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Travel can resume after heavy rains but authorities continue to urge caution

In court testimony leaked to the press, terrorist who survived Alcanar explosion claims he had doubts about the attacks

Unanswered questions still surround the events, such as the relationship between Spain's intelligence service and the alleged mastermind

Authorities confirm that neither of the two arrested suspects was the driver of the van

Indignation at the Castor Project has increased due to the €1.35 billion payment issued by the Spanish Government to Escal UGS, the company behind the controversial offshore gas platform. The amount will be charged through gas bills to consumers over the next 30 years, starting on April 2016, making individual citizens pay the private-business bailout, partially funded through €1.4 billion worth of bonds from the European Union. This business project failed after a gas injection caused almost 1,000 small earthquakes in Southern Catalonia and northern Valencia. The Spanish Executive has been forced to compensate the company due to clause 14 of the 2008 Royal Decree, according to which the state would pay for the bailout in the event of the project failing to come to completion. 

130 million kilos of citrus fruit, 10% more than last year, are expected to be produced this season. The majority of the citrus will be clementines harvested for export to countries such as Germany.