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CORPORATE CRIME

Ex-employers’ chief Díaz Ferrán got 100,000 a month for giving up firm

Manuel Altozano Madrid 2

Associate who allegedly helped the former business leader conceal assets asked to stump up record 50 million

Ex-employer group chief busted for cash laundering, hiding assets

Jesús Duva Madrid 1

Police say Díaz Ferrán had one kilo of gold in his Madrid home as eight others are arrested, including Marsans travel agency liquidator

POLITICS

Fraud squad denies authorship
of accusation against Artur Mas

El País Barcelona

Document accusing Catalonia premier of Swiss cash stash not issued by police, statement says

THE CATALAN QUESTION

Catalan government says it will not enforce PP’s education law

El País / J. A. Aunión Madrid 4

Education ministry’s bill states that studies must be offered in both Spanish and local language “in balanced proportions”

Theater slams boycott call over Catalan secession row

Jacinto Antón Barcelona 1

Actor attempted to get play blackballed after star signed manifesto for Catalonia to remain Spanish

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

REAL ESTATE

Foreign interest in Spanish housing market grows

Andrés R. Gavino / A. S. Madrid

Home sales to non-residents increased by 18 percent in the third quarter of the year

FINANCE

Treasury sells 10-year bonds at lowest yield in over a year

Álvaro Romero / Andrew Sim Madrid

Debt-management agency adds further 4.25 billion euros to its piggy bank for next year

LEGAL SYSTEM

No pardon for former drug addict who now does charity work

Víctor Honorato Pontevedra

Galicia man must serve seven years for selling heroin sachet, says government

MEDIA

Striking workers from Telemadrid speak to regional leader Tomás Gómez. / LUIS SEVILLANO (EL PAÍS)

How political manipulation led to financial meltdown at Telemadrid

Rosario G. Gómez / Pilar Álvarez Madrid

Station's workers on strike over plan to slash 925 posts from roster

SOCCER

Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta. / MASSIMILIANO MINOCRI

“We are not trying to make clones of Xavi or Iniesta”

Ramon Besa Barcelona

Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta on the club’s philosophy and why Messi is the best in the game

ECONOMY

Jobless claims rise for fourth straight month to record levels

El País Madrid

Ranks of unemployed swelled by non-professional carers

Spain to ask for further €1.5 billion for four banks

Claudi Pérez / Íñigo de Barrón Brussels / Madrid

Ceiss needs 850 million to meet capital requirements

IMMIGRATION

Two would-be immigrants traveling in an overcrowded plastic boat are rescued in the Strait on Monday / Marcos Moreno (AP)

Desperation leads immigrants to chance cruel sea in toy boats

El País Madrid

The number of people risking dicey, but cheap, crossing is on the increase

HEALTH SERVICE

Madrid healthcare workers protest privatization plans in the Senate on Tuesday. / Paco Campos (EFE)

Healthcare workers hold surprise protest in Senate

El País Madrid 1

Strike renewed against privatization plans for hospitals

POLITICS

Sabadell mayor steps aside until corruption case is cleared up

Rebeca Carranco / Jesús García Barcelona

Bustos is the target of an ongoing land-permit corruption inquiry. “I am going to step aside a few centimeters,” the Socialist mayor said

HALLOWEEN TRAGEDY

Madrid Deputy Mayor Miguel Ángel Villanueva. / EL PAÍS

City Hall failed to meet security rules when building Madrid Arena

Bruno García Gallo Madrid

Report from 2010 cites lack of exits and states venue was unsuitable for large events

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”

MIDDLE EAST

Madrid joins EU protest against Israeli development decision

Agencies London / Jerusalem

London, Paris and Stockholm also summon ambassadors over plan to build in occupied East Jerusalem

Catalonia premier says that region will miss its deficit targets

Miquel Noguer / Lluís Pellicer Barcelona

Mas claims further spending cuts impossible without undermining social welfare

Regions to receive less than they asked for from bailout fund

El País Madrid

Central government to hand over four billion euros less

BUSINESS

Google is among the big firms paying little tax in Spain. / JOHANNES EISELE (AFP)

Technology giants, taxpaying dwarfs

Jesús Sérvulo González

Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, eBay and Amazon all see billions of euros of revenue in Spain but have paid just 25 million in taxes over the past three years

Government garners 1.2 billion euros from tax-dodger amnesty

El País Madrid

Late rush sees figure rise considerably after administration had targeted revenues of 2.5 billion

PENSIONS

Opposition gears up to challenge government on pension decision

agencies Madrid / Gijón

Socialists believe not compensating retirees for blowout in inflation is unconstitutional

