miércoles, 18 diciembre 2013
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Madrid premier’s wife named in tax-fraud and money-laundering case

Investigation focuses on their ownership of a luxury penthouse on the Mediterranean. González comes out in defense of the innocence of his spouse

THE CATALAN QUESTION

Mas alludes to slavery in context of Catalan sovereignty

Àngels Piñol / Miguel Noguer Barcelona / Madrid

Regional premier ramps up rhetoric as PP and Socialists maintain stance on referendum

THE BLESA CASE

Ex-Caja Madrid chief came under pressure from Aznar family

Miguel Blesa was being persuaded to use influence to purchase art collection that belonged to late Spanish painter and sculptor Gerardo Rueda

royal scandal

Prosecutor claims Urdangarin judge is biased against princess

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca 1

"You cannot implicate or punish anyone for what he is but for what he has done," says writ

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Prime minister rules out new meeting with Mas on referendum for region

Rajoy states that he has already “made his position clear”

Catalan PP may challenge budget

Agencies Barcelona

Premier’s draft spending plan includes funds to hold controversial referendum

Catalan ruling party sees elections as only alternative to self-rule vote

Miguel Noguer Barcelona

CiU congressional spokesman Duran i Lleida says referendum will only be held if deemed “legal”

EMPLOYMENT

OECD calls on Spain to make layoffs even cheaper

Organization recommends courts only nullify collective dismissals in “extreme cases”

BANK MERGER

Banesco wins tender for nationalized NCG Banco

Venezuelan lender offered almost one billion euros for Spanish bank

ECONOMY

Loan defaults rise to highest level in over 50 years

AGENCIES Madrid

Ratio in October was biggest since Bank of Spain began compiling figures half a century ago

SUBMERGED ECONOMY

A Chinese workshop in Mataró, Barcelona that was raided in 2009, in the biggest police operation of its kind. / Gianluca Battista

“You will never see an ad in the paper offering ‘Exploited workers’”

Police are struggling in the fight against clandestine sweatshop slavery

AEROLÍNEAS CASE

Former employer group chief gets two years in prison for tax fraud

Ex-CEOE chairman Gerardo Díaz Ferrán also ordered to pay 99-million-euro fine in Aerolíneas Argentinas case

EUROVEGAS

The sands run out

After five years of negotiations, plans to build a massive casino complex in Madrid have been abandoned. Now the political fallout puts the regional premier's future in doubt

LABOR MARKET

Wages in Spain fall for record four quarters in a row

El País Madrid

Average monthly income now at levels of two years ago as internal devaluation continues

Seville family deaths may be due to toxic infection

El País Seville

Ambulance was called twice to family home after three victims’ conditions worsened dramatically during night

Unemployed couple in Seville die after reported food-poisoning case

Husband and wife had been trying to make ends meet by collecting cardboard and recycling paper

POLITICS

Cristina Cifuentes, pictured last week in Madrid. / Uly Martín

After a life-threatening accident, Cristina Cifuentes is back in the fray

Madrid government delegate was out of politics for three months

A computer-generated image supplied by S3 of an Airbus carrying a small spacecraft, which will be able to climb to the edge of space.

Canary Islands chosen as base for low-cost satellite launches

Alicia Rivera San Bartolomé de Tirajana

Swiss company S3 planning to offer flights for space tourists

BANK BAILOUT

Troika gives Spain positive report in last review of bailout terms

Claudi Pérez Brussels

But ECB, EC and IMF point to the need for more reforms

Property market

House prices rise on quarterly basis for first time in three years

El País Madrid

But market still down on an annual basis and experts doubt prices have bottomed out

BUSINESS

Pescanova offers 30 million euros to save Chilean unit from being sold

Pesca Chile seen as key subsidiary for Spanish seafood processor, which is in the hands of the receivers

UNIVERSAL JUSTICE

Rajoy government bids to halt Tibet case against Chinese officials

Spain plans to reduce judiciary’s powers in universal justice cases after Beijing warned of damaged relations

Going Spanish in one of the classrooms in the Cervantes Institute in Shanghai.

