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THE FUTURE OF CATALONIA

Constitutional Court nullifies Catalan sovereignty declaration

María Fabra / Pere Ríos / Miquel Noguer Madrid / Barcelona 2

Nationalist leader Mas vows to press ahead on unilateral path toward self-determination vote

Spanish court refuses to extradite HSBC whistleblower Falciani

El País Madrid 1

Switzerland wants former bank employee to face secrecy charges after stealing tax-avoidance data

POLITICS

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in Congress on Wednesday as Socialist leader Alfredo Pérez Rubalacaba turns away. / Gorka Lejarcegi

Rajoy rejects opposition calls for pact of state to tackle crisis

PM instead urges support for government’s reform agenda

THE BÁRCENAS PAPERS

Police report confirms alleged illegal funding practices by PP

Financial crimes unit says illegal donations were laundered in official accounts

New Spanish submarine has serious weight problem

El País Madrid

State shipbuilder to seek outside help to resolve buoyancy issues

NÓOS CASE

Palma court suspends Princess Cristina’s subpoena in Nóos probe

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca 13

Magistrates deliver majority ruling to keep king’s daughter from taking stand as official fraud suspect

Socialist youth leader Beatriz Talegón in a recent interview. / Fernando Alvarado (EFE)

Socialist youth leader claims “right could be behind” 15-M movement

Beatriz Talegón is forging her politicial path by generating headlines

Thousands of demonstrators occupy Valencia's Plaza de la Virgen on Friday in support of victims of the 2006 metro system tragedy. / JOSÉ JORDAN

Forty-three dead, six years, and zero culprits

Victims of Spain's worst subway accident are demanding that Valencia regional premier Alberto Fabra reopen the inquiry into the 2006 tragedy

BUSINESS

Telefónica net profit up 20.6 percent in first quarter

Ramón Muñoz Madrid

Revenues fall due to weakness in Europe

BANKING

Somber panorama for nationalized banks CatalunyaBanc, Novagalicia

State sees few advantages in merging the lenders around Bankia

Debate "open" on abortion within Popular Party, says spokesman

Justice minister's proposals would make laws even more restrictive than in 1985

Di Stéfano’s family seeks order after marriage vow

Mábel Galaz Madrid

"Young at heart" Real Madrid legend says he is planning to wed secretary despite 50-year age difference

AIR SHOW ACCIDENT

An emergency medic rushes to the scene of the fatal crash on Sunday at the Cuatro Vientos airport in Madrid. / fernando laso poveda

Only two firefighters on duty when fatal aerodrome crash occurred

Section chief at Cuatro Vientos had complained to superiors about shortages, but facility chief says legal minimums were covered

Exhibition pilot dies after crashing jet into Madrid hangar

Vintage trainer aircraft plunged to the ground during an airshow at capital’s Cuatro Vientos aerodrome

TOWARD THE END OF TERRORISM

Joint security raids net six most-wanted ETA members

Organization’s logistics apparatus “dismantled,” says minister

SPANISH CRISIS

Tax hikes were essential to avoid bailout, Rajoy tells own party

Prime minister defends himself from internal criticism by PP barons

Madrid PP leader Aguirre urges PM to cut deeper to tackle crisis

Heavy-hitting former regional premier argues tax hikes have failed

CYBERCRIME

Sven Olaf Kamphuis was arrested in Granollers for launching a massive denial of service cyberattack.

Hacker becomes talk of town

Residents of Granollers had no idea that the odd foreigner with the orange van in their midst was the Dutchman accused of launching the biggest cyberattack in history

LABOR MARKET

Jobless claims fall for second straight month thanks to hostelry

El País / Agencies Madrid

Economy Minister Luis de Guindos welcomes the figures as indicating a turning point

IMMIGRATION

Spaniards moved to Germany in record numbers last year

Agencies Madrid

Close to 30,000 packed their bags and headed to the European economic powerhouse

Migrants in a rubber dinghy in the Strait of Gibraltar last November, waiting to be rescued. / MARCOS MORENO (EL PAÍS)

"For them, our crisis is nothing"

Cándido Romaguera Algeciras / Cádiz

Clandestine immigration is on the rise again, as growing numbers of Africans risk their lives crossing the Strait of Gibraltar

Activity in services sector at lowest ebb for the year

Andrew Sim Madrid

Spanish Purchasing Managers’ Index shows negative outlook for the 22nd straight month

PUBLIC FINANCES

Portugal sells 10-year bonds for first time since bailout

AGENCIES Madrid

Surprise debt auction coincides with latest Lisbon visit by troika inspection team

Brussels shoots down PSOE’s plans for rescue fund

Commissioners say funds left over from bank bailout cannot be used for other purposes

SOCCER

José Mourinho smiles as he faces the press in Madrid on Tuesday. / Kote Rodrigo (EFE)

