The Wall Street Journal • 27th April 2020

WSJ Print edition: Spain Weighs Legacy of Juan Carlos I After Former King Moves to Persian Gulf

Spain’s former King Juan Carlos I surprised his country this month when he said he was going into exile amid escalating judicial investigations of his finances. His choice of new home has raised Spaniards’ eyebrows further: the United Arab Emirates, in the Gulf region where his business dealings triggered the scandals that are battering his reputation.

The Wall Street Journal • 18th April 2020

WSJ Feature, Print: Luxury-Hotel Owner Opens Her Doors to Coronavirus Patients

Maraya Perinat’s Cotton House in Barcelona once charged the equivalent of $450 a night for a room; the swanky destination is now a respite for the afflicted

WSJ • 13th April 2020

Millennials’ Passions Haven’t Affected How They Invest (Special Report)

Millennials may be more passionate about environmental and social-justice causes than previous generations, but those values have yet to make a significant impact on how they invest.

WSJ • 13th April 2020

Talking Markets: UK Banking Sector Under Scrutiny After Woeful 2019 (analysis)

Full-year earnings by British banks will be scrutinized to see how well they dealt with what analysts say was a very tough environment in 2019 and investors may have to brace for some bad news.

Reuters • 13th April 2020

As Spain readies euthanasia law, dying sclerosis victim senses hope

GUADALAJARA, Spain (Reuters) - Painfully aware that his advancing illness will eventually leave him on life support, Spaniard Mariano Lopez has his hopes pinned not on a cure but on a parliamentary bill that would allow him to meet death on his own terms.

Reuters • 13th April 2020

ECB's De Cos says need to see if some risks to growth more persistent

MADRID (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymaker Pablo Hernandez de Cos said on Monday that the central bank might need to look into whether downside risks to growth it had so far deemed temporary were becoming more persistent.

Reuters • 13th April 2020

Blind Spanish surfer says sea sets her free, goes for world title

SALINAS, Spain (Reuters) - Carmen Lopez can only imagine what the sea looks like, but the blind 21-year-old Spaniard is in her element riding the surf. Guided by instinct and signals whistled by her coach, Lopez has been training hard to become Spain’s first blind female athlete to enter the World Adaptive Surfing Championship in La Jolla, California, on Wednesday. “The sea is where I feel peace and freedom, as if it were where I’m supposed to be,” she said sitting on her surfboard after an ho

Reuters • 13th April 2020

WIDER IMAGE: Placards outside monastery expose abuse in Spanish Church

Tourists and worshippers visiting Catalonia's imposing mountain-side Montserrat Monastery on a sunny Sunday this month appeared to pay little heed to two men with placards demanding that the local abbot be defrocked for covering up sexual abuse. But the pair, who say they were sexually abused in their youth, are making themselves heard by society in Spain and elsewhere as they pressure the Catholic Church to come clean on such wrongdoing by clergy.

Reuters • 13th April 2020

Spain's 'Wolf Pack' found guilty of rape in landmark ruling

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled that five men who attacked a teenager at a bull-running festival were guilty of rape not the lesser crime of sexual abuse, concluding a case that sparked mass protests across Spain over chauvinism and sexual abuse.

Reuters • 13th April 2020

Wary of Trump's USA, Central American migrants find only despair in Spain

MADRID (Reuters) - Migrants from Central America are turning to former colonial master Spain as they face rejection from the United States in their attempts to escape rampant violence and poverty at home, but the streets of Madrid offer little relief.

Reuters • 13th April 2020

Filmmaker Almodovar walks Cruz, Banderas down memory lane in 'Pain and Glory'

(Reuters) - Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar premiered his retrospective drama “Pain and Glory” in Madrid on Wednesday, reuniting actors Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, who had risen to Hollywood stardom after starting in his movies.