ECONOMY
Rajoy sets out to persuade Europe to cut Spain some deficit-target slack
Mission could meet with political opposition from euro-zone partners suffering badly from the austerity measures they have been forced to take on board
Última hora
PROTESTS
PP accuses Socialists of fomenting violence amid “climate of conflict”
El País
Madrid
Extremadura premier escorted out of university building after demonstration
An atmosphere fit for the Olympics?
The Madrid 2020 bid says it is complying with pollution controls, but NO2 levels in the city frequently surpass EU limits
Spain, Italy and France suspend their Anglo-Saxon struggle
Miguel Mora
París
Funding withdrawn for Latin Union, which sought to defend Romance languages and cultures
RTVE
Cuts threaten Spanish public television
El País
Madrid
Popular programs face ax under strict budget guidelines
CORRUPTION
Urdangarin tells court his ex-partner stole from him
Andreu Manresa
Palma de Mallorca
Royal son-in-law places all blame on businessman Torres, while also denying existence of a secret Swiss bank account
HEALTH
Spanish TB vaccine to start trials backed by Gates Foundation
Jaime Prats
Valencia
Existing drug is over 90 years old and no longer effective against new strain of disease
Two women carry banners in support of Judge Garzón in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square. / ALBERTO MARTÍN (EFE)
"With Garzón gone, so has the chance for justice"
Natalia Junquera
Madrid
The judges may have dropped the case, but experts in exhumation of Franco's victims can provide detailed post-mortem reports
Four suspected “Anonymous” hackers busted in Spain
El País
Madrid
Ministry says activists ran attacks out of Bulgaria and Czech Republic
Intel and Windows lose ground to Android
El País
Barcelona
Google’s platform steals the show at the start of the Barcelona Mobile World Congress
COINS OF CONTENTION
New battle waged over "Mercedes" treasure trove
Tereixa Constenla
Madrid
Part of trove may be headed for museums in America after courts told Odyssey to return find to Spain
Jerez, a town on the border of bankruptcy
Public workers have not been paid for months, threatening to sink the home of sherry wine
"The perception of Spain has changed dramatically"
BBVA president Francisco González hails Mariano Rajoy's administration, but warns that reforms must help create employment
THE END OF ETA VIOLENCE
Batasuna expresses “sympathy” for ETA victims for the first time
Pedro Gorospe
San Sebastián
Interior Minister tells EL PAÍS that no terrorist prisoners will be moved until group disbands
Sacking workers on the cheap with a judge’s blessing
Manuel V. Gómez
Madrid
Reform swings balance of power firmly to employers’ side
ECONOMY
Suppliers who accept discounts to get paid first
El País
Madrid
PP passes debt payment scheme in bid to clear backlog of unpaid invoices
"We journalists have become lazier with the internet"
Veteran reporter Pura Ramos is still out there gathering in the news, at 80
‘Público’ to close print edition
El País
Madrid
The Spanish daily, which came into existence in 2007, was unable to raise nine million euros needed to stave off closure
Sacked director of failed bank
seeks 10m euro compensation
Santiago Navarro /
Rosa Biot
Alicante
1
María Dolores Amorós arrives at her unfair dismissal case to shouts of “thief” and “crook”
CORRUPTION
Barcelona region number two sacked over missing funds
Pere Ríos
Barcelona
Josep Maria Matas suspected of channeling nearly one million euros of public funds
Valencia officials arrested on suspicion of stealing international aid funds
Joaquín Ferrandis /
Adolf Beltran /
María Fabra
Valencia
/
Castellón
Money mainly due to go to Nicaragua was allegedly siphoned off. PP regional premier fires two officials among those detained
Más información
Man wrongfully jailed for rape wins €1 million compensation
Rafael Ricardi spent 13 years in jail before being absolved
Rafael Ricardi. / JARO MUÑOZ
LATIN AMERICA
Argentina's government takes control of trains after wreck
El País
Madrid
Families of the 51 dead and 700 injured demand justice
Chávez undergoes third surgery as WikiLeaks gives him two years
AP
María José González Rivas
Madrid
Venezuelan leader reported to be in a satisfactory condition after latest procedure in Havana
Correa pardons journalists jailed by Ecuadorian court for libel
Paúl Mena Erazo /
El País
Quito
/
Madrid
'El Universo' had been ordered to pay $40m for calling president "a dictator"
Workers freed as FARC pledges to end all kidnappings
Fernando Vergara (AP)
El País
Madrid
Former senator says guerrillas may release 10 army and police officers at end of month
EDITOR'S PICK
“Mugged in Madrid. Need 1,000 euros urgently”
A ring of Gmail hackers uses Western Union for cash swindles around the world
Back to basics for business schools?
Elite institutions talk of need to react to moral failure amid financial disasters
OBITUARY
Ronald Fraser: the respectable of oral history
His 'Blood of Spain' revolutionized historians' approach to the Civil War
CINEMA
"I've not been the same since 'Chico & Rita'"
Mauricio Vicent
Madrid
Limara Meneses was Mariscal's muse for Oscar-nominated animation feature
OPINION AND EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL
Liquidity injection
ECB auction gives banking sector a breather, but won’t help businesses access credit
OPINION
Elections and decisions
Ahmadinejad, Putin, Chávez and Sarkozy are among the leaders at the center of global affairs who face stern examinations at home
EDITORIAL
A bad way of doing things
The government has yet to define its budget policy, and seeks no support from the opposition
OPINION
Venezuelan scenarios
Many of us who thought that Chávez was guaranteed to win the elections in October must now rethink our forecasts
Spain's forward Roberto Soldado. / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU (AFP)
SPORTS
Soldado plays his way into Euros
Rob Train
Madrid
Valencia striker scores three in second half cameo against Venezuela
SPORTS
Latin swing suits clay-court specialists
Rob Train
Madrid
Ferrer and Almagro sweeping up titles again across Atlantic
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