domingo, 17 febrero 2013

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Última hora

Catalonia spy case company has dossiers on judges and politicians

Jesús García / Jesús Duva Barcelona / Madrid

Sources say Socialist official behind recording of conversation between PP leader and money-laundering suspect’s ex-lover

Catalan PP leader files charges against spying detectives

Àngels Piñol / Miquel Noguer Barcelona

Sánchez-Camacho wants to know who planted a bug at her lunch table

POPULAR PARTY'S HIDDEN FINANCES

Bárcenas was on PP payroll until December, sources say

El País Madrid

Ruling party also deducted ex-treasurer’s taxes

Bárcenas never left PP payroll

Carlos E. Cué / José Antonio Hernández Madrid

Party was paying ex-treasurer compensation as well as covering social security costs

Whistleblowing ex-PP deputy claims he has received threats

El País Madrid

Trías Sagnier told prosecutors about ruling party’s concealed slush fund accounts as managed by former treasurer Bárcenas

Former PP deputy acknowledges cash “stashed in envelopes”

Whistleblower's plea for honesty

José Manuel Romero / Manuel Altozano / José Antonio Hernández Madrid 1

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

Lawmaker confirms Bárcenas showed him secret ledgers

Socialists call on politicians to post tax returns on web

Jorge A. Rodríguez Madrid

Financial statements should be made public, says opposition as Rubalcaba releases tax return

Rubalcaba reveals his earnings: 55,000 euros plus expenses

PP number two attributes PM’s salary rise to “electoral bonuses”

Francesco Manetto Madrid 3

De Cospedal announces “a dozen” high-ranking party figures to publish personal financial details

PP changes tack, dismissing health minister’s estranged husband

Francesco Manetto Madrid

Gürtel official suspect Jesús Sepúlveda was a paid advisor for the party

PM backs health minister despite Gürtel expenses link

The actors Willy Toledo (l) and Alberto San Juan say no to war at the 2003 Goya Awards ceremony. / BERNARDO PÉREZ

Cinema’s longest night

Gregorio Belinchón / Rocío García Madrid

Will this year's Goya ceremony witness fresh controversy over government cutbacks?

Four aces in search of a Goya

Gregorio Belinchón Madrid

Ahead of this year's movie awards ceremony, EL PAÍS brings together some of Spain's best directors, all of whom will be vying for a prize on Sunday night

AUSTERITY

Some town councilors may get ax, others lower wages

El País Madrid

Government reform of local administration aims to make savings of over seven billion euros

Government in talks with banks to jumpstart credit flow to companies

Íñigo de Barrón Madrid

PM wants to announce new measures to increase lending to small and midsized enterprises

ENERGY

Investors may sue Spain over green energy subsidy cuts

Reuters Madrid

“There will be various lawsuits,” says the leader of Spanish solar power association

EDUCATION

Andalusia defies Madrid by cutting funds for single-sex schools

Manuel Planelles Seville

Draft education reform seeks to ensure segregated schools will continue to get state subsidies

Opposition lays “PP mouthpiece” claim at feet of broadcaster chief

Rosario G. Gómez Madrid

"Spaniards no longer trust TVE newscasts,” says Socialist politician Juan Luis Gordo

Madrid to seek €5m damages over illegal Metro strike

Pilar Álvarez / José Marcos Madrid

Move follows Supreme Court ruling on 2010 two-day wildcat stoppage on subway system

labor dispute

Strikes mean Iberia will cancel 415 flights this month

El País Madrid

Cancelations due to ground staff and cabin crew stoppages in protest at company layoff plan

Iberia reduces number of planned layoffs by 17 percent to 3,807

An employee at the NASA monitoring station a Robledo de Chavela (Madrid). / EFE

The loot is out there: NASA base in Madrid strikes over wage retention

El País Madrid

Workers argue that US government picks up tab for rural station

Mexican police arrest six men in connection with rape of Spaniards

El País Madrid

Fourteen suspects previously rounded up freed by authorities

Eight held over rape attack in Mexico

BANKING

Ex-central bank chief complains about minister’s meddling in Bankia

Íñigo de Barrón / A. S. Madrid 1

Shares of nationalized bank continue to plunge hitting lowest ever level

BUSINESS

Bankia falls sharply on report of large dilution for shareholders

El País / Andrew Sim Madrid

FROB says still to determine the nominal value of bank’s shares for conversion of bonds into equity

BAD BANKING

Bank sold hybrid instrument to octogenarian with Alzheimer’s

David Fernández / A. S. Madrid

Judge orders lender to return funds invested

Court annuls part of pardon for Santander chief executive

El País Madrid

Under concept of “honorability” those with criminal records cannot work as bankers

BANKING

Santander probed by UK agency for misleading advice to customers

Bloomberg

Spanish bank says it is reviewing the advice it offers

“We know Spaniards are going through bad times,” says Draghi

Amanda Mars Madrid

The president of the ECB meets with Spanish politicians behind closed doors. Leftist-green group ICV leaks videos of private meeting

COST OF CULTURE

Ateneo de Madrid forced to sell off Goyas after grant cuts

El País Madrid

Regional government moves to freeze auction of masterworks by 200-year-old cultural institution

CRISIS SPAIN

Two gold buyers try to attract the attention of passers-by in downtown Madrid. / BERNARDO PÉREZ

Selling grandma’s jewelry at a loss

Alba Tobella Mayans Madrid

Hard-up Spaniards are increasingly turning to cash-for-gold stores for quick money

Popular Party does U-turn on eviction initiative in Congress

Anabel Díez Madrid

Group to support consideration of measures to stem evictions. Speaker orders protestors removed from Congress after PP jeered

JUSTICE

Justice minister does partial
backtrack on court charges

Fernando Garea Madrid

Fees to be reduced or abolished in some cases such as eviction from family home

Más información

Rebuilding the future

EL PAÍS puts forward 10 reforms and covenants to boost democracy and the economy in the midst of a deep political crisis

Spain's Congress, bereft of deputies. / EFE

FEATURES

SOCIAL WELFARE

The coordination office in Madrid for dependents and their carers. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA

Is care for dependents going private?

Carmen Morán

The government is opting to offer 'service checks,' which could lead to a dual system for rich and poor

MEDIA

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

Tereixa Constenla / Alicia Rivera Madrid

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