News from Spain

• Selling an arm?

  Unemployment leads a man to drastic measures

• Of Pussy Riots and Patriarchs

  Does the relationship of the Orthodox Church to the Kremlin resemble that which the Spanish Church had with Franco?

• Urdangarin and Consumer Power

  Urdangarin, the king's son-in-law quits Telefónica - following several disgruntled customers

• Botched Restoration in Borja

  Well meaning old lady attempts to restore artwork.

• Zapatero's Labour Reform

  In my experience people in the private sector in Spain are still emminently sackable

• Pro-Palestinian Demo in Ciudad Real

• Prostitution and Slavery

  Sex-slavery thrives in Spain while the debate rages about whether to regulate prostitution or ban it outright

• Lorca's Grave to be Opened

  Federico García Lorca's remains look set to be exhumed. Lorca's niece, though reluctant, will acquiesce. But is this action appropriate?

• Investigating Civil War Deaths: Opening Graves and Closing Wounds

  Zapatero denounces as "hypocrisy" the opposition to his policy of recovering national memory

• Male Violence and an Over-worked Judge