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CATALONIA AT THE POLLS

Catalan Mas falls short of absolute majority for sovereignty plan

El País Madrid / Barcelona 1

CiU leader wanted control of parliament to trigger referendum, but nationalists likely to dominate with good result foreseen for ERC and ICV

Deputy prime minister fans furor over Mas accusations

El País Madrid

Report alleging corruption by Catalonia’s leader was unsigned and unstamped. "Those who have overseas bank accounts must to declare them,” says Sáenz de Santamaría

Interior Ministry denies existence of police report into alleged fraud

BANKING BAILOUT

Brussels demands massive job cuts at Bankia in exchange for bailout

Íñigo de Barrón / Claudi Pérez Madrid / Brussels 1

Novagalicia and other nationalized banks also facing cutbacks as European Commission finalizes 35-billion-euro operation

FORMULA 1

Fernando Alonso celebrates his second place position at the Brazil GP. / YASUYOSHI CHIBA (AFP)

Alonso hails 2012 as “best of his career” after being pipped to title

N. F. Madrid

Spaniard proud of performance despite missing out on third Formula 1 championship to Vettel at Interlagos

LA LIGA

Determined Betis brings Real down in Seville for second time

El País Madrid

Mourinho salutes Andalusian fans as champion risks falling 11 points behind leader Barcelona

POLICE PARDON

Cabinet spares violent Catalan police officers for second time

Rebeca Carranco Barcelona 1

Mossos d’Esquadra confused a Romanian man with a wanted offender and dished out a beating at his home

TERRORISM

ETA repeats calls to negotiate on disbandment

J. M. G. Bilbao

Government refuses to discuss the idea of talks and insists on terrorist group’s unilateral dissolution

HISTORICAL MEMORY

Catering firm shuns planned Franco homage in Madrid

Natalia Junquera Madrid

United left group wants event banned as an "attack on Spanish democracy"

EU FUNDING

No accord on EU budget but Rajoy happy with outcome

Claudi Pérez Brussels

Spanish PM confident agreement will be reached soon

Judge Pedraz (l) was among the protestors against court fees in Madrid today. / ULY MARTÍN (EL PAÍS)

Judges and prosecutors take to streets to protest court filing fees

Araceli Guede Madrid

Demonstrators call for resignation of Justice Minister

Government brings back court fees

HALLOWEEN TRAGEDY

Madrid Arena ticket count shows venue was double capacity

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Counting resumes on Wednesday with judge and homicide dectectives. Lawyer for victim's family says the final tally could reach well over 18,000

Security firm denies any role at fatal Halloween party

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Kontrol 34 "had nothing to do with" Madrid Arena tragedy

Promoter of fatal Halloween event blames security lapse

J. A. Hernández / F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Miguel Ángel Flores tells judge that police failed to control drunken crowds outside Madrid Arena

NUEVA RUMASA

The daughter of José María Ruiz-Mateos, Begoña, who has filed a suit against her brothers. / LUIS SEVILLANO

A once-united family now divided

Luis Gómez

Feuding Ruiz-Mateos children use father as scapegoat in legal strategy

CORRUPTION

Former Balearics regional premier faces new graft inquiry

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Matas is out on bail as he appeals a six-year sentence handed down this year

OPERATION EMPEROR

Leaders of money-laundering ring may be freed after judicial blunder

Manuel Altozano Madrid

High Court frees top lieutenant of ringledader Gao Ping, who is expected to be released in coming days

EU FUNDING

Brussels tells Madrid to spend less on roads and more on jobs

Lucía Abellán Brussels

European commissioner Hahn says European money has not brought sufficient benefits to ordinary Spaniards

Brussels sees Spain unemployment at over six million in 2013

Spain faces cut in EU budget allocation of 20 billion euros

Claudi Pérez / Lucía Abellán Brussels 1

Country to be net contributor to bloc for first time ever

PUBLIC FINANCES

Spanish Treasury adds to its piggy bank for next year

El País Madrid

Issue of 3.880 billion euros in bonds exceeds maximum target

Bank of Spain chief warns that deficit targets could be missed

El País Madrid

Luis María Linde says no signs yet of a recovery in economic activity

EFFECTS OF THE CRISIS

María Serna in her “piso patada” in San Cristóbal. / ULY MARTÍN (EL PAÍS)

A foot in the door: spate of evictions sparks rise in “pisos patada”

Leyre Pejenaute Madrid

Organized gangs offer homeless empty apartments in exchange for cash

Extremists disguised as Samaritans

Joaquín Gil Valencia

The far right in Spain is aping the methods of Golden Dawn in Greece and gaining ground in areas of Valencia and Catalonia by exploiting voter apathy

PENSIONS

Spain discriminating against part-time workers, says Euro court

EP Brussels

Calculation used practically removes the possibility of qualifying for a pension About 80 percent of part-time workers are women

TOURISM

Russian tourists chill out on the beach in Vila Joiosa in the province of Alicante. / JOAQUÍN DE HARO

Russians lend ailing economy a helping hand

El País Madrid

Number of big-spending visitors to Spain doubles in two years

King’s son-in-law facing €4-million bail payment in corruption case

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Iñaki Urdangarin under investigation for channeling public money to private firms

Congress calls off annual open house for public

Fernando Garea Madrid

Formal excuse is the ongoing refurbishment works in the building but some see it as an extra measure to avoid protest groups

REAL ESTATE

Spain may give residence permits to foreigners who buy homes

AGENCIES / El País Madrid 3

Measures aimed mainly at Chinese and Russian markets and would apply to houses worth over 160,000 euros

Green shoots in Spain’s real estate sector?

MEDIA

Blogger who urged boycott of Telecinco show summoned to court

Rosario G. Gómez Madrid

‘La noria’ lost its advertisers after online campaign against paid appearance of murder suspect’s mother

Details emerge of two deaths in Madrid’s M-30 ring road tunnel

El País Madrid

Firefighters had to “repeatedly” tell maintenance personnel to keep away from the blaze

Más información

Madrid’s new envoy to Britain shakes up Spanish business community

Ambassador Trillo “went berserk” over trade board appointment

Federico Trillo presents his credentials to Queen Elizabeth as Spain's new ambassador to Britain. / POOL

FEATURES

SPANISH EXILES

The offices of the Mexican Committee for Support of the Spanish Republic.

The letters from Mexico that reveal interrupted Republican lives

Luis Prados Mexico City

Unpublished material made available to EL PAÍS tells the story of the thousands of families forced into exile from Spain as a result of the Civil War

EFFECTS OF THE CRISIS

A child cycles past blazing trash cans in Jerez. / ROMÁN RÍOS (EFE)

If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez

Guillermo Abril

Decades of financial mismanagement have brought the city to the brink of bankruptcy. The new mayor is determined to impose order, but at what cost?

EVICTIONS

A sense of justice

José María Irujo

Spanish judges are pressing for the law allowing families to be evicted from their homes for mortgage default to be scrapped, taking their case to the European Court of Human Rights

PROPERTY

"Banks are seeking Russians who will purchase blocks as an investment." / JOSEP LLUÍS SELLART

Green shoots in Spain’s real estate sector?

Luis Gómez

Foreign nationals taking advantage of falling costs are once again descending on the 'costas'

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