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UNDERGROUND ECONOMY

Employer group number two accused of paying workers in cash

Businessman Fernández acknowledges there may have been “irregularities” after radio station SER reports that he made regular cash payments in envelopes

CORRUPT POLITICS

Gürtel ring got 115 million euros from PP administrations

María Fabra Castellón

Investigators believe kickbacks-for-contracts mastermind evaded 18 million euros in taxes

Rajoy releases tax returns, but fails to clear up doubts over Aznar years

PM’s financial records dating back to 2003 reveal salary rises in midst of crisis

Rubalcaba moots ban on political donations by firms

Eva Larrauri Madrid

Socialist leader also wants national anti-corruption office with sweeping regional power

PM backs health minister despite Gürtel expenses link

El País Madrid

Popular Party accounts show 22-percent hike in staffing costs between 2008 and 2011

Whistleblower's plea for honesty

Jorge Trías Sagnier ignited outrage across the country when he alleged first-hand knowledge of top PP officials getting cash in envelopes

Attorney general calls for “complete” ledger inquiry

El País Madrid

Bárcenas’ predecessor denies seeing PP payments sheets in statement before prosecutor

Rajoy on slush fund: “It is all untrue, except for some things”

El País Madrid 6

Popular Party plans to sue “everyone” who made impropriety allegations based on treasurer's ledgers

Over a dozen officials acknowledge receipt of money

PP slush fund used to offer loans to terrorism victims and to fund rightwing media outlet

Top PP officials shown to have taken payments on the side

The PP's top table at Saturday´s extraordinary meeting called to discuss slush fund allegations. / ULY MARTÍN

The perfect storm

Prime Minister Rajoy’s popularity was already at an all-time low before his party’s treasurer accused him of financial wrongdoing. Can he survive the latest scandal to hit the party?

politics

Aguirre’s closed-door tirade against PP leaders reveals deep party rifts

Health chief should have been sacked by now, says Madrid’s former premier

CRIME

Six detained in Mexico over gang rape of tourists

Agencies Madrid

Acapulco beach resort attack suspects picked up by police in nearby Barra Vieja area

EU FINANCES

Spain to remain net recipient in new European budget

Andrew Sim Madrid

Prime Minister Rajoy happy with deal that will bring in the equivalent of 0.20 percent of nation's GDP

Spaniards losing faith in political class, warns Brussels

Claudi Pérez Brussels

European Commission report highlights country’s slew of high-profile corruption cases

controversial megacasino

President and Chief Operating Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Mike Leven (R) shakes hands with Madrid premier Ignacio González. / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU (AFP)

Eurovegas casino project to be sited at Madrid town of Alcorcón

Las Vegas Sands to fund up to 40 percent of the 6.75-billion-euro investment, with banks providing the rest

BANKING SECTOR

Banco CEISS will be nationalized and sold off

El País Madrid 1

State to inject 604 million euros to cover hole in failed lender after merger fails to materialize

Employers’ chief questions validity of official jobless data

CEOE's Juan Rosell also attacks civil service: “There is fat everywhere in the administration”

CORRUPT LOCAL POLITICS

Mayor waived taxes for Russian mafia boss in return for luxury trips

Antía Castedo Lloret de Mar

Lloret de Mar resort chief Xavier Crespo may be indicted alongside his second in command

URDANGARIN PROBE

Judge swoops for Duke’s palace after he fails to pay bond

Andreu Manresa / Jesús García Palma de Mallorca / Barcelona

Court set to embargo Urdangarin and Princess Cristina's Barcelona mansion

Urdangarin and ex-partner appeal bond of €8.1 million

El País Madrid

Royal son-in-law’s lawyer says he plans to challenge the legality of the case at Spain’s Constitutional Court

Spanish PP sees end of line for fishing as EC rules on discards

Luis Doncel Brussels

Strasbourg gives green light to end practice of throwing unwanted catch back into the ocean

SPORTS

Barça pushes Real out of basketball’s King’s Cup

El País Madrid

Quarterfinal clash requires two overtime periods as champion is eliminated

Nadal back in swing with victory

Rob Train Madrid

World number five makes winning return to singles action at the Chile Open after seven-month absence

OPERATION PUERTO

Eufemiano Fuentes arrives at court in Madrid on Wednesday morning. / DANI SANCHEZ (DIARIO AS)

WADA monitoring Real Sociedad claims in Puerto doping fallout

Figures in secret books provided by former club president match up with handwritten notes of key suspect Eufemiano Fuentes