Don Quixote tilts at China

Zigor Aldama Shanghai

Cervantes Institute downsizes premises in Shanghai as the Spanish language fails to attract the number of students expected

EMIGRATION

Destination Duisburg

Juan Gómez Duisburg

Over 50 workers at ThyssenKrupp’s closed Sagunto plant have been relocated to Germany

Public Works Minister Ana Pastor with Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz (r) and French Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvillier. / Toni Garriga (EFE)

Barcelona and Paris finally get their high-speed rail link

El País Madrid

Journey time between cities of six-and-a-half hours

FINANCIAL FALLOUT

Bankia lawyers call for court to abandon “inquisition”

Agencies Madrid

Judge asks for civil liability policies for lender’s officials

EUROPEAN SOCCER

Former Barcelona and Real Madrid midfielder Luis Figo plucks the Catalan club out of the tombola at the Uefa draw ceremony on Monday. / FABRICE COFFRINI (AFP)

Old acquaintance thickens plot

Rob Train Madrid

Several reunions await after Champions League and Europa draws while Atlético and Milan will meet for first time

Atlético and Barça take advantage of Real slip in Navarre

El País Madrid

Valencia fires Miroslav Djukic as coach after 3-0 defeat at the Vicente Calderón stadium

ANTI-PROTEST LAW

Minister argues that crackdown on protests will “protect citizens”

El País Barcelona 1

Hundreds gather to demonstrate against regional health cuts

More than two dozen injured as Congress protest turns violent

Lola Hierro Madrid

Around 2,000 demonstrators clash with riot police in demonstration against Citizens Safety Law

BUSINESS

Car sector looks beyond the crisis

Madrid

Spanish factories are increasing output and creating jobs thanks to wage adjustments and labor flexibility

WWII ESPIONAGE

Canfranc railway station on the Spanish-French border, which was an epicenter for Jews fleeing the Nazis.

‘Casablanca’ in the Pyrenees

A hub for spies and refugees during the Second World War, Canfranc station is the subject of two new documentaries

EuroVegas

Eurovegas not coming to Madrid after company demands rejected

El País Madrid 1

Casino tycoon Adelson wanted guarantees of financial compensation in the event of future legislative changes

WILDLIFE

The lynx is a specialist rabbit hunter and not as capable as other species of varying its diet when its primary prey is scarce. / El país

Iberian lynx faces new threat as disease decimates rabbit population

Juana Viúdez Madrid

33 percent of deaths of the animal are traffic-related, as they are forced to travel in search of prey

CRIME

Third Asunta suspect tells court he was in Madrid on day of crime

Silvia R. Pontevedra / Lola Hierro Santiago / Navalcarnero

Man's semen was found on murdered 12-year-old's clothing, but no one can explain how it got there

LAYOFF FUND CASE

Seville court quashes ERE case investigation into Socialist leaders

Reyes Rincón Seville

Embezzlement writ failed to explain "what crimes may have been committed"

POLITICS

Banks to be barred from writing off political parties’ debt

El País Madrid

Cabinet approves anticorruption measures

Más información

High Court asks to see Neymar’s contract

Barcelona board member lodges suit against club president Rosell over multi-million deal

Rosell and Neymar, the day of the Brazilian player's presentation. / ALBERT GEA (REUTERS / Cordon Press)

“There is no San Mamés case”

Luis Doncel Brussels

EU competition commissioner confirms investigations into seven Liga clubs

Illegal public aid prompts Brussels investigation

Luis Doncel Brussels

Real, Barcelona and Athletic are among seven teams in the eye of the storm

Messi charity games investigated for drug link

Organized crime officers probe potential money laundering surrounding series of friendly matches in the Americas

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FEATURES

terrorism

The crater left by the bombing in Claudio Coello street, in central Madrid. / EFE

