miércoles, 15 mayo 2013
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Última hora

PUBLIC FINANCES

Regions object to deficit treatment afforded Catalonia

El País Madrid

Extremadura premier says targets for shortfall should be agreed by consensus

FINANCE

Minister calls for protection for deposits of over 100,000 euros

El País / Agencies Madrid / Brussels

De Guindos says Spain had trade surplus for the first time on record in March

EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL

Benfica back in European spotlight 50 years on

El País Madrid

Sleeping Portuguese giant has not won a continental trophy since beating Puskás’ Real Madrid

Madrid Metro strikes to hit local fiestas and King’s Cup final

El País Madrid

Train drivers demanding pay-rise deal be honored

BANGLADESH FACTORY DISASTER

Inditex and H&M head up retailers’ pact for Bangladesh factories

El País Madrid 1

Spanish and Swedish fashion giants plan broad coalition to improve conditions for workers

15-M MOVEMENT

La Puerta del Sol. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA (EL PAÍS)

Two years on from the “indignant” Sol sit-in, what now for 15-M?

The Madrid-born popular protest movement is facing a number of challenges

CRIME

Blackmailer who sent ETA threats sentenced to 25 years

Jesús Duva Madrid

Court at loss to understand why wealthy businessman should attempt to pull off extortion racket

WEB CRIME

Police arrest five minors for distributing child porn

El País Valencia

16-year-old accused shown in sex recording with younger girl

SPAIN'S CRISIS

Government rejects introduction of single work contract

Agencies Brussels / Madrid

Labor Minister says such a reform would breach the Constitution and claims Europe backs “flexible” Spanish law

ECONOMY

Portugal needs deep reforms to unleash growth: OECD

AGENCIES Madrid

Agency highlights labor market, tax system and training

PUBLIC FINANCES

Government weighs up tax options to meet deficit target

Alcohol, tobacco, environmental taxes in line for hikes

SPAIN'S STOLEN CHILDREN

“My parents went to Melilla and bought me for €2,100”

Operation Oculta has traced Spain's stolen baby scandal to North Africa

CHANGING POPULACE

Fifty percent of second-generation immigrants say they feel Spanish

Differences in education and employment aspirations now minimal, says new study

BUSINESS

Minister freezes pension of sacked chairman of CatalunyaBanc

El País Madrid

Head of ailing bank, Adolf Todó, was due to receive €4.5m

PP'S HIDDEN FINANCES

Popular Party funding probe reveals slush fund payments

Undeclared cash went to officials despite “expenses” defense

Aznar extends lawsuit against EL PAÍS over Bárcenas papers

Former PM denies receiving extra payments from the Popular Party after he took office

HALLOWEEN TRAGEDY

Police chief refused to attend Madrid Arena emergency call

GPS data show that senior officer remained parked outside venue after being told of crush

Isabel García arriving at court in Huelva on Monday. / IVAN BOZA

Wife of killer in Mari Luz case given two years for perjury

El País Huelva

Isabel García altered story to incriminate sister-in-law, judge finds

cyber-bullying

Málaga police arrest four students over cyber-bullying

El País Madrid

Victim reported abuse on social network profile and messages sent directly to her cellphone

Mystery over businessmen found riddled with bullets in Mexico river

Juan Diego Quesada Mexico City

Two Spaniards supposedly on gourmet tour of crime-ridden Sinaloa state

Moroccan agent for Catalan party to be deported

Former imam spread sovereignty message and cultivated close links with regional parties

Workers from Kraft’s Ateca factory show their disapproval of the planned closure. / CRISTÓBAL MANUEL

A small town is stripped of its bones

Factory that has produced the popular Huesitos chocolate bar for decades is to be shut down

right-to-life debate

Deputy PM fails to clarify reforms to abortion laws

Justice minister has mooted plan to ban terminations in fetal abnormality cases

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

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

EVICTION CRISIS

Mohamed Aziz pictured in front of his present home in Martorell. / CARLES RIBAS

Aziz’s mortgage is abusive

Spanish judge rules in favor of evicted man who had taken case to Luxembourg

SEASIDE DEVELOPMENT

New Coast Law to help half a million people, says ministry

Over 5,000 beachfront businesses to be saved from threat of closure along with homes built on public land

regional politics

Madrid threatens to question further self-rule moves by Catalonia

El País Madrid / Barcelona

Rajoy makes call to strengthen Spain at public function with regional leader Artur Mas

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

Putting Malian troops through their paces in Koulikoro. / JOSÉ NARANJO

Spain’s Malian mission

José Naranjo Bamako

Soldiers are training local forces to fight jihadists

CRIME

Spanish police finally get hold of slippery British robbery suspect

El País Madrid

Andrew Terence Moran had twice slipped between the fingers of law enforcement officers

