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THE CATALAN QUESTION

Catalan nationalists ready for bitter battle as transition body is formed

Maiol Roger / Carlos E. Cué Barcelona / Madrid

All eyes will turn to Prime Minister Rajoy and regional leader Mas at rail-link opening on Tuesday

EMPLOYMENT

Employers reject report they want further reforms to the labor market

EP / El País Madrid

Companies call for further measures that enhance flexibility and wage moderation

VALENCIA IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Splash out then watch the crash

Joaquín Gil Valencia

Slew of reports on the ruinous finances of Valencia region puts officials on the defensive

BANKING RESCUE

Banco de Valencia to lay off half of staff under bailout plan

Ignacio Zafra Valencia

Bank to shed 890 workers

FINANCIAL CRISIS

Bank of Spain “looked the other way” over malpractice, says report

Inspectors' association points to numerous "filters" between detection of wrongdoing and supervisor's reaction

ECONOMIC CRISIS

Stretched households start to cut back on food purchases

Amanda Mars Madrid

Agriculture Ministry notes that consumption dropped in September and October

Antonio Mayor Fernández has been at Roca for 46 years. "Thanks to our hard work, Roca has expanded worldwide." / ÁLVARO GARCÍA

The faces of a company crisis

Tono Calleja Madrid

Roca is closing its bathroom fittings plant in Alcalá de Henares, a serious blow to the already-struggling local economy

Spanish journalism legend signs off

El País Mexico City

Enrique Meneses, the first reporter to cover Che Guevara and Fidel Castro’s revolution, has died aged 83

Minister fires shot across Catalan nationalists’ bows on military day

Pedro Morenés says armed forces “are well prepared without paying any attention to provocations"

King to celebrate 75th birthday in private

El País Madrid

Monarch says he feels “in good form” after a series of minor operations

MOTORSPORT

Spain's Carlos Sainz steers his Buggy during Stage 1 of the Dakar 2013. / FRANCK FIFE (AFP)

Sainz reinstated as Dakar leader after organizers admit GPS error

Nadia Tronchoni / Simon Hunter Lima / Madrid

Error in navigation system saw Spanish former champion lose more than 20 minutes

LA LIGA

A pawn in the Real game

Casillas' understudy in the Madrid goal, Adán, has had a traumatic first taste of Primera soccer

Málaga mourns child killed at Kings Day Parade

Six-year-old crushed by float wheel while looking for candy

NATURE

A male ibex in the Gredos mountains, in Ávila province, west of Madrid. / PEDRO RETAMAR

Ibex suspended: Spain stalls on plans to return mountain goats to Pyrenees

Scheme with France to reintroduce the animals to the area has been put on hold

Military officials to face trial for diverting public funds

Officers face six years in prison for appropriating 300,000 euros from student cafeteria

Afghanistan conflict has cost Spain 100 lives and 3.5 billion euros

Military takes stock of 10 years of operations in the country

BUSINESS

The Carboneras desalination plant in Almería province. / FRANCISCO BONILLA (EL PAÍS)

Tapping the oceans of the world

Spanish companies are among the global leaders in desalination

POLITICAL CORRUPTION

Rajoy sidesteps questions on PP corruption cases

El País Santiago de Compostela

“I am here for something else today,” says PM at Santiago's Pazo de Fonseca

PP baron in Ourense formally charged with abusing position

Pablo Taboada Ourense

Former provincial chief José Luis Baltar alleged to have given hundreds of supporters jobs

CUTBACKS

Co-payment for prescription drugs helps government reduce outlays

Spending on prescription drugs had already begun to trend lower in 2010

INTERVIEW

Former Basque health chief Rafael Bengoa. / FERNANDO DOMINGO-ALDAMA (EL PAÍS)

"Obesity is the greatest problem"

Ania Elorza Bilbao

Rafael Bengoa will be an advisor to the US on healthcare reform

LABOR MARKET

Close to 50,000 Spaniards find work in Germany

Mostly young, qualified people escape crisis at home

Jobless claims fall for first time in five months

Last year saw 2,000 workers exit Social Security a day

Spain will start to create jobs at the end of 2013, says minister

El País Madrid

Luis de Guindos defends labor reform in spite of surge in unemployment

Impoverished Málaga man who set fire to himself dies

Police have not ruled out possibility immolation was accidental

ECONOMY

Consumers to lose spending power in 2013

Ramón Muñoz Madrid

Tax hikes, benefit cuts and wage caps will all erode purchasing ability

Woman dies after former lover slits
her throat

Former lover lay in wait outside house of victim's friend

A recent demonstration organized to protest against evictions. / Javier Etxezarreta (EFE)

