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POLITICS

PSOE must “seek confidence” of Spain, says ex-PM

Thirty years after first Socialist victory, González calls for “spirit of consensus.” Current party leader Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba promises “reformist radicalism”

OPERATION EMPEROR

Judge under scrutiny over release of alleged cash-laundering suspects

Manuel Altozano Madrid

How long a defendant can be held is the legal question being fiercely debated

PUBLIC FINANCES

Government will not compensate pensioners for inflation impact

El País Madrid 2

Consumer price index rose annual 2.9 percent in November, almost three times the official target

Draghi effect stems outflows of capital from Spain

Álvaro Romero / Agencies Madrid

Country saw net inflows in September after hemorrhaging funds for 14 months

LA LIGA

Ronaldo takes a shot at goal. / JAVIER GANDUL (DIARIO AS)

Real maintains hold over Atlético

Rob Train Madrid

Diego Simeone’s side fails to break 13-year Liga losing streak at Bernabéu

ECONOMY

Ranks of the unemployed in Spain already above six million

Tiziana Trotta Madrid

Eurostat says jobless rate reached 26.2 percent in October

OECD urges Spain to further hike VAT and make firing even cheaper

Miguel Jiménez Madrid

Agency also wants to see new pension and labor reform and the elimination of partial retirement

BANKING BAILOUT

Bankia loses a quarter of its market value in one fell swoop

El País Madrid

Strict terms of European bailout for nationalized bank spook investors in worst-performing stock

Banks receiving EC aid will have to cut balance sheets by 60 percent

Luis Doncel / Claudi Pérez / Andrew Sim Brussels / Madrid

Brussels confirms funds of 37 billion euros for four nationalized lenders. NCG and Catalunya Banc to be sold or wound up within five years

JUSTICE

Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón in Congress this week. / ULY MARTÍN

Judges angered by pardon for policemen convicted of torture

M. C. Madrid

More than 200 magistrates sign protest statement after government frees officers found guilty of beating up innocent man

SOCCER

Barcelona’s homeboys

Ramon Besa Madrid

For an hour in 4-0 win over Levante, leader fielded 11 academy players

POLITICS

Catalan premier Artur Mas in the Generalitat’s press room on Friday. / ALBERT GEA (REUTERS)

Mas keeps on wooing leftist ERC for a “stable Catalan coalition”

Miquel Noguer Barcelona

Regional premier hints at softer austerity approach to ensure support for sovereignty referendum

Catalan Republican Left says no to government coalition with Mas

Miquel Noguer Barcelona

Second-biggest force in regional parliament will help CiU leader stay in power as long as referendum plan remains on track

Mas vows referendum drive despite poor Catalan poll results

Francesco Manetto / Àngels Piñol Madrid / Barcelona 2

CiU will meet with ERC and Socialists to try to form a government as premier claims sovereignty plan still intact

Catalans punish CiU at the polls

Ruling nationalist bloc loses 12 seats in regional elections, leaving leader Artur Mas’ route map to a referendum on independence before 2016 in tatters

Obama signs up Spanish expert as advisor for US healthcare plan

Ania Elorza Bilbao

Rafael Bengoa is currently the politically independent health commissioner of the Basque Country

SOCIAL FUNDING

Disabled persons to hold cash-cuts march

Charo Nogueira Madrid

Umbrella committee for 7,000 associations says government owes 300 million euros in subsidies

JUSTICE

U-turn denied as Gallardón waives court fees for violence victims

Vera Gutiérrez Calvo Madrid

Justice chief says abused women will be exempt from both filing and lawyer charges under new law

Legal offices swamped as government brings back court fees

Madrid Arena tragedy claims fifth victim

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

María Teresa Alonso dies aged 20 after nearly a month in hospital

Arena footage shows several crushes before fatal incident

José Antonio Hernández Madrid

Human avalanche that killed four occurred after security guards directed partygoers toward dance floor via emergency exit routes

“I thought my boyfriend had died, and they had taken his body”

BUSINESS

Iberia union confirms six days of strikes to protest restructuring plan

Cristina Galindo Madrid

Stoppages by cabin crews and ground staff to take place in pre-Christmas week up to December 21

POLITICAL CORRUPTION

Andalusian fraud commission chief blasts parties for ditching report

Javier Martín-Arroyo Seville

United Left’s García says parliamentary voting down of labor subsidies probe is a “shame”

Judge frees alleged money-laundering boss on technicality

Manuel Altozano Madrid

Chinese businessman Gap Ping and other suspects were held in police custody for longer than 72-hour limit

POLITICS

Portraits of Spanish politicians in the Senate building. / ULY MARTÍN (EL PAÍS)

Developer recreates Senate's new €450,000 website at no cost

Roberta Bosco / Stefano Caldana Barcelona

"I have nothing to hide, nor am I looking for publicity," explains programer

CRIME

Gang suspected of São Paulo attack on Spanish minister’s son arrested

María Martín São Paulo

Robbers killed Italian friend of José Ruiz-Gallardón Utrera in street assault last July

Tax fraud amnesty target is “mission impossible”

Tiziana Trotta Madrid

Amount of undeclared funds gathered so far equivalent to six percent of government’s objective

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

An exercise to train Madrid police to deal with domestic violence cases. / GORKA LEJARCEGI (EL PAÍS)

Legal battle against gender violence hampered by prejudice: Amnesty

María R. Sahuquillo Madrid

Spanish system undermining protection of victims, says NGO

CORRUPTION

Sabadell scandal reaches as high as Catalan Socialists’ number two

Rebeca Carranco / Jesús García / Pere Ríos Sabadell / Barcelona

Daniel Fernández and city mayor Bustos both step aside from party duties but retain official posts

Civil Guard officers escort Sara L. H. into her home in Pilas, Seville, where the body of a second baby was found in a freezer. / RAÚL CARO (EFE)

Corpse of second baby found in Seville freezer

Javier Martín-Arroyo Seville

The first body was discovered in different unit in the same house

Más información

Spain's own jazz story

National Library opens its doors to exhibition of nation's encounter with the genre

'At the cabaret: Rag Time'. Madrid, 1919.

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FEATURES

LANGUAGE LEARNING

Hundreds of people wait in line in Valencia to sign up for German classes. / TANIA CASTRO (EL PAÍS)

Does the Merkel effect exist?

Raquel Vidales

The chancellor's invitation to Spanish engineers may not have lured that many abroad

LANGUAGE LEARNING

Why Spain is top for Erasmus

Valme Cortés / J. A. Aunión Granada / Madrid

The weather and the social life draw thousands of foreigners every year. The southern city of Granada is the preferred destination of most

DEMONSTRATIONS

The November 14 general strike rally / Á. GARCÍA (EL PAÍS)

Crowd control

Recent anti-austerity protests have seen huge discrepancies between the attendance estimates of labor unions and those of the authorities. Is there a non-partisan way to gauge numbers?

SPANISH EXILES