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PUBLIC FINANCES

Rajoy and party barons fail to agree on deficit

Francesco Manetto Madrid

PP says regions have made “firm commitment” to reducing shortfall

ECB wants more ambitious mortgage code from Spain

Miguel Jiménez Madrid

Banks should try to avoid foreclosure proceedings at all costs, says Draghi, by providing more protection for homeowners

PENSIONS REFORM

Pension experts call for reforms to be effected as early as 2014

Manuel V. Gómez Madrid

Government-appointed committee’s plan would end consumer price index-linked rises

PREFERRED SHARES SCANDAL

Bankia shares fall further as capital increase takes effect

El País Madrid

Bailed-out bank’s preferred shareholders have lost up to 78 percent of their initial investment

Bankia investors suffer further heavy losses

El País Madrid

Preferred shareholders already suffered a discount as a result of the European bailout

Huge volumes of Bankia shares change hands

Bankia chief says bailout was to "save depositors, not bankers"

Miguel Jiménez / Íñigo de Barrón Madrid

Goirigolzarri confident nationalized lender can return taxpayers' money

THE PP´S HIDDEN FINANCES

Businessman Alfonso García Pozuelo leaves the High Court on Monday. / LUIS SEVILLANO (EL PAÍS)

Popular Party donation magnates remain silent in court

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid

Construction businessmen called before judge to explain gifts to conservative grouping while receiving government contracts

MONARCHY

Donators want royal yacht returned

El País Madrid

Group of wealthy businessmen disagrees with decision to pass on vessel to the Spanish government

King Juan Carlos bows to austerity by giving up his yacht

Video (with Spanish commentary) showing the locations where the pair were located. / ATLAS

Three arrested over alleged murder of Dutch volleyball player

Javier Ruiz Murcia

Ingrid Visser and her boyfriend went missing in Murcia on May 13

military disaster

Government officials shun Yak-42 anniversary service

EFE Zaragoza

Relatives of the 62 servicemen who died pay emotional tribute to their loved ones

Ten years on from Yak-42 crash, no one is held responsible

Miguel González

Failed by Spanish justice, families of the 62 victims plan to take case to Strasbourg

"I would prefer my son's remains over any amount of money"

Natalia Junquera

Relatives of the Yak-42 victims have found little closure in the last decade

Spanish mountaineer Juanjo Garra. / EL PAÍS

Alpinist Juanjo Garra loses life on descent of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri

Óscar Gogorza

Spaniard spent three days and nights at over 8,000m with a broken ankle

EDUCATION

70 percent of Spaniards reject new plans for religion classes in schools

José Juan Toharia / Manuel Planelles

Critics see PP’s reforms as serving the Church’s interests, not society’s

Casuals on trial come to blows with police officers in court. / ACN

Violence erupts during Barcelona trial of criminal gang

Rebeca Carranco Barcelona

Suspects fight with police after one of their number is removed from courtroom

Minors caught by police after sending child pornography images

EFE Madrid

Video and photos were made by 13-year-old girl and uploaded by her boyfriend

NÓOS CASE

Princess Cristina probed for alleged tax fraud and money laundering

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca 1

Nóos case Judge Castro now set to target mayor of Valencia and the former regional premier

business

Capital goods sector remains cautious over overseas growth

Dani Cordero

The increase in exports has generated guarded optimism in the industry

Teacher who taped children to chairs jailed for 15 months

Victoria Torres Benayas Madrid

47-year-old will be allowed to resume profession after two years

GENDER VIOLENCE

Man stabs partner before turning knife on himself

EFE Seville

64-year-old woman is in serious condition in Seville hospital Last week saw four women die at their partners’ hands in domestic violence cases

Spain offers residency papers to foreign buyers and investors

El País Madrid

Entrepreneurial Law includes clause for foreigners who buy more than €2m of public debt

POLITICS

Zapatero: “You won’t hear me criticize Rajoy”

El País Madrid 1

Socialist leader says he will never criticize his successor as former PP chief Aznar has done

BALTASAR GARZÓN INTERVIEW

Baltasar Garzón. / CRISTÓBAL MANUEL

“The Supreme Court created my crime; it was written in advance”

Natalia Junquera Madrid

Former High Court judge vows return to the magistrates’ bench when his suspension ends in 2021

