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HEALTH

Immigrants temporarily regain right to healthcare in Basque Country

Constitutional Court lifts bar in region on basis of risk of infectious diseases. Co-payment system will stay in place for prescriptions

POLITICS

Reforms are key for Spaniards to get their lives back, says Rajoy

Francesco Manetto Toledo 2

PM recognizes that first year in government has been one of "pain and suffering"

Merkel told Rajoy to hold off on requesting further bailout

El País Madrid

German chancellor was concerned that Berlin lawmakers would not approve petition

Rajoy rules out need for immediate bailout

El País Madrid

Spanish leader welcomes European banking union agreement

BANKING SECTOR

Santander to absorb its Banesto unit through share swap

A. S. Madrid

Deal is party of a restructuring that will include the closure of 700 branches in Spain

JUDICIAL REFORM

Government seeks to depoliticize legal watchdog and cut salaries

José Manuel Romero Madrid

Justice minister wants consensus with Socialists over plan to select a number of neutral judges for CGPJ panel

EVICTION CRISIS

Foreclosures more than double this year

AGENCIES Madrid

Evictions have created “social conflict,” Spain’s top judge says

Members of the National Geographical Institute in the Jaén town of Torreperogil on Sunday. / José Manuel Pedrosa (EL PAÍS)

Series of earth tremors causes alarm in Jaén town

Ginés Donaire Jaén

Strongest shockwake measured 3.5 on magnitude scale

BUSINESS

Samsung agrees to pay back taxes on Spanish profits

Miguel Jiménez Madrid

South Korean firm to hand over 9.5 million euros for the period 2005-2008

ENERGY

Garoña nuclear plant begins gradual shutdown

Rafael Méndez Madrid

Owners decide to disconnect from electric grid to avoid paying new energy tax

INTERVIEW

“I find it strange that other regions haven’t protested the education bill”

Pilar Álvarez / Maribel Marin Madrid

Minister José Ignacio Wert refutes notion that cutbacks in schools could affect quality of teaching

José Mourinho puffs his cheeks on the Real bench Sunday as he watches his side slip up against Espanyol in the Bernabéu. / Juan Carlos Hidalgo (EFE)

Little to cheer at Christmas for Real

Rob Train Madrid

The 2-2 tie at the Bernabéu and Atlético’s Camp Nou defeat renders title challenge "impossible"

TENNIS

Fed Cup captain Sánchez Vicario resigns

Juan José Mateo Madrid

Former world number one sides with women players over dispute with Spain's federation chief

CRIME

Police bust group responsible for million-euro toll road pass scam

El País Madrid

A 76-year-old Barcelona engineer allegedly cooked up the passes in his bedroom

Employees from the Parador in Toledo stage a protest on December 7 against announced job losses for 644 people from the chain / I. HERRERO (EFE)

Are the Paradores headed for ruin?

Cristina Delgado Madrid

Spain's loss-making state hotel chain may have to be privatized to survive

Signs of a vendetta in Cenicientos

Tono Calleja Cenicientos

Municipal workers fear for their jobs after complaining about non-payment

Health workers protest in Madrid Sunday. / Víctor Lerena (EFE)

Health workers march in Madrid

Staff have been striking for 11 days over privatization plans

Almost 4,000 operations canceled due to Madrid doctors’ strike

Elena G. Sevillano Madrid

Regional premier González hints he might go back on plans to privatize the running of six public hospitals

Financial “sabotage” claim leveled over Madrid’s health fee appeal

El País Madrid / Valencia

Catalan official fumes as government takes issue with region's one-euro prescription charge

Patients to be charged five euros for ambulance journeys

El País Madrid

The government is expected to pass the co-payment system at a meeting next week

PROFILE

Former politician Santiago Cervera. / CRISTÓBAL MANUEL (EL PAÍS)

"I am certain I will be acquitted"

Martin Delfín Madrid

Santiago Cervera resigned as a deputy on Monday after being caught up in a blackmail case

PP deputy resigns after being caught up in alleged blackmail attempt

REGIONAL POLITICS

Catalan parties agree to call for referendum on independence

El País Madrid / Barcelona 1

Deal between CiU, ERC paves way for Mas to remain premier. Education minister blasted in Congress over language reform

AUSTERITY SPAIN

NGOs warn of divided society if Latin crisis lessons ignored

El País Madrid

New joint report sees two in every five Spaniards entering poverty under sustained austerity policies

