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SPANISH FINANCES

Central government's deficit exceeds its target for entire year

El País Madrid

Regions start to rebel against Madrid’s insistence on austerity

Catalonia snubs meeting on regional finances

El País Barcelona

"Everything has been decided,” complains Catalan government spokesman Francesc Homs

German finance chief douses Spanish market rally

Agencies / Andrew Sim Madrid

Wolfgang Schäuble pours cold water on idea of rescue fund buying debt of Spain and Italy

Copayment for medicines pushes up inflation to 2.2 percent in July

El País Madrid

The increase took place despite domestic demand remaining weak

BUSINESS

BBVA aiming to speed up sale of real estate assets

AGENCIES Madrid

Bank’s earnings fall sharply due to higher provisions

HOSTAGE CRISIS

Aid worker kidnap was imminent, says minister

Miguel González Madrid

Spanish government orders repatriation of 13 in Algeria

Aid workers repatriated from Sahrawi refugee camp

Elsa García de Blas Madrid

Foreign Minister says there are signs that violence against foreigners may increase

HEALTHCARE

Javier Ferrándiz holds up his prescriptions and drugs. / Cio / Grau Pla

"I was the victim of the region's debt"

Joaquín Gil Valencia

A cancer patient in Alicante was unable to get the drugs he needed

FISHING DISPUTE

Spanish fleet divided on Gibraltar negotiations

Cándido Romaguera Algeciras

Both sides set to meet on Friday in efforts to find a resolution

PROFILE

Oriol Pujol, during an appearance in the Catalan parliament on Wednesday. / Toni Garriga (EFE)

Catalan "dauphin" dragged into complex corruption inquiry

Jesús García / El País Barcelona / Madrid

Close friendship discovered between Pujol and businessman suspect

JUDICIARY

Justice Ministry changes tack on election of CGPJ members

Javier Casqueiro Madrid

Government performs U-Turn after expenses scandal

ECONOMY

Government puts more bite into transparency legislation

El País Madrid

Deputy PM declines to give definition of "bailout"

ENVIRONMENT

Taxi drivers in Madrid on Friday protest government proposals to open up the sector. / BALLESTEROS (EFE)

Madrid wants cabbies to turn green

Bruno García Gallo Madrid

City Hall sets new regulations that aim to create an environmentally friendly service with exclusive pick-up points for so-called ecotaxis in the capital

HEALTH REFORM

Mental health of women key issue in abortion cases

Javier Casqueiro / Jesús Duva Madrid

Gallardón's reform proposal aims at a return to pre-socialist law

Reform will give women the final say in abortion

Javier Casqueiro / Jesús Duva Madrid

“Psychological harm” to the mother to be key factor

UNEMPLOYMENT

Cutbacks, recession see Spain's jobless figures hit historic high

El País Madrid 2

Unemployment rate soars to all-time high of 24.63 percent for the second quarter of the year, with a total of 5,693,100 people now out of work

Spanish recession to hit harder than expected with bigger GDP contraction, says IMF

El País Madrid 2

The IMF predicts that GDP in Spain will contract this year by 1.7 percent. Report commends Rajoy government for the measures so far taken

POLITICS

Opinion polls shows growing voter mistrust of main parties

Fernando Garea Madrid

Popular Party would lose absolute majority in elections

Catalan aid will come with no political strings, says official

Clara Blanchar Barcelona 2

Economy commissioner says other factors are negotiable

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

BANKING HEARINGS

Former Bankia chairman Rodrigo Rato attends a congressional panel hearing Thursday where he defended his management at the troubled lender. / SUSANA VERA (Reuters)

Rato defends actions before congressional panel

El País Madrid

Ex-Bankia chairman says bank offered share at greatly discounted prices for investors last year

Ex-bank chief says it was wrong to sack Bankia chairman

Madrid 2

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

MEDIA CRISIS

A protest by Canal 9 employees against layoffs at the broadcaster in Valencia last week. / KAI FÖRSTERLING (EFE)

How the Popular Party sank Canal 9

Federico Simón Valencia 1

Political interference, mismanagement and corruption have seen Valencia's publicly funded TV station driven to the brink of collapse

ENVIRONMENT

Britain hands down historic fines to Spanish fishermen

El País Madrid

Company falsified quotas for hake, a species then on verge of collapse

EXPENSES SCANDAL

Disgraced Dívar may get juicy payout package

El País Madrid

Former Supreme Court chief justice faces calls to return 30,000 euros

CRACKDOWN

Barcelona to introduce fines to drive prostitutes off the streets

EFE Barcelona

Latest measures rejected by leftist parties

MONARCHY

King's hunting mishap "at no cost to taxpayers"

El País Madrid

Government claims it was aware of the King's trip

King removed from WWF post

El País Madrid

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

Más información

Spaniard involved in fatal accident in Cuba charged with homicide

Two dissidents died in car driven by political activist Ángel Carromero

Ángel Carromero explains his side of the accident via video-conference. / Alejandro Ernesto (EFE)

FEATURES

One of the many bars that sit empty in the capital. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA

A battle over noise pollution being waged in Madrid

Jerónimo Andreu Madrid

Bar owners in the capital feel they are under attack from the council, while many local residents want nothing more than a quiet life

HOTEL INDUSTRY

Checking out? Spanish hotels eye adults-only niche in tourism market

Many customers welcome move to veto kids, but legality doubts exist

RURAL CORRUPTION

Adrián González, the former major of Plasenzuela who resigned because of the pressure he suffered after blowing the whistle on a decade-long scam orchestrated by his predecessor. / CLAUDIO ÁLVAREZ

Plasenzuela's dirty secrets

Guillermo Abril

For two decades this tiny rural community in Extremadura siphoned off millions of euros in state, regional, and EU funding based on non-existent projects