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HOMICIDE

Kung fu world champion admits prostitute murder after arrest

Eva Larrauri Bilbao

Juan Carlos Aguilar detained after public alerted police to violent assault on woman at Bilbao gym

ECONOMY

ILO warns about the risks of pushing down pay

Manuel V. Gómez / Agencies Madrid

UN labor agency warns policy could affect deficit-reduction plans by depressing spending still further

Bank of Spain recommends suspending minimum wage

BANKING SECTOR

Troika sees progress but ongoing risks in banking sector

El País Madrid

Spain gets pass mark in review of financial sector bailout program

HEALTHCARE

Andalusia takes new step to ease path for terminal patients

Reyes Rincón Seville

Region adds advanced care planning bill to dignified death legislation from three years ago

ETA CEASEFIRE

Balloons shaped like doves are released in Bilbao to mark the end of A Gesture for Peace. / Miguel Toña (EFE)

As silently as it made its debut, pacifist platform dissolves

Mikel Ormazabal / Juan Mari Gastaca / EFE San Sebastián / Bilbao

A Gesture for Peace decides to disband in the wake of an end to ETA violence

POLITICAL REFORM

Lobbies will have to register in order to work in Congress

Fernando Garea Madrid

Groundbreaking move for Spain first of a potential series of measures to emerge from official review of democratic institutions

POLITICAL CORRUPTION

Gürtel ring paid for sound system at Aznar daughter’s wedding

José Antonio Hernández / José Manuel Romero

Court records show alleged graft network spent a total of 34,892 euros at nuptials of Alejandro Agag

Spain’s new security strategy warns of cybercrime and Al Qaeda threats

Miguel González

The 83-page document attributes ETA’s defeat to “the strength of Spain’s democracy"

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

Luxury cars on the streets of Marbella.

Marbella, always Marbella!

Diego Narváez

For foreigners who are not willing to spend less than two million euros, the Costa del Sol resort has not lost its appeal

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

Surgeon lauds “remarkable” recovery of King Juan Carlos

El País Madrid

Monarch took part in military event at weekend

CRIME

Police bust sex ring that used Strait of Gibraltar as entry point

El País Madrid

Six arrests in connection with prostitution racket

business

Manchego wine goes global

Vidal Maté

With a foothold in China since 1998 and successful market presence in Japan, Félix Solís is opening wineries in the United States, Chile and Brazil

politics

Labor and education will not be part of national pact, says Rubalcaba

Inés P. Chávarri / Antonio Jesús Mora Caballero Durango / Seville

"Our position is different from that of the PP," says opposition leader

PM confident over new job and social security figures

Carlos E. Cué Sitges

Rajoy promises at annual economic conference to drop income taxes in 2015

DRUGS

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

EFE Tarragona

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

HISTORICAL MEMORY

Dwindling Franco-era victims plead for "last hope" truth commission

Natalia Junquera Madrid

"History and reason is on our side. The institutional omission is as clamorous as it is shameful"

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

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

PHOTO SHARING

Is Flickr’s one terabyte offer enough to beat the competition?

Ramón Peco Madrid

Yahoo! have revamped the photo storage site, but there are still other options out there

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

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

Más información

“Half a million for that crook Kindelán”

Declassified documents show how London dished out dollars to Francoist officials

Francisco Franco (center) seen visiting the headquarters of Fecsa, a company owned by the banker Juan March.

Nadal maintains trending topic with Nishikori win

Rob Train Madrid

Experience is crushing an incipient revolt by youth on the Paris clay

SOCIAL NETWORKS

Follow EL PAÍS in English on Twitter, Facebook and Eskup

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

FEATURES

effects of the crisis

A group of workers from the Cubigel factory in Sant Quirze del Vallés (Barcelona) protests against job cuts. / MASSIMILIANO MINOCRI (EL PAÍS)

When being in employment is no guarantee of taking home a wage

Amanda Mars

As firms struggle to survive, more and more workers are not being paid

ENTREPENEURS

Students from Veracruz University, the third-biggest in Mexico. / KEITH DANNEMILLER (CORBIS)

Mexico, the land of technology startups

Juan Diego Quesada 2

Emerging country's entrepreneurs are today bringing in 536 million euros a year, more than double the figure of six years ago

PROPERTY

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