viernes, 31 mayo 2013

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THE PP’S HIDDEN FINANCES

Judge demands Popular Party reveal all payments to third parties

El País Madrid 2

Ruling conservatives must provide data on finances between 1990 and 2005, as well as data on contacts with corporate donors

Popular Party donation magnates remain silent in court

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid

Construction businessmen called before judge to explain gifts to conservative grouping

No Mickey Mouse gifts for minister

María Fabra / El País Madrid

Gürtel ring allegedly paid for PP health chief Ana Mato’s Eurodisney trip and other jaunts

DRUGS

Catalan town’s plans to grow marijuana go up in smoke

EFE Tarragona

Judge’s ruling is a blow to cash-strapped Rasquera

ART

Lara Almarcegui's exhibit inside the Spanish pavilion in Venice. / Domenico Stinellis (ap)

Rubble trouble at the Biennale

Amelia Castilla Venice

Artist Lara Almarcegui’s four-meter, 400,000-euro mountain of bricks piled up in the Spanish pavilion at this year’s Venice art expo is causing a stir

ECONOMY

Bank of Spain suggests suspending minimum wage to boost jobs

Miguel Jiménez Madrid 1

Supervisor also calls for faster implantation of increase in retirement age as private sector workers’ pay falls for the first time

CRISIS POLITICS

Socialist leader augurs “broad” anti-austerity pact with government

El País Madrid

Rajoy and Rubalcaba agree there is a change of direction in favor of growth at the heart of the EU

Brussels eases Spain’s deficit target for this year to 6.5 percent of GDP

Luis Doncel Brussels

In return, European Commission demands timely implementation of structural reforms. Portugal given until 2015 to meet the EU's three-percent ceiling

FINANCE

Spain suffers net capital outflows during Cyprus crisis

El País Madrid

March first month since last August in which investors moved more money out of country

Portugal gives nationality to descendants of Sephardic Jews

Antonio Jiménez Barca Lisbon

Law originated with a campaign launched on Facebook three years ago. Spain is dragging its feet on a similar initiative

Evaristo Paulo is one of the Lisbon bus drivers who has made use of the food bank. / Francisco Seco

What Portuguese workers did to alleviate the loss of a fair day’s wage

Antonio Jiménez Barca Lisbon

Bus drivers set up a food bank for colleagues who can no longer pay their way

Turnout for Basque Country general strike below 20 percent

El País Bilbao

Gipuzkoa province sees strongest support

PREFERRED SHARES SCANDAL

Court orders inclusion of preferred share issue into Bankia listing probe

Agencies / El País Madrid

Magistrates’ panel rules that sale of complex debt instruments was integral to preparations for stock-market flotation

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

Groups want asylum for Salvadoran who was refused abortion

El País Madrid

The 22-year-old's life is endangered by the pregnancy

HEALTHCARE

Brussels takes action against Spain for refusing EU health cards

El País Brussels

Legal move comes after growing number of complaints about hospitals denying treatment to tourists

Outgoing Málaga coach Manuel Pellegrini. / alejandro ruesga (EL PAÍS)

“Villarreal has the ideal model”

Rafael Pineda Málaga 1

Manchester City coach-elect Manuel Pellegrini looks back on nine years in La Liga

SPORTS SCANDAL

Basketball coach faces charges of sexual abuse against girls

Rafael Pineda / El País Seville / Madrid

Former Cajasol boss Manel Comas denies allegations from 2008

MUSIC

Bon Jovi waive performance money for Madrid gig

El País Madrid

Rock band wanted to lower ticket prices for crisis-affected Spanish fans

TECHNOLOGY

R. J. C.

Airbnb, the hotel industry’s scourge?

Rosa Jiménez Cano San Francisco

The traditional tourism sector in Spain and elsewhere is concerned by the growth of the room-rental website

NÓOS CASE

Nóos judge hands Valencia case strand to regional court

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Move follows testimony by duke that officials awarded millions in contracts

Princess 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

CYCLING IN SPAIN

Cyclists protest against the helmet plan in Valencia. / JUAN CARLOS CÁRDENAS (EFE)

Cyclists and opposition parties revolt over bike helmet plan

Patricia R. Blanco Madrid

Government wants to make headgear obligatory in cities

Cycling through the jungle

Rajoy denies decision on smoking ban lift for Eurovegas

El País Madrid

Madrid regional health chief backs decision to allow tobacco in casino complex

Health Minister wants age of consent raised from 13

El País Madrid

No action was taken on 2009 motion despite unanimous parliamentary agreement

Spain and US authorities dismantle “PayPal of organized crime”

Sandro Pozzi / Jesús Duva New York / Madrid

Founders of global-scale money-laundering operation arrested in Madrid

THE END OF ETA

International mediators fail to fix timescale for full ETA disarmament

Luis R. Aizpeolea / Inés P. Chávarri Madrid / San Sebastián

Second San Sebastián conference proposes concessions for terrorist inmates

"I'm sure my husband would have tried to talk to his own killers"

Mónica Ceberio Belaza Huelva

Maixabel Lasa decided to meet one of the ETA assassins who made her a widow

stolen babies

Purificación Betegón, who has testified this week in a court investigation into Spain's stolen babies. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ (EL PAÍS)

Testimony casts light on Sister María's "protocol" with patients

Natalia Junquera Madrid

"The mothers were anesthetized so they wouldn't hear their babies cry," witness tells court

Doctor in stolen babies scandal to appear in Madrid court

POLITICS

Felipe González met with Rajoy the same day Aznar panned the premier

Carlos E. Cué Paris

There is no need for former PP premier to “save the country,” says ex-Socialist leader

CRIME

Murdered volleyball player was pregnant

El País Madrid

Police believe the killing of her and her husband were in retaliation for a business deal gone bad

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

Spain ranks low down in OECD’s Better Life Index

Alejandro Bolaños Madrid

Nation 20th out of 36 countries examined

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

Más información

Gymnasts pay for honor of representing Spain

Co-payment introduced for three members of national team at European Championships

Eugenia Onopko, Carolina Rodríguez and Andrea Pozo. / DIARIO AS

SOCCER

Going down?

Rob Train Madrid

Mallorca, Celta, Zaragoza and Deportivo are all playing for their Primera lives on the final day of the season

TRANS-IBERIAN

Don’t gamble with the smoking ban

Spain may need jobs, but Spain needs its laws and dignity even more

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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Connect with us to get all the latest Spanish news in English

LATIN AMERICA

Prosecutor claims Iran set up LatAm terror network

Francisco Peregil Buenos Aires

Report details how 1994 Jewish center attack was carried out

Capriles asks Colombia not to “abandon Venezuela”

Elizabeth Reyes L. Bogota

Santos’ meeting with opposition leader angers Maduro government

Top-rated news program takes on soccer chief

Francisco Peregil Buenos Aires

Lanata king of Sunday-night TV

Former Guatemalan president faces US criminal charges

Eva Saiz / El País Washington / Madrid

Portillo’s lawyers claim Washington is “over-reaching” its jurisdiction

US reaches out to Caribbean leaders

Maye Primera Miami

Vice President Biden pledges investments in renewable energies for Caricom nations

Honduran street gangs announce truce

El País Madrid

Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 members are "tired of violence"

Mexico launches nationwide searches for missing people

Raquel Seco Mexico City

New investigative unit is still lacking a budget and director

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