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POLITICS

Rajoy mulls financial deal to ease Catalonia stranglehold

Carlos E. Cué / José Manuel Romero Madrid

Government plans to offer olive branch to quell breakaway drive despite danger of rift with PP regional barons

PP tells Mas to break with ERC in turn for ease in austerity

El País Madrid

Conervatives aiming to drive wedge between nationalist bloc in Catalan parliament

Rajoy and Mas hold secret meeting to find middle ground

ECONOMY

Spain wants Brussels to ease 2013 deficit target to six percent

Claudi Pérez Brussels

Popular Party government soon to revise economic forecast to GDP contraction of one percent

Brussels requires Spain to revise public deficit upwards

Agencies Madrid

Shortfall now recorded as 6.94 percent of GDP

Portugal fails to meet public deficit target for last year

TOWARD THE END OF ETA

Former ETA leader “Thierry” dies in Paris hospital

Javier Rivas Bilbao

Terrorist organization issues warning after leading members are expelled from Norway negotiations base

Galician Popular Party leader under fire for drug trafficker link

Xosé Hermida / Elisa Lois Santiago de Compostela

Núñez Feijóo promises to explain photographs

Government wants to give Spanish tests for new citizens

Vera Gutiérrez Calvo Madrid 3

Draft bill would amend the Civil Code regarding nationality requirements

Judge Ruz to take charge of Bárcenas ledgers investigation

Mónica Ceberio Belaza Madrid

High Court decision settles dispute between magistrates over jurisdiction of cases involving the ruling Popular Party

High Court names another ex-PP treasurer as suspect in inquiry

María Fabra 1

Former Popular Alliance (AP) member, Ángel Sanchís, will have to appear before Judge Ruz

Account data from whistleblower reveals links to Gürtel network

José Manuel Romero Madrid

Information from Hervé Falciani includes details of of figures from the governing Popular Party

Popular Party blocks key elements of draft eviction bill

Anabel Díez / Rebeca Carranco Madrid / Barcelona

Eviction activism group accuses party of bowing to demands of banks

COURTS

Judge Coro Cilán walks outside the courthouse in Plaza Castilla. / Carlos Rosillo

“Disturbingly unstable” judge faces criminal charges for misconduct

Mónica Ceberio Belaza Madrid

Coro Cillán best known for having reopened probe into 2004 Madrid bombings

Judge handed custody of children to father despite abuse claims

El País Madrid

Two sections of same court shelved claims of violence and suspended mother's visiting rights

ROYAL SCANDAL

New evidence involving king's daughter given to Nóos judge

Andreu Manresa / Jesús García Palma de Mallorca / Barcelona

Urdangarin allegedly wrote to his wife in email dated February 20, 2003

Iberia chief executive to stand down by “mutual agreement”

El País Madrid

Sánchez-Lozano had to pilot the airline through a turbulent period in its history

Madrid police chief jailed for trying to influence witness testimony

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

“Sheriff of Coslada” alleged to have run police mafia ring in suburb

Mayors and councilors from municipalities in Castilla la Mancha protest against the closure of 24-hour medical centers earlier this year. / ULY MARTÍN (EL PAÍS)

Castilla-La Mancha does U-turn on closure of 24-hour medical centers

El País Madrid

PP regional government forced to keep services open following court ruling

ECONOMY

Jobless rate will hit 27 percent, says central bank

Álvaro Romero Madrid

Report foresees a return to growth and job creation in 2014

HEALTHCARE

Campaigners say that the co-payment measure is "unfair," and "harms the most vulnerable." / Pedro Agrelo (EL PAÍS)

Regions raise alarm over glitches in medical co-payment system

María R. Sahuquillo Madrid

Many are paying too much or too little for drugs due to classification flaws

Officers to appear in court in case of woman who lost eye during protest

Rebeca Carranco Barcelona

Two members of riot squad named by judge as targets in his investigation.

