EL PAÍS English Edition

“I am waiting for my parents to emancipate themselves from my grandparents so I can emancipate myself from them.”

The vaccine effect in Spain: lower mortality across all groups and a drop in average age of death

Vaccination in Madrid's Wizink Center arena on May 21.

Spanish health authorities opt to use the Janssen vaccine for the 40-49 age group

A nurse treats Manuel Fernández, 90, at the Besòs primary healthcare center in Barcelona.

Spain’s primary healthcare centers buckling under pressure from pandemic

A woman getting a Covid-19 shot at Zendal Hospital in Madrid.

Spain’s Covid-19 vaccination drive: nearly 40% of population has received at least one shot

May ends with the lowest monthly number of coronavirus deaths in Spain since August

Pedestrians wearing face masks in a shopping strip of Barcelona, in April.

Is it time for Spain to end the mandatory use of face masks outdoors?

A teacher receives a second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Gines, Seville.

Most under-60s with first AstraZeneca shot choosing to repeat vaccine for second dose

Aerial view of the palatial area at Cercadilla on May 22, 1991, two days before the bulldozers moved in.

In Spain, loss of Roman Empire’s largest palace to make way for a high-speed-train station still hurts

World champion Roger Jiménez first began training in Santa Coloma de Farners, in Spain's Catalonia region (captions in Spanish).

Roger Jiménez, the Catalan king of calisthenics

José Antonio Lorente holds up a skull said to belong to Christopher Columbus from skeletal remains from Guadalajara.

Study of Christopher Columbus’ DNA set to reveal his true origins

Naiara, the recipient of the heart, in the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in May 2021.

Spanish doctors’ medical milestone: A heart transplant for baby Naiara

A street thermometer records the temperature in Bilbao during a heatwave in July 2020.

Global warming accelerates in Spain: average temperature rises 1.3ºC in 60 years

A waiter disinfects a table at a sidewalk café in Madrid.

Spain records historic fall in unemployment following end of state of alarm

Gorka R. Pérez|Madrid

A new electricity billing system is going into effect on June 1.

Consumer associations slam Spain’s new electricity billing system

Miguel Ángel Noceda/El País|Madrid

Ministers Yolanda Díaz and José Luis Escrivá are followed by employer and union leaders after signing a deal to extend the ERTE job scheme.

Spain’s ERTE furlough scheme is extended to September 30

El País/Gorka R. Pérez/Claudi Pérez/Antonio Maqueda|Madrid

¿Qué? Spanish News Podcast S05E03: Covid-19 vaccines and advice for Brits post-Brexit

This week, we discuss the ongoing immunization campaign in Spain and the EU, and look at the changes that British travelers to, and residents in, Spain need to be aware of

Scientists create first life form that is immune to viruses

An aerial view of the sinkhole in Santa María Zacatepec, taken on June 1 (Spanish-language video).

The day that the ground opened up in Mexico’s Puebla State: ‘We looked outside and saw the earth moving’

Alberto Reyes Vaca on the day of his appointment to the position of Public Safety Secretary for the State of Michoacán in May 2013.

The impunity of Alberto Reyes Vaca, the Mexican army general who was fond of drug ballads

Vista panorámica del volcán Iztaccíhuatl, en México, el 14 de mayo de 2021.

The death of the last glaciers in Mexico

Ana María Alonso Zarza, director of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain.

Ana María Alonso Zarza: ‘The Earth will survive, but our world will not’

New research uncovers ‘father’ of the modern watermelon in war-torn area of Sudan

A police officer patrolling a beach in Palma, on the island of Mallorca.

Spain’s Supreme Court rules general curfews cannot be imposed under current health laws

Three Moroccan men in Ceuta flee from police on May 23.

Thousands of migrants remain in Ceuta as Morocco blocks deportations

An inside look at ‘Geo Barents,’ the Doctors Without Borders vessel tasked with saving migrants at sea (Spanish text).

Inside the latest mission to save migrants in the Mediterranean

Footage of the Iberian lynx, whose population now exceeds 1,000 (Spanish text).

Spain’s Iberian lynx population soars to 1,000, but species remains endangered

Passengers in the Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas airport this week, after restrictions on arrivals from the United Kingdom were lifted.
24/05/2021

From Ryanair boarding passes to TIE residency cards: the latest Brexit updates for Brits in Spain

Clarification on some of the rumors and misinformation that have been circulating about travel from the UK to Spanish shores in recent weeks, with the latest advice from the British Embassy and campaigning groups

A deserted Gatwick Airport departures lounge on April 8, 2021.

I just took a two-week trip from Spain to the UK with my family – here’s what it was like, and what it cost

English Edition editor Simon Hunter recounts tales of passport-stamping, eerily deserted airports and extremely expensive PCR testing in order to reunite his children with their grandparents

Jailed separatist leader Jordi Cuixart (l) with the Spanish minister of territorial policy, Miquel Iceta.

