27 febrero 2015
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Eight Spaniards arrested after returning from combat in Ukraine

The detainees are suspected to have fought alongside pro-Russian forces. They are facing charges of compromising the peace and interests of Spain, homicide, and possession of arms and explosives

“We fought together, communists and Nazis alike, to liberate Russia”

Spaniards arrested for fighting in Ukraine say there are hundreds of foreign combatants at the front

Podemos publishes financial details of all members on website

Declaration of assets released by anti-austerity party’s number three, Juan Carlos Monedero, shows his firm is €412,000 in the black

Podemos Eurodeputies give up seats to run in Spanish elections

Only two out of five original members of anti-corruption party will remain in Brussels by March, including leader Pablo Iglesias

Police clash with residents on the digger that demolished the building. / J. V.

Protest against Madrid eviction and demolition ends with 11 arrests

Police said detainees, who were part of a group of 100 activists, doused them with gasoline, but residents claim it was water

'La coiffeuse' by Picasso. / US Department of Justice (AP)

Stolen Picasso turns up in New York

US customs officials intercept painting worth millions whose shipping form claimed to contain “handicraft worth €30”

ECONOMY

Spanish house prices last year rose for first time since 2008

Lluís Pellicer Barcelona

Government figures show a national 0.5% hike in value of free-market homes thanks to a surge in demand for existing units

Consumer spending driving Spanish economic upsurge

National Statistics Office confirms GDP grew 1.4% in 2014 thanks to increased household consumption

Zapatero with Raúl Castro in Havana. / Granma

Former PM’s visit to Havana “extremely disloyal,” says minister

Spain’s foreign affairs chief criticizes José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero over “inopportune” meeting with Cuban President Raúl Castro

Madrid government paid judges €27,000 to attend four meetings

Three magistrates and six court clerks allegedly demanded bonuses for consulting on regional IT project

Security

An alleged member of DDP enters a Madrid courthouse in 2011. / luis sevillano

Madrid begins deporting Latino street gang members

Thirty-four people connected with Los Ñetas, DDP, Trinitarios and other violent groups are to be sent back to their countries of origin

HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty puts spotlight on Spain’s immigration policy

Rights organization’s annual study notes reports of excessive force and unlawful expulsions in Ceuta and Melilla exclaves

Manuel Martín earns a little money as a TV show applauder. / S. S.

Spanish television’s clap trap

The cash that TV firms pay to studio audiences has become a way to make ends meet for some crisis-hit Spaniards, who take home around €10 for 10-hour days

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EDITOR’S PICK

Fito & Fitipaldis at Madrid’s Palacio de Deportes last year. / v. lerena (EFE)

Spain’s music industry still seeking a way out of the jungle

Sales of recorded music are finally increasing, but government’s 21-percent VAT rate on entertainment has hit concerts hard

Doulas defend their profession

Providers of support to pregnant women uphold their work in the wake of a harsh report published by Spanish nurses

Arco art fair looks to the Americas

Madrid’s premier art gathering is looking to transform itself into a global reference for Hispanic creation

CINEMA

This week’s movie releases

Colin Firth plays an ass-kicking gentleman spy in ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ as Domhnall Gleeson strives to separate robot from human in Alex Garland’s sci-fi drama ‘Ex-Machina’

Painting with stones

Chris Finnigan meets the mosaic master responsible for restoring some of Barcelona’s ‘trencadís’ masterpieces

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LATIN AMERICA

Venezuelan students vow to keep protesting violence

Situation remains tense following the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy by police at a demonstration

“I don’t know why my prints aren’t on that gun”

The IT expert who loaned Argentinean prosecutor Alberto Nisman the pistol found by his body talks to EL PAÍS

101 animals rescued from Mexican politician’s home

Local deputy in Puebla state had been operating his own private zoo for 15 years under deplorable conditions

Bolivian anthem strikes a sour note with Chile

Morales orders hymn calling for return of Pacific coast territory to be played at all official events

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