The curious case of the judge who was evicted from his home

The magistrate allegedly never paid a cent of his rent

F0REIGN AFFAIRS

Foreign Minister plans to clip Gibraltar's wings at EU meeting

Spain wants territory's airport excluded from the so-called Single European Sky legislation

POLITICS

Main parties close to deal on reducing public administration

Popular Party, Socialists looking to cap mayoral salaries

Rajoy justifies austerity to avert “intolerable” financial squeeze

El País Madrid 2

Prime minister offers Spaniards “comprehension and solidarity” in official end-of-year address to nation

Más información

Valencia “yummy mummies” raise enough money to hire school bus

Women in crisis-hit town stripped off for calendar to drum up funds

Parents in Montserrat, Valencia applaud as their children leave on the school bus for the first time since the route was cut. / MANUEL BRUQUE (EFE)

FEATURES

MILITARY

US military veteran Tom Brenan welcomes a recent newcomer to Rota. / CRISTÓBAL MANUEL (EL PAÍS)

Rota: a bit of America in Spain

This year the US naval base celebrates its sixtieth anniversary. The permanent stationing of four US warships as part of an anti-missile shield is slated for 2014

POPULAR PROTESTS

Carrots for 13 euros? Finding new ways to fight the cuts

Across Spain, professionals and the public alike are using innovative methods to defy savage austerity measures

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Tejederas  (EL PAÍS)

The 2012 quiz of the year

How much do you know about the news in Spain and Latin America?

ROAD SAFETY

Slowing down the cities

Spain is about to join the Europe-wide trend of imposing a 30 km/h speed limit in built-up areas. The evidence shows that it reduces accidents and road deaths

THE CRISIS

A man begging on his knees in a Valencia street. / JOSÉ JORDÁN

Broken glass, shattered dreams; why Spain’s image has faded

For years after the return to democracy the country was seen by others as an example to follow. So what has gone so badly wrong?

ARTS

A survivor of the costume drama

Oscar-winning designer Yvonne Blake, who abandoned Britain to take up residence in Spain, talks of the many pitfalls between a sketch and the screen

LATIN AMERICA

Military would play key role without Chávez

Power struggle begins as president's condition reportedly worsens

Carromero begins prison life in Madrid

Aurelio Martín Segovia

Party activist returns from Cuba after causing car crash deaths

Sales of Jenni Rivera records soar

Death in plane crash gives star legendary status

Back to business for Barcelona

Rob Train Madrid

The winter break is unlikely to derail what seems a stroll to the title for Catalans

La Liga loses its touch in Europe

Cayetano Ros / Jordi Quixano Valencia / Madrid

Statistics show Germany and England more offensive

EDITOR'S PICK

Cartoonists draw a line with official prizes

Jan rejects Fine Arts Gold Medal

The plants that tweet when they're thirsty

Roberta Bosco Barcelona

Several projects are working to bring online intelligence to simple shrubs

The gastronomical year in review

Rosa Rivas Madrid

What was hot in 2012, and what to expect to see on your plate in 2013

TRAVEL

The Alhambra

Mauricio Vicent Granada

The monument's treasures lie in its poetic language of the senses

CULTURE

25 years of contemporary art

Agustí Fancelli Barcelona

The foundation behind MACBA is weathering the crisis well

CINEMA

The man who dressed ‘Les Misérables’

Ana Marcos Madrid

Almodóvar favorite Paco Delgado created the wardrobe for the new version

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Bin Laden's fate documented in Zero Dark Thirty and a sub-par Bridesmaid's rip-off

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Inauguration of good works

The high-speed train line to the French border brings Spain closer to the rest of Europe

OPINION

Why did Mas fail?

Overnight, everyone in Catalonia seemed to have turned secessionist; the news media, intellectuals and priests

EDITORIAL

Unity and solidarity

The king has no plans to step aside, and calls for less defeatism in the face of challenges

OPINION

Allen, old craftsman

This new documentary helps you to love Woody, or at least to reconcile those of us who are miffed at his tourist pilgrimage of recent years

The latest in European science

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

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