Pardons for jailed Catalan independence leaders will be fast, limited and reversible

Carlos E. Cué/El País|Madrid

The Spanish Cabinet is expected to approve the measure at the end of June or early July. According to government sources, the separatists will return to jail if they break the law and will remain barred from public office

Mohammed Houli, Driss Oukabir and Said Ben Iazza at the trial. On video, the story of the trial that couldn't be.

Three convicted over 2017 deadly jihadist attacks in Barcelona

Jesús García|Barcelona

Spain’s High Court hands down prison sentences of up to 53 years to members of a terrorist cell for collaborating in the assault, but finds them not guilty of homicide

New Catalan premier Pere Aragonès during the ceremony on Monday that saw him take the oath of office.

Catalan premier takes oath of office pledging to make ‘self-determination inevitable’ for the region

Àngels Piñol/Camilo S. Baquero|Barcelona

Pere Aragonès, the acting premier of Catalonia, addressing the regional parliament.

Catalan separatist parties announce preliminary governing deal

Camilo S. Baquero/Cristian Segura|Barcelona

Juan Flores (l), with his brother-in-law Jesús García in Fuenlabrada.

Why Madrid’s leftist strongholds voted for the conservative Popular Party: ‘Freedom’ and ‘fear of Pablo Iglesias’

Berta Ferrero/Luis de Vega|Madrid

Rafael Nadal, during the Australian Open in February.

Rafa Nadal: ‘I want to be the best in history, but I’m not going to lose sleep over it’

Jesús Ruiz Mantilla|Madrid

Residents of Vila-real celebrate their team's victory on Wednesday night.

Villareal fans flood the streets of their city after an epic victory over Manchester United

El País|Valencia

Former Spanish ambassador to the UK Carlos Bastarreche hands his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II in 2017.

Ambassador wanted: Why Spain has still not appointed its top diplomat in the United Kingdom

Rafa de Miguel|London

For four months – practically the same time that Brexit has been a legal reality – there has been a vacancy at the Spanish embassy in London

A baggage check-in point at Gatwick Airport in the UK.

The dark side of Brexit: European citizens being detained in migrant holding centers in UK

Rafa de Miguel|London

English pubs in Benidorm's Levante area.

UK Embassy addresses concerns over media reports of Spain ‘deporting’ Britons

El País|Madrid

Billie Holiday arriving at a preliminary court hearing in 1949.

Billie Holiday: an indomitable spirit up against the US government

Fernando Navarro

In the documentary 'Magaluf Ghost Town,' residents face off with tourists who descend on their town every summer in search of alcohol-fueled excesses.

‘Magaluf Ghost Town,’ a look at the weirder-than-fiction reality of Mallorca’s notorious party resort

Juanjo Villalba|Barcelona

Wes Anderson to shoot his new movie on the fringes of Madrid

Gregorio Belinchón|Madrid

A tardigrade, or water bear, a microscopic being capable of surviving nearly everything.

Tiny water bears can stand being shot at speeds faster than a bullet...but not a Moon crash

A computer simulation of a proton collision that generates a Higgs boson at the CERN Large Hadron Collider near Geneva.

‘Higgs Boson Blues’: between science and pop culture

The 'Yayagram' designed by Spanish computer engineer Manuel Lucio.

The Spanish engineer who created the ‘Yayagram’ to communicate with his granny

A human-monkey embryo created by Juan Carlos Izpisua's team.

International team of researchers creates 132 human-monkey embryos in China

Samuel García, a candidate for Citizen Movement in Nuevo León state, campaigning in Santa Catarina on Friday.

The battle for northern Mexico: border states check president’s electoral power

Francesco Manetto|Monterrey

Increasingly assertive regional powers in the north have combined with scandals and incidents of violence to create a difficult environment for López Obrador in upcoming elections

International Day of Action for Women's Health in San Salvador on May 28.

The fight for Sara Rogel, the Salvadoran woman sentenced to 30 years in jail after having a miscarriage

After a decade, a court has ordered her release, but because the public prosecution will appeal the ruling, she still remains behind bars

A protest in Havana against the US trade embargo.

Cuba and the US return to the era of confrontation

Mauricio Vicent|Havana

Almost five months after he took office, President Joe Biden has made no move to lift sanctions or open dialogue, while diplomacy has given way to the acrimonious rhetoric of the Trump era

Covid-19 vaccines: What are the risks and benefits for each age group?

Avoiding coronavirus infection in indoor spaces: don’t breathe other people’s air

A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air

How we’ve changed after one year of the coronavirus pandemic

World Health Organization president Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a press conference broadcast on a screen in Japan.

The great divide: science booms while politics bomb

Moisés Naím

Politicians would do well to adopt the spirit of experimentation that has long benefited scientists

Youngsters protest in Algeria in 2019 for fair presidential elections.

Arab youth

Moisés Naím

According to a new survey, 18- to 24-year-olds from this group do not necessarily want to emigrate to the West, but rather to live in a country that works

US President Joe Biden during a press conference.

An avalanche of money

Moisés Naím

During the 2008 financial crisis, the mantra was austerity. Now it’s ‘go big’ – spend what you have and more