Move follows Australia’s decision to introduce age-based restrictions over child safety concerns
Growth was led by Spain with Germany and Italy also doing better than anticipated
Also in this newsletter: Is rule of law under threat in Bulgaria?
Country leads the formerly weak southern EU economies that are now outpacing France and Germany
Spain’s tangled ties with Chavista regime spill into its capital after arrest of President Nicolás Maduro
Collision near southern city of Córdoba is country’s worst rail accident in more than a decade
Plus, Saks Global faces bankruptcy and AIG edges back towards risk
Isidro Fainé runs the Caixa Foundation but the 83-year-old’s age and dominance are causing disquiet
Also in this newsletter: France jumps the gun on pesticide protection measures
The capital has recently become the most expensive city in Spain per square metre — and change is happening fast. Some are questioning if its identity is in jeopardy
Power producers pivot to battery storage to save unprofitable solar farms
The model and environmentalist finds out how the cloud forests of Ecuador could hold the key to our survival
One-third of exports from Europe’s biggest pig meat producer have been blocked by foreign governments
A new history and a memoir by the former King of Spain offer clues as to how a dictator with few qualities was able to remain in power so long
A cache of colourful photos from the Magnum agency reveal a world where the beautiful and the everyday commingled
Plan presented to unions following stock slide sparked by failure to unveil broader changes at capital markets day
Spanish football club’s president Florentino Pérez lays out landmark plan to bring in outside shareholders
Supreme court convicts Álvaro García Ortiz for disclosing confidential material about boyfriend of one of premier’s main rivals
Fifty years after the death of Franco, rancorous divisions in parliament have choked off policy debate
Spanish fiscal position aided by political paralysis
Four decades after he left the UK for a new life in Las Alpujarras, Chris Stewart has no intention of going home. Come in autumn, he says, for a glimpse of the area’s true magic
Wife of former UK deputy prime minister plans to launch political party in her home country
Valencia head Carlos Mazón resigns more than a year after disaster that killed more than 230 people
King Felipe VI’s upcoming state visit highlights Madrid’s warm relations with Beijing amid US-China tensions
Commissioned by Spain’s King Charles III in the 18th century, the botanical garden is a lesson in urban planning — and in the simple beauty of wild dahlias