Mourinho launches broadside at Casillas

Diego Torres Madrid

Real Madrid boss suggests keeper would prefer an “easier to handle” coach

Two escape Tarragona jail after suicide distraction

Mercè Pérez Pons Tarragona

One is a Spaniard while the other is a Venezuelan national. Both were serving sentences for robbery

HEALTH CUTS

Surgery patient has knee brace removed after failing to cover cost

Jaime Prats Valencia

Orthopedic item taken from Adrián García, 23, while he was still in his hospital bed

BUSINESS

Association president Miguel Ángel Martínez-Aroca (left) and Pedro Carrión at the latter's solar plant in Jumilla (Murciacmcm). / Pepe Olvidares

"We feel tricked" say the small solar power investors facing bankruptcy

Juana Viúdez Madrid

Government backtracks on subsidies, leaving 30,000 households with huge loans

Más información

Painter prompted to complete royal portrait he started 17 years ago

Antonio López moves to palace to finish canvas after request made by National Heritage

Antonio López's studio in 2011 with the royal portrait on display. The image is from the book Antonio López, pintura y escultura. / EL PAÍS

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

RIGHT TO LIFE DEBATE

A protest calling for the legalization of abortion in 1978 in Madrid. / CHEMA CONESA (EL PAÍS)

Abortion: A trip back in time

Planned reforms to the laws covering pregnancies would take Spain back to the 1980s, say critics

ECONOMY

One of the "white tide" demonstrations in Madrid against cutbacks and the privatization of public healthcare. / ULY MARTÍN (EL PAÍS)

A thousand days of austerity

Three years on from the day Europe-imposed cutbacks were first imposed, Spain's suffering has never been more acute

PROPERTY

Your home is not a hotel

Government to change law on renting out of privately owned properties to tourists.

museums

A model of the Taj Mahal in the Museo Tiflológico. / CARLOS ROSILLO

Beyond the Prado and Thyssen

A cornucopia of oddball artifacts awaits visitors who dare to explore Madrid's other museums

Art

Dalí the artist vs Dalí the performer

A major retrospective of the Spanish Surrealist master at Madrid's Reina Sofía is likely to be the exhibition of the year

Yébenes mayor Pedro Acevedo and Olvido Hormigos. / B. PÉREZ

Exactly what constitutes privacy?

The recent case of an erotic video of a Toledo politician posted on the internet highlights the dangers of sharing private material with others

FEATURES

Authors who won't wait to be printed

Digital self-publishing is an expanding world within the universe of books as the distance between readers and writers gets ever-shorter

LATIN AMERICA

Brazil’s Roberto Azevêdo to head up WTO

Diplomat becomes first Latin American to lead the international trade agency

Argentina declares fiscal amnesty for dollars

El País Buenos Aires

High peso inflation has led to flourishing black market

Fernández presses ahead

Francisco Peregil Buenos Aires

Government turns deaf ear to Inflation, corruption claims and concerns over judicial reform

Violence and extermination in the lungs of Central America

Carlos Salinas Managua

Indigenous communities say government has left them at mercy of settlers

Maduro steps up “petro-diplomacy”

Maye Primera Miami

Venezuelan president on whirlwind tour to shore up support for electoral win

Buenos Aires and Borges’ fervor

Andrea Aguilar New York

An illustrated volume of the Argentinean author’s first book comes to light

Panama takes Spain to Human Rights Court over lethal cough syrup

At least 170 died after ingesting drug

Nadal eases past Paire in Madrid

Rob Train Madrid

World number five opens campaign with comfortable victory over Frenchman

EDITOR'S PICK

art

'Alice' in her new Andalusian Wonderland

Artist donates giant sculpture of Lewis Carroll character to art center

CULTURE

Lesbianism on trial

Roger Salas Madrid

A US historian's study offers a detailed account of how the Spanish Inquisition persecuted a female homosexual couple

EFE

TECHNOLOGY

Galaxy S4 beats iPhone on points

Apple’s smartphone can still hold its own against high-level competitors

The Spanish success story on Apple’s App Store

InQBarna applications have been downloaded nearly three million times

CINEMA

Running with the bulls in 3D

Spectacular new documentary offers a stereoscopic view of Pamplona fiesta

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Robert De Niro heads an all-star cast in The Big Wedding, as 7 Boxes arrives to put Paraguay on the global movie map

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

The string is breaking

Mas’s strategy of force-feeding the public the pro-independence option is falling apart

OPINION

Spain and Venezuela

Madrid’s offer to mediate in the electoral dispute between Maduro and Capriles merely invites scorn

EDITORIAL

Constructive political approaches

More than 40 percent of Spaniards say they don’t vote, or don’t know which way to vote

opinion

Desperation

It is high time we had mass opposition that was responsible, using the internet and democratic expression in the street

The latest in European science

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

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