Mother who used “lost” credit card avoids jail sentence

Sara Velert Valencia

Government pardons 28-year-old who stocked up on diapers and gasoline

A used-clothes recycling bin in Madrid. / CARLOS ROSILLO

When fair trade rags are a scam

Carmen Morán Madrid

Most of Madrid's clothes-recycling bins are put in streets by pirate operations, says consumer organization. Charity organizers encourage cautious giving

LABOR DISPUTES

Iberia ground staff and cabin crew to strike over adjustment plan

Stoppages to take place between February 18 and March 22

LABOR DISPUTE

No deal in Seville garbage strike

El País Seville

Refuse piles high as workers reject offer of smaller pay cut from collection company Lipasam

Third PP official steps down over Madrid Arena tragedy

Technocrat Antonio de Guindos resigns as environment chief three months after Halloween disaster

Calatrava’s showcase Ciudad de las Artes appears to be aging rapidly

Regional authorities say cracks appearing in structure are "trick of the light"

Más información

Five die in cruise ship accident in Canaries

Crew members were in lifeboat as cables snapped during routine drill

Rescue teams at the site of the tragedy on Sunday. / Carlos Aciego (EFE)

FEATURES

MEDIA

An internet user checks out the front page of a number of newspapers via Google. / Uly Martín (EL PAÍS)

Google's entente not-so cordiale

Miguel Mora Paris

Deal with French newspapers brokered by President Hollande ends bitter dispute over royalties and signals new approach by search engine to working with print media

The remains of a Jesuit mission next to Lake Tana in Ethiopia. / COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY

Raiders of the lost archeology grants

The Finance Ministry has pulled funding for 30 international projects that had already been approved. The move puts Spain's hard-earned prestige in peril, say academics

Buy me, I’m “Made in Spain”

Brands such as Balay, Renault and Hero are highlighting the Spanish origin of their products to win over consumers. Price most influences purchases, research shows

CATHOLIC CULT

Followers pray at the site where the Virgin Mary is first said to have appeared to Luz Amparo. / SANTI BURGOS

The Virgin who made a realty killing

Protected by the Church, the followers of a Madrid seer are amassing a million-euro fortune

HOSTAGES

"When we converted, we were no longer hostages; we were brothers"

Roque Pascual spent nine months as Mokhtar Belmokhtar's hostage in Mali

education

Young people attend a class at an adult learning center in Alicante. / Pepe Olvidares

High-school dropouts flock back to the classroom as crisis hits hard

J. A. Aunión Madrid

Youth unemployment has shot up to 55 percent during the recession

LATIN AMERICA

US probes crash that killed Paraguay contender

El País Madrid

Oviedo was returning from a campaign rally when his helicopter went down

Argentina holds UK liable for “likely” Falklands oil disaster

M. D. Madrid

President attacks IMF for sanctions over figure fudging

The day Kombo Kolombia played its final dance tune

Mexico shocked by 14 murders

More gas buildups feared under Pemex’s offices

El País Madrid

investigators ruled out the blast being caused by explosives

54-million-euro check found in Iran ex-official’s luggage

El País Madrid

Former finance minister caught with Venezuelan bank draft

Iniesta leads Barça’s midday romp

Rob Train Madrid

Catalan club strokes six past Getafe as Ronaldo lights up Bernabéu in Sevilla win

EDITOR'S PICK

HISTORY

The girth of the Earth

The figure of scientist and sailor Jorge Juan is being revived

'Brokeback' is in, but not Almodóvar

Daniel Verdú Madrid

Madrid opera house director Gérard Mortier unveils a season of love

Nacho Duato to add Berlin ballet to his workload

Roger Salas Madrid

Choreographer plans to manage St Petersburg part-time

ART

Seeds of change

Chinese star Ai Weiwei's spectacular work arrives in Seville

CINEMA

J and C and the director makes three

Made with her own money, Isabel Coixet’s latest features a cast of just two

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, the creepy debut of Argentinean director Andrés Muschietti

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Ana Mato must step down

The minister cannot continue to damage Mariano Rajoy with her presence in government

OPINION

The dignity of pop

The trail left behind by Amy Martin calls for a re-thinking of the dignity, the poor-but-honest image of Spanish pop

EDITORIAL

Rental register

The government should think long and hard about how to implement a debtors’ blacklist

OPINION

Appliances on the blink

The feeling is current among us that the tacit principles of cheating, abusing, fixing are inherent fixtures of economic reality

The latest in European science

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

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