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MORTGAGE MISERY

Judges slam royal decree on stemming evictions as inadequate

Elsa García de Blas Madrid 1

Legislation is “arbitrary” and still favors banks over homeowners

Cabinet approves measures to curb home evictions

Fernando Garea / A. S. Madrid 3

Low-rent public housing will be available for affected families. Valencia court stops bailiffs from kicking out single mother

Rebel mayors threaten banks that continue with eviction policy

Anabel Díez / Pedro Murillo Madrid / Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1

Canarian city leader withdraws 1.2 million euros from Bankia over foreclosure row

Police union to support officers who refuse to carry out evictions

Inés P. Chávarri Bilbao 2

Banco Popular chairman warns that a legislative change would end up "rewarding" defaulters

SPANISH FINANCES

Spain faces cut in EU budget allocation of 20 billion euros

Claudi Pérez / Lucía Abellán Brussels

Country to be net contributor to bloc for first time ever

King in fine fettle at Iberoamerican summit

Miguel González / Fernando Gualdoni / Pablo Ximénez de Sandoval Cádiz / Madrid

“Here I am, a bit crippled but fine,” the monarch says

LABOR PROTESTS

A view of the crowd in Colón square where the Madrid march ended on Wednesday night. / JUANJO MARTÍN (EFE)

Massive anti-government demonstrations cap national strike

El País Madrid

Hundreds of thousands march to reject government’s austerity measures as police battle with violent element outside Congress

Unions challenge government to hold austerity referendum

Manuel V. Gómez Madrid

CCOO chief Toxo accuses PP of viewing popular protests as mere public order issue

Madrid demonstration leads strike as Spain comes to a standstill

El País Madrid 2

Labor unions place overall participation at over nine million workers; AENA reports delays across country, with some 700 flights grounded by stoppage

Spain faces its second general strike in less than 12 months

Canaries woman to be extradited to Germany for abducting her son

AGENCIES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

She left Munich in July after accusing her husband of mistreating her

TERRORISM

Veteran ETA member arrested in the UK

Jesús Duva Madrid

Raúl Ángel Fuentes detained in Liverpool after going into hiding in 1995

Iberoamerican meet to kick off in Cádiz without Argentina president

Agencies / El País Madrid

Fernández de Kirchner among number of Latin leaders who will not be attending as Spain asks region for investment help

DAVIS CUP FINAL

Radek Stepanek (left) and David Ferrer pose in front of the Davis Cup trophy ahead of the final. / MICHAL CIZEK (AFP)

Ferrer to open Davis Cup assault

Juan José Mateo / Rob Train Praga / Madrid

World number five will play Stepanek; Almagro to face Berdych in game two

"Ferrer never gives a free point"

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Decline in Spanish economy slows in third quarter on improved household spending

Andrew Sim Madrid

Consumers may have brought forward purchases ahead of VAT hike in September

EURO CRISIS

Portuguese unemployment rate hits record high

A. S. / Agencies

Percentage out of work reaches 15.8 percent as economy shrinks for eighth quarter in a row

PUBLIC FINANCES

Brussels asks Spain to clarify deficit-cutting plans for 2014

El País / Agencies Madrid / Brussels

EU economics commissioner says country has taken “effective” measures for this year and the next

Economy minister calls for slack on deficit targets

Economy Minister wants income tax hike to remain in place in 2014

Claudi Pérez Brussels

“Spain’s primary objective is to reduce the public deficit,” De Guindos said

UNEMPLOYMENT

Brussels sees unemployment in Spain at over six million in 2013

Miguel Jiménez Madrid

Economy to shed 500,000 jobs next year

BUDGET CUTS

Regions prepare for biggest cost cutting in democratic history

María Fabra

Budgets for 2013 include desperate efforts to contain spending even further

CRIME

Who ate the Serbian gangster?

Manuel Altozano Madrid

Investigators still unraveling Madrid cannibal killing

Prestige captain admits he saw rust in vessel's tanks before oil spill

Paola Obelleiro A Coruña

Apostolos Mangouras says he is "not qualified" to determine the degree of corrosion

BUSINESS

Iberia pilots reject job cuts and call for end to BA merger

AGENCIES Madrid

Union chairman describes transformation plan as an “outrage”

Former Treasury chief to be named as head of bad bank

EFE Madrid

Belén Romana is close advisor to economy minister

HALLOWEEN TRAGEDY

Council chief named by judge in Madrid Arena investigation resigns

Bruno García Gallo Madrid

Pedro Calvo was in charge of the department responsible for renting out the venue where tragedy happened

