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FINANCIAL CRISIS

How Rajoy let old PP comrade Rato be his fall guy at Bankia

Carlos E. Cué Madrid

Conservative PM resisted nationalization until the eleventh hour to the despair of colleagues

Cabinet approves drastic plan to clean up the banking sector

Miguel Jiménez Madrid 1

Lenders will need coverage of up to 52 percent of value of loans to real estate developers; toxic assets to be removed from balance sheets and folded into separate companies

Brussels sees Spain failing to achieve deficit targets

Claudi Pérez / Andrew Sim Brussels / Madrid 1

EC expects recession to extend into next year

DEMONSTRATIONS

Spirit of 15-M returns to Spain’s city squares

Joseba Elola / María Hervás / Araceli Guede Madrid

Madrid’s Puerta del Sol forcibly cleared by police after minority of protestors defied camp-out ban

Where did the movement go?

Joseba Elola 1

A year after its sudden appearance on the political scene, the protest movement has returned to its roots, setting up nationwide support networks that are run locally

Ignoring protests, PM vows to keep up reforms

Javier Rivas Bilbao

Rajoy: "We are conscious of what people are going through"

REBUILDING A CITY

A resident calling on a neighbor in a building condemned after the tremors of 2011. / FRANCISCO BONILLA (REUTERS)

Empty homes, empty promises

Javier Ruiz Lorca

A year after the earthquake in Lorca, 2,000 families have yet to return to their homes

TOUGHER LAWS

Government makes Penal Code changes to combat corruption

Jesús Sérvulo González Madrid

Measures include the creation of a new type of tax fraud crime aimed at mafias. Maximum prison sentences will be raised from two years to six

PROFILE

Chief Justice Carlos Dívar during his swearing-in ceremony in 2008. / ULY MARTÍN

Weekend-jaunt judge under scrutiny

José Yoldi / El País Madrid

Attorney general investigates 20 trips to Marbella that were charged to the judiciary

TERRITORIAL DISPUTE

Spain files protest over prince’s visit to Gibraltar

Miguel González Madrid 2

Royals plan to visit Gibraltar as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee year

FORMULA 1

Maldonado takes maiden win at Spanish GP

El País Madrid / Barcelona

Second place in Barcelona enough to send Alonso back to top of championship race

TENNIS

Roger Federer is back to number two in the world after his three-set victory in the Madrid Open final. / JUAN CARLOS HIDALGO (EFE)

Resurgent Federer demotes Nadal

Rob Train Madrid

Spaniard down to third in world after Swiss star wins acrimonious Madrid blue-clay tournament

SOCCER

Falcao too good for Athletic

James Badcock / Eduardo Rodrigálvarez Madrid / Bucarest

But is the Colombian goal scorer too tempting a cash cow for Europa League champion Atlético Madrid?

Councils eye charges on Church property

El País Madrid

Spain's biggest landowner does not currently pay any real estate tax

Public health official was running doctor's office in Portugal

Patricia R. Blanco Madrid

Commissioner in Extremadura had opthalmology practice across the border. Francisco Javier Fernández Perianes admits "putting his foot in it"

LATIN AMERICA

Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during her inauguration last December. / B. ÁVILA (REUTERS)

"The Lady"

Francisco Peregil

President Kirchner is enjoying a new wave of popularity following the expropriation of Repsol's stake in YPF

There's still life for Repsol after the loss of YPF unit

Agencies / Andrew Sim Madrid

Oil company's profit up 12.4 percent at start of year while net debt, excluding YPF and Gas Natural Fenosa, stood at 4.17 billion euros

Diplomacy to soften seizures

El País Madrid

While Spain seeks "fair" deal in Bolivia for REE, Argentina courts US oil firms

Violence mars Dominican race

Martin Delfín Madrid

Two deaths and dozens of injuries during weekend campaign stumps

IMMIGRATION

Madrid begins denying health cards to illegal migrants

Emilio de Benito Madrid 1

Regional government takes measure just 10 days after central government issues decree proposing changes to Spain's free-treatment-for-all policy

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

Charity is the only medicine, PP tells foreign residents

Emilio de Benito / Oriol Güell / Miquel Noguer Madrid / Barcelona 1

Health Minister informs illegal immigrants they will have to rely on NGOs for medical aid

JUSTICE

Basque separatist leader Otegi sees jail term reduced

Julio M. Lázaro Madrid

But Supreme Court still considers former Batasuna chief part of ETA structure

A new SGAE is born

Daniel Verdú Madrid

Antón Reixa, elected president of the royalty collection society, wants to bury the past

REGIONAL SPENDING

Calatrava's fees were boosted by PP

Adolf Beltran Valencia

Valencia contracts signed by Socialists were later modified to benefit architect. Calatrava received 94 million euros for City of Arts and Sciences

CORRUPT BUSINESS NETWORK

Witness tells of Gürtel payoffs for pope's visit to Valencia

Manuel Altozano Madrid

Manager of ghost firms gave 88,000 euros to one of conspiracy's ringleaders

Más información

The secret love of García Lorca

Amelia Castilla Madrid

Juan Ramírez de Lucas never spoke about his relationship with the famed poet

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Galicia. Go figure...

Do they or don’t they like each other? Are they pulling each other’s legs? We don’t know. How could we? We’re not Galicians

FEATURES

A roadside bull, one of Spain’s most famous images. / EFE

Is the sun setting on Spain as a brand?

Amanda Mars 2

The crisis has taken its toll on the country, leading to a resurgence of tired clichés about wine and flamenco and the punishment of Spanish companies abroad

CONSUMER ISSUES

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

POLITICS

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. / EL PAÍS

Rajoy's rocky ride after 100 days in office

Soledad Gallego-Díaz 1

The prime minister is famously averse to change, but given the depth of the current crisis, he is having to constantly shift

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

INTERVIEW

The historian Nicolás Sánchez Albornoz. / JORDI SOCÍAS (EL PAÍS)

"Franco didn't allow peace because he was bitter"

Juan Cruz

Historian Nicolás Sánchez Albornoz talks about his book, Prisons and exiles

THE MONARCHY

The gravity of the situation

Carlos E. Cué

It has been a tough year for King Juan Carlos, with corruption scandals involving his son-in-law Iñaki Urdangarin, health issues, and a hostile ride from the media