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PROTESTS

Authorities move to quell Valencia disturbances after police "excesses"

Fernando Garea / Joaquín Ferrandis Madrid / Valencia

Rajoy says violent clashes are not true reflection of country; marches continue in a more peaceful atmosphere

Valencia sees biggest protests yet but authorities show restraint

El País Madrid 1

Demonstrators of all ages come out in support of students as calls for resignation of government delegate multiply

BUSINESS

Brussels to give Spain some leeway
in meeting deficit targets

Claudi Pérez / Andrew Sim Brussels / Madrid

Government fears 4.4 percent goal for 2012 would deepen the economic crisis

Greek deal helps Spain T-bill yields back to pre-crisis levels

Investors clamor for paper despite lower rates

Congress reaches agreement on path toward end of ETA

UPyD and Amaiur decline to join other parties in Basque terrorist resolution

Tearful mother insults ETA suspects during trial

Two terrorists are charged with setting off the bomb that killed a six-year-old girl and another bystander in 2002

LABOR REFORM

PP government defies mass demonstrations

El País Madrid

Party says spirit of law will stay, no matter how “unpopular” as union leader points to immediate impact in wage cuts

Labor-reform protestors slam “incompetent politicians”

Luis Doncel Madrid

Protestors carried placards calling for opposition to the “Guantánamo work system”

CULTURE

Music Awards in balance after SGAE fall from grace

Daniel Verdú Madrid

Revamped academy wants to style annual event on Goyas

THE END OF ETA VIOLENCE

ETA prisoner Kepa Pikabea. / FROM THE DOCUMENTARY 'AL FINAL DEL TÚNEL'

Terrorists and victims question a painful history

Observers encourage dialogue initiative by ETA prisoners

"It was appalling to try to kill somebody"

ETA convicts explain why they want to talk to their victims

SPORTS

Sports minister admits Spain has a bad doping image

El País Madrid

Spain lacks World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-backed legislation

CORRUPTION

Urdangarin got royal treatment on deals in Balearics

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Witness claims he was told not to question king's son-in-law's contract prices

CINEMA

Spanish actor Jose Coronado (l) and director Enrique Urbizu. / DANI POZO (AFP)

'Wicked' comes good at Goyas

'No habrá paz para los malvados’ scoops key prizes while Garzón film wins Best Documentary on Spanish cinema’s big night

POLITICS

Rajoy closes PP congress calling for sacrifice in face of worsening crisis

Prime minister adopts Churchillian tone, warning that things will get worse before they get better

Rajoy calls for party unity while ex-PM laments Zapatero legacy

Prime minister avoids making direct reference to Sunday’s protests

BUSINESS

Taxman catches up with Nadal

Tennis star moves headquarters from Basque Country, where his companies were saving millions of euros thanks to special tax breaks

Public-sector managers face salary cuts of up to 35 percent

El País Madrid

Annual remuneration of managers of large companies capped at 105,000 euros a year

TREASURE TUG OF WAR

Spain to take delivery of Odyssey treasure next week

Judge gives Spain a three-day inspection period before loading coins onto military transport planes

MARKETS

Spanish banking stocks plunge as short sellers move in

El País Madrid

Regulator removes short-selling ban, while Moody's threatens rating action on European lenders

ART

The vicepresident of the Francisco Franco Foundation, Jaime Alonso, takes photos of the offending work at ARCO. / BARRENECHEA (EFE)

Franco foundation plans to sue over “offensive” sculpture

El País Madrid

Organization also pursuing criminal charges against artist Euginio Merino over work depicting Generalísimo encased in a fridge wearing full military garb

US STUDENT'S DEATH

Police search for male sex victims of US student’s alleged killer

El País Madrid

Suspect is said to have drugged and abused young men he invited to his home

Más información

“It’s strange that wages in Spain don’t fall with all that unemployed labor”

Microsoft founder Bill Gates talks to EL PAÍS about the Spanish economy and aid funding

Bill Gates during the interview at EL PAÍS on Wednesday. / GORKA LEJARCEGI

FEATURES

Conchi, who is living in a disused food hall in Leganés. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA

The city’s silent squatters

El País Madrid

A new type of property occupation is on the rise: discreet squatting, which is seeing regular members of society who have been left homeless take over empty flats

Stopping spying or killing the story?

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the use of hidden cameras is an abuse of privacy, depriving journalists of a useful tool for investigative reporting

Sánchez Vicario wells up at the presentation of her book, '¡Vamos!' / ALBERTO ESTÉVEZ (EFE)

When family interference turns sport into hurt

The recently aired tribulations of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario are far from uncommon in the pressurized world of young athletes

Thou shalt not squander public money

Finance minister's statement that administrators should face charges for overspending sparks a complex debate

EDITOR'S PICK

‘Mona’ twin upends Prado

Borja Hermoso Madrid

Visitors flock to Madrid museum as newly restored copy of Da Vinci masterpiece goes on display

GASTRONOMY

A corny success story

Delfina Solorio's bad experience in a Mexican restaurant was the first step to a new business

SOCIETY

Zara heiress ties the knot

Daughter of Inditex chief Amancio Ortega - Spain's richest man - keeps it real with low-key wedding to her horse-rider fiancé

EFFECTS OF THE CRISIS

Libraries with no books

El País Madrid

A lack of funds has seen a project to convert the Casa de Fieras in Madrid's Retiro park into a library stall

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

A serious error in Valencia

Beating students taking part in a street demonstration is a disturbing step backward

OPINION

The surprising Lt. Colonel Davis

It would appear that the war in Afghanistan is going even worse than the far from encouraging reports from top American officers tell us

EDITORIAL

Healthcare in free fall

Cutbacks and privatization plans are eating away at a cornerstone of the welfare state

OPINION

A judge and a rising

The chorus of brutal insults that has been raining down on Baltasar Garzón has now culminated with a war dance to celebrate his conviction.

SPORTS

Real lets victory slip

Rob Train Madrid

Madrid side ties in Moscow after conceding late goal

SPORTS

"A lot of owners are homophobes"

John Amaechi is the only NBA player ever to have openly revealed he is gay

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