Police complain of nausea caused by drugs haul

El País Alicante 5

Seized marijuana said to be affecting “officers and detainees” after long storage process

EDUCATION IN CONFLICT

Thousands abandon classrooms to join second strike in 12 months

Teachers and students protest cuts and proposed education reforms in 30 cities across Spain

NÓOS PROBE

Judge targets Urdangarin palace deal with top Valencia officials

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca 1

King’s son-in-law alleged to have met popular Party’s Camps and Barberá to discuss lucrative contracts

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

CLASSIFIED MATERIAL

This image from 1958 shows a Spanish amphibious craft unloading supplies during the Ifni War. / EFE

Why top secret in Spain is forever

Historians are calling on the government to change the way it deals with classified documents, which are under lock and key indefinitely

Más información

€70-million Madrid highway link gathers dust

Work on MP-203 has been paralyzed for six years due to administrative problems

The abandoned MP-203 highway link between Madrid and Alcalá de Henares. / LUIS SEVILLANO

Why Barcelona means freedom for tourists

Foreign visitors don't just bring money and annoyance; they remind the city of its essence

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

EFFECTS OF THE CRISIS

Carlos and Gema in their home in the south of Madrid. / CARLOS ROSILLO

The households bereft of workers

There are nearly two million family units in Spain without a single active member in employment

GASTRONOMY

Multiple carving at Madrid's Gourmet Ibérica. / BERNARDO PÉREZ

How to get a cut above

Lola Hierro Madrid

Crisis or no crisis, sales of top-quality Spanish cured ham are on the rise, backed by growing interest in how best to serve this porcine delicacy

INTERVIEW

“Falciani’s future isn’t going to be decided in a Spanish court”

French public prosecutor Éric de Montgolfier discovered the HSBC tax evasion whistleblower’s encrypted files in a small town in southern France

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

PROPERTY

Your home is not a hotel

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

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

museums

Beyond the Prado and Thyssen

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

LATIN AMERICA

Brazil frees nearly 3,000 from virtual slavery

Juan Arias Rio de Janeiro

Afro-Brazilians face discrimination due to longstanding social deprivation

Venezuelan troops take to streets to battle crime

E. Scharfenberg / El País Caracas / Madrid

Human rights groups fear abuses by military in unfamiliar role

HENRIQUE CAPRILES / Venezuelan opposition leader

“They stole the election victory from me”

Maduro steps up “petro-diplomacy”

Maye Primera Miami

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

Pope Francis canonizes Mexican and Colombian among first saints

Pontiff calls on two countries to work toward peace

Argentina declares fiscal amnesty for dollars

El País Buenos Aires

High peso inflation has led to flourishing black market

Greek legends crush Real

Olympiacos outplays Spaniards to retain Euroleague title

EFE

Neighborly assistance

El País / Luis Martín / Juan I. Irigoyen Madrid / Barcelona

Barça gifted 22nd Liga title as cross-town rival Espanyol ties 1-1 with Real Madrid

Alonso delights fans with Spain win

El País / Manel Serras Madrid / Barcelona

Ferrari driver beats Raikkonen to claim commanding victory in Montmeló

EDITOR'S PICK

TECHNOLOGY

I wish Apple would make...

Laia Reventós Barcelona

Ferran Adrià and other creative minds suggest new products and applications for the US tech giant to manufacture

A new revolution of micro-theaters

In the troubled cultural climate, playhouses are downsizing

Painter to complete portrait started 17 years ago

Antonio López moves to palace to finish picture of royals

EXHIBITION

From the vine to the vignette

An exhibition in La Rioja investigates wine and comic books

CINEMA

"I could only think, ‘This is a joke’"

Actor Mario Casas recalls the difficulties of finishing his latest movie, ‘La mula’

Haneke wins Prince of Asturias Award

Ana Marcos Madrid

Austrian Oscar-winning director of ‘Amour’ to receive 2013 arts prize

This week's movie releases

El País Madrid

Gerard Butler does Die Hard, while The Imposter tells a remarkable true-life tale

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Playing a role in the system

Rather than staying on the margin, the 15-M movement must participate in democracy

OPINION

Gallardón’s cripples

The state envisaged by the justice minister guarantees the right to birth, but not to a decent life

EDITORIAL

Abusive clauses

In order to protect borrowers balance and transparency are required in mortgages

OPINION

Pottersville

The Spanish government seems to think that people who are suffering hardship are lazy or just plain dumb

The latest in European science

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

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