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REGIONAL UNREST

Three quarters of Catalans want independence vote

El País / Agencies Barcelona / Madrid

Education minister says government wants to “Hispanicize” region’s students

EURO CRISIS

Rajoy and Hollande to lobby for fast implementation of banking union

Miguel Mora Paris

Spanish leader remains coy over whether Spain will seek second bailout

ECB bond purchasing needs to be seen as “real” to work: IMF

Miguel Jiménez Tokyo

Agency says it is Spain’s call on bailout but warns of risks of not seeking aid

German Finance Minister says Spain doesn’t need second bailout

Agencies Madrid

Schäuble says the problems are with the Spanish banks for which a loan has been granted

Draghi waits at the altar as Rajoy dithers on bailout

ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE

IMF fears Spain’s risk premium may rise to 750 basis points

Miguel Jiménez Tokyo

Minister insists government’s economic forecasts are “credible” despite gloomy horizon

IMF’s weak outlook for Spain reflects external factors: minister

IMF puts Spain at bottom of global growth table next year

Miguel Jiménez Tokyo 1

Fund foresees country failing to comply with European deficit rule until 2017; Only Greece will perform worse in 2013

SOCCER

Why ‘La Roja’ fans won’t watch world champion’s next match

El País Madrid

Friday’s Belarus-Spain qualifier fails to seduce Spanish broadcasters who say the price is too high

De Villota: “I won this race because I am still alive”

El País Madrid

Former Formula 1 test pilot talks publicly for first time about accident in which she lost an eye

REGIONAL DEBT

Galicia premier denies cooking the books to meet deficit target

El País Madrid

Socialist electoral candidate accuses region’s PP government after audit court detects irregularities

CHARITIES

Red Cross staff hand out parcels at a food bank in Tres Cantos, Madrid. / EL PAÍS

Red Cross issues first appeal in Spain to help those affected by crisis

El País / EP Madrid

Organization wants to provide aid to 300,000 people in dire straits

Spain shoots up the wealth disparity charts

El País Madrid

Gap between rich and poor exceeded only by Lithuania in EU

Andalusia’s debt ceiling is raised to help region with finances

El País Madrid / Seville

Regions to have up to 12 years to pay back debts accruing from government liquidity fund

Bank of Spain says deficit target for this year may be missed

El País Madrid

Linde says government should ready additional measures and that overspending regions should be fined

ENVIRONMENT

One of the ships that ran aground off the coast of Valencia, due to last week's heavy storms. / CARLES FRANCESC (EL PAÍS)

The erosive effect of the ships that ran aground off the coast of Valencia

Jaime Prats / Neus Caballer Valencia

The difficulty of refloating the vessels is damaging the nearby beaches

Payments of €5.9m to Julio Iglesias were hidden by ex-Valencia premier

El País Madrid

Singer picked up fees paid with public money in exchange for promoting tourism in Valencia

TERRORISM

A photo supplied by the police of the explosive materials found in a Madrid hostel. / EFE

Police arrest bombing suspect at downtown Madrid hostel

El País Madrid

Detained man had maps of a Boadilla industrial complex and embassy addresses. Manager at inn alerted police when he found explosives stored inside his room

Pharmacist who kissed female staff acquitted of sexual harassment

El País Madrid

Provincial High Court overturns ruling, saying there was abuse rather than the original charge

REAL ESTATE MARKET

Homes sales break a 17-month downward trend

Alejandro Bolaños Madrid

Purchases climb three percent in August from a year earlier as buyers anticipate tax hike

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Metro Madrid to halve number of trains in service after 11pm

Pilar Álvarez Madrid

Fresh cutback move comes as company considers earlier shutdown of service four nights a week

DEMONSTRATIONS

National Police riot officers maintain a cordon around Congress. / BERNARDO PÉREZ

A glimpse behind the visors — How Spain’s riot police operate

José María Irujo Madrid

Violent actions against protestors outside Congress have put the UIP force in the spotlight

Investigation to be opened into police actions during protests

“No evidence” of crimes in Congress protest, judge rules

Manuel Altozano Madrid

High Court magistrate Pedraz berates police for exaggerating demonstration's risk element

Madrid delegate seeks to “modulate” right-to-protest law

El País Madrid

Official complains at high number of demonstrations in the capital and defends police from violence accusations