Taxmen to help determine if Madrid rave was overcrowded

Agencies Madrid

Inspectors to check sales tax receipts on tickets sold. City Hall may sue party organizer

Halloween concert stampede claims fourth teenage victim

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Belén Langdon del Real, 17, died from injuries sustained in crush at Madrid Arena

ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE

Prestige captain admits he saw rust in the vessel’s storage tanks

Paola Obelleiro A Coruña

Mangouras denies failing to collaborate with the authorities after Spain's biggest oil spill

Greenpeace protests before the Searacer in Bilbao. / PEDRO ARMESTRE (EFE)

Another Prestige disaster could happen, warns Greenpeace

Paola Obelleiro A Coruña

A lack of political, legal and economic liability is a major factor, says NGO

HEALTHCARE

Workers at La Princesa University Hospital have led daily protests in the streets against the regional government's plans for the center. / KOTE RODRIGO (EFE)

Madrid backtracks on plans to “dismantle” Princesa hospital

Elena G. Sevillano Madrid

Current services will be maintained, says regional government, despite additional emphasis on the over-75s

Ex-boxer Poli Díaz stabbed
in Madrid

El País Madrid

Former lightweight who fought for world championship title in 1991 is expected to recover soon

Más información

Pandas lived in Spain, say scientists

Paleontologists believe remains dug up in Zaragoza and Catalonia belong to creature’s ancestor

The discovery offers evidence that today's giant pandas may have originated in Europe rather than Asia. / ZHIHE ZHANG

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Villar with New Worlds to conquer

Since summer 2010 only four of Spain's 17 friendlies have been at home

COMMUNICATION

EL PAÍS redundancy plan goes into effect

After the failure to reach a negotiated deal, 129 workers have been dismissed with minimum statutory compensation payments

LATIN AMERICA

Argentina to take Ghana to court over frigate's seizure

El País / Francisco Peregil Madrid / Buenos Aires

Authorities' attempt to board vessel

Dirceu sentenced to 10 years for role in 'mensalão' case

Juan Arias Río de Janeiro

Corruption proven to have been rife in Lula's government

Tax hikes spark protests in Dominican Republic

Maryem Castillo

Government says measures are needed to tackle deficit

Colombia horrified by massacre of workers

Elizabeth Reyes L. Bogotá

Ten farm hands killed by gunmen in Santa Rosa de Osos

Chilean court invalidates mayoral result

El País Madrid

Maya Fernández's lawyers are to challenge the recount

FEATURES

SOCIETY

An out-of-work waiter begging on the streets of Valencia. / PEPE OLIVARES (EL PAÍS)

The sad hue of the crisis

Vicente Verdú

Spain, once buoyant, is sinking without even understanding what could have gone so wrong. Society is beginning to wilt in despair, but the fear is that this is only the beginning

UNEMPLOYMENT

Around a fifth of Spain's 5.7 million unemployed are 50 or over - human capital that society does not know how to exploit. Experts say it is vital to maintain a working routine and that the web offers the best employment opportunities

EVICTIONS

Messages against the evictions in the 32nd Court of First Instance in Madrid. / LUIS SEVILLANO (EL PAÍS)

An avalanche of foreclosures

Elsa García de Blas / Joseba Elola / José María Irujo Madrid

One Madrid courthouse alone has handled around 1,200 evictions this year. Judges are not happy with this high number, but are bound by law to act

SOCIAL SERVICES

“We’re headed back to the Franco era, when people relied on charity”

Carmen Morán Madrid

As the crisis continues to grip, more people are working together to help their less fortunate neighbors. But what is the state doing?

MEDIA

Panama-Spain organizers ban papers over match fee reports

Agencies

Journalists slam censorship

TENNIS

Doubles pair makes Finals history

Rob Train Madrid

Marc López and Marcel Granollers lift season-ending trophy in London

Última hora

CINEMA

A virtual museum for a cinema great

Gregorio Belinchón Madrid

Online tribute to filmmaker Luis García Berlanga opens its digital doors

This week’s movie releases

Nick Funnell Madrid

There's whisky business in Ken Loach's latest, The Angels' Share, while night finally falls on The Twilight Saga

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

A first step

The royal decree on evictions should be followed by a profound overhaul of the legislation

OPINION

Blind man's bluff

Antonio Elorza

Minister Wert must know better than to use expressions such as "Hispanicizing" Catalan schoolchildren

EDITORIAL

Pan-European protest

A strike of uneven adherence and large-scale protests are the reflection of enormous discontent

OPINION

Against all hope

Joaquín Estefanía

This labor “reform” has all the sensitivity of an armored car, and is the most unbalanced reform in favor of the interests of companies since the time of Franco