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NÓOS CASE

Princess Cristina probed for alleged tax fraud and money laundering

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca 1

Nóos case Judge Castro now set to target mayor of Valencia and the former regional premier

POLITICS

Zapatero: “You won’t hear me criticize Rajoy”

El País Madrid 1

Socialist leader says he will never criticize his successor as former PP chief Aznar has done

BANKING MELTDOWN

A combination of pictures shows (L-R) BBVA'S Francisco González, CaixaBank's Isidro Fainé and Santander's Emilio Botín leaving the High Court in Madrid. / PEDRO ARMESTRE JAVIER SORIANO (AFP)

Bankia was an “elephant in the room,” BBVA chief says

Nationalized bank’s rivals doubted the reliability of the lender’s figures and its viability

Huge volumes of Bankia shares change hands again

Market observers suspect short selling might be behind the movement

STOLEN BABIES

Doctor in stolen babies scandal called to appear in Madrid court

Eduardo Vela implicated in 1969 illegal adoption of child at San Ramón hospital

GOVERNMENT SPENDING

Defense needs extra €1 billion a year to pay off urgent arms bills

Military scales back its order for Eurofighter jets. Finance Ministry asked for exceptional “loan” to cover expenses

ROCK OF CONTENTION

Gibraltar celebrates clearance to play in European competition

El País Madrid

Uefa decides to keep Spain and British colony apart in qualifying for 2016 tournament

HOUSING

Andalusia puts first embargo into place to halt woman’s eviction

El País Madrid

New national law will give landlords option of fast-track ouster for tenants who don’t pay their rent

SOCIETY

Sofía Reguera has been recognized as the daughter of a rich landowner. / PACO PUENTES

Money moves downstairs: servant’s daughter wins right to fortune

Reyes Rincón Seville

Seville judge rules Sofía Reguera is the offspring of landowner who left 15 million euros to only recognized child

RIGHT TO LIFE DEBATE

Minister confirms “psychological damage” will stay in abortion law

Ruiz-Gallardón says severe fetal abnormality will remain as a legal reason to abort

TAXATION AND TRANSPARENCY

Spain taxpayers declare assets held overseas worth nine percent of GDP

Carlos E. Cué Brussels

New regulations unearth 87.7 billion euros in property, bonds, deposits and shares held abroad

HEALTHCARE

Hospital chief fired over illegal immigrant's tuberculosis death

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Balearics government sacks managing director following inquiry into treatment of Senegalese man

Diplomat taken off Jordan mission over Egyptian-born husband

Spanish intelligence report revealed concern over his possible "recruitment by foreign service"

AL QAEDA TERRORISM

US officials turn up pressure to control Al Qaeda’s chief in Spain

Washington wants Spanish officials to agree to put Abu Dahdah on United Nations watch list

COMPANY SCANDAL

Pescanova chairman accused of falsifying accounts, insider trading

Other board members and shareholders also formally targeted

POPULAR PARTY

PP barons rally around Rajoy after Aznar’s swipe at government

Prime minister sidesteps sniping and pledges no shift in policy as party leaders defend efforts to pull Spain out of its crisis

Gürtel ring provided discounts to Popular Party during Aznar era

Secret accounts show how corrupt network charged double for other events laid on for conservative-run administrations

Gürtel ringleader picked up part of tab for wedding of Aznar’s daughter

Amount of 32,425 euros was marked down as losses on accounts seized by police. Ana Botella denies gift was bargaining chip from corrupt network

Congressman tells judge he took payments included in PP ledgers

Eugenio Nasarre says he received 1,800 euros a month from party treasurers in the period 2000-2004

ENVIRONMENT

Contamination over Madrid in 2012. / Uly Martín (EL PAÍS)

Brussels denies Madrid more time to tackle air pollution

Six monitoring stations in capital exceeded permitted limits in 2010

UNEMPLOYMENT

Madrid tells labor centers to prioritize jobseekers still on benefits

El País Madrid

Opposition says scheme discriminates against older workers as PP central government denies it is behind controversial move

Germany to create 5,000 jobs a year for young Spaniards

El País Madrid 2

Agreement includes work with professional training and posts for qualified laborers

ECONOMY

Workers suffering brunt of internal devaluation

El País Madrid

Average salary in Spain 15 percent below European level

Collective accords to be extended while talks go on

Unions and employers find compromise to resolve issue raised by government's labor reform

DOPING IN SPANISH SPORT

Domínguez faces new doping probe

IAAF says Spanish long-distance athlete’s biological passport proves blood manipulation in 2009

RURAL CRIME

Armed forest rangers watch over the olive harvest on a farm in Córdoba province. / JUAN MANUEL VACAS

Welcome to the Spanish Wild West

Luis Gómez Madrid

With cattle rustlers and vigilantes on the rise, there's a chaotic, Western feel to rural Spain of late

EDUCATION

Madrid students protest plan to exclude 3,500 for not paying fees

Undergraduates affected by crisis must pay by September or leave courses

Two Spanish tourists taken by kidnappers in Colombia

El País Madrid

One of those seized related to prominent High Court judge

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Muslims praying in a public square in Badalona before the town mayor announced it was to be forbidden. / TEJEDERAS

US cites Spain’s discrimination against Muslims without mosques

Government’s annual religious survey details Barcelona soccer stadium incident involving Israeli soldier Shalit

CRIME

Policeman who clubbed his lawyer to death found dead in jail

Lorena Ortega / J. A. Hernández / El País Castellón / Granada / Madrid

Folgoso had been shown beating murder victim in her garage in a video after claiming killing was accidental