Spaniard jailed for deaths of Cuban dissidents to be repatriated

Agencies

Popular Party official Ángel Carromero was sentenced to four years for reckless driving after fatal car crash

images taken by Igualdad Animal at the Momotegi farm. / Igualdad Animal (EL PAÍS)

Top restaurant fined for serving foie resulting from fowl cruelty

Inés P. Chávarri San Sebastián 1

Animal rights group filed complaint over farm slaughter techniques

Finance minister mulls name-and-shame list for tax cheats

Agencies Madrid 2

Montoro says system would be similar to that already in place in Britain and Ireland

Spain seizes jailed Mubarak’s assets

Agencies

International appeal by Egypt also reveals Swiss bank accounts in former dictator's name

Rajoy’s decision not to hike pensions unites opposition

Fernando Garea Madrid 1

Virtually all parliamentary groupings sign up to Constitutional Court appeal against PP government's move

Pension reform proposes decoupling benefits from inflation

Immigrant killed after boat crash in the Canaries

El País Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Capsized vessel reportedly carried 25 passengers, of which seven are still missing

Police chief resigns over woman who lost eye during strike

Rebeca Carranco Barcelona

Report detailing actions of the Barcelona force was kept from regional department

EDITORIAL - Police excesses

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

ESPIONAGE

Alexander Litvinenko in the London hospital where he eventually died.

Poisoned spy Litvinenko was working for Spain

El País Madrid

Lawyer for agent’s widow claims he was investigating possible links between the Kremlin and Russian mafia

Más información

Truth, justice and reparation

Bodies of 17 Republican women executed in the Spanish Civil War are finally brought home

Women carry flowers and the Republican flag in remembrance of those assissinated in the Civil War. / PACO PUENTES (EL PAIS)

FEATURES

LEISURE

A snowboarder in Astún, in the Pyrenees in Aragón.

Serving up a Spanish ski sensation

Carlos Ara

The country's winter sports sector is booming and expanding. Forecasts suggest this will be a bumper year for snowfall

IMMIGRATION

Has Operation Emperor led to 'Chinaphobia' in Spain?

Raquel Vidales

Parts of the Chinese community feel they have been under attack ever since a major money-laundering crime ring was busted

A LEADER'S PERSPECTIVE

Zapatero, pictured in July of this year. / CLAUDIO ÁLVAREZ

Zapatero: “What’s done is done”

Madrid 2

One year on from the Socialists' election defeat, and now out of politics, the former PM looks back on his achievements and failures

LAW

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

HEALTHCARE

Manuel Lamela (center) once worked for the public healthcare sector. / ULY MARTÍN

The revolving door

Elena G. Sevillano / Guillermo Abril / Jaime Prats Madrid / Valencia

Movement of directors and administrators between government and healthcare companies shows the ever-tightening links between the private and public sectors

NOBILITY

The Duchess of Alba's treasure

Jesús Ruiz Mantilla 1

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

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

LATIN AMERICA

Clarín wins battles to keep Kirchner at bay

President wants court ruling to force media group to divest holdings

Chávez recovers from fourth "difficult" cancer surgery

Venezuelan leader anoints Maduro as successor after rallying support for deputy

Tension high in Honduras after lawmakers sack judges

Military called to guard Congress building while new justices sworn in

Brazil celebrates its late, great architect

Niemeyer, who died at 104, receives state honors in the city he designed

Still no clues as to cause of air crash that killed singer

Mexico mourns the loss of Jenni Rivera and six others in a plane crash

FORMULA 1

Alonso, voted best driver in UK poll, vows to do better

Agencies Madrid

“We were 2.5 seconds off the pace before last season; it can't be worse”

LA LIGA

Racing toward the soccer abyss

Javier Lafuente Madrid

Santander’s fortunes have taken a desperate turn since relegation

Última hora

CINEMA

Why cinema hasn’t taken to the stage

Gregorio Belinchón Madrid

Spanish film has been reluctant to bring the country’s best plays to the big screen

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Peter Jackson heads back to Middle Earth in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Japan turns back to the usual party

The LDP’s overwhelming electoral victory may aggravate territorial tensions with China

OPINION

Discrepancy

Elvira Lindo

Technology has raised to the third power the possibility that a group of people can bring pressure to bear on a single individual

EDITORIAL

A difficult deal

The need for a coalition with ERC is creating tension in the CiU and causing conflict

OPINION

An exemplary end

Almudena Grandes

The crash was sudden. Many restaurants closed, others opted to purchase inferior but cheaper fish, and so on with shops, supermarkets and wholesalers across the continent