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Última hora

BUSINESS

Repsol board expected to approve YPF compensation deal

El País / Agencies Madrid

Oil firm’s shares jump as accord brokered by Argentinean, Mexican and Spanish governments hints at $5bn compensation

IMMIGRATION

Immigrant children disappearing without trace after entering Spain

Ignacio Cembrero Madrid

DNA tests reveal adults are traveling with minors who are not their own. Sexual and economic exploitation suspected

Government to keep razor wire on Melilla fence

Carlos E. Cué Madrid

Interior Ministry report plays down potential danger of measure, aimed at preventing recent mass attempts to scale Spanish exclave's border with Morocco

Closer cooperation with Morocco brings results

Ignacio Cembrero Madrid

Spain also working with West African nations Senegal and Mauritania in an attempt to stem flow of migrants

AUSTERITY

Portugal’s top court approves extension of civil servants’ hours

Agencies

Labor leader “stupefied” at ruling which justifies increased workload as being in the public interest

CORRUPT POLITICS

Ex-Castellón chief Fabra sentenced to four years for tax fraud

Lorena Ortega Castellón

Court convicts Fabra for failing to declare two million euros of income, but former provincial leader pleased not to have been found guilty of “corruption”

CORRUPTION

PP secretary general claims all accounting books are legitimate

Francesco Manetto Madrid 2

Ruling party will ask prosecutors to examine finances, De Cospedal announces. Architect’s fees for remodeling headquarters are included in bookkeeping, PP claims

High Court says evidence exists that PP kept parallel accounts

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid 2

Undeclared payments to architect recorded in ex-party treasurer’s secret ledgers correspond to bills seized from architect’s office

EUROPEAN SOCCER PREVIEW

Robin van Persie's penalty miss means Sociedad stayed technically alive after the 0-0 tie with Manchester United. / DAVID RAMOS (GETTY IMAGES)

All or nothing for Sociedad in Champions League bout

El País Madrid

Basques must win in Ukraine to maintain knockout chances

HEALTH OF THE KING

King Juan Carlos leaves hospital five days after hip surgery

Natalia Junquera Madrid

Monarch had temporary prosthesis replaced with permanent one following infection in the joint

THE CATALAN QUESTION

Catalan lenders could fail if region leaves Spain, central bank head says

Íñigo de Barrón Madrid

Governor Linde says such a rupture would cause suffering for both large and small territories

Catalonia premier Artur Mas “inspired by Gandhi” for independence drive

Miquel Noguer New Delhi

On New Delhi visit, regional leader praises movement in India which led to creation of a “new state”

ECONOMY

Bank of Spain says weak recovery doesn’t invite “complacency”

El País / Andrew Sim Madrid

Governor Linde says government revenues need to pick up toward the end of the year to ensure deficit target is met

Jobseekers wait in line outside a Madrid unemployment office. / Paul White (AP)

ECB sees downward price trend as good sign despite risks of deflation

Alejandro Bolaños Madrid 1

Spain views inflation drop as an indicator that adjustment is now on the right track

BUSINESS

Popular joins other Spanish lenders in selling real estate unit

El País Madrid

Business to be acquired by US funds Värde Partners and Kennedy Wilson for a reported 800 million euros

Santander agrees to sell real estate unit to US fund

politics

Socialist leader attacks government over broken electoral promises

El País / Lourdes Lucio / Luis Barbero Granada / Seville

Rubalcaba accuses Rajoy of having hidden agenda. Andalusian delegates elect Susana Díaz as leader of regional party chapter

TECHNOLOGY

PayPal CEO David Marcus.

“In the future, money will be invisible”

Ana Pantaleoni San Francisco

PayPal chief David Marcus explains to EL PAÍS where cashless payments are headed

SOCIAL UNREST

Catalans protest austerity cuts at large Barcelona rally

Samuel Nacar Barcelona

Organizers claim that 200,000 people took to streets on second day of nationwide demonstrations

Citizens take to streets to object to Brussels’ call for more cutbacks

Anabel Díez Madrid

Greenpeace unfurls massive banner in central Madrid against government's planned “anti-protest law”

Government draft bill to quell protests and anti-social behavior

Jesús Duva Madrid 4

Fines of up to 600,000 euros to be levied for unauthorized Congress demonstrations

DIPLOMACY

Spain’s government fears full-blown China crisis over Tibet court case

Miguel González Madrid 3

Diplomats hoping arrest warrants will not harm business relations

China warns Spain pursuing ex-president could damage relations

How a Tibet probe threatens Spanish business drive in China

Jose Reinoso / Fernando J. Pérez Beijing / Madrid 1

Madrid has rolled out major charm offensive to build economic ties with a series of bilateral events

ECONOMY

Spain seeks Eurogroup support for draft 2014 budget

Luis Doncel Brussels 1

Brussels has warned government of need for further cuts worth 35 billion euros

EDUCATION CUTS

More than 1.1 million students lose textbook grants

J. A. Aunión Madrid

Families were receiving between 70 and 180 euros, depending on the schooling period and the region

ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE

France to appeal Prestige ruling

Miguel Mora Paris

French government hoping to demonstrate criminal damage to establish civil liability

French towns consider fresh legal action after Prestige ruling

Paola Obelleiro A Coruña

Councils from Brittany and Landes are joining forces to seek compensation from the Spanish government

Six years without an inspection

David Reinero Santiago

Leaks in the Prestige were detected in 2006 but Spain has not conducted tests

Prestige judge finds “no criminal responsibility” for huge oil disaster

nightlife

Allegedly overcrowded nightclub challenges police headcount

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Madrid's Moma was found by officers to have as many as 1,510 people in it, despite legal limit of just 298