POLITICAL UNREST

Independence for Catalonia would sink Spain: minister

Miquel Noguer Barcelona

Government argues sovereignty, street protests are damaging country’s image overseas as poll shows rising support for centralizing powers

CARROMERO CASE

Government wants PP official jailed in Cuba to be expatriated

El País Madrid

Foreign minister expects car-crash homicide trial ruling to be announced this week

Trial opens against Spaniard over deaths of Cuban dissidents

El País Madrid

"I am profoundly sorry for the accident," says Nuevas Generaciones official

Socialists call for investigation into rape joke made by PP official

María R. Sahuquillo Madrid

José Manuel Castelao said at a work meeting that laws and women were "there to be violated"

SPORTS

Marcelo Bielsa on the touchline during Athletic's match against Sparta Prague. / JUAN FLOR (DIARIO AS)

“You are premature millionaires”

El País / Rob Train Madrid

Leaked transcripts reveal wrath of Athletic coach Marcelo Bielsa after cup final loss

SOCCER FINANCES

José María Movilla, in the Rayo Vallecano locker room.

Too old for a 900,000-euro contract

El País Madrid

Former Rayo midfielder had agreement slashed by a court at club’s behest

LA LIGA

‘Clásico’ hits all the right notes

Rob Train Madrid

Ronaldo and Messi star in festival of skills at Camp Nou

CULTURE

Tax hike paints a bleak picture for the arts scene

El País Madrid

Galleries, cinemas and music venues already feeling impact of sharp VAT rise

ENVIRONMENT

Cabinet gives green light to Coast Law reform to save seaside homes

El País Madrid 1

Overhaul will prevent thousands of beachfront houses from being demolished

POLITICS

Poll sees Popular Party holding on to majority in Galician elections

El País Madrid

Socialists to remain in opposition with nationalist vote remaining stable ahead of October 21 ballot

Cabinet approves US anti-missile system for Cádiz military base

Miguel González Madrid

Zapatero first agreed to allow Washington to install the shield, now set to remain in place until at least 2020

MEDIA

EL PAÍS announces layoffs in order to weather the crisis

El País Madrid

Cost-cutting measures to include reductions in salaries and cutbacks in regional bureaus

AUSTERITY POLITICS

Opposition parties up in arms over La Mancha leader’s pay cuts

El País Madrid

Elimination of salary will enable lawmakers to make money elsewhere, says premier De Cospedal

DEBT CRISIS

Canaries joins growing list of regions that need bailout

Txema Santana Santa Cruz de la Palma

Request from sixth administration means liquidity fund is almost fully accounted for

Más información

“My son is back; it could have been worse,” says mother after drug gang kidnap ordeal

Boy spent three nights and two days with his hands tied inside an apartment in Barcelona

Catalan police free kidnapped son of convicted drug dealer / Photo supplied by police

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Even tricky economic winds can’t blow Real Madrid’s Pérez off course

Club president still aiming to build even as signings lose luster

FEATURES

DEMONSTRATIONS

Protestors on a recent march make their way through Madrid. / SANTI BURGOS (EL PAÍS)

What to make of the "silent majority"

Gabriela Cañas

Many are outraged at Rajoy's attempts to speak on behalf of those who don't come out to protest

GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS

The Surround Congress protests, according to Tim

Carmen Pérez-Lanzac Madrid

Tim Pool has spent the last year live-streaming protest movements to the world. His footage from the Madrid demonstrations has been seen by thousands

TOWARD THE END OF TERRORISM

A march in San Sebastián in 2010 against the alleged torture of ETA members by the Civil Guard. / REUTERS

The torturous process of proving ETA mistreatment

El País

Spain is accused of not investigating accusations of police brutality against terror suspects. Part of the problem lies in a lack of transparency: detainees are held incommunicado

ENVIRONMENT

Spain's air: in need of radical clean-up

Maryem Castillo Madrid

Successive governments have done nothing to combat excessive pollution levels

BANKING CRISIS

Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordoñez and Rodrigo Rato. / CLAUDIO ÁLVAREZ (EL PAÍS)

Directors accused Bankia's auditor of keeping a lid on ruinous accounts

Francisco Mercado Madrid

"No one has told us about any shortfall over the past 18 months," say executives. "It is unusual to formulate accounts without an audit report," says chairman

EMPLOYMENT