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ECONOMY

Spain enters new recession with worse to come, says central bank

Andrew Sim / Agencias Madrid 1

Confirmation that GDP contracted 0.4 percent in first quarter with unemployment seen reaching 24 percent this year

EXPROPRIATION OF YPF

Spain seeks to force Argentina into compensation deal YPF seizure

Agencias / Andrew Sim Madrid 1

Spain bids to drum up European Union support for sanctions against Argentina

Argentina's expropriator in chief

Martin Delfín / Francisco Peregil Madrid

Economic guru Alex Kicillof is said to have been the mastermind behind the government's decision to expropriate YPF from Repsol

TOWARD THE END OF ETA

Basque PP ready to ease terrorist prisoners' return to society

Luis R. Aizpeolea Madrid

South African mediator Brian Currin says group shouldn't disband too quickly

HEALTHCARE

Half-a-million illegal migrants stand to lose health coverage

El País Madrid

Government moves to revoke provision that guarantees treatment and prescription medicines

Cabinet approves massive education and healthcare cuts

Fernando Garea Madrid

Welfare state trimmed by 10 billion euros as opposition parties snub Popular Party budget

Seniors to be charged for their medicines

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Didier Drogba wheels away in delight after scoring at Stamford Bridge. / GERRY PENNY (EFE)

Barça seeks route past London bus

Rob Train / El País Madrid

Protecting a slender lead, Chelsea will set out to stifle home side’s attacking intent

STOLEN BABIES

More nuns put under investigation in children-snatching scandal

Natalia Junquera Madrid

Daughters of Charity members suspected of acting as go-betweens in baby-selling ring

ROYAL SCANDAL

King dragged into battle between son-in-law and former partner

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca 1

Urdangarin and ex-business colleague Torres blame each other for embezzlement of public funds by Nóos Institute

King sails into Nóos corruption morass

PALACE CONTROVERSY

Royal apology means a “change of course” in king’s agenda

Mábel Galaz Madrid

Palace sources say Juan Carlos will eschew trips paid for by businessmen but not give up his private friendships

PUBLIC BROADCASTING

PP decree allows party to name state broadcaster RTVE chief

Rosario G. Gómez Madrid 1

End of Zapatero-era consensus on nomination as Cabinet also moves to allow privatization of regional stations

MORTGAGE PAIN

Vicente Torres lies in bed while his sister-in-law Juliana comforts his grandson Jonatan. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA

Neighbors stop bank from evicting 74-year-old heart patient

Carmen Pérez-Lanzac Madrid

With the help of his friends, Madrid widower Vicente has a roof over his head - for now

AFGHANISTAN TRAGEDY

Families of Yak-42 victims angry over pardons

Miguel González Madrid

Association wants two men kicked out of the military

TENNIS

Nadal cruises to Monte Carlo crown

Rob Train Madrid

Spaniard claims record eighth straight title after 6-3, 6-1 win over Novak Djokovic

LA LIGA

Ronaldo leads Real Madrid to Camp Nou victory

Rob Train Madrid

Capital club closes in on Liga title following 2-1 win in Barcelona

Point of pride for Real Madrid

James Badcock Madrid

Barcelona must win Saturday’s ‘clásico’ to stand a realistic chance of overtaking its rival in title run-in

EDUCATION

Government plans 50-percent hike in students' university fees

Pilar Álvarez / El País Madrid

Rajoy defends austerity reforms as part of “unbeatable recipe” for economic success

Minister wants to boost high-school class sizes to 36 students

PUBLIC ORDER

Unions and political parties may be liable for protest violence

Mónica Ceberio Belaza Madrid

Interior says measure is aimed at stopping acts of vandalism during future demonstrations

CORRUPTION CASE

Ex-Andalusia employment chief says alleged slush fund was “legal”

Javier Martín-Arroyo Seville

Judge accuses Fernández of benefitting 17 companies in his hometown of Jerez

POPULATION

An Ecuadorian immigrant prepares to fly home from Spain after losing her job. / CARLOS ROSILLO (EL PAÍS)

Spain’s record immigration levels are consigned to the past

Charo Nogueira Madrid

Economic crisis sees Latin Americans heading home

IMMIGRATION

Internment centers that become dead ends

Mónica Ceberio Belaza Madrid

Spain seen flouting European law by locking up migrants it cannot expel

SOCCER

Raúl on the move: “My future is not
in Europe”

Alejandro Ciriza / Rob Train Madrid

Former Real Madrid striker says he won't stay at Schalke 04

REGIONAL POLITICS

Socialists and United Left put forward coalition deal in Andalusia

Lourdes Lucio / El País Seville

Leftist grouping must first put proposed deal to a vote by its own members

BUSINESS

Spanish builder takes his African mega-project snub to World Bank

El País Madrid

Former colony Equatorial Guinea rejects controversial entrepreneur's massive housing development as "unreal"

Más información

“I’d have told the king not to go hunting”

Socialist Party leader Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba says the PP government is improvising

Socialist Party leader Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba. / GORKA LEJARCEGI

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Elephantgate and Spain's ‘elephant in the room’

King´s escapade is just another example of Spain's culture of animal cruelty

FEATURES

INNOVATION

SANTI BURGOS

Fare from the madding crowd: a new way of drumming up business

Nacho Meneses

The financial crisis has prompted entrepreneurs to look online for funding, bringing together hundreds of diverse investors

ECONOMIC POLICY

Mr Rajoy, the figures don't add up

Manuel V. Gómez / Amanda Mars 1

Economists argue that Spain's draft budget underestimates pension costs and overestimates extra revenue from tax hikes

CONSUMER ISSUES

In Spain, 75 percent of companies currently have a Twitter account. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ (EL PAÍS)

How complaining on Twitter can solve all your problems

Raquel Vidales

Conscious of the damage a bad online reputation can do, companies are starting to deal with customers directly on social networking sites

EFFECTS OF THE CRISIS

Why billion-euro debts mean disaster for Spanish healthcare

José Luis Barbería San Sebastián

Regional governments have run up huge bills with pharmaceutical companies, who are saying that enough is enough. Spending cuts could see an end to the high standards of care in the sector

GAMBLING

A scene from The Pelayos, with the actors Lluís Homar and Daniel Brühl seated at the table.

The clan that ruled at roulette

Guillermo Abril

The story of the Pelayo family, whose almost-infallible statistical gambling method won them over 1.5 million euros, is now being brought to the big screen