The day ETA struck a lethal blow to the Franco regime

Forty years ago this week, the dictator's heir apparent, Carrero Blanco, was assassinated by the Basque terrorist organization

ENVIRONMENT

A Cairn Energy oil platform, located close to the area off the Canary Islands where Repsol wants to prospect. / ÁNGEL MEDINA (EFE)

Fears of oil spills and drilling grip residents of Canary Islands

María Sosa Troya Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

More than 1,100 tankers have passed through the tourism-dependent area so far this year

ENERGY

From the Canaries to the North Sea

Spanish company Gamesa is hoping to carve out a place in the growing offshore electricity sector. Its turbine in Gran Canaria can power 7,500 homes

effects of the crisis

Workers at the entrance of the central hospital laundry in Mejorada del Campo, Madrid. / Álvaro García

Families getting by on half a salary

Workers at the central hospital laundry in Madrid struggle to survive as the private sector contractor for the service slashes their wages by 46 percent

ENVIRONMENT

Constitutional Court puts the brakes on Castilla y León project

The Environment City, to be constructed on protected land in Soria, has already cost 52 million euros, leading opposition to decry "wastefulness" of PP assembly

DEMOGRAPHICS

As well as a fall in the number of births in Spain, life expectancy is expected to rise in the next 10 years. / Carles Ribas

Why a drain in Spain will lead to population shrinkage by 2017

In five years' time, fewer births and more emigration will mean a lower number of inhabitants. Some 2.6 million people are expected to leave the country over the next decade

LATIN AMERICA

Venezuela seeks to block crime news

‘El Universal’ charged with harming children’s welfare

Economic growth has not reduced informal jobs

Half of working population has no security protection

Brazil returns to “pragmatic” policies to calm markets

Carla Jiménez São Paulo

Practices that helped build budget surplus will be abandoned

Fired Bogota mayor demands president’s intervention

Former guerrilla member declares war on the inspector general who sacked him

Chileans give Bachelet a second term as president

Socialist obtains highest vote numbers since return to democracy

Worker fatalities at Brazil’s World Cup stadiums sparks concerns

Talita Bedinelli São Paulo

Figures only released in October

Searching mothers ask Mexico to help find their children

Central American women cross country in search of loved ones

“Mixing the World Cup with protests is a mistake”

Brazil legend Ronaldo backs demonstrations but believes 2014 investment is sound

Jorge Lorenzo pulls “Cribs”-style video after social network backlash

Spokesman says bikini-clad models at mansion were sponsor’s idea

EDITOR'S PICK

GASTRONOMY

The world’s most star-spangled female chef

Carme Ruscalleda recently won two stars for her Sant Pau restaurant in Tokyo

business

Queen of the brides in Colombia

Spanish bridal gown designer Rosa Clará inaugurates her first store in Bogota

MEDIA

The radio revolution

With 15 percent of listeners now tuning in online, internet stations are finding a niche

PHOTOGRAPHY

Giving a voice to the masters of light

A new archive project aims to tell the story of photography in postwar Spain

CINEMA

Taking aim at the Oscars

Tommaso Koch Madrid

Made for 40,000 euros in five days, Spanish child-soldier drama makes Academy Award shortlist

J. A. Bayona to direct Brad Pitt’s ‘World War Z’ sequel

‘The Impossible’ director signs up for zombie franchise

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Steve McQueen tells the true story of a free man sold into slavery in 12 Years a Slave as The Hobbit trilogy trudges on

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

EU referee shows yellow card

The commission's report on the Liga warns that soccer clubs must not survive on public aid

opinion

Divergence/convergence

Spain is slipping further from the European average, and there is no sign that this is going to improve

EDITORIAL

Six urgent reforms

The troika confirms the end of the bailout, but demands corrections and a new fiscal model

OPINION

Catalonia’s dead-end debate

The Spanish public is being distracted with the excuse of Catalonia, and the Catalan public with the excuse of Spain

The latest in European science

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

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