INTERNET PIRACY

First arrest made in Spain for leaking music online

Tommaso Koch Madrid

Pirate copy of album by heavy rock band Extremoduro appeared on the web one month before planned release

LEGISLATURE'S HALFWAY POINT

Rajoy mulls strike law reform to guarantee minimum services

Carlos E. Cué Madrid 1

PM says Popular party has “made mistakes” in handling of Bárcenas corruption affair but defends reforms and says education minister “has complied with electoral program”

Government is aiming to cut personal income tax, says Rajoy

Carlos E. Cué Madrid

PM rules out more major fiscal adjustments

Rajoy promises better times ahead after two years of pain

Government improves its pension reform offer

Manuel V. Gómez Madrid

Annual appreciation in times of bonanza could be raised to 0.5 percent plus inflation, Rajoy administration announces

GASTRONOMY

Three-star club gets new member

Rosa Rivas Bilbao

David Muñoz's restaurant DiverXo brings Michelin Guide's highest honor back to Madrid after two decades

elBulli gets go-ahead from region to build foundation

Ana Pantaleoni Barcelona

Super-chef Ferran Adrià’s project needed government approval as it is situated in a protected area

FOOD REGULATIONS

Oil pourers like the ones pictured above are a common sight in Spanish restaurants, but will be banned from January onwards. / Santi Burgos

A ban on tabletop oil pourers, as government tries to boost exports

Esther Tejedor / Ginés Donaire 3

Restaurants and bars will have to serve product in non-refillable, tamper-proof bottles or capsules

Más información

“Talks must go as far as they can. Spain needs Catalonia; Catalonia needs Spain”

Former PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero defends the budget deficit cap his government passed, and downplays the need for a revision of the agreements that cover the Catholic Church

Former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who was in power from 2004 until 2011. / LUIS SEVILLANO (EL PAÍS)

the church

Losing the threads?

A dispute between the archbishop of Madrid and an association for abused women over 23 valuable tapestries has reached the Supreme Court

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Turrón, and on and on

A delicious, sticky treat or dentists' delight? Either way you know Christmas is close when those bars are piled high

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

ENVIRONMENT

A view of Lake Sanabria, the largest reserve of glacial water in the Iberian peninsula. / claudio álvarez

Is something murky lurking in Sanabria?

Regional authorities defend good quality of Spain's largest glacial lake while Civil Guard investigates sewage dumping

INTERVIEW

“My mistake was to stay on during Zapatero’s second term”

Carlos Yárnoz

Life-long public servant Pedro Solbes, who rose to become European commissioner and deputy prime minister, talks frankly about the conflictive situation he endured as a key member of Zapatero's Socialist government when the crisis first struck

ART IN THE STREET

Portrait of a terror tamed

Ferran Bono Valencia

At 14 he robbed banks and smoked heroin. Today, Víctor González is a popular resident of El Carmen, Valencia, where his image is now part of an art installation

CATHOLICISM

Cardinal Antonio María Rouco (center), flanked by bishops. / carlos rosillo

New era beckons in Church as Pope Francis weighs his options

Juan G. Bedoya Madrid 1

Ultra-conservative and abrasive Archbishop Rouco to stand down early next year

Court sinks "mini-Vatican" plan in Madrid's historic quarter

France’s Gypsies: the first behind wire fences

Miguel Mora Montreuil-Bellay 1

Even before the Nazis arrived, many of nation’s Roma were rounded up in a concentration camp

PUBLISHING

The subsidies that are on offer for research are so complicated to obtain that it is often not worth the author's effort. / BERNARDO PÉREZ (EL PAÍS)

Time to count the cost of history

Juan Cruz

Spain's biographers and researchers meet with obstacles to their work and extremely scant financial reward

LATIN AMERICA

Workers’ Party takes a hard look at itself following convictions

Rousseff’s grouping will discuss implementing internal reforms

Two frontrunners claim victory in Honduran presidential race

Ousted leader contends government wants to rob his wife of victory

Maduro passes decrees to increase control of economy

Ewald Scharfenberg Caracas

Venezuelan president makes first use of new special powers

Santos faces apathy but lacks serious rival in re-election bid

President comfortably ahead in the poll as predecessor Uribe rallies forces

Argentina’s “statistics manipulator” resigns

Francisco Peregil Buenos Aires

Moreno was admonished by the IMF

Fernández de Kirchner returns with major reshuffle

F. Peregil / El País Buenos Aires / Madrid

Argentinean leader appoints Repsol expropriator as new economy chief

LA LIGA REVIEW

Derby doom for bottom-rung Betis

Next weekend’s match against Rayo assumes ever-greater importance for relegation-threatened clubs

LA LIGA

La Liga now a table for three

Rob Train Madrid

Coaches lament “boring” two-club league but Atlético's claim bolstered in 7-0 win

Última hora

CINEMA

“I always cry, whatever it is I’m doing”

Guillermo Abril

Actress Inma Cuesta has become a talisman for Spanish cinema

Spain's cinema chains declare price war

Cinesa and Yelmo Cineplex are offering reduced weekday tickets at 3.50 euros

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

The Hunger Games trilogy continues with Catching Fire, as De Niro, Douglas, Freeman and Kline unite for Last Vegas

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

A great step forward

El País Madrid

Iran’s acceptance of a temporary halt in its nuclear program points to a new scenario

OPINION

The eviction labyrinth

José María Fernández Seijo

As long as a serious approach is not made to the problem of access to housing, the drama of mortgage defaults will weigh down expectations of economic recovery

EDITORIAL