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BUDGET

King Juan Carlos presides Friday’s Cabinet meeting, which approved the biggest belt-tightening initiative since the return to democracy. / ÁNGEL DÍAZ (EFE)

Cabinet approves biggest austerity drive in democratic history

El País Madrid

Measures include massive VAT hike on some items, while civil servants continue protests in Madrid

“This sector will die” — ailing film industry up in arms at tax rise

El País Madrid

VAT on movie tickets to go up 13 percentage points in September

Government plans to turn regional deficit-target screw yet further

El País / Jesús Sérvulo González Madrid 1

But two PP-ruled regions join rebellion against new limit of 0.7 percent of GDP in 2013

Rajoy wields historically brutal budget ax to placate EU

Jesús Sérvulo González / El País Madrid 5

Brussels welcomes deficit-reduction effort after PM unveils biggest cutbacks in over 30 years; labor calls for anti-austerity protests

Civil servants protest the government’s new public sector cuts in front of Congress on Thursday. / LUIS SEVILLANO

Public sector workers storm streets to protest cutbacks

El País Madrid

“Violent elements wanted to turn Madrid into Athens,” says Madrid government delegate, calling for calm from unions

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE

"Black march" meets thin blue line as Madrid mining protest turns ugly

F. Javier Barroso Madrid 1

Seventy-six injured in clashes between marchers and police in capital

BAD BANKING

‘Caja’ chiefs intone public remorse at bank's failings in press ad

María Fernández Vigo

Novagalicia apologizes in newspapers for financial shambles and abusive sale of shares to unwitting customers

Smudge on the dotted line:bank duped customers with share offer

BUSINESS

Top company managers earn more despite the crisis

Agencies Madrid 1

Drop in earnings across Ibex 35-listed firms does not translate into salary cuts for executives

Spanish banks borrow record amounts from European Central Bank in June

Miguel Jiménez / Andrew Sim Madrid

Short-term loans jumped by almost five times in June

RESCUE FOR SPAIN

Spain secures bailout for its banks but with strings attached

Claudi Pérez / Ricardo Martínez de Rituerto Brussels 1

First tranche of credit for banking sector to be ready this month, but Brussels does not rule fresh austerity demands, including cuts to pensions and unemployment benefit

BANKIA CASE

PP changes tack and orders Rato to explain Bankia crash

Íñigo de Barrón / Fernando Garea Madrid

Socialist opposition accuses PP of reversing stance "late, poorly and swept along by events"

Probe launched into Catalan bankers’ salaries

El País Barcelona

Nationalized lender CatalunyaCaixa claims it is "scrupulous" in following industry laws

TERRORISM AND JUSTICE

Strasbourg court calls for release of ETA inmate jailed for 3,000 years

José Yoldi / El País Madrid 2

European Human Rights panel ruling places Spain’s preventive Parot Doctrine in jeopardy

Mayoral aide resigns after making death threats against soccer fans

Isabel Landa López San Sebastián

Bildu official objected to Euro 2012 celebrations in the streets of downtown San Sebastián

CORRUPT POLITICS

Veteran PP boss defies attorneys to make corruption claims stick

Cristina Huete / Pablo Taboada Ourense

José Luis Baltar called himself a “father” to his voters and handed over his post to his son

Overpriced Spain-made military planes threaten Czech government

Miguel González Madrid

Former defense minister has parliamentary immunity challenged but says she had no reason to consult over the costs

BLOODSPORTS

Animal rights activists fume as wild boar hunters ride again

Rafael Méndez Madrid

Castilla-La Mancha to amend rules to accommodate comeback of "pigsticking"

WWF to vote on king’s future as honorary president

Rafael Méndez Madrid 1

Conservationist group came in for criticism after monarch’s ill-fated elephant-hunting trip to Botswana

Portuguese doctors strike over new work contract

Antonio Jiménez Barca Lisbon

Only emergency and life-saving procedures carried out as medics protest part-privatization of sector

SOCCER

Civil war erupts at Alavés

Antonio Nieto Moreno

The 2001 Uefa Cup finalist club has taken the unusual step of launching a legal battle against its own players

SPORT IN CRISIS

Economic hole sucks hard on Spanish golf

Juan Morenilla Madrid

Number of European Tour events hosted by country falls from seven to three in one year

INTERVIEW

"Spaniards let me invade their living rooms; I love them for that"

Richard Martin Madrid

When Michael Robinson ended his playing career at Osasuna, he decided to do something different -- on TV

Germany agrees to remove Nazi symbols from Madrid cemetery

Bruno García Gallo Madrid

Capital city’s Popular Party rulers had argued there was no need to disturb Condor Legion dead

PROFILE

The judge's daughter speaks out

Quino Petit

María Garzón has decided to give her account of how her father trod on too many toes and was finally brought down by his own colleagues

ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE

A man examines the patch of land on which his house stood in Altury de Turís. / CARLES FRANCESC

The bitter ashes of Valencia

Guillermo Abril Valencia

The recent fires in the eastern region have been blamed in part on the continuing exodus from the countryside, as farmers find it harder to make a living. Who will look after the land?