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FINANCIAL REFORM

Cabinet approves financial reform
that tightens controls on lenders

Íñigo de Barrón / Amanda Mars Madrid

‘Bad bank’ will have up to 15 years to sell off toxic real estate assets

Spain may recapitalize Bankia on its own, says report

Bloomberg

This would allow junior debt holders to avoid bearing part of the rescue cost

REGIONAL FINANCES

Valencia ups request for central government funds to 4.5 billion euros

Lorena Ortega Valencia

Cash-strapped region needs extra money to pay suppliers

Catalonia fears “major liquidity” problems if Madrid loan is delayed

Àngels Piñol Barcelona

Five-billion-euro bailout sufficient only for debt repayment

Catalonia to seek five-billion-euro bailout from Madrid

Àngels Piñol / Maiol Roger Barcelona 1

Generalitat will not accept “political conditions” attached to the loan. Funds to be used to pay maturing debt

Firefighters on Friday struggle to control a blaze near Coín in Málaga province. / GARCÍA-SANTOS

Major wildfire in Málaga leaves elderly Briton dead and his wife missing

Fernando J. Pérez / Antonio Jesús Mora Caballero Málaga

The 78-year-old's body was found in the city limits of Ojén

Rajoy pledges no more tax hikes but fails to rule out further austerity

Fernando Garea Madrid

“Discontent” of Spaniards over the government’s spending cuts "understandable," says PM

HEALTH

Regions left to handle those now deprived of health card

Fernando Garea

Some regions will disobey rule not to treat undocumented immigrants

PP-run Galicia rebels over immigrant healthcare measures

El País Santiago

Premier Alberto Núñez Feijóo says region will continue to treat those without papers

VAT HIKE

A woman at the San Miguel market in Madrid. Fruit will remain at the reduced 4 percent rate. / SANTI BURGOS

Chain stores to absorb VAT hike rather than pass it on to customers

Andrés R. Gavino / Esther Tejedor Fernández

Other retailers will have more problems in working though tax increase

MEDICINE CHARGES

Health Ministry dodges detail with copayment figures

Emilio de Benito / Elsa García de Blas Madrid

Four regions skip meeting, accusing government of restricting “fundamental rights”

ERE scandal probe reveals cost to state of 17 million euros

Javier Martín-Arroyo Seville

Funds yet to be recovered despite investigation into fraud

King Juan Carlos in spat with chauffeur

Monarch gives driver slap on arm on arrival at headquarters of highway authority

Spanish banks witness huge withdrawal of deposits

El País / Agencias Madrid

Authorities attribute fall to seasonal factors

ECONOMY

Recession began earlier than first estimated by statistics office

Andrew Sim / Agencies Madrid

Government rules out recovery in economy before next year

José María Ruiz-Mateos arrives to court in Palma de Mallorca on Wednesday. / EFE

"Hang me if you like," Ruiz-Mateos tells judge in fraud case

El País Madrid

Chairman of failed business Nueva Rumasa refuses to testify in Mallorca court

Ruiz-Mateos arrested and escorted to face judge

Agencies Madrid

Former owner of Nueva Rumasa detained to ensure appearance at Palma de Mallorca court

Ruiz-Mateos avoids court for fifth time

Vueling plane causes security alert on approach into Amsterdam

Isabel Ferrer The Hague

Initial reports of hijack confirmed as erroneous by Dutch authorities

MISSING CHILDREN

José Bretón during Tuesday's police search of his family estate, Las Quemadillas. / Julian Rojas (EL PAÍS)

Bretón ordered to return to scene of bonfire where remains were found

Manuel J. Albert Córdoba

Father of missing children Ruth and José maintaining innocence despite forensic reports

A mistake made in the laboratory

Experts agree that bones found in search for Ruth and José are human

Jorge A. Rodríguez / Jesús Duva Madrid

Police forensics had originally dismissed find at Bretón family home as animal remains

“He was planning his strategy
to have his children disappear”

Manuel J. Albert Córdoba 1

Police and judicial reports reveal the extent of José Bretón’s plotting

Mariano Rajoy and Herman Van Rompuy in Madrid on Tuesday. / Sergio Barrenechea (EFE)

Rajoy waxes equivocal over second bailout decision

Prime minister downplays rescue request after meeting with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy

Spain to use only 60 billion euros of bailout, says minister

El País Madrid

De Guindos: No let-up on austerity even with ECB aid

ROYAL SCANDAL

Princess Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin are to return from three years in the USA. / GC / JP (GTRES)

King’s son-in-law to return to Barcelona to face corruption trial

Mábel Galaz / Andreu Manresa Madrid / Palma de Mallorca 1

Iñaki Urdangarin takes “temporary” furlough from US job

Judge uncovers more suspected wrongdoing by King's son-in-law

CUTBACKS

Copayment drives down public spending on prescription drugs

Elsa García de Blas Madrid

Cost to government of medicines fell an annual 24 percent in July

Más información

Reconstructing the dark hours before Bretón children’s disappearance

Police trace father’s steps, but still don’t know what happened at his parents' Las Quemadillas property

José Bretón during his return to his parents’ La Quemadillas property. / JULIÁN ROJAS

LATIN AMERICA

Colombian president confirms dialogue with FARC

Andrea Peña Bogotá

"We will learn from mistakes that were made in the past," says Santos

Ecuador won't extradite military official to Belarus

Agencies / El País Quito

Judge rejects controversial request, with echoes of ongoing Assange affair

Fidel Castro's boy hero

Maite Rico

Elián González was a symbol of the enmity between Havana and Cuban exiles. Now he represents the Revolution

FEATURES

LONDON 2012

Paralympic archer José Manuel Marín Rodríguez, during a training session in Roquetas de Mar, in Almería. / FRANCISCO BONILLA (EL PAÍS)

The Paralympic champions

Lola Galán

Some of Spain's disabled athletes reveal their motivations and fears ahead of London 2012, and explain how sport has helped them overcome their problems

WOMEN'S SPORT

Spain’s sporting Cinderellas

Iria Villar Fernández

Female athletes have outperformed their male counterparts with fewer resources

TOURISM

Tourism stop: A Madrid tour bus travels through the city with only a few passengers onboard. / SAMUEL SÄNCHEZ

Madrid goes in search of its leitmotiv

Víctor Barreira / Ana Torres Menarguez Madrid 2

Visitor numbers are down in the Spanish capital as experts say the city has yet to find a coherent identity to present to the outside world

THE CHANGING FACE OF SPAIN

The new Chinese

Luis Gómez 1

Spain's Asian community has grown six-fold in the last decade, producing a new generation of confident citizens who are set on shaking up business culture