EVICTIONS

Mortgage activists to use EU court ruling in their fight

El País / Carmen Pérez-Lanzac Madrid

Fallout continues from statements by PP official linking PAH to ETA

PP official claims mortgage activists support pro-ETA groups

Cristina Cifuentes links Mortgage Victims Platform member Ada Colau to radical Basque nationalist parties during radio interview

ERE SCANDAL

Andalusian leaders drawn into layoff inquiry

Javier Martín-Arroyo / Lourdes Lucio Seville

Judge believes there is evidence that government officials received kickbacks

Net tightens on ringleaders in ERE case as four more suspects jailed

Further raft of arrests forecast in rapidly growing public layoff fund fraud

Andalusia layoff scam suspect “got €249,000” from consultants

Javier Martín-Arroyo Seville

System of company kickbacks uncovered as investigating judge gets to grips with expanding case file

BUSINESS

Telefónica agrees to pay €135 million in back taxes to Treasury

Ramón Muñoz / Miguel Jiménez

Amount owed by telecoms giant after audits were taken covering the tax years from 2005 to 2007

bullfighting

The world-famous bull Ratón, who became notorious after claiming a number of victims at local fiestas. / TANIA CASTRO (EL PAÍS)

Small town mourns “the mouse”

Josep Blay Sueca

Legendary bull Ratón, who killed three people, passes away at age of 12

New changes to intellectual property law unlikely to please

Iker Seisdedos Madrid

Websites that publish links to copyrighted content hosted elsewhere could soon be the target of legal action

BUSINESS

Tentacles of the Spanish crisis now grope for middle management

Carmen Sánchez-Silva

Companies are slimming down their organizational structure, cutting out the hierarchy

Work on a project to divert the course of the Argamasilla near Écija was halted last year. / JULIÁN ROJAS (EL PAÍS)

Andalusia struggles to fight floods as the well of public funds runs dry

Manuel Planelles Seville

Work has stopped on defenses while damage costs run to €150 million annually

TECHNOLOGY

Wry @policía account takes the Twittersphere by surprise

Luz Sánchez-Mellado Madrid

The National Police have become the second most-followed law enforcement agency in the world

BANKING

Bank of Spain proposed nationalizing Bankia, minister says

AGENCIES Madrid 1

De Guindos’ testimony contradicts that of former central bank chief

Banks to pay into two-billion-euro fund for preference share victims

El País Madrid

Not all lenders will have to pay the same amounts

Preference shares crisis brings chaotic protests to town halls

El País Santiago de Compostela / Madrid

Judge orders NCG bank to return 73,000 euros to one couple

OPINIÓN

U.N. must investigate Oswaldo Payá’s death

Bill Nelson 6

The man who had orchestrated the largest democratic petition drive in Cuban history, was killed. Carromero’s detailed account of the crash matches that of other witnesses

Más información

Ferrer misses out on Miami Masters glory by a whisker

Murray prevails in dramatic final set to deny Spaniard

Andy Murray greets David Ferrer after their men's final match at the Sony Open tennis tournament in Miami. / ERIK S. LESSER (EFE)

Interview

“This country is bipolar”

Luis Martín Paris

Gerard Piqué on being a Catalan Spain star and Shakira's feelings for soccer

FEATURES

finance

Protesters in Madrid carry placards asking why their money is being used to bail out banks. / ISAAC F. CALVO (EL PAÍS)

Who's to blame for the credit crunch?

Íñigo de Barrón

Banks aren't lending, saying that the recession makes it harder for borrowers to repay, but small businesses are unable to survive without loans. Should Germany take the lead and start lending again?

ARCHITECTURE

Is Madrid's commitment to its heritage just a façade?

Álvaro de Cózar Madrid 1

The redevelopment of two listed buildings has caused consternation among architects

EFFECTS OF THE CRISIS

Antonio Luque, an unemployed electrician, stands in line at a soup kitchen in Jaén. / JOSÉ MANUEL PEDROSA (EL PAÍS)

Three million in extreme poverty

Jaime Prats Madrid 1

Leading charity Cáritas talks of a "lost decade," as family income falls back to levels of 2001. More than six percent of Spaniards are now at risk of social exclusion

EVICTIONS

The "simple" lawyer who took on Spain's foreclosure legislation

Jesús García Barcelona

At the request of his late father, Dionisio Moreno's journey began with helping a family friend and ended up in the European Court of Justice

FEATURES

A crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale-based natural gas in Zelienople, Pennsylvania. / Keith Srakocic

Government gives backing to fracking

Elena G. Sevillano Madrid

New legislation aims to address environmental concerns over non-conventional shale gas exploration. Spain's institutions remain divided on the subject.

MEDICAL TOURISM