The 41-year-old captain’s decision to leave the national team training camp appears to have brought an end to an era in which the star player was overhyped at the expense of Portugal’s collective performance in two World Cups
A European network of social movements and tenants’ unions has joined the encampment protest in Madrid and hopes the Spanish initiative will be replicated in cities around the world
The Portuguese author writes compulsively, but he lets his manuscripts sit in a drawer for years. Translated into 70 languages, Saramago once said of him: ‘It’s not natural to write so well. You feel like punching the guy. They’ll give him the Nobel Prize for sure’
As climate change expands the reach of wildfires further north, European authorities are organizing exchanges between member states to ensure first responders are ready for increasingly strong blazes
The entrepreneur from Valencia decided on a change and, during the pandemic, started a small business called Lata with three friends, which offers the best Spanish canned goods in the US
Seventy percent of Europeans live in areas where even a 30-year mortgage will not get you a 75 square meter apartment, according to an academic study. And the findings are equally discouraging for the rental market
Nineteen years later, police from several countries are still investigating what happened to the British child who vanished while sleeping in a tourist apartment in the Algarve region of Portugal
The museum that houses the legacy of the man once considered the richest in the world reopens after a restoration that recovers the original 1969 vision
The 2030 World Cup, which will be held on the Iberian Peninsula and in Morocco, still has many mysteries to resolve: the venues, the stadium for the final and how many teams will compete
The ideal starting 11 is spread across seven squads as some of the game’s greatest goalscorers take their final bow at the 2026 World Cup
EL PAÍS’s statistical model predicts that Spain is the favorite but the 2010 champion only wins one out of every six times on our simulator. Check out our updated odds for each team
Host nation Mexico faces South Africa in the opener of a World Cup marked by geopolitical tension, extreme weather, and long transfers between games
The celebrated musician reflects on old age, the Tropicália movement, The Beatles, technology and a world he watches with growing disenchantment
The average weekly working time in Spain is 36.3 hours, compared with Germany’s 33.9. Differences between countries are explained by the weight of part‑time employment and by shorter full‑time weeks
The Portuguese thinker believes a democratic revolution is needed to save countries from climate change. He argues that it is a matter of survival
New research reveals that one of the most celebrated literary finds of recent years belonged to Fernão Brandão, who fled his country after being persecuted by the Inquisition in the 16th century
A former fishing town became the promised land of hippies, artists and alternative travelers — though today, it is also an exclusive destination for celebrities
New data shows how the approach of the African and Eurasian plates is forcing displacement that will eventually close the Mediterranean Sea
The far right is threatening to stiffle state-owned media corporations or put them at its service if it comes to power
A study compared civil service salary caps in 11 countries as Congress debates public administration reform in a nation with particularly high social inequality
International cooperation is one of the most successful methods in the fight against drug trafficking, with detection of ships by the US and UK proving fundamental
EU member states have failed to reach consensus on the risks of maintaining time according to geography
Publishers and non-profit groups in Spain, Portugal, Australia and Ireland share the same conviction: that the best writers of children’s books are the kids themselves
The OECD maintains that, on average, a quarter of socioeconomic differences are explained by imposed or inherited factors. In the European country, the proportion exceeds 35%
A new group of countries, including some that are Washington’s partners, will officially recognize the Palestinian state at the 80th session of the General Assembly, which is being held this week in New York
Climate change, decreased consumption, tariffs, price hikes and greater competition in new terroirs complicate the market
Four investigations are underway to shed light on what happened
