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Risk premium drops below 600 basis points as Draghi heeds Spain’s plea

El País Madrid

"The ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro,” bank chief says

ECB urged to take the reins in euro crisis

El País Madrid 1

Risk premium eases for first time in 10 sessions to 611 basis points. European Commission approves bailout of up to 100 billion euros for Spain's banks

Catalonia becomes third region to seek central government aid

El País Madrid

Economic powerhouse has 42-billion-euro debt but did not give a figure for bailout request

Treasury gets by tender hurdle at a price

El País Madrid

Government exceeds auction target but borrowing costs rise

Markets suffer Black Monday as regions clamor for financial help

El País Madrid 1

Spanish risk premium hits highest level since single currency introduced; regulator’s ban on short selling allows stocks to recoup some losses

Murcia follows Valencia in seeking bailout

BUSINESS

Telefónica omits dividend, cuts executive pay due to domestic crisis

Andrew Sim Madrid

The company also announced its earnings for the first half a day ahead of schedule

Wikileaks’ Assange hires Garzón as
legal counsel

El País Madrid

“We demand that the process to which he is submitted is truly just,” says suspended judge

ENVIRONMENT

Foul wind carries Madrid pollution suit in Brussels

Elena G. Sevillano Madrid

Recorded levels of air contamination surpass amount permitted by the European Union

OBITUARY

Gregorio Peces-Barba (1938-2012). / GORKA LEJARCEGI

Gregorio Peces-Barba dies at 74

El País Madrid

One of the founding fathers of the Constitution, university professor and politician

GIRONA WILDFIRES

Dozens of people cut off by the advance of the Alt Empordà wildfires flee down a steep embankment in Portbou.

“What would the rest of us do?”

Rebeca Carranco Portbou 1

Survivors of the Alt Empordà wildfires pay tribute to local residents who offered help

Four killed and 12 injured in Girona wildfires

Antía Castedo / El País Figueres / Madrid

Interior minister argues for stronger criminal penalties after cigarette butts emerge as cause of blazes

Minister’s son victim of assault in Brazil

El País Madrid

Close friend of José Ruiz-Gallardón Utrera was shot dead in robbery

INTERVIEW

"Power has shifted from elected representatives to financial moguls"

Soledad Gallego-Díaz Madrid 2

Former Prime Minister Felipe González explains why the euro crisis is a result of having a monetary union without economic union

EURO CRISIS

Portugal cuts deep into public sector deficit

Agencies

PM Passos Coelho says he would rather lose an election than turn his back on austerity

ECONOMY

Recession tightens its grip, says Bank of Spain

El País Madrid

Output shrank 0.4 percent on a quarterly basis after contracting 0.3 percent at the start of the year

CIVIL UNREST

Two officers stand at the entrance of a barricade outside Congress last Wednesday. / Gorka Lejarcegi

Police keep people's house of laws barricaded from its own citizens

Anabel Díez / Jesús Duva Madrid

Government fears dark images of officers charging at protestors rushing Congress

PP stands alone in approving draconian austerity drive

El País Madrid 1

Protests mount against tax hikes and spending cuts slated to reduce Spain’s budget by 65 billion euros

PROFILE

A sharp tongue that ignited outrage

Martin Delfín Madrid

PP politician still under fire for Congress outburst

Foul-mouthed PP lawmaker apologizes for jobless jibe

Malformation of fetus will no longer be reason for abortion: minister

María R. Sahuquillo Madrid

Gallardón plans to remove pregnancy termination on demand

ROCK OF CONTENTION

Gibraltar objects to “unlawful” detention of two people on boat

Raúl Limón Seville

Civil Guard say craft’s occupants were illegally fishing for tuna

DIPLOMACY

US wants Spanish military bases deal extended to 2021

Miguel González Madrid

Defense minister travels to Washington to negotiate terms after Zapatero signed up to NATO missile system involvement before leaving office

HOSTAGE CRISIS

Ainhoa Fernández de Rincón and Enric Gonyalons, the Spanish aid workers freed in Mali after being held hostage for nine months, arrive at Torrejón de Ardoz airbase in Madrid. / Gustavo Cuevas (EFE)

Prisoners exchanged for freed aid workers

Miguel González Madrid

Foreign minister said that everything had been done "with absolute respect for national and international law"

INDUSTRY

Spain’s rail industry set to take a new route next year

El País Madrid

Cabinet agrees to open train service to private operators

LONDON 2012

Spain's great Olympic medal hope in the pool, Mireia Belmonte. / Gianluca Battista

Waiting for the queen

Diego Torres Madrid

Spain's most talented swimmer has yet to win a world or Olympic medal

ENVIRONMENT

King removed from WWF post

El País Madrid

Ecologists vote overwhelmingly to remove monarch after controversial Botswana elephant-hunting trip

FORMULA 1

Ferrari poles apart in Germany

Manel Serras

Alonso cruises to victory in improving car and extends championship lead

Más información

Former central bank chief says it was wrong to sack Bankia chairman

State intervention damaged Spain's international image, says Fernández Ordóñez

Former Bank of Spain governor Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordóñez in Congress on Tuesday. / Luis Sevillano

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Madrid: Craft Beer O'Clock

Apart from a couple of small brewers, the capital has remained stubbornly soaked in Mahou beer

FEATURES

LONDON 2012 COUNTDOWN

The opening ceremony of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona (above) was directed by theater group Fura dels Baus. / Rafa Segui

The heroes of '92

Álvaro Corcuera

Two decades ago, Spain hosted its first Olympic Games, which became a symbol of a changing country. Some of the key figures of the event share their memories

HERITAGE

Two operators maneuver one of the restored lions back towards its place around the Court of the Lions fountain. / M. Zarza

New tales from the Alhambra

Mauricio Vicent Granada

After a decade of restoration, the official re-opening of the Court of Lions is only a few days away. EL PAÍS revisits the heart of the most visited monument in Spain

ENVIRONMENT