STOLEN BABIES

Doctor in stolen babies scandal called to appear in Madrid court

Natalia Junquera Madrid

Eduardo Vela implicated in 1969 illegal adoption of child at San Ramón hospital

Sekou Tutay and Binta Sankano, pictured during their trial. / GIANLUCA BATTISTA (EL PAÍS)

Gambian parents each given 12 years' jail in genital mutilation case

Rebeca Carranco Barcelona

Barcelona court finds that the extirpation was carried out in Spain

GOVERNMENT SPENDING

Defense needs extra €1 billion a year to pay off urgent arms bills

Miguel González Madrid

Military scales back its order for Eurofighter jets. Finance Ministry asked for exceptional “loan” to cover expenses

ROCK OF CONTENTION

Gibraltar celebrates clearance to play in European competition

El País Madrid

Uefa decides to keep Spain and British colony apart in qualifying for 2016 tournament

Gibraltar waits on Uefa membership vote

HOUSING

Andalusia puts first embargo into place to halt woman’s eviction

El País Madrid

New national law will give landlords option of fast-track ouster for tenants who don’t pay their rent

SOCIETY

Sofía Reguera has been recognized as the daughter of a rich landowner. / PACO PUENTES

Money moves downstairs: servant’s daughter wins right to fortune

Reyes Rincón Seville

Seville judge rules Sofía Reguera is the offspring of landowner who left 15 million euros to only recognized child

RIGHT TO LIFE DEBATE

Minister confirms “psychological damage” will stay in abortion law

Vera Gutiérrez Calvo Madrid

Ruiz-Gallardón says severe fetal abnormality will remain as a legal reason to abort

TAXATION AND TRANSPARENCY

Spain taxpayers declare assets held overseas worth nine percent of GDP

Carlos E. Cué Brussels 1

New regulations unearth 87.7 billion euros in property, bonds, deposits and shares held abroad

Más información

Why Facebook is cool no more

Spain's youngsters prefer to spend their time on sites such as Twitter, Tuenti and Instagram

Facebook is losing ground in Spain to other platforms. / Evan Vucci (AP)

FRENCH OPEN

Nadal survives early test

Rob Train Madrid

Daniel Brands gives tournament favorite a tough match

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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LATIN AMERICA

Chile’s Communists make comeback with support for Bachelet

Party has not backed a candidate since Allende in the 1970s

Colombian government reaches land deal with FARC

Elizabeth Reyes L. Bogotá

Agreement is the first area of six proposed issues aimed at ending insurgency

Mexican start-up wants to become drone leader

Verónica Calderón Mexico City

Pilotless crafts are sold to hobbyists as well as farmers to monitor their crops

Pacific Alliance foursome to lift most tariffs by July

Miguel González Cali

Costa Rica set to join bloc

Mexico launches social rescue plan in violent neighborhoods

Pablo de Llano Mexico City

PRI to help poor cope with struggles

FEATURES

PROPERTY

A chained gate blocks access to a new housing development in Madrid. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ (EL PAÍS)

The challenges that are facing Spain's toxic bank

Rafael Méndez Madrid

Sareb was set up to dispose of more than 70,000 new and unfinished properties owned by the failed savings banks. The lender is facing an uphill task

economic hardship

For many households, working out how to pay the bills has become a major headache. / SANTI BURGOS (EL PAÍS)

Making it through the crisis

Miguel Ángel García Vega

With the current situation in Spain, it has never been more necessary to save money. Many have sought new ways to earn a little extra cash to keep the wolf from the door

politics

Could the popularity of a pair of minority groups spell the end of Spain's two-party system?

Francesco Manetto Madrid

Opinion polls suggest that the public has had enough of the Popular Party and the Socialist Party

IMMIGRATION

Brazilians Rosemeri Bastos and Francisco Andre Teixeira with their two daughters in Santa Coloma de Gramenet. / CONSUELO BAUTISTA (EL PAÍS)

Spain: land of equal opportunity?

Alejandra Agudo Madrid

Most of the 11 percent of the Spanish population who are immigrants have integrated well, but education cuts are starting to slow the process

war atrocities

On March 17 EL PAÍS released a video in which Spanish soldiers were seen kicking two detainees at the Diwaniya base. The images made a strong impression, and for the first time in Spain, a military court opened an investigation into prisoner abuse

SCIENCE IN CRISIS

Research into melanomas at the National Oncology Center. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA