:58 CEST

A businessman from northern Spain, paternity test in hand, says he is the rightful heir to a large legacy from his biological father, who maneuvered him out of his will before dying

Space exploration

How not to die in space: A day in astronaut Sara García’s training

Manuel Ansede / Álvaro González Roldán|Cologne (Germany)|Dec 29, 2024 - 05:30 CET

The Spanish scientist has begun her relentless training to become an extraterrestrial being. EL PAÍS accompanies her for a day in her new life

History

Queen Berengaria’s sad message hidden in the ceiling of a Spanish convent

Vicente G. Olaya|Madrid|Jun 23, 2023 - 17:51 CEST

More than 150 heraldic coats of arms tell the unhappy story of the woman who Pope Innocent III forced to separate from King Alfonso IX of León when they already had five children together

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