Salto de Castro was built in 1946 by an electricity company to house employees working on the local power station. Jason Lee Beckwith bought it for $310,000, but he is not the first to try to turn it into a profitable venture
Five people were arrested in an operation targeting livestock farms, industrial warehouses, and illegal facilities in Ávila, Toledo, and Madrid that were sending untraceable meat to restaurants
Andrii Portnov, a one-time advisor to former pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, had recently ed one of his mansions in the name of his children
EL PAÍS visits the terminals and speak with the highly vulnerable individuals, both Spanish and foreign, who are taking shelter there
The Spanish capital is experiencing a period of success and expansion. After years of trying to carve out a niche in the global city scene, it finally seems to have found a model and a brand to go with it. Is it all real or just a facade? And does it lead to an inclusive place to live or is it just for a select few?
Energy experts were surprised by the inability to isolate the blackout to a single area, forcing the system to be rebooted from scratch, but they say restoration of service was quick given the circumstances
While the opposition insists on keeping the power plants open beyond the scheduled timeline, the government closes ranks around renewables
PM Pedro Sánchez says he will seek ability from private operators and pledges changes: ‘This cannot happen again, ever’
The government is reluctant to speculate on the cause of the outage, despite the hypotheses that have emerged in the hours without power, such as a possible cyberattack
More than 99% of the country’s power supply has been recovered, but some rail service is still suspended in Madrid and Barcelona
The heart of Spain’s capital is filled with pedestrians looking for a way home, parents trying to pick up their children from school and traffic jams
The Spanish and Portuguese governments are investigating the reason for the electrical shortage. Power has been restored in some areas in the north and south of Spain
The blackout is affecting telecommunication systems across the country
Hundreds of travelers were trapped in the city’s subway while officers tried to direct traffic
The outage has interrupted traffic, affected air traffic, disrupted public transportation, and in many areas even the traffic lights are not working
The professor of istrative law explains in his new book the best ways for artificial intelligence to be incorporated into the work performed by civil servants
Spaniard Carlos Mallo received the Goldman Prize this week, considered the Nobel Prize of environmentalism: ‘Tourism is the main factor damaging the islands’
The renovation of palaces and unique houses is gaining momentum among national and foreign investors for private use or with the idea of converting them into tourist accommodations or museums
Latino artists are the most visible faces of a cultural phenomenon that runs deep
A report by Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization warns of an increased risk of torrential rains on the continent, where warming is progressing faster than in other regions
Agustín Escobar had served as CEO of Siemens Spain and his wife Mercè Camprubí was a director at the same company. She was also the granddaughter and great-granddaughter of presidents of FC Barcelona
The economist Pau S. Pujolas co-wrote an article on how to win a trade war that the White House used as a reference to explain its tariff formula: ‘But there’s a huge gap between my study and what they’re doing’
In recent years, the number of luxury homes acquired along this cooler, greener region of the peninsula has soared, and realtors have noticed an uptick in buyers from the United States
An email reveals how drug traffickers maneuvered to avoid being linked to 13 tons seized in Algeciras, which led investigators to alleged drug lord Ignacio Torán and a police chief arrested with millions of euros stashed in his house
Bioparc Fuengirola has achieved this milestone after two decades in the breeding program for the endangered species, of which there are barely 2,500 individuals left in the wild globally
At the Canfranc Underground Laboratory in northern Spain, a team of international scientists is building a machine to unravel the mysteries of dark matter and answer the question: Why are we here?
A hard drive in which the Spanish police dumped the contents of David Morales’ phones was allegedly tampered with while in the custody of the High Court. Over 17,000 email messages have disappeared
