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AIRLINE SECTOR

Iberia unions call off pre-Christmas strikes out of “respect” for travelers

Álvaro Romero Madrid

Labor representatives and management remain at odds over restructuring plan which includes 4,500 layoffs

Iberia cancels seven direct routes as part of reorganization plan

Álvaro Romero Madrid

Airline’s unions decide to maintain strikes scheduled for Christmas

PP deputy resigns after being caught up in alleged blackmail attempt

Mónica Ceberio Belaza / Anabel Díez Madrid

Santiago Cervera claims to have been set up in case involving Caja Navarra bank president

CATALAN POLITICS

ERC moves toward deal allowing CiU to form stable government

Maiol Roger Barcelona

Republican Left begins to accept the need for austerity on path to independence for the region

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

School soccer fascist salute to be investigated

Ezequiel Moltó Valencia

United Left deputy leads calls for action to be taken against private establishment

BANKING

Chiefs of bailed-out CAM “used front firm to embezzle funds”

Manuel Altozano Madrid

Two former executives accused by bank’s new board of diverting money via tourism company to tax havens

INTERVIEW

“Restructuring the savings banks will be tough, but it is unavoidable”

Claudi Pérez Brussels

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia argues that Spain has made great strides in recapitalizing its lenders

EURO CRISIS

Monti’s resignation announcement pushes up Spain’s risk premium

agencies Madrid

Government still weighing up bailout, Economy Minister says

REGIONAL ROW

Minister threatens regions failing to comply with 2012 deficit target

Fernando Garea

Andalusia and Catalonia are said to be biggest transgressors

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

Spain to ask for further €1.5 billion for four banks

JUSTICE

Disgruntled judicial sector moots January strike action in courts

Vera Gutiérrez Calvo Madrid

Legal workers on war footing over Justice Ministry's handling of labor conditions and new court charges

Ministry denies U-turn as Gallardón waives court fees for violence victims

Madrid venue vetoes Arena organizer from New Year party

El País / Agencies Madrid

Mayor of Leganés stood in the way of Halloween tragedy company staging event in town

Madrid Arena tragedy claims fifth victim

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

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

TOWARD THE END OF ETA TERRORISM

Basque PP accuses Bildu of legitimizing ETA killings in homage

El País Madrid / Bilbao

San Sebastián ceremony planned for Monday must not include city mayor, conservative leader argues

LAW & ORDER

Catalan police chief refutes interior head on rubber bullet use

Oriol Güell Barcelona 1

Video from demonstration shows Mossos officer firing near the place where woman lost an eye

Said Chramti, "The Giant," is greeted by followers on leaving the police station in Nador last month. / F. GARCÍA GUERRERO

The border master of Melilla

Ignacio Cembrero

Moroccan authorities are planning to prosecute a man well known to locals as "The Giant" for inciting unrest on the border with Melilla

Terror fears over anti-Islam film by asylum seeker in Spain

El País Madrid 1

Pakistani ex-Muslim seems set to courts controversy with movie attempt to “find the truth about Mohammed”

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

PROFILE

Businessman and lawyer Ángel de Cabo (right) leaves the High Court last February. / PABLO MORENO

Mixing bankruptcy, sex and extortion

Manuel Altozano / José Antonio Hernández Madrid 1

Witnesses describe how businessman Ángel de Cabo helped the powerful hide assets

Bailed-out banks chief among Díaz Ferrán's creditors

ECONOMY

Deep cracks in the cement industry

Fernando Barciela

Consumption in the once-thriving sector has plunged 75 percent leading companies to close down plants

Jobless claims rise for fourth straight month to record levels

El País Madrid

Ranks of unemployed swelled by non-professional carers

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

CONSTITUTIONAL WRANGLE

Redrafting Constitution needs consensus, says Rajoy

Anabel Díez Madrid

Socialist leader calls for clause to protect healthcare as fundamental right

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

TECHNOLOGY

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

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

El País Madrid

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

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 1

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

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

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

IMMIGRATION

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

Más información

‘The Flea’ sinks ‘The Torpedo’

Leo Messi breaks Gerd Müller’s 1972 record of 85 goals in a year

Gerd Müller (left) celebrates the winning goal in the 1974 World Cup. Leo Messi acknoweldges teammates after beating the German's calendar-year mark. / JULIO MUNOZ (R) (EFE)

FEATURES

SOCIAL DISCONTENT

A woman walks by protestors in Madrid's Puerta del Sol in April. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA

The streets wake up

Cristina Galindo / J. A. Aunión

The extent of the crisis has finally brought Spaniards from all walks of life out to protest in vast numbers and on a multitude of fronts

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

LA LIGA

Özil rescues Real from slip-up

Rob Train Madrid

German midfielder secures points in frozen Valladolid

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

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Urgent bailout

The longer Spain delays in applying to the ECB, the longer the recession will last

OPINION

A British Europe

José Ignacio Torreblanca

If the UK were to make an exit, the Union would be a poorer one

EDITORIAL

Abuse of arbitrary power

Limits must be set to the government’s margin of discretion in pardoning criminals

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