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BUSINESS

Iberia cancels seven direct routes as part of reorganization plan

Álvaro Romero Madrid

Airline’s unions decide to maintain strikes scheduled for Christmas

Cabinet ditches digital canon on media, passing cost on to taxpayers

Iker Seisdedos / Ana Marcos Madrid

Culture Ministry will determine how much should be allotted to cover excise tax each year

Leganés mayor wants to stop massive New Year’s party

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Space Fest 2013 was moved to bullring of dormitory town after Madrid Arena tragedy.

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

REGIONAL ROW

Minister threatens regions failing to comply with 2012 deficit target

Fernando Garea

Andalusia and Catalonia are said to be biggest transgressors

CONSTITUTIONAL WRANGLE

Redrafting Constitution needs consensus, says Rajoy

Anabel Díez Madrid

Socialist leader calls for clause to protect healthcare as fundamental right

CORPORATE CRIME

Bailed-out banks chief among Díaz Ferrán's creditors

Francisco Mercado Madrid

Jailed former business leader owes more than 400 million to lenders and hotel chains

SPORT

“Uefa is obliged to admit Gibraltar,” says administrative body president

Agencies

Michel Platini confirms that organization had no option but to accept British territory

OPERATION EMPEROR

Chinese business leader: “Mafia talk is harming investments”

Joaquín Gil Valencia

Detention of Gao Ping and other suspects in money laundering case "causing fear"

CORRUPTION

Former Jerez mayor to stand trial for hiring irregularities

Ana Huguet Jerez de la Frontera

Pilar Sánchez allegedly illegally hired five members of her Socialist Party between 2005 and 2011

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

Cuban immigrant Julio Basilio González suffers from a heart problem / Álvaro García

“This law is my death sentence”

Alejandra Agudo Madrid

After being denied healthcare because of his lack of residency papers Cuban immigrant Julio Basilio González relies on informal help to attend his multiple health problems

REAL ESTATE

Morocco fears capital flight to Spain

Fernando Barciela

Rabat warns its citizens against buying Spanish homes to obtain residence permits

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

Government to limit influence of ‘cajas’ on their banking arms

Claudi Pérez Brussels

Spain drawing up legislation to severely constrain composition of boards of savings banks

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

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

Más información

Pope Benedict XVI's new digital image bears a Spanish stamp

A Madrid-based agency is behind an advertising campaign for the Vatican

Gustavo Entrala (l) and his agency colleague Carlos García-Hoz.

BLOG / ATOMIUM CULTURE

The latest in European science

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

LATIN AMERICA

Mexican parties pact for the future

Peña Nieto gets major commitments from opposition a day after taking office

The state where beauty queens mix with drug kings

Inés Santaeulalia Mexico City

"Susy" Flores Gámez was gunned down in Sinaloa during a firefight

FARC talks resume under a cloud of tension

El País Madrid

Colombian military kills 20 rebels over the weekend

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 1

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

SPORT

Betis faces European-place test

Rob Train Madrid

Pepe Mel’s men meet Barcelona in Seville as Athletic seeks home comfort

GOLF

Rookie of the year

Carlos Arribas Madrid

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

Última hora

CINEMA

“I have a special affection for Spain”

Silvia Hernando Madrid

Robert Redford promotes the TV offshoot of his Sundance festival in Madrid

Hobbits take over Madrid subway

El País / V. Torres Madrid

Tolkien characters barge their way on to Metro map to promote new movie

This week’s movie releases

Nick Funnell Madrid

After 13 years away, US director Whit Stillman returns with the delightful Damsels in Distress

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Constitutional debate

The moment has come to seek out consensus to embark on necessary reforms to the Constitution

OPINION

Lifesaving missiles

Moisés Naím

Israel's Iron Dome system not only saved the lives of Israeli civilians, but also prevented the deaths of thousands of innocent people in the Gaza Strip

EDITORIAL

Increasingly debilitated labor market

Economic policy is leading to record rates of unemployment and inhibiting a recovery

OPINION

A few points

Juan Goytisolo

According to a select group of Silicon Valley experts, the prodigious advances in new technologies serve as new theoretical support for the existence of a single God