LA LIGA

Montanier opts to quit Europe candidate Real Sociedad

El País Madrid

High-flying Basque club only offered French coach a one-year deal

SPORTING SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL

Police believe abuse claims against gymnastics coach are “verified”

Amaya Iríbar Madrid

Jesús Carballo accused of carrying out sexual assaults while in charge of Spain team, including at Olympics

“Carballo destroyed my life after he sexually assaulted me”

Amaya Iríbar Madrid

National gymnastics team’s former coach faces abuse accusations from former charge

Noureddine Ziani pictured at a Nous Catalans act this month. / EL PAÍS

How Morocco’s own 007 infiltrated migrants and Polisario

Ziani was a controversial figure among Barcelona’s Moroccan community

Más información

“The Supreme Court created my crime; it was written in advance”

Former High Court judge vows return to the magistrates’ bench when his suspension ends in 2021

Baltasar Garzón. / CRISTÓBAL MANUEL

LA LIGA

Liga sides eye uncertain future

Rob Train Madrid

Long goodbyes and a permanent farewell beckon in penultimate round

SOCIAL NETWORKS

Follow EL PAÍS in English on Twitter, Facebook and Eskup

Connect with us to get all the latest Spanish news in English

LATIN AMERICA

Mexico launches social rescue plan in violent neighborhoods

Pablo de Llano Mexico City

PRI to help poor cope with struggles

Pacific Alliance foursome to lift most tariffs by July

Costa Rica set to join bloc

Four Latin nations take steps toward “real trade bloc”

Luis Prados Mexico City

Pacific Alliance could pose challenge to Brazil and existing regional partnerships

Kirchner’s private secretary indicted for money laundering

Francisco Peregil Buenos Aires

Cash "carried through" residence

Leaked tape suggests divisions inside Venezuelan military

E. Scharfenberg / El País Caracas / Madrid

TV host passes on info to Cuban agent

Guatemala court shelves sentence against ex-dictator Ríos Montt

José Elías Guatemala City

General will be retried for genocide

FEATURES

politics

A demonstration by 15-M protestors in Barcelona. / GIANLUCA BATTISTA (EL PAÍS)

Could the popularity of a pair of minority groups spell the end of Spain's two-party system?

Opinion polls suggest that the public has had enough of the Popular Party and the Socialist Party

IMMIGRATION

Brazilians Rosemeri Bastos and Francisco Andre Teixeira with their two daughters in Santa Coloma de Gramenet. / CONSUELO BAUTISTA (EL PAÍS)

Spain: land of equal opportunity?

Most of the 11 percent of the Spanish population who are immigrants have integrated well, but education cuts are starting to slow the process

war atrocities

The story of Private Charlie

On March 17 EL PAÍS released a video in which Spanish soldiers were seen kicking two detainees at the Diwaniya base. The images made a strong impression, and for the first time in Spain, a military court opened an investigation into prisoner abuse

SCIENCE IN CRISIS

Research into melanomas at the National Oncology Center. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA

Not so much of a brain drain as enforced exile

J. A. Aunión Madrid

Spending cuts are driving researchers and scientists to look for a future abroad

“I wouldn’t think about going back to Spain for the moment”

Jaime Prats Valencia

After being fired from a Valencia research center, Nuria Martí is now part of the Oregon team behind this month’s embryonic stem-cell breakthrough

A group of Cuban refugees have been camped outside the Foreign Ministry for over a year. / CLAUDIO ÁLVAREZ (EL PAÍS)

Prisoners of good intentions

Jerónimo Andreu / Ezequiel Moltó Madrid / Alicante 1

Three years ago, Spain took in over 700 Cuban refugees in a much-publicized humanitarian action. Today, the dissidents are struggling to get by and unable to leave

EFFECTS OF THE CRISIS

The households bereft of workers

There are nearly two million family units in Spain without a single active member in employment

Search starts for Mourinho’s successor

Rob Train Madrid

Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez admits approach for Ancelotti

Back on the bus

R. T. Madrid

Atlético celebrates first win over city rival Real for 14 years

EDITOR'S PICK

JOURNALISM

The view from street level

The Ortega y Gasset Awards recognize work focusing on the ordinary citizen, with images of social protests to the fore

“He was normal, but also a star”

Michael Taylor Granada

Clash singer Joe Strummer’s influence still felt in Granada after 1980s sojourn

INTERVIEW WITH THE FOUNDERS OF WHATSAPP

“We don’t want to be a social network or a gaming platform”

Rosa Jiménez Cano San Francisco
culture

From trash to museum treasure

The booming fascination for work by unknown photographers is dividing experts

CINEMA

It’s no Cannes do for Spain

Spanish buyers, sellers, producers and journalists are all suffering at this year's festival

“Of the hundred doors you knock on, one always opens”

Film composer Lucas Vidal’s latest score is for ‘Fast & Furious 6’

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Robot & Frank stars Frank Langella as a retired cat burglar given a cyborg companion

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Monetary patience

Stimulus measures must be maintained as the global economy enters a phase of deceleration

OPINION

Videla’s dirty war

It is imperative to remember the cynicism with which Argentina’s dictatorship dispatched its invisible victims

EDITORIAL

Against tax avoidance

The European Union has launched a political message aimed at cracking down on fiscal evasion

OPINION

Private Spanish spooks

The government has changed the rules so that CNI intelligence agents can be employed by companies

The latest in European science

Atomium brings together universities, newspapers and businesses to boost the movement of knowledge

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