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

Opposition praises sacking of general who slammed separatists

Miguel González / El País Madrid

Officer used editorial in military publication to criticize premier Artur Mas’ drive for independence

BIG BUSINESS

Madrid gambles on bending casino laws for EuroVegas

Bruno García Gallo / José Marcos Madrid

Adelson’s megaproject to benefit from discretionary waiving of fines and sanctions for gaming houses

INDUSTRY

Subsidy system provides some relief for automobile industry

Andrés R. Gavino / Agencies Madrid

Fall in car sales slows to 20.3 percent in November, 15 points less than sector had been expecting

ANTI-AUSTERITY PROTESTS

Thousands of people marched in Madrid on Sunday to protest government cuts to funds allocated to help disabled citizens. / CÉSAR MANSO (AFP)

Disabled citizens issue “cry for help” against cuts at massive rally

Charo Nogueira / Maryem Castillo Madrid

Health workers opposed to privatization hold symbolic hospital "hugs"

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”

Más información

Samsung gasoline stunt brings Madrid traffic to standstill

Campaign offering 50 euros' worth of free fuel forces police to close motorway exits

"Offer suspended," reads this sign, as police close of the gas station offering free fuel. / Juan Carlos Hidalgo (EFE)

BLOG / ATOMIUM CULTURE

The latest in European science

Atomium brings together universities, newspapers and businesses to boost the movement of knowledge

FEATURES

LAW

The officers involved in the torture case. / JORDI ROVIRALTA (EL PAÍS)

Government as judge and jury

Mónica Ceberio Belaza / Álvaro de Cózar Madrid

The Rajoy administration has issued 468 pardons, for every offense imaginable. The law doesn't require it to give explanations, resulting in a totally opaque system

Shoe-throwing Kurd pardoned

LAW

Shoe-throwing Kurd pardoned

José Antonio Hernández Madrid

Hokman Joma had served nearly all of his three-year sentence

Government as judge and jury

NOBILITY

The Duchess of Alba, who holds more than 40 titles of nobility. / JORDI SOCIAS (EL PAÍS)

The Duchess of Alba's treasure

Jesús Ruiz Mantilla

A new exhibition in Madrid will provide the most comprehensive review ever of the legacy of a dynasty that stretches all the way back to the 14th century

ONLINE CAMPAIGNING

The fine line between freedom of expression and defamation

Rosario G. Gómez

The demise of Telecinco show 'La Noria,' inadvertently brought down by a blogger protesting the appearance of a murder suspect's mother, raises legal issues about calling for the boycott of a company

FRANCO'S FUGITIVES

Gilberto Bosques, the Mexican ambassador in Lisbon who helped thousands of Spaniards flee from repression.

A friend in Lisbon

Luis Prados

In this installment of EL PAÍS’ series based on Mexico’s archive of letters by Spanish exiles, the key role of the Mexican ambassador to Portugal of getting Republicans out of Europe

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

LATIN AMERICA

Mexico's leader offers to help US immigration reform

Peña Nieto pushes for unprecedented regional talks over drug policies

FARC "confident" Washington will pardon top rebel

"Simón Trinidad" was extradited to the United States following his 2004 capture

Peru reopens probe into forced sterilization policy

Jacqueline Fowks Lima

Thousands of women were obligated to have surgery under family planning law

Regional poverty drops to lowest level in three decades

El País Madrid

"Current poverty and indigence rates are the lowest for three decades," says report

Argentina and debt-holders fight it out in US courts

Agencies Madrid

Credit downgrade suggests country could find itself in default again

Chávez back in Cuba for special oxygen treatment

Maye Primera Madrid

President asked lawmakers' permission to remain outside the country

REAL MADRID

Alarm bells chime at Bernabéu

Diego Torres Madrid

José Mourinho’s latest theatrics have further divided opinion

GOLF

Rookie of the year

Carlos Arribas Madrid

Golfer Carlota Ciganda is set to finish top of Europe in her first pro season

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CINEMA

“I thought he was a guerrilla’s son”

Rocío García Madrid

Farmer who saved FARC kidnap victim’s baby is subject of Luis Tosar's new film

Feeling the rushes in Bilbao

El País / EFE Madrid / Bilbao

Mendi Festival parachutes extreme sports cinema into Basque capital

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Director Ang Lee brings Yann Martel's bestseller Life of Pi to the big screen

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Lighting fires in the educational system

Wert’s reform is an unnecessary attack and a serious backward step in ideology

OPINION

EU vs. Israeli settlers

Soledad Gallego-Díaz

The policy of occupation and progressive settlement of the Palestinian territory, and the cruel manner in which this is happening, is causing more irritation every day

EDITORIAL